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1. A student at his book so placed

First Line:
A student at his book so placed
Last Line:
Himself he hath undone
DMI number:
8887

2. A truce to all wrangling a truce to ill nature

First Line:
A truce to all wrangling a truce to ill nature
Last Line:
My revenge I will take on you some other night
DMI number:
39146

3. Anes Jove by ae great act of grace

First Line:
Anes Jove by ae great act of grace
Last Line:
And ilka fool himself admired
Author:
Allan Ramsay (Absolute)
DMI number:
15364

4. Beneath this turf lies Geordie Faichney

First Line:
Beneath this turf lies Geordie Faichney
Last Line:
My ain Geordie welcome here
Author:
Alexander Pennecuik (Confident)
DMI number:
25424

5. Beneath this turff lies Geordie Faichney

First Line:
Beneath this turff lies Geordie Faichney
Last Line:
My aun Geordie welcome here
Author:
Alexander Pennecuik (Confident)
DMI number:
28289

6. By gaming never strive to amuse ye

First Line:
By gaming never strive to amuse ye
Last Line:
All the while they are picking your pockets
DMI number:
1001

7. By gaming never think to amuse ye

First Line:
By gaming never think to amuse ye
Last Line:
All the while they are picking your pockets
DMI number:
392

8. Come muses all that dwell nigh the fountain

First Line:
Come muses all that dwell nigh the fountain
Last Line:
Be given to well breath Jilian Thrust
DMI number:
44484

9. Constant gamesters every day

First Line:
Constant gamesters every day
Last Line:
Reform or take the consequence
DMI number:
32023

10. Dan's evil genius in a thrice

First Line:
Dan's evil genius in a thrice
Last Line:
Cut out at dice cut out at card
Author:
George Rochfort (Confident)
DMI number:
3366

11. Dan's evil genius in a trice

First Line:
Dan's evil genius in a trice
Last Line:
Cut out at dice cut out at card
Author:
George Rochfort (Confident) & Jonathan Swift (Speculation)
DMI number:
24100

12. Ere we to play this match prepare

First Line:
Ere we to play this match prepare
Last Line:
But England trumps about and so the game is won
DMI number:
5907

13. Doubtless the pleasure is as great

First Line:
Doubtless the pleasure is as great
Last Line:
The more they admire the sleight of hand
DMI number:
39353

14. Fortune exerts her utmost power for you

First Line:
Fortune exerts her utmost power for you
Last Line:
Who never yields but to the brightest eyes
DMI number:
4802

15. Four arrant knaves in one deceitful pack

First Line:
Four arrant knaves in one deceitful pack
Last Line:
Instead of knaves shall pass for single tens
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
8019

16. From the earliest ages dear mother till now

First Line:
From the earliest ages dear mother till now
Last Line:
In the mean time I rest your most dutiful son
Author:
Christopher Anstey (Absolute)
DMI number:
32774

17. Good folks all why d'ye stare

First Line:
Good folks all why d'ye stare
Last Line:
For tis an age of cheating | Good folks all
DMI number:
2100

18. Hath sir Thomas lost five hundred pounds

First Line:
Hath sir Thomas lost five hundred pounds
Last Line:
Yet swears he has not drawn a stake these seven years
Author:
James Shirley (Absolute)
DMI number:
14843

19. Hence ye deluding subtle painted foes

First Line:
Hence ye deluding subtle painted foes
Last Line:
Knaves commonly have got the most to do
DMI number:
5178

20. Here lies the body of all fours

First Line:
Here lies the body of all fours
Last Line:
Tis highest lowest Jack and game
DMI number:
24214

21. Honest Jack I do send these lines by a friend

First Line:
Honest Jack I do send these lines by a friend
Last Line:
Honest Jack shall be put in his place
DMI number:
7663

22. Here they are ladies should these charming packs

First Line:
Here they are ladies should these charming packs
Last Line:
Frightful and ugly as the queen of spades
Author:
George Colman (Absolute)
DMI number:
31733

23. Hermes the gamester of the sky

First Line:
Hermes the gamester of the sky
Last Line:
And bid her fill it full of verses
Author:
William Whitehead (Absolute)
DMI number:
22458

24. Hush pretty boy thy hopes might have been better

First Line:
Hush pretty boy thy hopes might have been better
Last Line:
Hard when the father plays away the son
Author:
William Shakespeare (Speculation) & Thomas Middleton (Speculation)
DMI number:
14839

