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1. A northern pair we waive the name

First Line:
A northern pair we waive the name
Last Line:
Give nature vent and drop it here
DMI number:
23390

2. A northern pair we'll waive the name

First Line:
A northern pair we'll waive the name
Last Line:
Give nature vent and drop it here
DMI number:
32315

3. A monkey once of sober life

First Line:
A monkey once of sober life
Last Line:
His sentence on his conscious head
DMI number:
35946

4. A song of horror I must now commence

First Line:
A song of horror I must now commence
Last Line:
And shall for ages be the song of fame
DMI number:
4243

5. Avaro lived a private life

First Line:
Avaro lived a private life
Last Line:
The fruit of such frugality
Author:
John Bancks [Banks] (Absolute)
DMI number:
24428

6. Avaro lived a private life

First Line:
Avaro lived a private life
Last Line:
Who live contented with their doxies
Author:
John Bancks [Banks] (Absolute)
DMI number:
22795

7. Dear object of my love whose powerful charms

First Line:
Dear object of my love whose powerful charms
Last Line:
Lurks the false traitorous undermining foe
Author:
John Ellis (Absolute)
DMI number:
24446

8. Doting Silenus in decline of life

First Line:
Doting Silenus in decline of life
Last Line:
And old Silenus glory in a son
DMI number:
12671

9. Fanny with Tom went out one day

First Line:
Fanny with Tom went out one day
Last Line:
It's certain proof the world's turned round
DMI number:
12118

10. First wheat and barley shall be sown

First Line:
First wheat and barley shall be sown
Last Line:
And I'll for rhyme write under | ---Amen
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
5523

11. He that's uneasy with his bride

First Line:
He that's uneasy with his bride
Last Line:
They're highly blest that are without them
DMI number:
36897

12. How cruel is a parent's care

First Line:
How cruel is a parent's care
Last Line:
For gentler usage suing
Author:
Sir William Yonge (Absolute) & Matthew Concanen (Absolute) & Edward Roome (Absolute)
DMI number:
23782

13. My father and mother what ail em

First Line:
My father and mother what ail em
Last Line:
The world it should end as begun
DMI number:
32978

14. If loaded eyelids and a clouded brow

First Line:
If loaded eyelids and a clouded brow
Last Line:
Till time's no more and nature's works lie waste
DMI number:
3803

15. Kind France gave me my birth and tender life

First Line:
Kind France gave me my birth and tender life
Last Line:
Of my long life old age should cut the thread
DMI number:
27935

16. Nokes went he thought to Stikes's wife to bed

First Line:
Nokes went he thought to Stikes's wife to bed
Last Line:
To be allowed legitimate or not
DMI number:
12728

17. Nokes went he thought to Styles's wife to bed

First Line:
Nokes went he thought to Styles's wife to bed
Last Line:
To be allowed legitimate or not
DMI number:
14617

18. Oh I'll have a husband ay marry

First Line:
Oh I'll have a husband ay marry
Last Line:
Than die an old maid undone
Author:
Henry Carey (Absolute)
DMI number:
23608

19. Saw ye the thane of mickle pride

First Line:
Saw ye the thane of mickle pride
Last Line:
Seems to the traveller like a man
DMI number:
36926

20. Shadrach lies here who made both sexes happy

First Line:
Shadrach lies here who made both sexes happy
Last Line:
The women with love toys the men with nappy
DMI number:
34914

21. Ten months after Florimel happened to wed

First Line:
Ten months after Florimel happened to wed
Last Line:
That maids make not half such a tumult as wives
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
12373

22. The authors of romances and novels

First Line:
The authors of romances and novels
Last Line:
And doth still the notes repeat
Author:
Alexander Pennecuik (Absolute)
DMI number:
25401

23. The night her blackest sables wore

First Line:
The night her blackest sables wore
Last Line:
That ever she let me in
DMI number:
3972

24. When on his back through hostile swords and fire

First Line:
When on his back through hostile swords and fire
Last Line:
Death seized his wife and the good man was freed
DMI number:
16698

25. Why how now minx why this o' th' sudden

First Line:
Why how now minx why this o' th' sudden
Last Line:
You've won a daughter's heart for ever
DMI number:
5860

26. With delight and joy methinks I see

First Line:
With delight and joy methinks I see
Last Line:
Is this would I were brought to bed with thee
Author:
Nicholas Hookes (Confident)
DMI number:
5661

27. Wife to a man of candor sweetness ease

First Line:
Wife to a man of candor sweetness ease
Last Line:
Read but these verses and the pen forbear
DMI number:
27904