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1. A bard whose laurel never dies

First Line:
A bard whose laurel never dies
Last Line:
Tis W--m S--n a mean P--r
DMI number:
35410

2. An ancient sage in rules of wisdom versed

First Line:
An ancient sage in rules of wisdom versed
Last Line:
By eminence in folly deemed a wit
DMI number:
18026

3. 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

4. As to Apelles Ammon's son

First Line:
As to Apelles Ammon's son
Last Line:
No other would have thee
DMI number:
24846

5. As quacks for pence and praises from the mob

First Line:
As quacks for pence and praises from the mob
Last Line:
Coarse fare and flogging whips shall mend thy brain
DMI number:
5171

6. At length with vengeance bursts my raging vein

First Line:
At length with vengeance bursts my raging vein
Last Line:
And lost in transport beg to wake no more
Author:
Nicholas Amhurst (Absolute)
DMI number:
12000

7. Aurelius you the chief and head

First Line:
Aurelius you the chief and head
Last Line:
Till I have drenched your nasty mouth
DMI number:
8595

8. B-- though with scraps of others wit

First Line:
B-- though with scraps of others wit
Last Line:
For silence can't like books be bought
DMI number:
12731

9. Be gone our nation's pleasure and reproach

First Line:
Be gone our nation's pleasure and reproach
Last Line:
And stole from Shakespeare's self our easy hearts
DMI number:
8391

10. Behold a witty foolish king

First Line:
Behold a witty foolish king
Last Line:
Nor ever did a wise one
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
30588

11. Behold the lordly pedant in his school

First Line:
Behold the lordly pedant in his school
Last Line:
Like Juno to rule him who rules the heaven
Author:
John Straight (Absolute)
DMI number:
27732

12. Betwix twa tods a crawing cok

First Line:
Betwix twa tods a crawing cok
Last Line:
Quhilk of thir fours in gritest danger
DMI number:
10868

13. Blakeney we praise and Byng we blame

First Line:
Blakeney we praise and Byng we blame
Last Line:
Blakeney's sole fear is life without it
DMI number:
33183

14. Byng to St Philip's dared not venture near

First Line:
Byng to St Philip's dared not venture near
Last Line:
Byng should have sent to borrow Blakeney's heart
DMI number:
33158

15. C----l let me advise you whatever betides

First Line:
C----l let me advise you whatever betides
Last Line:
So pray keep the third for your own
DMI number:
15838

16. Caesar so little I regard thy sight

First Line:
Caesar so little I regard thy sight
Last Line:
Thy lust and course of life's as black as hell
DMI number:
8596

17. Can indignation so much rage infuse

First Line:
Can indignation so much rage infuse
Last Line:
How like thy poem neither head nor tail
DMI number:
12005

18. By the backside good lack good lack

First Line:
By the backside good lack good lack
Last Line:
And leave you to my betters
Author:
John Hall-Stevenson (Absolute)
DMI number:
39090

19. Bufo it seems aloud complains

First Line:
Bufo it seems aloud complains
Last Line:
Thy look's an insult on mankind
DMI number:
35810

20. But I must write or burst my gall overflows

First Line:
But I must write or burst my gall overflows
Last Line:
Who whispers smut to thy consenting ear
DMI number:
22420

21. But we'll dismiss his herd on this condition

First Line:
But we'll dismiss his herd on this condition
Last Line:
Be Th---p their taylor or what's worse physician
DMI number:
8088

22. Britons what unatoned offence

First Line:
Britons what unatoned offence
Last Line:
He plunged he sunk he died
DMI number:
33172

23. Brother H-- thy piss pot answer quick never falter

First Line:
Brother H-- thy piss pot answer quick never falter
Last Line:
There tis brother F-- it stands under the altar
DMI number:
13001

24. Brother soldiers have a care

First Line:
Brother soldiers have a care
Last Line:
For him who saved the fleet
DMI number:
33175

25. Charles keeps a secret well or I'm deceived

First Line:
Charles keeps a secret well or I'm deceived
Last Line:
For nothing Charles can say will be believed
DMI number:
24896

26. Cries Blakeney to Byng as he kept at a distance

First Line:
Cries Blakeney to Byng as he kept at a distance
Last Line:
Let me scape but the gun I can buy off the rope
DMI number:
33171

