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1. A dog tax invented by some as I'm told

First Line:
A dog tax invented by some as I'm told
Last Line:
We must starve by the paws of the overgrown rats
DMI number:
36840

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 politician Proteus-like must alter

First Line:
A politician Proteus-like must alter
Last Line:
Must be a parasite to fawn and lie
Author:
John Mason (Absolute)
DMI number:
17217

4. Alas that ever this day we did see

First Line:
Alas that ever this day we did see
Last Line:
That ever he forced king Edward to die
DMI number:
37013

5. Anes Jove by ae great act of grace

First Line:
Anes Jove by ae great act of grace
Last Line:
And ilka fool himself admired
Author:
Allan Ramsay (Absolute)
DMI number:
15364

6. Ambition is the stamp impressed by heaven

First Line:
Ambition is the stamp impressed by heaven
Last Line:
Conducts the sun and regulates the spheres
Author:
Samuel Johnson (Absolute)
DMI number:
37441

7. 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

8. As I'm an artist can my skill do better

First Line:
As I'm an artist can my skill do better
Last Line:
I'll copy these next week send home your pictures
Author:
David Garrick (Absolute)
DMI number:
37493

9. Awake my muse awake and speak

First Line:
Awake my muse awake and speak
Last Line:
To make the tories fine
DMI number:
37146

10. Ascend Alecto from thy den and come

First Line:
Ascend Alecto from thy den and come
Last Line:
They vanished and Alecto sunk to hell
DMI number:
42999

11. Bold is the attempt in these licentious times

First Line:
Bold is the attempt in these licentious times
Last Line:
With their strong floodgates bar the impetuous tide
Author:
William Falconer (Absolute)
DMI number:
36115

12. Brother tars now arise

First Line:
Brother tars now arise
Last Line:
For Keppel the king and the nation
DMI number:
36084

13. But how men gain their power the gods do not

First Line:
But how men gain their power the gods do not
Last Line:
So much regard as how tis used when got
Author:
Roger Boyle (Absolute)
DMI number:
17254

14. Come on ye scribbling rebels of the age

First Line:
Come on ye scribbling rebels of the age
Last Line:
Thy rogueship made St Dick at Tyburn Tree
DMI number:
44315

15. Come painter you and I you know dare do

First Line:
Come painter you and I you know dare do
Last Line:
Then Asaph's song shall be like Doeg's rhyme
DMI number:
41823

16. Come children come and learn your father's trade

First Line:
Come children come and learn your father's trade
Last Line:
And with their money drink and drab and whore
DMI number:
43022

17. Cursed be the timorous fool whose feeble mind

First Line:
Cursed be the timorous fool whose feeble mind
Last Line:
A steady resolute heroic soul
DMI number:
3655

18. Constrained by winning worth the admiring muse

First Line:
Constrained by winning worth the admiring muse
Last Line:
That George might Cavendish restore
DMI number:
19255

19. Doctor according to our wishes

First Line:
Doctor according to our wishes
Last Line:
Here boy a pot of Thrale's Entire
DMI number:
36040

20. For form's sake I pray

First Line:
For form's sake I pray
Last Line:
Can laugh at all truths in the Bible
DMI number:
36049

21. For within the hollow crown

First Line:
For within the hollow crown
Last Line:
How can you say to me I am a king
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
37406

22. From infallible Rome once more I am come

First Line:
From infallible Rome once more I am come
Last Line:
Nor take his ballad in dudgeon
DMI number:
42977

23. From the beseiged Ardea all in post

First Line:
From the beseiged Ardea all in post
Last Line:
To Tarquin's everlasting banishment
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
5913

24. God bless the king preserve the state

First Line:
God bless the king preserve the state
Last Line:
That God may double all your store
DMI number:
36528

25. Hail happy William thou art truly great

First Line:
Hail happy William thou art truly great
Last Line:
Those that oppose his reign must damn their souls
DMI number:
4962

26. Hark how sweet the merry bells ring

First Line:
Hark how sweet the merry bells ring
Last Line:
In measure still for measure
DMI number:
32033

27. He who contends for freedom

First Line:
He who contends for freedom
Last Line:
That eats out all the happiness of kingdoms
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
37447