25. I fear the ladies think my last night's dealing

First Line:
I fear the ladies think my last night's dealing
Last Line:
And play the fool at large on life's great stage
DMI number:
36010

26. In heaven one holiday you read

First Line:
In heaven one holiday you read
Last Line:
And rise a swan or fall a shower
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
12299

27. In doubt I lived

First Line:
In doubt I lived
Last Line:
What faith I lived or died in
DMI number:
11988

28. It was a most unfriendly part

First Line:
It was a most unfriendly part
Last Line:
Steals to her sleeping spouse to bed
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Absolute)
DMI number:
13457

29. Jack and Tom haunt each bawdy house in town

First Line:
Jack and Tom haunt each bawdy house in town
Last Line:
To name for what you do is none of mine
DMI number:
27489

30. John run so long and run so fast

First Line:
John run so long and run so fast
Last Line:
He distanced all and ran away
DMI number:
34019

31. John run so long and run so fast

First Line:
John run so long and run so fast
Last Line:
He distanced all and run away
DMI number:
33967

32. Like two sage sisters close we dwell

First Line:
Like two sage sisters close we dwell
Last Line:
Yet we were never partial yet
DMI number:
15231

33. Like famed La Mancha's knight who lance in hand

First Line:
Like famed La Mancha's knight who lance in hand
Last Line:
If every honest hand would lend its aid
Author:
David Garrick (Absolute)
DMI number:
31712

34. My love and I for kisses played

First Line:
My love and I for kisses played
Last Line:
Give me my kisses back take yours again
DMI number:
12605

35. I've listened long and now would silence break

First Line:
I've listened long and now would silence break
Last Line:
To increase the number I've sent there before
DMI number:
12261

36. I know that fortune long has wanted sight

First Line:
I know that fortune long has wanted sight
Last Line:
And gives success in every suit but hearts
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
16924

37. I like young squires just come to town

First Line:
I like young squires just come to town
Last Line:
My all is in my possession
DMI number:
10878

38. I would not have thee sell thy substance

First Line:
I would not have thee sell thy substance
Last Line:
Yet it shows clear among them
Author:
Thomas Dekker (Absolute)
DMI number:
14841

39. If any one hath to himself avowed

First Line:
If any one hath to himself avowed
Last Line:
His greatest pleasure was the public good
DMI number:
15341

40. If yet thou love game at so dear a rate

First Line:
If yet thou love game at so dear a rate
Last Line:
Blowing up houses with their whole increase
Author:
George Herbert (Absolute)
DMI number:
14842

41. Lay down your stake at play lay down your passions

First Line:
Lay down your stake at play lay down your passions
Last Line:
No man throws still the dice in fortune's lap
Author:
John Harington (Absolute)
DMI number:
32130

42. Love's like a game at tables where your die

First Line:
Love's like a game at tables where your die
Last Line:
They will play foul bear two instead of one
Author:
Sir Robert Ayton (Absolute)
DMI number:
4634

43. Now the wager is lost if the footman would know

First Line:
Now the wager is lost if the footman would know
Last Line:
Since he hath lost the wager and hath nothing to show
DMI number:
7862

44. Of two battalions set in rank and file

First Line:
Of two battalions set in rank and file
Last Line:
And preached on the most patient text in Job
Author:
Daniel (the elder) Bellamy (Absolute)
DMI number:
21837

45. On Epsom Downs when racing does begin

First Line:
On Epsom Downs when racing does begin
Last Line:
Some curse their fate and some the booty share
DMI number:
12197

46. On every gamester in the Arabian nation

First Line:
On every gamester in the Arabian nation
Last Line:
Whoever weds one is you see undone
DMI number:
38284

47. One time as twas my ordinary wont

First Line:
One time as twas my ordinary wont
Last Line:
Thus crossed in all I lost my whole estate
Author:
John Heath (Absolute)
DMI number:
41939

48. Since the poor man his wager lost

First Line:
Since the poor man his wager lost
Last Line:
But ere that's done twill warm his hide
DMI number:
7807

49. Soon as your father's death was known

First Line:
Soon as your father's death was known
Last Line:
But he by folly was undone
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
30077

50. Some play for gain to pass time others play

First Line:
Some play for gain to pass time others play
Last Line:
Who gets by play proves loser in the end
Author:
Robert Heath (Absolute)
DMI number:
14845

