Poem Theme: Patronage / Related People: Not attributed

1. A half famished wolf met a jolly fat dog

First Line:: A half famished wolf met a jolly fat dog
Last Line:: They that will have the fat must submit to the clog
DMI number:: 4417

2. A stranger from Hibernia came

First Line:: A stranger from Hibernia came
Last Line:: Remember 'tis a Dorset sways
Author:: Mary Barber (Absolute)
DMI number:: 967

3. A milk white rogue immortal and unhanged

First Line:: A milk white rogue immortal and unhanged
Last Line:: Come hanging oft or noble decollation
DMI number:: 4422

4. Accept my good lords my most humble petition

First Line:: Accept my good lords my most humble petition
Last Line:: As Churchill's the great bred by greater Nassau
DMI number:: 97

5. Accept with unambitious views

First Line:: Accept with unambitious views
Last Line:: Be ever young with length of days
DMI number:: 26901

6. Against our bishops Henley raves

First Line:: Against our bishops Henley raves
Last Line:: A man to good behaviour
DMI number:: 11075

7. Among the arts to make a piece go down

First Line:: Among the arts to make a piece go down
Last Line:: He dares demand protection sirs from you
Author:: Samuel Foote (Absolute)
DMI number:: 37497

8. As Jove will not attend on less

First Line:: As Jove will not attend on less
Last Line:: Live on and stuff to boot their maws
Author:: Jonathan Swift (Speculation)
DMI number:: 1130

9. Are you all ready here's your music here

First Line:: Are you all ready here's your music here
Last Line:: So if you like it save it if not damn it
Author:: Edward Moore (Absolute)
DMI number:: 37512

10. Baker and poet swell thy glorious name

First Line:: Baker and poet swell thy glorious name
Last Line:: And on the baker do the poet right
DMI number:: 12360

11. Besides those things you have already told

First Line:: Besides those things you have already told
Last Line:: Who bears me hence live happy and farewell
DMI number:: 25725

12. By nature formed to rule embarrassed states

First Line:: By nature formed to rule embarrassed states
Last Line:: Under the covert of a fictitious tale
DMI number:: 6421

13. By the side of a nobleman's house

First Line:: By the side of a nobleman's house
Last Line:: And a drum if ye please of my ar-e
DMI number:: 10234

14. By favouring wit Maecenas purchased fame

First Line:: By favouring wit Maecenas purchased fame
Last Line:: At once the patron and the poet too
DMI number:: 16115

15. Codrus a brother in the scribbling trade

First Line:: Codrus a brother in the scribbling trade
Last Line:: He dedicates his labours to himself
DMI number:: 11048

16. Come Abram's sons from every quarter come

First Line:: Come Abram's sons from every quarter come
Last Line:: And give to golden calves again your praise
DMI number:: 40610

17. Connoisseur in pretence of the antique whose words ring

First Line:: Connoisseur in pretence of the antique whose words ring
Last Line:: The augustan age here to revive
DMI number:: 37679

18. Enough my friend your muse's power is seen

First Line:: Enough my friend your muse's power is seen
Last Line:: Give me their patrons and keep thou thy muse
DMI number:: 12549

19. Down in a northern vale wild flowerets grew

First Line:: Down in a northern vale wild flowerets grew
Last Line:: Her great protectress patroness and friend
DMI number:: 33067

20. Five hundred pounds too small a boon

First Line:: Five hundred pounds too small a boon
Last Line:: It scarce would buy the paper
Author:: Allan Ramsay (Absolute)
DMI number:: 17589

21. Forsake awhile my muse thy loved abodes

First Line:: Forsake awhile my muse thy loved abodes
Last Line:: She'll make thy verse immortal as her name
DMI number:: 11755

22. For writing to this little book your name

First Line:: For writing to this little book your name
Last Line:: But all must praise your great good nature
DMI number:: 12845

