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1. 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

2. 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

3. Bufo it seems aloud complains

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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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:
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu [nee Pierrepont] (Absolute) & John Hervey (Absolute) & William Windham (Absolute)
DMI number:
12337

9. 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

10. 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

11. Lie Philo untouched on my peaceable shelf

First Line:
Lie Philo untouched on my peaceable shelf
Last Line:
There may be a little from what thou mayest swear
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
12481

12. Lie Philo untouched on my peaceable shelf

First Line:
Lie Philo untouched on my peaceable shelf
Last Line:
There may be a little from what thou shalt swear
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
31007

13. My friend Marullus I'm uneasy

First Line:
My friend Marullus I'm uneasy
Last Line:
So dull and wanting more of flame than phlegm
DMI number:
9445

14. I sing a noble ditty

First Line:
I sing a noble ditty
Last Line:
The like was never known
DMI number:
18186

15. I said 'tis true Lucilius' lines were rough

First Line:
I said 'tis true Lucilius' lines were rough
Last Line:
Go boy and in my book these verses write
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25716

16. If Dennis writes and rails in furious pet

First Line:
If Dennis writes and rails in furious pet
Last Line:
Who would not weep if Addison were he
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
10553

17. If Homer's never-dying song begun

First Line:
If Homer's never-dying song begun
Last Line:
And still Ulysses suffer in disguise
Author:
Jonathan Smedley (Confident)
DMI number:
16079

18. Mind but thy preaching T-- translate no further

First Line:
Mind but thy preaching T-- translate no further
Last Line:
Is it not written thou shalt do no murther
DMI number:
12430

19. May wit and learning once this isle adorn

First Line:
May wit and learning once this isle adorn
Last Line:
To have his vile performance so forgot
Author:
Jonathan Smedley (Confident)
DMI number:
16080

20. M--l a poet why thou art merry

First Line:
M--l a poet why thou art merry
Last Line:
To bear what Pegasus disdains
DMI number:
12762

21. Nymph of a beauteous mother born

First Line:
Nymph of a beauteous mother born
Last Line:
I will a softer theme pursue
DMI number:
25397

22. O dainty Davy we have read

First Line:
O dainty Davy we have read
Last Line:
Or I mistake it
DMI number:
35425

23. Parnassus February the twenty-seventh

First Line:
Parnassus February the twenty-seventh
Last Line:
The convention was summoned in favour of Swift
Author:
Patrick Delany (Absolute)
DMI number:
11619

24. Partners in wit and in one party joined

First Line:
Partners in wit and in one party joined
Last Line:
Know all men by these presents Pope and Swift
Author:
Jonathan Smedley (Confident)
DMI number:
16077

25. Rejoice ye injured bards whose honoured bays

First Line:
Rejoice ye injured bards whose honoured bays
Last Line:
Is fallen at last like thee and groveling lies as low
DMI number:
18194

26. Severus fumbler on the grey goose quill

First Line:
Severus fumbler on the grey goose quill
Last Line:
Since no man reads thee prithee write thy worst
DMI number:
40580

27. Since the laureat quoth Dactyl is cruelly bent

First Line:
Since the laureat quoth Dactyl is cruelly bent
Last Line:
We shall feast on his odes at least twice a year
DMI number:
30946

28. Since the laureate quoth Dactyl is resolute bent

First Line:
Since the laureate quoth Dactyl is resolute bent
Last Line:
We shall feast on his odes I am sure twice a year
DMI number:
16709

29. Sir | Finding your noddle exhausted and muddy

First Line:
Sir | Finding your noddle exhausted and muddy
Last Line:
My dull compositions along with your journal
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Speculation)
DMI number:
18161

30. There are who think my verses are too bold

First Line:
There are who think my verses are too bold
Last Line:
Will smile dismiss the bill and set you free
DMI number:
25717

31. Thine is but such an image of his pen

First Line:
Thine is but such an image of his pen
Last Line:
And as we're told of wasps it stings and dies
Author:
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu [nee Pierrepont] (Absolute)
DMI number:
28021

32. Well S--y since thou wilt expose

First Line:
Well S--y since thou wilt expose
Last Line:
Goodbye smart poet till next time
DMI number:
11527

33. Well sir tis granted I said Dryden's rhymes

First Line:
Well sir tis granted I said Dryden's rhymes
Last Line:
Approve my sense I count their censure fame
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
5414

34. Well Smedley since thou wilt expose

First Line:
Well Smedley since thou wilt expose
Last Line:
Would like yourself your theme pursue
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Speculation)
DMI number:
18164

35. Well then all human things henceforth avast

First Line:
Well then all human things henceforth avast
Last Line:
Either thy razor set or buy a rope
DMI number:
18195

36. What different effects does the laurel produce

First Line:
What different effects does the laurel produce
Last Line:
He should taste of the juice for abusing the bough
DMI number:
17290

37. When Dryden's clown unknowing what he sought

First Line:
When Dryden's clown unknowing what he sought
Last Line:
The filth they leave still points out where they crawl
DMI number:
36023

38. When God created thee one would believe

First Line:
When God created thee one would believe
Last Line:
But thou art so mean they see and they despise
Author:
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu [nee Pierrepont] (Absolute)
DMI number:
28023

39. When soft expressions covert malice hide

First Line:
When soft expressions covert malice hide
Last Line:
And you by lessening will his fame increase
Author:
Jeremiah Markland (Speculation)
DMI number:
10554

40. When Strephon's verse before my eyes was laid

First Line:
When Strephon's verse before my eyes was laid
Last Line:
And what they just blasphemed are forced to adore
DMI number:
12004

41. When nature formed thee for a wit

First Line:
When nature formed thee for a wit
Last Line:
Can prove to demonstration
DMI number:
35346

42. While faster than his costive brain indites

First Line:
While faster than his costive brain indites
Last Line:
So may he cease to write and learn to think
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
12487

43. You ask me why I have no verses sent

First Line:
You ask me why I have no verses sent
Last Line:
For fear you should return the compliment
DMI number:
27486