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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.
About twelve months ago upon searching my brain
First Line:
About twelve months ago upon searching my brain
Last Line:
And who fears success where Tyrawley commands
Author:
Matthew Concanen (Absolute)
DMI number:
11323
3.
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
4.
All the great men take you away
First Line:
All the great men take you away
Last Line:
You're not a friend but a buffoon
DMI number:
27503
5.
And in this thankless world the givers
First Line:
And in this thankless world the givers
Last Line:
Lest men should think we owe
DMI number:
39719
6.
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
7.
As to Apelles Ammon's son
First Line:
As to Apelles Ammon's son
Last Line:
No other would have thee
DMI number:
24846
8.
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
9.
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
10.
Aulus gives nought men say though much he crave
First Line:
Aulus gives nought men say though much he crave
Last Line:
Yet I can tell to whom the pox he gave
Author:
Francis Davison (Absolute)
DMI number:
49790
11.
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
12.
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
13.
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
14.
Be safe nor fear thyself so good a fame
First Line:
Be safe nor fear thyself so good a fame
Last Line:
I'm more ashamed to have thee thought my foe
Author:
Benjamin Jonson (Absolute)
DMI number:
24922
15.
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
16.
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
17.
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
18.
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
19.
Blierd babling bystour-bard obey
First Line:
Blierd babling bystour-bard obey
Last Line:
Then thou'lt be ward with every wife
Author:
Sir Patrick Hume (Absolute)
DMI number:
4640
20.
By want of shift since lice at first are bred
First Line:
By want of shift since lice at first are bred
Last Line:
Since all men know you shift as much as any
Author:
Francis Davison (Absolute)
DMI number:
49787
21.
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
22.
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
23.
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
24.
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
25.
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
26.
Bufo it seems aloud complains
First Line:
Bufo it seems aloud complains
Last Line:
Thy look's an insult on mankind
DMI number:
35810
27.
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
28.
But of his conditions to carp for a while
First Line:
But of his conditions to carp for a while
Last Line:
I may this reply
Author:
Sir Patrick Hume (Absolute)
DMI number:
4644
29.
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
30.
Britons what unatoned offence
First Line:
Britons what unatoned offence
Last Line:
He plunged he sunk he died
DMI number:
33172
31.
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
32.
Brother soldiers have a care
First Line:
Brother soldiers have a care
Last Line:
For him who saved the fleet
DMI number:
33175
33.
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
34.
Codrus although but of mean estate
First Line:
Codrus although but of mean estate
Last Line:
Married a wife young wanton fair and witty
Author:
Francis Davison (Absolute)
DMI number:
49772
35.
Come my dirty pug away
First Line:
Come my dirty pug away
Last Line:
My sad but fatal destiny
Author:
William Hicks (Confident)
DMI number:
42424
36.
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
37.
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
38.
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
39.
Dear Sid then why wert thou so mad
First Line:
Dear Sid then why wert thou so mad
Last Line:
His next will be a rod in piss
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Absolute)
DMI number:
18200
40.
Dear sir tis with pleasure the following I write
First Line:
Dear sir tis with pleasure the following I write
Last Line:
And in all things but fighting believe me
DMI number:
33165
41.
Despiteful spider poor of sprite
First Line:
Despiteful spider poor of sprite
Last Line:
The second shall be something fairer
Author:
Sir Patrick Hume (Absolute)
DMI number:
4638
42.
Ersch brybour baird vyle beggar with thy bratts
First Line:
Ersch brybour baird vyle beggar with thy bratts
Last Line:
Rotten crok dirten dok cry cok or I sall quell thee
Author:
William Dunbar (Absolute)
DMI number:
10925
43.
Dirten Dunbar on quhome blaws thou thy boist
First Line:
Dirten Dunbar on quhome blaws thou thy boist
Last Line:
For Kennedie to thee this schedule sends
Author:
Walter Kennedy (Absolute)
DMI number:
10924
44.
Dothane deils son and dragon dispytous
First Line:
Dothane deils son and dragon dispytous
Last Line:
Spink sink with stink ad tartara termagorum
Author:
Walter Kennedy (Absolute)
DMI number:
10927
45.
False clatterand kensy kuckold knaif
First Line:
False clatterand kensy kuckold knaif
Last Line:
Betwixt Kirkaldy and Kingorne
Author:
William Stewart (Speculation)
DMI number:
10867
46.
False feckless foulmart lo here a defiance
First Line:
False feckless foulmart lo here a defiance
Last Line:
Here I thee expell from all Christen men
Author:
Alexander Montgomerie (Absolute)
DMI number:
4639
47.
Fail ye of wealth of wealth ye still will fail
First Line:
Fail ye of wealth of wealth ye still will fail
Last Line:
None but fat sows are now greased in the tail
Author:
Francis Davison (Absolute)
DMI number:
49775
48.
Four teeth of late you had both black and shaking
First Line:
Four teeth of late you had both black and shaking
Last Line:
Now from the tooth-ache you live most secure
Author:
Francis Davison (Absolute)
DMI number:
49768
49.
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
50.
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
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