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1. A friend to all whom virtue may commend

First Line:
A friend to all whom virtue may commend
Last Line:
And God's sole work would always be to bless
DMI number:
20477

2. A ballet a ballet let every poet

First Line:
A ballet a ballet let every poet
Last Line:
The devil will fetch you all one of these days | Oh women &c
DMI number:
42491

3. A coffeehouse a parrot cage

First Line:
A coffeehouse a parrot cage
Last Line:
Or do not talk at all
DMI number:
32359

4. A courtier summoned hence of late

First Line:
A courtier summoned hence of late
Last Line:
But how have they succeeded there
Author:
Mary Barber (Absolute)
DMI number:
11547

5. A junto of knaves met at Paris together

First Line:
A junto of knaves met at Paris together
Last Line:
In vain they cry help us oh Lewis and Rome | And all the day long | Now this is their song | Dear Jemmy an halter an halter's our doom
DMI number:
11944

6. A nobleman of late a damsel took

First Line:
A nobleman of late a damsel took
Last Line:
All things go backwards so pray turn your a--se
DMI number:
17928

7. A toad just crawling up to town

First Line:
A toad just crawling up to town
Last Line:
Without the leaves how would the reptiles show
Author:
Anne Finch [nee Kingsmill] (Absolute)
DMI number:
8273

8. A spaniel bred with all the care

First Line:
A spaniel bred with all the care
Last Line:
Like those I flattered feed on air
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
24893

9. A spending hand that alway poureth out

First Line:
A spending hand that alway poureth out
Last Line:
And coin to keep as water in a sieve
Author:
Sir Thomas Wyatt (Absolute)
DMI number:
8859

10. A village monstrous 'tis a mighty beast

First Line:
A village monstrous 'tis a mighty beast
Last Line:
But tired with the relation I'll give over
DMI number:
43070

11. Ah how all elements conspire with death

First Line:
Ah how all elements conspire with death
Last Line:
Can their excessive agonies abate
DMI number:
4372

12. Ah Raleigh when thou didst thy breath resign

First Line:
Ah Raleigh when thou didst thy breath resign
Last Line:
No poisoned tyrants on thy earth shall live
Author:
Andrew Marvell (Speculation) & John Ayloffe (Confident)
DMI number:
3632

13. All facts in these fallacious days

First Line:
All facts in these fallacious days
Last Line:
She has no call to hang or drown
Author:
Samuel Humphreys (Absolute)
DMI number:
12357

14. All hail propitious day whose wished return

First Line:
All hail propitious day whose wished return
Last Line:
The sun and Caesar but prepared this day
DMI number:
12606

15. Above that bridge which lofty turrets crown

First Line:
Above that bridge which lofty turrets crown
Last Line:
Boast safely challenge either Rome or Greece
Author:
Charles Hopkins (Confident)
DMI number:
4047

16. Accept young prince the moral lay

First Line:
Accept young prince the moral lay
Last Line:
That human heroes rule like me
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
24842

17. Ah Raleigh when thou didst thy breath resign

First Line:
Ah Raleigh when thou didst thy breath resign
Last Line:
No poisonous serpent on the earth shall live
Author:
Andrew Marvell (Speculation) & John Ayloffe (Confident)
DMI number:
42302

18. A wig that's full an empty skull

First Line:
A wig that's full an empty skull
Last Line:
That hodge podge for the ladies
Author:
Thomas Baker (Confident)
DMI number:
284

19. All loyal men come zee my vine rary show

First Line:
All loyal men come zee my vine rary show
Last Line:
So the devices of rebels will all prove in vain
DMI number:
12144

20. And why not hear the sound of yonder bell

First Line:
And why not hear the sound of yonder bell
Last Line:
her anchor heaven and her pilot god
Author:
Joseph Cradock (Absolute)
DMI number:
32750

21. An old malicious ape being dead

First Line:
An old malicious ape being dead
Last Line:
Then got another in his room
DMI number:
11147

22. An old song made by an aged old pate

First Line:
An old song made by an aged old pate
Last Line:
Which makes that good housekeeping is now grown so cold | Among the young courtiers of the king | Or the king's young courtiers
DMI number:
37464

23. Among the race of England's modern peers

First Line:
Among the race of England's modern peers
Last Line:
With such a subject and a brother blessed
DMI number:
4766

