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1. A number of pr-----s though poor ones 'tis true

First Line:
A number of pr-----s though poor ones 'tis true
Last Line:
And brag of what mischief you've done to our fleet | not a t--- sir
DMI number:
4573

2. A Protestant muse yet a lover of kings

First Line:
A Protestant muse yet a lover of kings
Last Line:
The Dutch had never ventured to fish in our seas | Then curse of popery pox o' popery plague o' popery | Oh senseless popery oh
DMI number:
42334

3. A land there is as maps do tell

First Line:
A land there is as maps do tell
Last Line:
Still let them be cursed slaves for me
DMI number:
4403

4. A lusty horse not long ago

First Line:
A lusty horse not long ago
Last Line:
And is resolved to live in spite
DMI number:
4397

5. Abhorred abhorrers horribly abhorred

First Line:
Abhorred abhorrers horribly abhorred
Last Line:
Does vote abhorrers all to be abhorred
DMI number:
43028

6. A wretched churl was travelling with his ass

First Line:
A wretched churl was travelling with his ass
Last Line:
Than keep the panniers on we had before
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
4388

7. Another patriot claims the votive strain

First Line:
Another patriot claims the votive strain
Last Line:
Breathes the pure aether of eternal day
DMI number:
36034

8. 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

9. As Colin drove his sheep along

First Line:
As Colin drove his sheep along
Last Line:
Blither girls than any there
Author:
Charles Sackville (Confident) & John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
3649

10. Backed with confederate force the Austrian goes

First Line:
Backed with confederate force the Austrian goes
Last Line:
And now the lord be praised Duke Charles is so
DMI number:
5910

11. Backed with confederate force the Austrian goes

First Line:
Backed with confederate force the Austrian goes
Last Line:
Thou'rt K of Spain as A--- is Q of France
DMI number:
7286

12. Brave britons attend to the song I have penned

First Line:
Brave britons attend to the song I have penned
Last Line:
Pray heaven it prove not the last
DMI number:
7357

13. Break sacred morn on our expecting isle

First Line:
Break sacred morn on our expecting isle
Last Line:
As flints are struck before they show their fires
Author:
Edmund Waller (Speculation)
DMI number:
43018

14. Brother tars now arise

First Line:
Brother tars now arise
Last Line:
For Keppel the king and the nation
DMI number:
36084

15. Bute loves arbitrary rule

First Line:
Bute loves arbitrary rule
Last Line:
Which kings pretend to reign
DMI number:
36006

16. But sir if these accounts are true

First Line:
But sir if these accounts are true
Last Line:
As madam do you choose a game at whisk
DMI number:
36943

17. Britons take care before it be too late

First Line:
Britons take care before it be too late
Last Line:
The cause from whence their welfare did arise
DMI number:
7462

18. Chaste pious prudent C------ the second

First Line:
Chaste pious prudent C------ the second
Last Line:
Prove wretched kinged by storks and logs
Author:
Andrew Marvell (Speculation) & John Wilmot (Speculation) & John Freke (Confident)
DMI number:
3653

19. Come here to me ye fighting fools

First Line:
Come here to me ye fighting fools
Last Line:
And tie both ends together
DMI number:
36062

20. Come keen iambics with your badgers' feet

First Line:
Come keen iambics with your badgers' feet
Last Line:
Drops into Stix and turns a Soland goose
Author:
John Cleveland (Absolute)
DMI number:
4729

21. Come brother devils with full bowls

First Line:
Come brother devils with full bowls
Last Line:
Nothing to cool their tongues may here remain
DMI number:
42974

22. Come listen my cocks to a brother and friend

First Line:
Come listen my cocks to a brother and friend
Last Line:
Be put in the bilboes and brought to the jeers
DMI number:
35999

23. Come come it is at last agreed

First Line:
Come come it is at last agreed
Last Line:
Shall cut thy vines and lillies too
DMI number:
39279

24. Cy gist icy Charles roy d'Espagne

First Line:
Cy gist icy Charles roy d'Espagne
Last Line:
Nay not so much as made his will
DMI number:
4525

