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1. A certain rich knight

First Line:
A certain rich knight
Last Line:
And stoop to so ignoble a passion
DMI number:
22538

2. A country family for London bound

First Line:
A country family for London bound
Last Line:
Exalts your souls and yields a lasting pleasure
DMI number:
17686

3. A peace a peace is better far

First Line:
A peace a peace is better far
Last Line:
A better peace what heart could wish
DMI number:
24452

4. A place where the farmer sometimes lays his wheat

First Line:
A place where the farmer sometimes lays his wheat
Last Line:
May be found fifty prostitutes every day
DMI number:
36846

5. A poet late of no ignoble fame

First Line:
A poet late of no ignoble fame
Last Line:
The men are blacksmiths and their wives are whores
DMI number:
34625

6. A riddle a riddle mee neighbour John

First Line:
A riddle a riddle mee neighbour John
Last Line:
Chil hold in great indudgeon
DMI number:
42463

7. A late expedition to Oxford was made

First Line:
A late expedition to Oxford was made
Last Line:
She's a woman she'll tell for she hates a true blue
DMI number:
24421

8. All folks who pretend to religion or grace

First Line:
All folks who pretend to religion or grace
Last Line:
How happy for us that it is not at home
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Absolute)
DMI number:
17403

9. Accept lamented shade the mournful lays

First Line:
Accept lamented shade the mournful lays
Last Line:
That ever youth could boast or heaven itself bestow
DMI number:
22939

10. Ah Tityrus you can sit beneath a tree

First Line:
Ah Tityrus you can sit beneath a tree
Last Line:
Shadows of hills grow long and the sun low
DMI number:
41828

11. After great Nassau taught this nation war

First Line:
After great Nassau taught this nation war
Last Line:
To Britain that we choose him for our own
DMI number:
10632

12. All nature was smiling and gay

First Line:
All nature was smiling and gay
Last Line:
Soft transports we never must repeat
DMI number:
11741

13. An honest Yorkshire man lies here

First Line:
An honest Yorkshire man lies here
Last Line:
His peace and everlasting rest
DMI number:
36906

14. Among these chiefs of British race

First Line:
Among these chiefs of British race
Last Line:
The structure was his own
Author:
Robert Nugent (Absolute)
DMI number:
22441

15. Although no brandished cherubins are here

First Line:
Although no brandished cherubins are here
Last Line:
When an heroic is a georgic too
DMI number:
4539

16. Amelia beauteous princess deign to view

First Line:
Amelia beauteous princess deign to view
Last Line:
The task to abler poets I resign
Author:
Mary Chandler (Absolute)
DMI number:
18289

17. As the young eagle that Joves thunder bears

First Line:
As the young eagle that Joves thunder bears
Last Line:
Their prudence will an easy triumph gain
DMI number:
41851

18. As wandering streams by secret force return

First Line:
As wandering streams by secret force return
Last Line:
But what they should be we must learn from you
Author:
Sir Richard Steele (Speculation)
DMI number:
6208

19. As well might lambs the lions den surround

First Line:
As well might lambs the lions den surround
Last Line:
The men defend the walls and not the walls the men
DMI number:
5238

20. As by the templars holds you go

First Line:
As by the templars holds you go
Last Line:
And law without delay
DMI number:
20837

21. 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

22. As a fond lover when his mistress frowns

First Line:
As a fond lover when his mistress frowns
Last Line:
And at this juncture double is their praise
DMI number:
17717

23. As soon as mild Augustus could assuage

First Line:
As soon as mild Augustus could assuage
Last Line:
They stoop for ease and pitch upon the ground
Author:
John Potenger (Absolute)
DMI number:
4040

24. As I went to Walsingham

First Line:
As I went to Walsingham
Last Line:
Oft have I said you nay
DMI number:
37319

25. At Blagrave's once upon a time

First Line:
At Blagrave's once upon a time
Last Line:
Safety for unsubstantial show
Author:
Thomas Warton (Absolute)
DMI number:
26596