24. Among the writing race of modern wits

First Line:
Among the writing race of modern wits
Last Line:
By gentle poet and by small commander
DMI number:
4767

25. All the corruptions of a land repair

First Line:
All the corruptions of a land repair
Last Line:
To courts and fill them with unwholsome air
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
14097

26. All things are changed in court and town

First Line:
All things are changed in court and town
Last Line:
Oh we shall quite undo him
DMI number:
13237

27. All this with indignation have I hurled

First Line:
All this with indignation have I hurled
Last Line:
Man differs more from man then man from beast
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
5409

28. All you that cry o hone o hone

First Line:
All you that cry o hone o hone
Last Line:
Lord Jesus receive my soul this night
DMI number:
12063

29. And now to the degree of duke

First Line:
And now to the degree of duke
Last Line:
To birth and merit cease
DMI number:
33330

30. And what are courts but camps of misery

First Line:
And what are courts but camps of misery
Last Line:
And those they do advance they ruin too
Author:
Samuel Daniel (Absolute)
DMI number:
14073

31. As it fell out on a Pentecost day

First Line:
As it fell out on a Pentecost day
Last Line:
And therewith he shook his good sword Excalabor
DMI number:
37487

32. As late at W------ it fell out

First Line:
As late at W------ it fell out
Last Line:
Who loves a fool or trusts a bear
DMI number:
19478

33. As late I mused upon the fates

First Line:
As late I mused upon the fates
Last Line:
That Chesterfield was safe on shore
DMI number:
20464

34. As musing on his bed the speecher lay

First Line:
As musing on his bed the speecher lay
Last Line:
And leave thee to the lash of lost integrity
Author:
Sir Charles Hanbury Williams (Speculation)
DMI number:
19530

35. As the devil over Lincoln was looking one day

First Line:
As the devil over Lincoln was looking one day
Last Line:
He'd be glad to come off half so well at Cambray
DMI number:
24709

36. As the late character of god-like men

First Line:
As the late character of god-like men
Last Line:
Here lies the only Prince who left all evil ways
DMI number:
6446

37. As the other night in bed I thinking lay

First Line:
As the other night in bed I thinking lay
Last Line:
Tis ten to one but I shall dream again
Author:
John Ayloffe (Speculation)
DMI number:
42336

38. As those who frequently resort

First Line:
As those who frequently resort
Last Line:
Le H-nt and Daniel Wr-y esq
DMI number:
19584

39. As doctors give physic by way of prevention

First Line:
As doctors give physic by way of prevention
Last Line:
He cares not yet prithee be kind to his fame
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
16903

40. As gay Larilla from her down arose

First Line:
As gay Larilla from her down arose
Last Line:
And owns your very failings seem divine
DMI number:
12864

41. As cheap as neck beef if you'd have a fine Phillis

First Line:
As cheap as neck beef if you'd have a fine Phillis
Last Line:
And but dress her and trim her she's as good as a countess
Author:
Daniel Kenrick (Confident)
DMI number:
3218

42. As some fond virgin whom her mother's care

First Line:
As some fond virgin whom her mother's care
Last Line:
Look sour and hum a song as you may now
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
7401

43. As soon as on the banks of Rhine

First Line:
As soon as on the banks of Rhine
Last Line:
Are better far than one
DMI number:
18064

44. As I have oftentimes and long since too

First Line:
As I have oftentimes and long since too
Last Line:
If thou ever lovst me break not my command
Author:
Alexander Brome (Absolute)
DMI number:
42203

45. As when a dog and bear engage

First Line:
As when a dog and bear engage
Last Line:
Ye seek but pastime in the fight
DMI number:
23864

46. As when the sea breaks over its bounds

First Line:
As when the sea breaks over its bounds
Last Line:
To keep it out are made defend it
DMI number:
40299

47. Attend and I'll you a story that's new

First Line:
Attend and I'll you a story that's new
Last Line:
To traitors and villains confusion of face | Which nobody &c
DMI number:
11957

48. Attend good people give an ear

First Line:
Attend good people give an ear
Last Line:
Declare him a rank tory
DMI number:
13405

49. As young Selinda led her flock

First Line:
As young Selinda led her flock
Last Line:
The heights of love and amity | And all the day &c
Author:
Aphra Behn (Confident)
DMI number:
41845