51. The Bucks had dined and deep in council sat

First Line:
The Bucks had dined and deep in council sat
Last Line:
How hard their lot who neither won nor lost
DMI number:
33386

52. The buxom young widow has lost the first game

First Line:
The buxom young widow has lost the first game
Last Line:
And she was well pleased at the last
DMI number:
1552

53. The love of gaming is the worst of ills

First Line:
The love of gaming is the worst of ills
Last Line:
And turns an angel's to a fury's face
Author:
Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:
27073

54. The pot and the pipe

First Line:
The pot and the pipe
Last Line:
Many a more
DMI number:
43875

55. The whole day

First Line:
The whole day
Last Line:
To be beholders when their powers are spent
Author:
Benjamin Jonson (Absolute)
DMI number:
14840

56. This is the hell of all gamesters I think

First Line:
This is the hell of all gamesters I think
Last Line:
Pounds lost there's never but a hundred won
Author:
George Wilkins (Absolute)
DMI number:
14844

57. Thou whom to counsel is to praise

First Line:
Thou whom to counsel is to praise
Last Line:
To sloth and avarice falls a prey
Author:
Henry Hervey Aston (Absolute)
DMI number:
22493

58. Thou best of poets and thou best of friends

First Line:
Thou best of poets and thou best of friends
Last Line:
At once bid poetry and friends adieu
Author:
Peter Causton (Absolute)
DMI number:
6552

59. Though Madam Money look both brisk and gay

First Line:
Though Madam Money look both brisk and gay
Last Line:
But that pecuniae obediunt omnia
DMI number:
43297

60. Three dames when wine at a collation

First Line:
Three dames when wine at a collation
Last Line:
A sager judge won't soon appear
Author:
Samuel Humphreys (Absolute)
DMI number:
12347

61. To the ill-natured young or envious old

First Line:
To the ill-natured young or envious old
Last Line:
But now my fears invade and I can add no more
DMI number:
18205

62. To the knights burgesses and cits

First Line:
To the knights burgesses and cits
Last Line:
And your petitioners shall never pray &c
DMI number:
7678

63. Tis strange that they on whom kind heavens bestow

First Line:
Tis strange that they on whom kind heavens bestow
Last Line:
The son turns padder and the daughter whore
DMI number:
8151

64. Tis strange the man who has enough in store

First Line:
Tis strange the man who has enough in store
Last Line:
And to imprisoned bags a turnkey and a slave
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
8025

65. To gild over avarice with a specious name

First Line:
To gild over avarice with a specious name
Last Line:
Is what our modern men of taste call play
DMI number:
23239

66. To horse brave boys of new market to horse

First Line:
To horse brave boys of new market to horse
Last Line:
Ods bobs was ere such damnable fortune
Author:
Thomas D'Urfey (Confident)
DMI number:
368

67. What always gaming night and day

First Line:
What always gaming night and day
Last Line:
Thou wilt be a gamester all thy days
DMI number:
36058

68. When as corruption hence did go

First Line:
When as corruption hence did go
Last Line:
His subjects must play at quadrille
Author:
John Gay (Confident) & Jonathan Swift (Speculation) & William Congreve (Confident)
DMI number:
1997

69. What sundry projects the ingenious find

First Line:
What sundry projects the ingenious find
Last Line:
The knaves are vultures and the fools their prey
DMI number:
30076

70. What though I hold of trumps a flush

First Line:
What though I hold of trumps a flush
Last Line:
And fail of being looed
Author:
George Colman (Absolute)
DMI number:
31399

71. Whatever the game is poor mortals are playing

First Line:
Whatever the game is poor mortals are playing
Last Line:
He in the conclusion is certain to win
DMI number:
693

72. Who'd be the man lewd libels to indite

First Line:
Who'd be the man lewd libels to indite
Last Line:
Those few unblemished are not meant in this
DMI number:
6439

73. Women to cards may be compared we play

First Line:
Women to cards may be compared we play
Last Line:
Who cuts and shuffles with the dirty leaving
Author:
George Granville (Absolute)
DMI number:
24646

74. Ye merry hearts that love to play

First Line:
Ye merry hearts that love to play
Last Line:
We wished the cards had all been burned
DMI number:
1649

75. Ye national schemers a while give me leave

First Line:
Ye national schemers a while give me leave
Last Line:
This evening we draw sir at Comus's hall
DMI number:
31826