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1. A country clown called Hodge went up to view

First Line:
A country clown called Hodge went up to view
Last Line:
His body fell out fled his frighted soul
Author:
Andrew Marvell (Speculation)
DMI number:
3638

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. As Colin drove his sheep along

First Line:
As Colin drove his sheep along
Last Line:
Blither girls than any there
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation) & Charles Sackville (Confident)
DMI number:
3649

7. Britons awake your country's cause

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

8. 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

9. 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

10. Draw England ruined by what was given before

First Line:
Draw England ruined by what was given before
Last Line:
Saw his ships burn and as they burnt he ------
Author:
Sir John Denham (Speculation)
DMI number:
3574

11. First in support of interest old

First Line:
First in support of interest old
Last Line:
And make our rights more lasting
DMI number:
24417

12. Freeholders attend

First Line:
Freeholders attend
Last Line:
Here's a health to great George our king | Fal da roll &c
DMI number:
24423

13. For the honest old cause

First Line:
For the honest old cause
Last Line:
Of Wenman and Dashwood for ever
DMI number:
24416

14. From Oxford we learn Friar Twister the lean

First Line:
From Oxford we learn Friar Twister the lean
Last Line:
Next time you're preferred it will be to a r--
DMI number:
24427

15. Hail thou resplendent source of high-church light

First Line:
Hail thou resplendent source of high-church light
Last Line:
And once more ridicule both church and Queen
DMI number:
6379

16. Good dear Eugene

First Line:
Good dear Eugene
Last Line:
So down with the Tory | Laro laro laro &c
DMI number:
12017

17. Honest neighbours attend to a well meaning song

First Line:
Honest neighbours attend to a well meaning song
Last Line:
Such such is our will and such is his pleasure | Derry down &c
DMI number:
24485

18. In times by selfishness and faction soured

First Line:
In times by selfishness and faction soured
Last Line:
Learn what was once politeness ease and wit
Author:
Soame Jenyns (Absolute)
DMI number:
33115

19. In sixteen hundred forty nine

First Line:
In sixteen hundred forty nine
Last Line:
For cruelty but treason more
DMI number:
42427

20. It is not very long

First Line:
It is not very long
Last Line:
Staunch friends of De Grey and of Wodehouse
DMI number:
32027

21. Look how Thames enriched with many a flood

First Line:
Look how Thames enriched with many a flood
Last Line:
When the actors are reputed worthy men
Author:
Samuel Daniel (Absolute)
DMI number:
17229

22. Mourn ye highlands and mourn ye lowlands

First Line:
Mourn ye highlands and mourn ye lowlands
Last Line:
I wish our wars at home may cease
DMI number:
37025

23. Last night when I my self to sleep had laid

First Line:
Last night when I my self to sleep had laid
Last Line:
They all concluded with an Ave Mary
DMI number:
42363

24. No bedmaker has lately married

First Line:
No bedmaker has lately married
Last Line:
And loathed the monster though a god
DMI number:
9956

25. November the 11th from Manchester town

First Line:
November the 11th from Manchester town
Last Line:
The praise of George of England
DMI number:
12011

26. 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

27. Painting and poetry you know

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

28. Painting and poetry you know

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

29. 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

30. One day I heard a zealous shout

First Line:
One day I heard a zealous shout
Last Line:
Though I pay for the rope
DMI number:
43085

31. Plot on proud Rome and lay thy damned design

First Line:
Plot on proud Rome and lay thy damned design
Last Line:
They're fitter to converse with beasts than men
Author:
Robert Wild (Absolute)
DMI number:
42973

32. Pollio wouldst thou condescend

First Line:
Pollio wouldst thou condescend
Last Line:
Sights like these are nearer Paul's
Author:
Robert Nugent (Absolute)
DMI number:
22423

33. Sir Armine is the knight I sigh for

First Line:
Sir Armine is the knight I sigh for
Last Line:
So take heed ye know my cue | Sir Armine is the knight &c
DMI number:
32030

34. Softly blow the evening breezes

First Line:
Softly blow the evening breezes
Last Line:
Gracious Allah be thy guide
Author:
Thomas Percy (Speculation)
DMI number:
36923

35. The county of Oxford is tacked to the city

First Line:
The county of Oxford is tacked to the city
Last Line:
Ye are now but dark sparks O then ye'll all blaze
DMI number:
5320

36. The government being resolved

First Line:
The government being resolved
Last Line:
For the rest I care not a louse | Quoth &c
DMI number:
42354

37. Though grief and fondness in my breast rebel

First Line:
Though grief and fondness in my breast rebel
Last Line:
Thy satire point and animate thy page
Author:
Samuel Johnson (Absolute)
DMI number:
21899

38. To N-----k House lords knights and squires repair

First Line:
To N-----k House lords knights and squires repair
Last Line:
Bad is its head but ten times worse its heart
Author:
Philip Dormer Stanhope (Confident) & John Hervey (Confident)
DMI number:
17908

39. We read in profane and sacred records

First Line:
We read in profane and sacred records
Last Line:
There's ten times more treason in brandy and ale
Author:
John Ayloffe (Speculation) & Andrew Marvell (Speculation)
DMI number:
3639

40. What pray supports the interest new

First Line:
What pray supports the interest new
Last Line:
And close the motly scene
DMI number:
24418

41. What sight is this the green stalls disappear

First Line:
What sight is this the green stalls disappear
Last Line:
What was a market is a puppet show
DMI number:
28918

42. What kings henceforth shall reign what states be free

First Line:
What kings henceforth shall reign what states be free
Last Line:
Yours is the old hereditary right
Author:
Thomas Tickell (Absolute)
DMI number:
8400

43. While Europe is divided all with care

First Line:
While Europe is divided all with care
Last Line:
But what's to come let him enquire of Fleury
DMI number:
18262

44. Ye blues that have listened to many a song

First Line:
Ye blues that have listened to many a song
Last Line:
Ods blues we had better have Tom's t'other bottle | Derry down &c
DMI number:
24424

45. You loyal brave boys who for Pearkes make a noise

First Line:
You loyal brave boys who for Pearkes make a noise
Last Line:
For loyal brave Pearkes is the man
DMI number:
8098

46. You've heard how at Oxford a grand cavalcade

First Line:
You've heard how at Oxford a grand cavalcade
Last Line:
So the rump at the bear shall prove a bare rump | Sing tantarara rumps down rumps down | Sing tantarara down rumps
DMI number:
24422