50. B---- vexed with court the country sought

First Line:
B---- vexed with court the country sought
Last Line:
From ------ unhappy case
DMI number:
19742

51. Be careful to avoid both courts and camps

First Line:
Be careful to avoid both courts and camps
Last Line:
To throw her away on fools and knaves
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
18547

52. Be still and learn the smoothing arts of courts

First Line:
Be still and learn the smoothing arts of courts
Last Line:
And when they praise him most be you the loudest
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
18544

53. Behold the image of a favourite peer

First Line:
Behold the image of a favourite peer
Last Line:
As did the patriots of the Roman name
DMI number:
18285

54. Best of all our earthly wealth

First Line:
Best of all our earthly wealth
Last Line:
Oh may he never want it more
DMI number:
8370

55. Brave peers of England pillars of the state

First Line:
Brave peers of England pillars of the state
Last Line:
Undoing all as all had never been
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
35020

56. Blush not dear Andrews nor disclaim

First Line:
Blush not dear Andrews nor disclaim
Last Line:
I'll carry your proposal
Author:
George Townshend (Confident)
DMI number:
33358

57. Boast not ye few your better fate

First Line:
Boast not ye few your better fate
Last Line:
Free air and sunshine are for all
DMI number:
257

58. Bertram has been taught the art of courts

First Line:
Bertram has been taught the art of courts
Last Line:
To gild a face with smiles and leer a man to ruin
DMI number:
39382

59. Bertram has been taught the arts of courts

First Line:
Bertram has been taught the arts of courts
Last Line:
To gild a face with smiles and leer a man to ruin
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
18548

60. By various paths the great ascend

First Line:
By various paths the great ascend
Last Line:
Restrained from fight he durst resign
DMI number:
18325

61. Calm was the sea and silent was the night

First Line:
Calm was the sea and silent was the night
Last Line:
And springing to the cliff put on her clothes
DMI number:
33831

62. By these stale arts a dinner you pursue

First Line:
By these stale arts a dinner you pursue
Last Line:
To dine today do so but then no news
DMI number:
27639

63. But courtiers are to be accounted good

First Line:
But courtiers are to be accounted good
Last Line:
When they are not the last and worst of men
DMI number:
18553

64. But if all court secrets come to light what

First Line:
But if all court secrets come to light what
Last Line:
Many have been swallowed and so may this
DMI number:
40931

65. But what are these to great Atossa's mind

First Line:
But what are these to great Atossa's mind
Last Line:
Or wanders heaven directed to the poor
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
19535

66. Cease rural conquests and set free your swains

First Line:
Cease rural conquests and set free your swains
Last Line:
Though each a goddess or a Sunderland
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
5085

67. Childe Waters in his stable stoode

First Line:
Childe Waters in his stable stoode
Last Line:
Shall bee upon one daye
Author:
Jael Henrietta Pye [nee Mendez; other married name Campbell] (Absolute)
DMI number:
37533

68. Charmed with the empty found of pompous words

First Line:
Charmed with the empty found of pompous words
Last Line:
May you seem happy whilst I'm really so
DMI number:
33297

69. Cl | Art thou returned my sister concubine

First Line:
Cl | Art thou returned my sister concubine
Last Line:
Yet I am damned although a royal whore
DMI number:
5984

70. Clarendon had law and sense

First Line:
Clarendon had law and sense
Last Line:
With here and there a pawn
Author:
Charles Sackville (Speculation) & John Dryden (Speculation) & John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
2182

71. Cleora has her wish she weds a peer

First Line:
Cleora has her wish she weds a peer
Last Line:
They cannot make me wretched blessing her
Author:
George Granville (Absolute)
DMI number:
4192

72. Clio behold this charming day

First Line:
Clio behold this charming day
Last Line:
To comfort English widows
DMI number:
19734

73. Come hither to me and I'll tell you some news

First Line:
Come hither to me and I'll tell you some news
Last Line:
He got from - - - - -
DMI number:
277

74. Come Jack let's drink a pot of ale

First Line:
Come Jack let's drink a pot of ale
Last Line:
More faithful friends than they
DMI number:
7061

75. Come all you sons of Adam

First Line:
Come all you sons of Adam
Last Line:
They give delight to kings
DMI number:
2602

76. Come Anacreon drunken priest

First Line:
Come Anacreon drunken priest
Last Line:
Pleasure wafts the notes around
DMI number:
15415