25. D'ye hear the news of the Dutch dear Frank

First Line:
D'ye hear the news of the Dutch dear Frank
Last Line:
For then I fack your Orange we'll squeeze | Sutterkin &c | Hogen Mogen &c
DMI number:
4915

26. 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

27. Discord and plots which have undone our age

First Line:
Discord and plots which have undone our age
Last Line:
Oxford's a place where wit can never starve
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4022

28. From a black cliff where bold Cornubia's shore

First Line:
From a black cliff where bold Cornubia's shore
Last Line:
Secure defiance from my chosen race
DMI number:
36423

29. From garret high or cellar low

First Line:
From garret high or cellar low
Last Line:
Than Villars or Montrevell
DMI number:
7204

30. From the lawless dominion of mitre and crown

First Line:
From the lawless dominion of mitre and crown
Last Line:
From the king of France and from the French king
DMI number:
4885

31. Greatest of men yet man's least friend farewell

First Line:
Greatest of men yet man's least friend farewell
Last Line:
This last association holds for ever
DMI number:
43062

32. Hail mighty monarch by whose aid

First Line:
Hail mighty monarch by whose aid
Last Line:
I other business have
DMI number:
43011

33. Hail mighty prince this poem on you waits

First Line:
Hail mighty prince this poem on you waits
Last Line:
And with his impious blood Lutetia's plains manure
DMI number:
4930

34. Had Aesop been living what mortal so able

First Line:
Had Aesop been living what mortal so able
Last Line:
Those who murdered the fowl will be choaked with the feathers
DMI number:
36071

35. Happy the people where no priest gives rules

First Line:
Happy the people where no priest gives rules
Last Line:
If these warmed snakes at home abuse our native right
DMI number:
4591

36. Hark hark the hostile band I hear

First Line:
Hark hark the hostile band I hear
Last Line:
She'll not suspend in vain
DMI number:
36054

37. Here lies the last King Charles of Spain

First Line:
Here lies the last King Charles of Spain
Last Line:
Nay not so much as made his will
DMI number:
7794

38. Hold Stygian sculler what hast brought me here

First Line:
Hold Stygian sculler what hast brought me here
Last Line:
Commutes for Chatham and Amboina too
DMI number:
43059

39. Here's a health to the great Eugene

First Line:
Here's a health to the great Eugene
Last Line:
And own great George our king
DMI number:
12141

40. In Lewis see the fate of kings

First Line:
In Lewis see the fate of kings
Last Line:
The young one's a sheep stealer
DMI number:
18087

41. Is Tapski dead why then the statesman lied

First Line:
Is Tapski dead why then the statesman lied
Last Line:
Is gone a pilgrimage to hell below
DMI number:
43057

42. It happened in the twilight of the day

First Line:
It happened in the twilight of the day
Last Line:
Starts from the couch and bids the dame draw near
DMI number:
3636

43. Long has great Lewis formed the vast design

First Line:
Long has great Lewis formed the vast design
Last Line:
When keeping faith betrays thee ----
DMI number:
4999

44. Lewis of France hath been the Protestant scourge

First Line:
Lewis of France hath been the Protestant scourge
Last Line:
Your own shall off to do the city right
DMI number:
42313

45. Music has learnt the discords of the state

First Line:
Music has learnt the discords of the state
Last Line:
Rather than keep such strangers from our shore
Author:
John Hughes (Absolute)
DMI number:
5030

46. I think I shall never despair

First Line:
I think I shall never despair
Last Line:
Till justice is tacked with a halter | To the 130 and 4
Author:
John Tutchin (Speculation)
DMI number:
5900

47. Last year in the spring the life of the king

First Line:
Last year in the spring the life of the king
Last Line:
For a prince that never offended
Author:
John Grobham [Jack] Howe (Speculation)
DMI number:
4567

48. Never before did fate dispense

First Line:
Never before did fate dispense
Last Line:
And Philip's trust is Charles's fleet
DMI number:
12363

49. Now painter try if thy skilled hand can draw

First Line:
Now painter try if thy skilled hand can draw
Last Line:
Know we defy thy malice imps and thee
DMI number:
6428

50. No more of Memphis and her mighty kings

First Line:
No more of Memphis and her mighty kings
Last Line:
Are lost in chaos and the womb of night
DMI number:
36053