23. Give me great monarch pounds five-score

First Line:: Give me great monarch pounds five-score
Last Line:: For some folks read but all must eat
DMI number:: 15777

24. Great Capitolian Jove thou god to whom

First Line:: Great Capitolian Jove thou god to whom
Last Line:: Caesar himself can grant what's fit for me
Author:: Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:: 13488

25. H-y a pamphlet doth in prose present

First Line:: H-y a pamphlet doth in prose present
Last Line:: Now said my lord 'tis rhyme before nor rhyme nor reason
DMI number:: 17073

26. Hail sacred reliques of the tuneful train

First Line:: Hail sacred reliques of the tuneful train
Last Line:: And honour Pollio for his Virgil's sake
Author:: Thomas Fitzgerald (Absolute)
DMI number:: 223

27. Hail the year and hail the morn

First Line:: Hail the year and hail the morn
Last Line:: Cease my muse the task is done
DMI number:: 35583

28. Harley the nation's great support

First Line:: Harley the nation's great support
Last Line:: Pray leave me where you found me first
Author:: Jonathan Swift (Absolute)
DMI number:: 1953

29. He that doth ask Saint James doth say shall speed

First Line:: He that doth ask Saint James doth say shall speed
Last Line:: O that King James would answer so my need
Author:: Sir John Davies (Speculation)
DMI number:: 41951

30. He that in bosom of a prince doth dwell

First Line:: He that in bosom of a prince doth dwell
Last Line:: To seem to be familiar with a king
DMI number:: 14736

31. Hither amongst the crowds that shun

First Line:: Hither amongst the crowds that shun
Last Line:: Remember tis a Dorset sways
Author:: Mary Barber (Absolute)
DMI number:: 11566

32. Ho Moeris whither on thy way so fast

First Line:: Ho Moeris whither on thy way so fast
Last Line:: And find a friend at court I'll find a voice
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 3791

33. How sweet is praise and justly purchased glory

First Line:: How sweet is praise and justly purchased glory
Last Line:: And such the prize that crowns a generous mind
DMI number:: 1010

34. I cursed be my folly a certainty slighted

First Line:: I cursed be my folly a certainty slighted
Last Line:: Pushed open the door and raging left the room
DMI number:: 38373

35. I am thy heir Catullus thou hast said it

First Line:: I am thy heir Catullus thou hast said it
Last Line:: But I will not believe it till I read it
Author:: R. Fletcher (Confident)
DMI number:: 15989

36. In some vile hamlet let me live forgot

First Line:: In some vile hamlet let me live forgot
Last Line:: But to trudge four and miss you is the devil
Author:: Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:: 7096

37. In Greek and Roman writings skilled

First Line:: In Greek and Roman writings skilled
Last Line:: And high in spirits bid our cares farewell
DMI number:: 25576

38. It was my lord the dextrous shift

First Line:: It was my lord the dextrous shift
Last Line:: To save mine own and others' souls
Author:: Jonathan Smedley (Confident)
DMI number:: 15683

39. It was my lord the dextrous shift

First Line:: It was my lord the dextrous shift
Last Line:: To save my own and others souls
Author:: Jonathan Smedley (Confident)
DMI number:: 23156

40. Long Dodington in debt I long have sought

First Line:: Long Dodington in debt I long have sought
Last Line:: What most we wish with ease we fancy near
Author:: Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:: 32448

41. Lords promise soon but to perform are long

First Line:: Lords promise soon but to perform are long
Last Line:: Lord send their purse-strings tied but to their tongue
DMI number:: 17062

42. My very good dean there's few who come here

First Line:: My very good dean there's few who come here
Last Line:: But have something to ask or something to fear
Author:: John Carteret (Absolute)
DMI number:: 24106

43. My lord | By civil law the Ducks first got a name

First Line:: My lord | By civil law the Ducks first got a name
Last Line:: And your petitioner shall ever pray &c
DMI number:: 1400