27. Dear Smed although I'm pressed with cares

First Line:
Dear Smed although I'm pressed with cares
Last Line:
And smoke your pipe and draw your tithes
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Speculation)
DMI number:
11982

28. Dear Smed although impressed with cares

First Line:
Dear Smed although impressed with cares
Last Line:
And smoke your pipe and draw your tithes
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Speculation)
DMI number:
11529

29. Foxis ar fell at crawing coks

First Line:
Foxis ar fell at crawing coks
Last Line:
Tailziors ar tyrrans in killing lyce
DMI number:
10966

30. For seldom shall a ruler lost his life

First Line:
For seldom shall a ruler lost his life
Last Line:
And such as see dare not disclose their mind
DMI number:
40802

31. Flavia's a name a deal too free

First Line:
Flavia's a name a deal too free
Last Line:
And C------d the elder
DMI number:
19477

32. Gellius is fair and beauteous to the view

First Line:
Gellius is fair and beauteous to the view
Last Line:
If told what things had passed betwixt him and her
DMI number:
8541

33. Gellius is lean and why not such a son

First Line:
Gellius is lean and why not such a son
Last Line:
Which shows you why the skeleton is such
DMI number:
8540

34. Furius whose dwelling's not possessed

First Line:
Furius whose dwelling's not possessed
Last Line:
For thou art but too happy in thy fate
DMI number:
8545

35. Great wits to madness always were allied

First Line:
Great wits to madness always were allied
Last Line:
This makes the Dean for kindred thus provide
DMI number:
24806

36. Here back to thee I do regreet this clout

First Line:
Here back to thee I do regreet this clout
Last Line:
Take C away and then I send thee lout
DMI number:
41949

37. Here lies the mutton-eating king

First Line:
Here lies the mutton-eating king
Last Line:
Nor ever did a wise one
DMI number:
12397

38. Here lives a man who by relation

First Line:
Here lives a man who by relation
Last Line:
But that alas it was decreed
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
12485

39. Here lives the wolf justice a butcherly knave

First Line:
Here lives the wolf justice a butcherly knave
Last Line:
We'll die at our doors ere in Smithfield we'll burn
Author:
Stephen College (Confident)
DMI number:
4871

40. Here lives the wolf justice and butcherly knave

First Line:
Here lives the wolf justice and butcherly knave
Last Line:
We'll die at our doors ere in Smithfield we'll burn
Author:
Stephen College (Confident)
DMI number:
42318

41. How comes it that Quibus should pass for a wit

First Line:
How comes it that Quibus should pass for a wit
Last Line:
He sold what he spoke and he bought what he writ
DMI number:
12732

42. Homer describing the divine abodes

First Line:
Homer describing the divine abodes
Last Line:
The Vulcan and Thersites of the group
Author:
Jonathan Smedley (Confident)
DMI number:
16078

43. I did intend in rhymes heroic

First Line:
I did intend in rhymes heroic
Last Line:
All quickly will return to forty eight
DMI number:
6451

44. I hate the man who builds his name

First Line:
I hate the man who builds his name
Last Line:
To wither envy pine and fade
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
23405

45. In an unlucky hour the ship

First Line:
In an unlucky hour the ship
Last Line:
And lamb will sacrifice
DMI number:
25646

46. In two large columns on thy motley page

First Line:
In two large columns on thy motley page
Last Line:
Wander like him accursed through the land
Author:
John Hervey (Absolute) & Lady Mary Wortley Montagu [nee Pierrepont] (Absolute) & William Windham (Absolute)
DMI number:
12337

47. In Oxford bards there are most sad ones

First Line:
In Oxford bards there are most sad ones
Last Line:
And stamping damns the revolution
DMI number:
12010

48. Isgrim and Belin on a day

First Line:
Isgrim and Belin on a day
Last Line:
A sacrifice to impudence
DMI number:
19369

49. In vain my muse I bid you hold in vain

First Line:
In vain my muse I bid you hold in vain
Last Line:
For ever now farewell a long adieu
DMI number:
8971

50. Lo known to all this merry town

First Line:
Lo known to all this merry town
Last Line:
But where are horns ay where indeed
DMI number:
8090