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1. A decent mien an elegance of dress

First Line:
A decent mien an elegance of dress
Last Line:
These virtues are all thine and thou art he
Author:
Richard Savage (Absolute)
DMI number:
16987

2. A dog for fighting much renowned

First Line:
A dog for fighting much renowned
Last Line:
And for his pride and folly dies
DMI number:
1765

3. A gardener of peculiar taste

First Line:
A gardener of peculiar taste
Last Line:
Shall mourn the folly soon or late
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
23383

4. A fakeer a religious well known in the east

First Line:
A fakeer a religious well known in the east
Last Line:
All tortured by choice with the invisible nail
Author:
Richard Owen Cambridge (Absolute)
DMI number:
22583

5. A farmer once to London went

First Line:
A farmer once to London went
Last Line:
That while he bites he may be bit
DMI number:
21870

6. A farmer once to London went

First Line:
A farmer once to London went
Last Line:
That whilst he bites he may be bit
DMI number:
19981

7. A feeble fox with age decayed

First Line:
A feeble fox with age decayed
Last Line:
Which we all carry to our grave
DMI number:
1749

8. A gentleman two whelps did get

First Line:
A gentleman two whelps did get
Last Line:
Maintains me to this day
DMI number:
24765

9. A beggar a beggar a beggar I'll be

First Line:
A beggar a beggar a beggar I'll be
Last Line:
And there they begot such a bold rogue as I
DMI number:
33018

10. A clergyman of special note

First Line:
A clergyman of special note
Last Line:
Take care betimes to run him down
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Absolute)
DMI number:
40246

11. A cobbler whom ill chance had made

First Line:
A cobbler whom ill chance had made
Last Line:
To cure your pains who could not mend your shoes
DMI number:
14305

12. A country farmer saint or sinner

First Line:
A country farmer saint or sinner
Last Line:
The farmer's foibles handed down
DMI number:
22574

13. A curious eye

First Line:
A curious eye
Last Line:
And superscribed this from suspicion
Author:
John Chalkhill (Absolute)
DMI number:
13215

14. A haughty courtier meeting in the streets

First Line:
A haughty courtier meeting in the streets
Last Line:
The scholar said I do and gave him it
DMI number:
17372

15. A monkey to reform the times

First Line:
A monkey to reform the times
Last Line:
For vice is fitted to his parts
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
24081

16. A neighbouring villa which derives its name

First Line:
A neighbouring villa which derives its name
Last Line:
From whence I grew to make these soft reflections
Author:
Aphra Behn (Absolute)
DMI number:
23270

17. A man there is to all the country known

First Line:
A man there is to all the country known
Last Line:
For want of business is a busy fellow
DMI number:
33369

18. A man without one feeling for his kind

First Line:
A man without one feeling for his kind
Last Line:
Appears the very villain that he draws
DMI number:
31050

19. A miser on a scurvy tit

First Line:
A miser on a scurvy tit
Last Line:
The beam that spreads his own all over
DMI number:
23399

20. A pox on such fools let the scoundrels rail

First Line:
A pox on such fools let the scoundrels rail
Last Line:
When we're each of us free as a king
DMI number:
2653

21. A pretty song this coming spring

First Line:
A pretty song this coming spring
Last Line:
To girls if good this coming spring
Author:
John Winstanley (Absolute)
DMI number:
20709

22. A prude at morn and evening prayer

First Line:
A prude at morn and evening prayer
Last Line:
And that this his member never lies still
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
22258

23. A rap at the door when forth from her chair

First Line:
A rap at the door when forth from her chair
Last Line:
I hope I shall see you when you have nought else to do
Author:
Soame Jenyns (Speculation)
DMI number:
19871

24. A rogue a boy a rogue a man

First Line:
A rogue a boy a rogue a man
Last Line:
And that's to feel his impotence
DMI number:
11007