28. Here lie the bones of Dr Friend

First Line:
Here lie the bones of Dr Friend
Last Line:
His reputation cracked and then he died
DMI number:
35094

29. Here lie the relics of a martyred knight

First Line:
Here lie the relics of a martyred knight
Last Line:
So to cut H---d's head from England's shoulders
Author:
Henry Hall (Confident)
DMI number:
4564

30. Here lieth the worthy warrior

First Line:
Here lieth the worthy warrior
Last Line:
Whom all the world did hate
DMI number:
34031

31. How do I laugh when men of narrow souls

First Line:
How do I laugh when men of narrow souls
Last Line:
And those who fear not guilt yet start at shame
Author:
Charles Churchill (Absolute)
DMI number:
26984

32. How blessed the court how lost the fair

First Line:
How blessed the court how lost the fair
Last Line:
Where Ganymede takes place of Venus
DMI number:
35067

33. How blest and double blest is he

First Line:
How blest and double blest is he
Last Line:
Let honest poor get all they can
DMI number:
36871

34. How vain are guards when guilty fear

First Line:
How vain are guards when guilty fear
Last Line:
Still waits upon the guilty head
DMI number:
31357

35. I am not high church nor low church nor tory nor whig

First Line:
I am not high church nor low church nor tory nor whig
Last Line:
I submit to the will of an infinite god
DMI number:
15338

36. I hold it rash at any time

First Line:
I hold it rash at any time
Last Line:
Connects with any fop that rhymes
Author:
William Wilkie (Absolute)
DMI number:
37162

37. In ancient times it is related

First Line:
In ancient times it is related
Last Line:
Who prompts the villain props the treason
Author:
Robertson||Alexander||of Struan (Absolute)
DMI number:
36087

38. 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

39. 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

40. Is this the man that's now the object made

First Line:
Is this the man that's now the object made
Last Line:
'Gainst him the prey they greedily devour
DMI number:
8095

41. In vain was ministerial breath

First Line:
In vain was ministerial breath
Last Line:
And Queensberry in Polly
DMI number:
35068

42. Long have I heard your favourite theme

First Line:
Long have I heard your favourite theme
Last Line:
Perhaps or send you to the Turk
Author:
Richard Owen Cambridge (Absolute)
DMI number:
30538

43. Let us appear nor rash nor diffident

First Line:
Let us appear nor rash nor diffident
Last Line:
Is worth a whole eternity in bondage
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
37437

44. Most potent grave and reverent signiors

First Line:
Most potent grave and reverent signiors
Last Line:
And I loved her that she did pity them
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
37400

45. Mortality would be too frail to hear

First Line:
Mortality would be too frail to hear
Last Line:
Fame shall below his parted breath supply
DMI number:
3662

46. I'm no more to converse with the swains

First Line:
I'm no more to converse with the swains
Last Line:
Pray my Lord how much money will do
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
35065

47. I'm not high church nor low church nor Tory nor Whig

First Line:
I'm not high church nor low church nor Tory nor Whig
Last Line:
I'm a friend to my country yet true to my king
DMI number:
19287

48. I once a pack of fox hounds knew

First Line:
I once a pack of fox hounds knew
Last Line:
No longer hounds but Newfoundlanders
DMI number:
36073

49. I'll trust not to a bending bow

First Line:
I'll trust not to a bending bow
Last Line:
To Charon's boat are chained
Author:
John Wilkes (Speculation)
DMI number:
36899

50. If there be any land as fame reports

First Line:
If there be any land as fame reports
Last Line:
That links the jarring elements in peace
Author:
Samuel Johnson (Absolute)
DMI number:
37443

51. Nor high church nor low church nor Tory nor Whig

First Line:
Nor high church nor low church nor Tory nor Whig
Last Line:
I'm a friend to my country yet true to my king
DMI number:
19356

52. No ceremony that to great ones belongs

First Line:
No ceremony that to great ones belongs
Last Line:
As mercy does
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
37433

53. Near Isis spring the muses poor retreat

First Line:
Near Isis spring the muses poor retreat
Last Line:
The palace has already had its due
Author:
Nahum Tate (Absolute)
DMI number:
5918