77. Come listen a while and I'll tell you some news

First Line:
Come listen a while and I'll tell you some news
Last Line:
He got from his P------------t
DMI number:
18316

78. Come listen awhile and I'll tell you some news

First Line:
Come listen awhile and I'll tell you some news
Last Line:
That he got from his parliament
DMI number:
17674

79. Cupid survey thy shining train around

First Line:
Cupid survey thy shining train around
Last Line:
Have most deserved yet least affect to wear
Author:
John Hughes (Absolute)
DMI number:
8362

80. Cursed be those dull unpointed doggerel rhymes

First Line:
Cursed be those dull unpointed doggerel rhymes
Last Line:
As when old H-e was catched with rem in re
Author:
Charles Sackville (Absolute)
DMI number:
5451

81. Could I in verse the griefs of Scotland paint

First Line:
Could I in verse the griefs of Scotland paint
Last Line:
A Scotsman never lost ought at court before
DMI number:
37934

82. Courage dear Moll and drive away despair

First Line:
Courage dear Moll and drive away despair
Last Line:
With pride vain glory and hypocrisy
Author:
Charles Sackville (Confident) & Charles Montagu (Confident)
DMI number:
3181

83. Court deeps but few can sound

First Line:
Court deeps but few can sound
Last Line:
They strike most awe like temples when obscure
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
14096

84. Courtiers are | High cowards in revenge amongst themselves

First Line:
Courtiers are | High cowards in revenge amongst themselves
Last Line:
And in great storms serve but as weights to sink it
Author:
Sir John Suckling (Absolute)
DMI number:
18543

85. Courtiers courtiers think it no scorn

First Line:
Courtiers courtiers think it no scorn
Last Line:
He that hath thousand pound a year
DMI number:
43836

86. Courts are the places where best manners flourish

First Line:
Courts are the places where best manners flourish
Last Line:
And ride him to advantage as I please
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
18550

87. Condemned to meet a cold embrace

First Line:
Condemned to meet a cold embrace
Last Line:
Until you do your lover right
DMI number:
17915

88. Dear Jack if you mean

First Line:
Dear Jack if you mean
Last Line:
As the famous Sublimy or Dowson
DMI number:
445

89. Dear Julian twice or thrice a year

First Line:
Dear Julian twice or thrice a year
Last Line:
From some of the authors named above
DMI number:
4440

90. Dear Sim by wits extolled by wits cried down

First Line:
Dear Sim by wits extolled by wits cried down
Last Line:
But he who wrote the verse was Mat Prior
DMI number:
17866

91. Dear Sim by wits extolled by wits cried down

First Line:
Dear Sim by wits extolled by wits cried down
Last Line:
But he who wrote the verses must be Prior
Author:
George Sewell (Speculation)
DMI number:
12500

92. Dear Sim by wits extolled by wits cried down

First Line:
Dear Sim by wits extolled by wits cried down
Last Line:
But he who wrote the verses was Mat Prior
DMI number:
18816

93. Deluded mortals whom the great

First Line:
Deluded mortals whom the great
Last Line:
Are angels just as kings are gods
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Absolute)
DMI number:
28202

94. Desponding artist talk no more

First Line:
Desponding artist talk no more
Last Line:
Which Emily might yield to Evelyn's eyes
Author:
Horace Walpole (Absolute)
DMI number:
22490

95. Disgraced and one forlorn made fortune's sport

First Line:
Disgraced and one forlorn made fortune's sport
Last Line:
Next after you by G-- I will be king
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
42320

96. Disgraced undone forlorn made fortune's sport

First Line:
Disgraced undone forlorn made fortune's sport
Last Line:
Next after you by --- I will be king
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
4769

97. England of late a glorious state

First Line:
England of late a glorious state
Last Line:
Why Abigail and H----y
DMI number:
13245

98. December last in frosty weather

First Line:
December last in frosty weather
Last Line:
That would have crept through the laws
DMI number:
12030

99. Declining Venus has no force over love

First Line:
Declining Venus has no force over love
Last Line:
This dial speaks not but it points | Jack H--
DMI number:
4973

100. Deep deep in S----'s blundering head

First Line:
Deep deep in S----'s blundering head
Last Line:
Tis time to drown their senses
DMI number:
17939