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1. Among the writing race of modern wits

First Line:
Among the writing race of modern wits
Last Line:
By gentle poet and by small commander
DMI number:
4767

2. As the late character of god-like men

First Line:
As the late character of god-like men
Last Line:
Here lies the only Prince who left all evil ways
DMI number:
6446

3. As those who frequently resort

First Line:
As those who frequently resort
Last Line:
Le H-nt and Daniel Wr-y esq
DMI number:
19584

4. As I have oftentimes and long since too

First Line:
As I have oftentimes and long since too
Last Line:
If thou ever lovst me break not my command
Author:
Alexander Brome (Absolute)
DMI number:
42203

5. Dear Julian twice or thrice a year

First Line:
Dear Julian twice or thrice a year
Last Line:
From some of the authors named above
DMI number:
4440

6. Dear Sim by wits extolled by wits cried down

First Line:
Dear Sim by wits extolled by wits cried down
Last Line:
But he who wrote the verse was Mat Prior
DMI number:
17866

7. Dear Sim by wits extolled by wits cried down

First Line:
Dear Sim by wits extolled by wits cried down
Last Line:
But he who wrote the verses must be Prior
Author:
George Sewell (Speculation)
DMI number:
12500

8. Dear Sim by wits extolled by wits cried down

First Line:
Dear Sim by wits extolled by wits cried down
Last Line:
But he who wrote the verses was Mat Prior
DMI number:
18816

9. Deluded mortals whom the great

First Line:
Deluded mortals whom the great
Last Line:
Are angels just as kings are gods
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Absolute)
DMI number:
28202

10. Fast by the banks of Cam was Colin bred

First Line:
Fast by the banks of Cam was Colin bred
Last Line:
As various hour advised in various habit dressed
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
11876

11. First lerges of the king my cheif

First Line:
First lerges of the king my cheif
Last Line:
Than all the laif that I of mene | For lerges of this new zeir day
Author:
William Stewart (Speculation)
DMI number:
10920

12. Fain would I sir what you advised fulfil

First Line:
Fain would I sir what you advised fulfil
Last Line:
My pinions dropped me headlong from the sky
DMI number:
12228

13. From the deep vaulted den of endless night

First Line:
From the deep vaulted den of endless night
Last Line:
Souls damned to night must never see the day
DMI number:
4437

14. Had the late famed Lord Rochester survived

First Line:
Had the late famed Lord Rochester survived
Last Line:
To see those more prodigious ----- there
DMI number:
6494

15. How dull and how insensible a beast

First Line:
How dull and how insensible a beast
Last Line:
Learn to write well or not to write at all
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute) & John Dryden (Speculation)
DMI number:
3663

16. In Anna's wars immortal Churchill rose

First Line:
In Anna's wars immortal Churchill rose
Last Line:
Who hurls unmatched the thunderbolts of wit
DMI number:
29994

17. Is Prior gone O would you once inspire

First Line:
Is Prior gone O would you once inspire
Last Line:
But all the land record Prior's immortal fame
DMI number:
12229

18. Is Prior gone O would you once inspire

First Line:
Is Prior gone O would you once inspire
Last Line:
What all the land record Prior's immortal fame
DMI number:
18409

19. 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

20. Must I with patience ever silent sit

First Line:
Must I with patience ever silent sit
Last Line:
Or who'd be safe and senseless like Tom Thynne
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
5431

21. My lord | When on some antique medal's dimner brass

First Line:
My lord | When on some antique medal's dimner brass
Last Line:
Shall satiate this new Cyrus with his own
Author:
Edward Vernon (Absolute)
DMI number:
33677

22. I sing the praise of a worthy knight

First Line:
I sing the praise of a worthy knight
Last Line:
For his father was ruined by the first of the line
DMI number:
4501

23. If beauty innocence and truth

First Line:
If beauty innocence and truth
Last Line:
Tis yours to rail tis mine to shine
DMI number:
22560

24. Kind friend with whom I sip and smoke

First Line:
Kind friend with whom I sip and smoke
Last Line:
Procure a nap though never so tipsy
DMI number:
5942

25. Of all the wonders since the world began

First Line:
Of all the wonders since the world began
Last Line:
When all fools write to think no more of rhyme
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
6424

26. Of villains rebels cuckolds pimps and spies

First Line:
Of villains rebels cuckolds pimps and spies
Last Line:
Nor Nell so much inverted nature spewed
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
8639

27. Of ramblings and follies you oft have been told

First Line:
Of ramblings and follies you oft have been told
Last Line:
The Dutch to their brandy and the Czar to his punk
Author:
Edward Ward (Absolute)
DMI number:
5454

28. Oh Joy thy name I never knew

First Line:
Oh Joy thy name I never knew
Last Line:
And South-Sea be like Tagus sung
Author:
Susanna Centlivre (Absolute)
DMI number:
11800

29. Painting and poetry you know

First Line:
Painting and poetry you know
Last Line:
I'll loll away a laughing life
DMI number:
20479

30. Painting and poetry you know

First Line:
Painting and poetry you know
Last Line:
Spares the proud prince of eloquence
DMI number:
22558

31. Once how I doted on this jilting town

First Line:
Once how I doted on this jilting town
Last Line:
But all the mighty pother ends in punk
Author:
Charles Sackville (Speculation)
DMI number:
3665

32. Receive great bard thanks from the meanest muse

First Line:
Receive great bard thanks from the meanest muse
Last Line:
To build the house of god be Prior's praise
Author:
J. Newcome (Absolute)
DMI number:
15505

33. That scarce a piece I publish in a year

First Line:
That scarce a piece I publish in a year
Last Line:
When is the piece you want to be composed
DMI number:
27951

34. The common shore of this poetic town

First Line:
The common shore of this poetic town
Last Line:
His mistress lost and yet his pen's his sword
Author:
George Villiers (Speculation)
DMI number:
4858

35. When laureats make odes do you ask of what sort

First Line:
When laureats make odes do you ask of what sort
Last Line:
And go from the court to the devil
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
35157

36. Who'd be the man lewd libels to indite

First Line:
Who'd be the man lewd libels to indite
Last Line:
Those few unblemished are not meant in this
DMI number:
6439

37. Your sheets I've perused

First Line:
Your sheets I've perused
Last Line:
Quite useless the moment they're fixed
Author:
Sir Charles Hanbury Williams (Speculation)
DMI number:
18264