54. Not gentler virtues glowed in Cambray's breast

First Line:
Not gentler virtues glowed in Cambray's breast
Last Line:
But vice prevails and impious men bear sway
DMI number:
31309

55. No government can ever be safe that's founded

First Line:
No government can ever be safe that's founded
Last Line:
That he's the greatest slave whom none but slaves obey
Author:
Joseph Trapp (Absolute)
DMI number:
37442

56. No more I'll hear no more be gone and leave me

First Line:
No more I'll hear no more be gone and leave me
Last Line:
Is that just dealing nature Belvidera
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
40524

57. O bard whenever you rhyme again

First Line:
O bard whenever you rhyme again
Last Line:
She'll founder in the gale
DMI number:
35972

58. O force of poignant satire known before

First Line:
O force of poignant satire known before
Last Line:
And sacrifice to thieves their native land
DMI number:
32034

59. Of folly vice disease men proud we see

First Line:
Of folly vice disease men proud we see
Last Line:
Like thee in worth hereditary shine
Author:
Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:
37168

60. O witness heaven

First Line:
O witness heaven
Last Line:
May I never poorly fill the throne of England
Author:
David Mallet (Absolute)
DMI number:
37449

61. O you hard hearts you cruel men of Rome

First Line:
O you hard hearts you cruel men of Rome
Last Line:
Made in his concave shores
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
37436

62. Of statemen's wiles I scorn to sing

First Line:
Of statemen's wiles I scorn to sing
Last Line:
And makes Omi Viceroy
DMI number:
35983

63. Of these the false Achitophel was first

First Line:
Of these the false Achitophel was first
Last Line:
And fortune's ice prefers to virtue's land
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
28639

64. Oh poverty of pale consumptive hue

First Line:
Oh poverty of pale consumptive hue
Last Line:
And dress in smiles the tyrant hour of death
Author:
Charles James Fox (Absolute)
DMI number:
35996

65. Once on a time in sunshine weather

First Line:
Once on a time in sunshine weather
Last Line:
Beloved by all who truth revere
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
16912

66. Proud and partial man alone

First Line:
Proud and partial man alone
Last Line:
Think they know most in their own eyes
DMI number:
14098

67. Plague on the race of politicians

First Line:
Plague on the race of politicians
Last Line:
The world despise
Author:
Robertson||Alexander||of Struan (Absolute)
DMI number:
36088

68. Peace to thy royal shade illustrious king

First Line:
Peace to thy royal shade illustrious king
Last Line:
And thou be happy in thy people's love
DMI number:
35980

69. Says Lockit to Peachum you've nothing to fear

First Line:
Says Lockit to Peachum you've nothing to fear
Last Line:
Let me finger the pelf they may all kiss my ---'
DMI number:
36050

70. Roused from infernal caverns void of light

First Line:
Roused from infernal caverns void of light
Last Line:
You'll know them when I meet you there | Farewell
Author:
Robert Wild (Absolute)
DMI number:
43031

71. Since popery of late is so much in debate

First Line:
Since popery of late is so much in debate
Last Line:
And so there's an end of a story
Author:
Walter Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
42976

72. Stop mortal frail collect your thought

First Line:
Stop mortal frail collect your thought
Last Line:
Of comrades follies on our back
DMI number:
35353

73. Some doubt in part the story of this plot

First Line:
Some doubt in part the story of this plot
Last Line:
When bribes shall cease and virtue be restored
DMI number:
24547

74. Strange and unnatural let's stay and see

First Line:
Strange and unnatural let's stay and see
Last Line:
And all thy damned forefathers were from Martell down to Pen
DMI number:
42375

75. That sore disease that dreadful pain

First Line:
That sore disease that dreadful pain
Last Line:
When rulers can turn black to white
Author:
Sidney Godolphin (Confident)
DMI number:
8341

76. Statesman made up of littleness and fear

First Line:
Statesman made up of littleness and fear
Last Line:
Railed scorned and cursed at by the crowds he starved
DMI number:
36077

77. The court was met the prisoner brought

First Line:
The court was met the prisoner brought
Last Line:
And only virtue's friends be yours
Author:
Edward Moore (Absolute)
DMI number:
22581