44. My lord | Our poet's rules in easy numbers tell

First Line:: My lord | Our poet's rules in easy numbers tell
Last Line:: And be the Juliana of the age
Author:: Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:: 7041

45. My Lord | Sheffield's illustrious muse attends your smile

First Line:: My Lord | Sheffield's illustrious muse attends your smile
Last Line:: And triumph to great Sheffield's manes give
Author:: John Henley (Speculation)
DMI number:: 1425

46. My lord from my friends I intelligence had

First Line:: My lord from my friends I intelligence had
Last Line:: From your drudge and your tool and your humble servant
DMI number:: 38372

47. Most gracious sovereign please to excuse

First Line:: Most gracious sovereign please to excuse
Last Line:: And your petitioners shall pray &c
DMI number:: 10247

48. I told you sir it would not pass

First Line:: I told you sir it would not pass
Last Line:: Go kick that rascal out of doors
DMI number:: 4536

49. I owe says Metius much to Colon's care

First Line:: I owe says Metius much to Colon's care
Last Line:: His heir you were not had he seen you twice
Author:: Leonard Welsted (Confident)
DMI number:: 12272

50. I wanted money money Julio gave

First Line:: I wanted money money Julio gave
Last Line:: For obligation is the dearest way
DMI number:: 12834

51. If a truth may be asked Sir pray what may it mean

First Line:: If a truth may be asked Sir pray what may it mean
Last Line:: Poor Charles is forgotten to make you the martyr
DMI number:: 121

52. If Afra's worth were needful to be shown

First Line:: If Afra's worth were needful to be shown
Last Line:: And what thou can not comprehend admire
DMI number:: 4443

53. If monarch's as you'll have't on trust reward

First Line:: If monarch's as you'll have't on trust reward
Last Line:: That author's baulked who waits rewards from you
Author:: Sir Richard Blackmore (Speculation)
DMI number:: 3603

54. Let happier bards whose raptured breasts aspire

First Line:: Let happier bards whose raptured breasts aspire
Last Line:: One smile applausive to my youthful strain
DMI number:: 38510

55. Laurus was nature's masterpiece begun

First Line:: Laurus was nature's masterpiece begun
Last Line:: But find my lays unequal to the theme
DMI number:: 35339

56. Maro's famed muse did find a different fate

First Line:: Maro's famed muse did find a different fate
Last Line:: A prince's envy than a prince's love
DMI number:: 17080

57. Maecenas from an ancient race

First Line:: Maecenas from an ancient race
Last Line:: And touch with lofty head the skies
DMI number:: 25377

58. Maecenas still content to shine

First Line:: Maecenas still content to shine
Last Line:: Or from the Formian or Falernian vines
Author:: John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:: 25434

59. Mecenas offspring of Hetrurian kings

First Line:: Mecenas offspring of Hetrurian kings
Last Line:: I to the stars themselves my head shall raise
DMI number:: 10005

60. O gratitude do thou inspire

First Line:: O gratitude do thou inspire
Last Line:: I'll bless my God for Chesselden
DMI number:: 13031

61. Of arms of siege of bloody fight

First Line:: Of arms of siege of bloody fight
Last Line:: To try my skill in versemanship
DMI number:: 26882

62. Old Reynard once with thirst oppressed

First Line:: Old Reynard once with thirst oppressed
Last Line:: Remember well the fox and goat
DMI number:: 18170

63. Poets had formerly not only bread

First Line:: Poets had formerly not only bread
Last Line:: Honour dead bards and let the living starve
DMI number:: 24747

64. Scaeva thou art wise enough to tell

First Line:: Scaeva thou art wise enough to tell
Last Line:: Get help you rascal where you are not known
DMI number:: 42207

65. Sick of a life possessed in vain

First Line:: Sick of a life possessed in vain
Last Line:: What would you please to have me say
DMI number:: 1053