51. O heavens we now have signs below

First Line:
O heavens we now have signs below
Last Line:
Good lord deliver this poor realm
DMI number:
4860

52. O my baby my baby

First Line:
O my baby my baby
Last Line:
So prithee my baby lie still-e | Then up with the papists
DMI number:
37946

53. Oh heavens we have signs below

First Line:
Oh heavens we have signs below
Last Line:
Good lord deliver this poor realm
DMI number:
42307

54. Pardon great A-----e what here is writ

First Line:
Pardon great A-----e what here is writ
Last Line:
And they'll make you a glorious queen | for ever
DMI number:
11991

55. Our history reckons some kings of great fame

First Line:
Our history reckons some kings of great fame
Last Line:
For matter of getting the pope will dispense | Ninny Mack Nero Jemmy Transub &c
DMI number:
42384

56. Once how I doted on this jilting town

First Line:
Once how I doted on this jilting town
Last Line:
But all the mighty pother ends in punk
Author:
Charles Sackville (Speculation)
DMI number:
3665

57. R H they say is gone to see

First Line:
R H they say is gone to see
Last Line:
The plot is still a driving
DMI number:
42311

58. Scotland be sad now and lament

First Line:
Scotland be sad now and lament
Last Line:
Pass joyful days for ever
DMI number:
7386

59. Second to Jove alone in whom unite

First Line:
Second to Jove alone in whom unite
Last Line:
Theirs is the eagle but the thunder thine
DMI number:
13956

60. Second to Jove alone in whom unite

First Line:
Second to Jove alone in whom unite
Last Line:
Theirs is the Eagle but the thunder's thine
DMI number:
4543

61. Since there are some that with me see the state

First Line:
Since there are some that with me see the state
Last Line:
If Leg or Armstrong shall be absolute
DMI number:
3656

62. Since Nassau bravely freed us

First Line:
Since Nassau bravely freed us
Last Line:
Amen so let it be
DMI number:
12013

63. Since by just flames the guilty piece is lost

First Line:
Since by just flames the guilty piece is lost
Last Line:
And make us while we pity him forget our loyalty
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
4444

64. Sing Io paeans through the land

First Line:
Sing Io paeans through the land
Last Line:
Or buttons made at Kew
DMI number:
36036

65. Speak satire for there's none can tell like thee

First Line:
Speak satire for there's none can tell like thee
Last Line:
Tis personal virtue only makes us great
Author:
Daniel Defoe (Absolute)
DMI number:
4380

66. Some mice deep entrenched in a rich Cheshire cheese

First Line:
Some mice deep entrenched in a rich Cheshire cheese
Last Line:
That king shall be chose by the mice
DMI number:
35978

67. The gathering clouds with aspect dark

First Line:
The gathering clouds with aspect dark
Last Line:
When vengeance strikes his foes
DMI number:
36718

68. The learned hold that worms in time

First Line:
The learned hold that worms in time
Last Line:
Keep thine to warm thy a----se
DMI number:
21761

69. The londoners gent to the king do present

First Line:
The londoners gent to the king do present
Last Line:
Until you burn again burn again
Author:
Andrew Marvell (Confident)
DMI number:
3640

70. The various triumphs of our king

First Line:
The various triumphs of our king
Last Line:
Abjure their own pretender
DMI number:
36037

71. The world's in a hurry what is it about

First Line:
The world's in a hurry what is it about
Last Line:
Sweden Russia Sardinia in friendship may dance
DMI number:
21712

72. There was a monarch whose imperial sway

First Line:
There was a monarch whose imperial sway
Last Line:
Who trusts a devil or a crafty priest
DMI number:
4421

73. There was an eagle built his nest

First Line:
There was an eagle built his nest
Last Line:
Whom neither gods nor human laws can bind
DMI number:
4424

74. Thou vile incendiary Tom

First Line:
Thou vile incendiary Tom
Last Line:
If these should give the whole away
DMI number:
21762

75. Thou holy spirit power divine

First Line:
Thou holy spirit power divine
Last Line:
And least of all la Pompadour
DMI number:
32006