25. A trifling song you shall hear

First Line:
A trifling song you shall hear
Last Line:
And his song is a trifle to boot
Author:
George Farquhar (Confident)
DMI number:
9702

26. 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

27. A virtuoso had a mind to see

First Line:
A virtuoso had a mind to see
Last Line:
Pray let me just step home and fetch you mine
Author:
William King (Absolute)
DMI number:
7420

28. A lady lived in former days

First Line:
A lady lived in former days
Last Line:
But all things flourished as before
Author:
William King (Absolute)
DMI number:
10638

29. A Lion cub of sordid mind

First Line:
A Lion cub of sordid mind
Last Line:
And spoils his credit through the nation
Author:
John Gay (Speculation)
DMI number:
1763

30. Ah pretty favourite wert thou blessed with sense

First Line:
Ah pretty favourite wert thou blessed with sense
Last Line:
Thou lackst his reason and he lacks thy place
DMI number:
1000

31. Accept the muse which love and wonder raise

First Line:
Accept the muse which love and wonder raise
Last Line:
And trace their Guardian in thy works alone
DMI number:
15924

32. Ah what is man when his own wish prevails

First Line:
Ah what is man when his own wish prevails
Last Line:
Proud of his power and boundless in his will
DMI number:
39822

33. Alack the times so hard are grown

First Line:
Alack the times so hard are grown
Last Line:
Isn't this an honest man
DMI number:
558

34. Affection is a fire

First Line:
Affection is a fire
Last Line:
Upon kings may place their hearts upon vassals
Author:
John Lyly (Absolute)
DMI number:
13425

35. Affection is become a parasite

First Line:
Affection is become a parasite
Last Line:
Strives to please whom it cannot benefit
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
13436

36. Affection is the savage beast

First Line:
Affection is the savage beast
Last Line:
Than he that kingdoms winneth
Author:
Samuel Brandon (Absolute)
DMI number:
13426

37. 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

38. A wise well tempered valour

First Line:
A wise well tempered valour
Last Line:
By the impetuous torrent
Author:
Sir John Denham (Absolute)
DMI number:
18535

39. A wolf that long had ranged the wood

First Line:
A wolf that long had ranged the wood
Last Line:
A king without my liberty
DMI number:
33032

40. And yet | A kind of weight hangs heavy at my heart

First Line:
And yet | A kind of weight hangs heavy at my heart
Last Line:
To tell me fate's at hand
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
18691

41. An honest blunt carpenter Thomas by name

First Line:
An honest blunt carpenter Thomas by name
Last Line:
If I'm angry with thee I'm not angry with it
DMI number:
16612

42. 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

43. Among all the arts which to please we pursue

First Line:
Among all the arts which to please we pursue
Last Line:
Will straight clap your hands and allow this is new
DMI number:
31824

44. An easy temper is above disdain

First Line:
An easy temper is above disdain
Last Line:
In the securest road to worthy fame
DMI number:
24671

45. All songsters have this humour that among

First Line:
All songsters have this humour that among
Last Line:
More happy than thy fained kingship can
Author:
Alexander Brome (Absolute)
DMI number:
42171

46. All the companions of her grace I'm told

First Line:
All the companions of her grace I'm told
Last Line:
Without such foils is lady duchess fair
DMI number:
27583

47. All the world's a stage

First Line:
All the world's a stage
Last Line:
Sans teeth sans eyes sans taste sans everything
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
21641

48. All their actions are governed by crude opinion

First Line:
All their actions are governed by crude opinion
Last Line:
To the worst when they are left to themselves
Author:
Benjamin Jonson (Absolute)
DMI number:
13311

49. Although no brandished cherubins are here

First Line:
Although no brandished cherubins are here
Last Line:
When an heroic is a georgic too
DMI number:
4539

50. And shall great Halifax resign to fate

First Line:
And shall great Halifax resign to fate
Last Line:
Or Newton die in falling worlds of fire
Author:
George Sewell (Confident)
DMI number:
1470