66. Sheweth | That your honour's petitioners dealers in rhymes

First Line:: Sheweth | That your honour's petitioners dealers in rhymes
Last Line:: And your honour's petitioners ever shall pray
Author:: Edward Moore (Absolute)
DMI number:: 25838

67. Self-taught though Brevil nicely can discern

First Line:: Self-taught though Brevil nicely can discern
Last Line:: While all the village rings a cheat a cheat
DMI number:: 25775

68. Seven wealthy towns contend for Homer dead

First Line:: Seven wealthy towns contend for Homer dead
Last Line:: Through which the living Homer begged his bread
DMI number:: 12311

69. Sir | all my endeavours all my hopes depend

First Line:: Sir | all my endeavours all my hopes depend
Last Line:: Your humble servant sir not one word more
Author:: Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:: 4441

70. Sir | As once a twelve month to the priest

First Line:: Sir | As once a twelve month to the priest
Last Line:: And wreaths round William's glorious head
Author:: Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:: 3934

71. Since my weak voice in Congreve's praise preferred

First Line:: Since my weak voice in Congreve's praise preferred
Last Line:: Lost fame not leaving off when all was well
Author:: William Bond (Absolute)
DMI number:: 1354

72. The muse though late to thee the muse's friend

First Line:: The muse though late to thee the muse's friend
Last Line:: Grafton's my care for he took care of thee
DMI number:: 18172

73. The warrior ghosts will round me come

First Line:: The warrior ghosts will round me come
Last Line:: What would your lordship have me say
DMI number:: 1054

74. The thresher Duck could over the queen prevail

First Line:: The thresher Duck could over the queen prevail
Last Line:: Thy toil is lessened and thy profit's double
Author:: Jonathan Swift (Absolute)
DMI number:: 17382

75. There's not a drowsy alderman i'th'town

First Line:: There's not a drowsy alderman i'th'town
Last Line:: To make Westphalia hams of English pork
Author:: Nahum Tate (Absolute)
DMI number:: 5794

76. Thy cloudy looks why melting thus in tears

First Line:: Thy cloudy looks why melting thus in tears
Last Line:: And unyoked heifers pacing homewards low
Author:: Ambrose Philips (Absolute)
DMI number:: 6961

77. To John I owed great obligation

First Line:: To John I owed great obligation
Last Line:: Sure John and I are more than quit
Author:: Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:: 12274

78. Victorious sir still faithful to thy word

First Line:: Victorious sir still faithful to thy word
Last Line:: You have good store of nonsense else in prose
Author:: Alexander Pennecuik (Absolute)
DMI number:: 4604

79. Vain the concern which you express

First Line:: Vain the concern which you express
Last Line:: But to secure our rest
Author:: Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:: 12396

80. Warwick to whom is due alone

First Line:: Warwick to whom is due alone
Last Line:: And gives him now his full reward
Author:: Thomas Tickell (Confident)
DMI number:: 9704

81. Wearied with vain pursuits and humble grown

First Line:: Wearied with vain pursuits and humble grown
Last Line:: Homer on less occasion had run mad
Author:: Joseph Mitchell (Absolute)
DMI number:: 33835

82. When crowding folks with strange ill faces

First Line:: When crowding folks with strange ill faces
Last Line:: That one mouse eats while the other's starved
Author:: Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:: 4472

83. What subject shall a youthful poet choose

First Line:: What subject shall a youthful poet choose
Last Line:: One cannot read the other can't reward
DMI number:: 24913

84. Whilst Butler needy wretch was still alive

First Line:: Whilst Butler needy wretch was still alive
Last Line:: He asked for bread and he received a stone
Author:: Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:: 24090

85. Whilst crowding folks with strange ill faces

First Line:: Whilst crowding folks with strange ill faces
Last Line:: That one mouse eats and the other's starved
Author:: Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:: 3893

86. Why am I killed with your complaint

First Line:: Why am I killed with your complaint
Last Line:: For me an humble lamb shall yield her blood
DMI number:: 25542