76. Though the old hag of Rome

First Line:
Though the old hag of Rome
Last Line:
And charge the dog home in the rear sir
DMI number:
42382

77. Tis a sport to our prince

First Line:
Tis a sport to our prince
Last Line:
For an Orange once planted upon the French shore | May gay flower-de-luces will flourish no more
DMI number:
42340

78. Tis a sport to our prince

First Line:
Tis a sport to our prince
Last Line:
For an Orange once planted upon the French shore | My gay flower de luces will flourish no more
DMI number:
4934

79. Unhappy age and we in it

First Line:
Unhappy age and we in it
Last Line:
To Jesuits the state
DMI number:
42326

80. Unhappy island what hard fate ordains

First Line:
Unhappy island what hard fate ordains
Last Line:
I've eased my mind and will securely smile
DMI number:
4760

81. Two welshmen partners in a cow

First Line:
Two welshmen partners in a cow
Last Line:
Than what these welshmen did
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
4386

82. Too long the wise commons have been in debate

First Line:
Too long the wise commons have been in debate
Last Line:
And our T-s be burnt by our hearts taking fire
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
5411

83. Welcome my lord unto these Stygian plains

First Line:
Welcome my lord unto these Stygian plains
Last Line:
Find his estate entailed upon their soul
DMI number:
43058

84. Well I remember on that crowded day

First Line:
Well I remember on that crowded day
Last Line:
The jewel was America that fell
DMI number:
38147

85. Upon a sea-girt rock the mourner stood

First Line:
Upon a sea-girt rock the mourner stood
Last Line:
Thy native hills the solemn notes prolong
DMI number:
36052

86. When Anjou on Spain made at first the attempt

First Line:
When Anjou on Spain made at first the attempt
Last Line:
Let your catholic majesty reign where you can sir
DMI number:
7219

87. When as the duke of Normandy

First Line:
When as the duke of Normandy
Last Line:
Did of duke William gain
DMI number:
36969

88. When George shall over America succeed

First Line:
When George shall over America succeed
Last Line:
Won't George then be a merry k--- indeed
DMI number:
36000

89. When great Nassau is dead and gone

First Line:
When great Nassau is dead and gone
Last Line:
The strangest Queendom ever was
Author:
Henry Mordaunt (Speculation)
DMI number:
5889

90. When Lewis the great

First Line:
When Lewis the great
Last Line:
For he'll stop not a mile short of Paris
DMI number:
8107

91. When people find their money spent

First Line:
When people find their money spent
Last Line:
With farthing candles lighted home | before sir
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
4490

92. When Hodge had numbered up how many score

First Line:
When Hodge had numbered up how many score
Last Line:
With equal gratitude and treachery
Author:
Andrew Marvell (Speculation)
DMI number:
42301

93. When James our great monarch so wise and discreet

First Line:
When James our great monarch so wise and discreet
Last Line:
That the bishops the bishops did throw out the bill
DMI number:
42305

94. When James our great monarch so wise and discreet

First Line:
When James our great monarch so wise and discreet
Last Line:
Which never yet was broke that you'd rule by the sword
DMI number:
6386

95. Whither ye impious Britons do ye run

First Line:
Whither ye impious Britons do ye run
Last Line:
Entails this curse and will confound you all
DMI number:
4565

96. Whoever looks about and minds things well

First Line:
Whoever looks about and minds things well
Last Line:
'Tis ten to one that I shall dream again
DMI number:
3651

97. With malice fell

First Line:
With malice fell
Last Line:
When we are plagued with French and Spanish flies
Author:
John Hall-Stevenson (Absolute)
DMI number:
30863

98. Will's wafted to Holland on some state intrigue

First Line:
Will's wafted to Holland on some state intrigue
Last Line:
She is a Lord Justice as well as the nine
DMI number:
5888

99. Ye lads and ye lasses that live in Great Britain

First Line:
Ye lads and ye lasses that live in Great Britain
Last Line:
And a fig for the popish pretender's design | Derry down &c
DMI number:
13330

100. Ye pert buffoons of France

First Line:
Ye pert buffoons of France
Last Line:
We'll sing dare dare
DMI number:
36992