26. At easy distance from the town

First Line:
At easy distance from the town
Last Line:
And generous plenty flows
Author:
Mary Chandler (Absolute)
DMI number:
18329

27. Attend to my song all ye gay and ye great

First Line:
Attend to my song all ye gay and ye great
Last Line:
Midst thankless Bathonians eighty thousand a year
DMI number:
31658

28. As with a friend on Sunday last

First Line:
As with a friend on Sunday last
Last Line:
And then my wonder ceased
DMI number:
26776

29. Bath in year sixty nine

First Line:
Bath in year sixty nine
Last Line:
Shout St George and Old England for ever
DMI number:
31657

30. Brave Titus three years had in London been

First Line:
Brave Titus three years had in London been
Last Line:
He has been in the Compter all the while
DMI number:
17357

31. Behold the touchstone of true love

First Line:
Behold the touchstone of true love
Last Line:
To the joy of all good men
DMI number:
12082

32. Bold Robin Hood ranging the forest all round

First Line:
Bold Robin Hood ranging the forest all round
Last Line:
Can do the like of thee
DMI number:
37004

33. But now at Piccadilly they arrive

First Line:
But now at Piccadilly they arrive
Last Line:
And slipping through the Palsgrave bilked poor Hack
Author:
Charles Montagu (Absolute) & Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
40475

34. Britain at length her wrath declares

First Line:
Britain at length her wrath declares
Last Line:
Let Bourbon tremble at the alliance
DMI number:
33385

35. Britons awake your country's cause

First Line:
Britons awake your country's cause
Last Line:
And choose right honest Knightley
DMI number:
24451

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

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

37. Child Waters in his stable stood

First Line:
Child Waters in his stable stood
Last Line:
Shall be upon one day
Author:
Jael Henrietta Pye [nee Mendez; other married name Campbell] (Absolute)
DMI number:
37064

38. Christ took the manhood the best of men became

First Line:
Christ took the manhood the best of men became
Last Line:
Church is a place where nations worship him
DMI number:
33989

39. Close in her hallowed grot where mildly bright

First Line:
Close in her hallowed grot where mildly bright
Last Line:
And calm prefer oblivion to disgrace
Author:
William Mason (Absolute)
DMI number:
24462

40. Come brothers of Stratford these flocks let us shear

First Line:
Come brothers of Stratford these flocks let us shear
Last Line:
And leave to next year the return of the day | Sing Tantararara shear all &c
DMI number:
35200

41. Come light and listen you gentlemen all

First Line:
Come light and listen you gentlemen all
Last Line:
To be of his yeomanry
DMI number:
36998

42. Come exert yourself Clio I pray

First Line:
Come exert yourself Clio I pray
Last Line:
Would rouse passion though buried in years
Author:
Richard Fitzpatrick (Absolute)
DMI number:
33899

43. Dear colonel you enjoined the task

First Line:
Dear colonel you enjoined the task
Last Line:
And me from head to toe
DMI number:
31598

44. Could Horace poet critic wit

First Line:
Could Horace poet critic wit
Last Line:
Blessed with plain sense and sober reason
DMI number:
22181

45. Come you gallants all to you I call

First Line:
Come you gallants all to you I call
Last Line:
And so ends Robin Hood's chance
DMI number:
36991

46. Daphnis because I am your debtor

First Line:
Daphnis because I am your debtor
Last Line:
I rest your very humble servant
Author:
Aphra Behn (Confident)
DMI number:
41818

47. Deluded men these holds forego

First Line:
Deluded men these holds forego
Last Line:
The jockeys that will ride you
DMI number:
20838

48. England's a perfect world has Indies too

First Line:
England's a perfect world has Indies too
Last Line:
And gives her a black bag for a green gown
Author:
Thomas Winyard (Absolute)
DMI number:
6740

49. Enough of time I have now spent in vain

First Line:
Enough of time I have now spent in vain
Last Line:
And never perplex my self with woman more
DMI number:
12667

50. Doating Silvenius in decline of life

First Line:
Doating Silvenius in decline of life
Last Line:
And old Silvenius glory in a son
DMI number:
17706