87. Why Celia is your spreading waist

First Line:: Why Celia is your spreading waist
Last Line:: The arts that taught them first to rise
Author:: Edward Moore (Absolute)
DMI number:: 23346

88. Wonder not why these lines come to your hand

First Line:: Wonder not why these lines come to your hand
Last Line:: Tis so like nothing that there's nothing like it
Author:: Thomas Jordan (Absolute)
DMI number:: 18522

89. Your birth my lord and great deserts

First Line:: Your birth my lord and great deserts
Last Line:: And make me sing their pride
DMI number:: 7693

90. Your friendship I court for a friendly support

First Line:: Your friendship I court for a friendly support
Last Line:: As any of Pope or of Prior
DMI number:: 868

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1. A half famished wolf met a jolly fat dog

2. A stranger from Hibernia came

3. A milk white rogue immortal and unhanged

4. Accept my good lords my most humble petition

5. Accept with unambitious views

6. Against our bishops Henley raves

7. Among the arts to make a piece go down

8. As Jove will not attend on less

9. Are you all ready here's your music here

10. Baker and poet swell thy glorious name

11. Besides those things you have already told

12. By nature formed to rule embarrassed states

13. By the side of a nobleman's house

14. By favouring wit Maecenas purchased fame

15. Codrus a brother in the scribbling trade

16. Come Abram's sons from every quarter come

17. Connoisseur in pretence of the antique whose words ring

18. Enough my friend your muse's power is seen

19. Down in a northern vale wild flowerets grew

20. Five hundred pounds too small a boon

21. Forsake awhile my muse thy loved abodes

22. For writing to this little book your name

23. Give me great monarch pounds five-score

24. Great Capitolian Jove thou god to whom

25. H-y a pamphlet doth in prose present

26. Hail sacred reliques of the tuneful train

27. Hail the year and hail the morn

28. Harley the nation's great support

29. He that doth ask Saint James doth say shall speed

30. He that in bosom of a prince doth dwell

31. Hither amongst the crowds that shun

32. Ho Moeris whither on thy way so fast

33. How sweet is praise and justly purchased glory

34. I cursed be my folly a certainty slighted

35. I am thy heir Catullus thou hast said it

36. In some vile hamlet let me live forgot

37. In Greek and Roman writings skilled

38. It was my lord the dextrous shift

39. It was my lord the dextrous shift

40. Long Dodington in debt I long have sought

41. Lords promise soon but to perform are long

42. My very good dean there's few who come here

43. My lord | By civil law the Ducks first got a name

44. My lord | Our poet's rules in easy numbers tell

45. My Lord | Sheffield's illustrious muse attends your smile

46. My lord from my friends I intelligence had

47. Most gracious sovereign please to excuse

48. I told you sir it would not pass

49. I owe says Metius much to Colon's care

50. I wanted money money Julio gave

51. If a truth may be asked Sir pray what may it mean

52. If Afra's worth were needful to be shown

53. If monarch's as you'll have't on trust reward

54. Let happier bards whose raptured breasts aspire

55. Laurus was nature's masterpiece begun

56. Maro's famed muse did find a different fate

57. Maecenas from an ancient race

58. Maecenas still content to shine

59. Mecenas offspring of Hetrurian kings

60. O gratitude do thou inspire

61. Of arms of siege of bloody fight

62. Old Reynard once with thirst oppressed

63. Poets had formerly not only bread

64. Scaeva thou art wise enough to tell

65. Sick of a life possessed in vain

66. Sheweth | That your honour's petitioners dealers in rhymes

67. Self-taught though Brevil nicely can discern

68. Seven wealthy towns contend for Homer dead

69. Sir | all my endeavours all my hopes depend

70. Sir | As once a twelve month to the priest

71. Since my weak voice in Congreve's praise preferred

72. The muse though late to thee the muse's friend