78. The man whose life by virtue's model framed

First Line:
The man whose life by virtue's model framed
Last Line:
And snatched the pleasing vision from my eyes
Author:
Samuel Croxall (Absolute)
DMI number:
9299

79. The midnight orgies you reveal

First Line:
The midnight orgies you reveal
Last Line:
They neither sing or fiddle
DMI number:
35958

80. The Inquisitor General resigning his place

First Line:
The Inquisitor General resigning his place
Last Line:
Concuring with that of the Court and the K--g
DMI number:
27157

81. The unbusied shepherd stretched beneath the hawthorn

First Line:
The unbusied shepherd stretched beneath the hawthorn
Last Line:
Hemmed in by cares and shook by storms of treason
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
37470

82. These all their care expend on outward show

First Line:
These all their care expend on outward show
Last Line:
The sloven and the fopling are the same
Author:
Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:
37171

83. There is no terror Cassius in your threats

First Line:
There is no terror Cassius in your threats
Last Line:
Dash him to pieces
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
37390

84. To Wyndham tune no venal lyre

First Line:
To Wyndham tune no venal lyre
Last Line:
To rapture wake the string
DMI number:
36083

85. To you my lord these lines I humbly send

First Line:
To you my lord these lines I humbly send
Last Line:
And our dependence with success abound
DMI number:
11008

86. Two names in Great Britain all Whigs do approve

First Line:
Two names in Great Britain all Whigs do approve
Last Line:
As he's perfectly handsome and much of a beau
DMI number:
35336

87. Tories are tools of Irish race

First Line:
Tories are tools of Irish race
Last Line:
Let shame and confusion be plagues to all those | That are such tories and rogues in grain
DMI number:
43021

88. Welcum illustrat lady and our quene

First Line:
Welcum illustrat lady and our quene
Last Line:
Sent be thy simple servant Sanders Scot | Greiting great God to grant thy grace gude zeir
Author:
Alexander Scott (Absolute)
DMI number:
10910

89. We only can admire those happy times

First Line:
We only can admire those happy times
Last Line:
And left example how to deal with thine
DMI number:
43060

90. Upon a sea-girt rock the mourner stood

First Line:
Upon a sea-girt rock the mourner stood
Last Line:
Thy native hills the solemn notes prolong
DMI number:
36052

91. What shall a glorious nation be overthrown

First Line:
What shall a glorious nation be overthrown
Last Line:
And suck all the sweetness of the land
DMI number:
43080

92. What strepitantious noise is it that sounds

First Line:
What strepitantious noise is it that sounds
Last Line:
Pharetra to make loyal his own cities
DMI number:
3661

93. When a noble nature's raised

First Line:
When a noble nature's raised
Last Line:
A mere upbraiding grief and torturing punishment
Author:
Benjamin Jonson (Absolute)
DMI number:
17298

94. When knaves contrive and fools believe

First Line:
When knaves contrive and fools believe
Last Line:
And never see their children more
DMI number:
36835

95. When the seals were delivered to Macclesfield's charge

First Line:
When the seals were delivered to Macclesfield's charge
Last Line:
He shall show them how Justice is practiced in heaven
DMI number:
24610

96. When the seals were delivered to Macclesfield's charge

First Line:
When the seals were delivered to Macclesfield's charge
Last Line:
To show men how justice is practiced in heaven
DMI number:
13084

97. When the K leaves of S---ly and holds to the queen

First Line:
When the K leaves of S---ly and holds to the queen
Last Line:
Lord how would the Romish religion prevail | That out of this nation it might not turn
DMI number:
42380

98. When Y- to heaven shall lift one pious eye

First Line:
When Y- to heaven shall lift one pious eye
Last Line:
And think of love and politics no more
DMI number:
26900

99. Wherever thy navy spreads her canvas wings

First Line:
Wherever thy navy spreads her canvas wings
Last Line:
Dares trust such power with so much piety
Author:
Edmund Waller (Absolute)
DMI number:
37198

100. While weeping Europe bends beneath her ills

First Line:
While weeping Europe bends beneath her ills
Last Line:
Your globe of light looks larger as you set
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
8075