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1.
A fierce wild boar of monstrous size and force
First Line:
A fierce wild boar of monstrous size and force
Last Line:
Which is but adding to their load
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
4385
2.
A hare did once into a garden get
First Line:
A hare did once into a garden get
Last Line:
And well deserve the brains
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
4392
3.
A horse and ass were journeying on their way
First Line:
A horse and ass were journeying on their way
Last Line:
This fable may not be forgot
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
4383
4.
A vaunting whig cried Holland and Eugene
First Line:
A vaunting whig cried Holland and Eugene
Last Line:
The empire sooner than the empire Spain
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
7971
5.
A whig a nettle and a toad
First Line:
A whig a nettle and a toad
Last Line:
And neither then can do you hurt
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
8017
6.
A wolf retiring from Whitehall
First Line:
A wolf retiring from Whitehall
Last Line:
Here to receive only his honest friends
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
4389
7.
A wretched churl was travelling with his ass
First Line:
A wretched churl was travelling with his ass
Last Line:
Than keep the panniers on we had before
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
4388
8.
Come all ye ladies who have lost
First Line:
Come all ye ladies who have lost
Last Line:
To the national interest be hearty | Be as sad &c
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
8021
9.
Curse on the authors of our present woes
First Line:
Curse on the authors of our present woes
Last Line:
Reduce their native country to a wretched state
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
5457
10.
Great were our hero's actions great the house
First Line:
Great were our hero's actions great the house
Last Line:
The power that set him up should pull him down
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
8015
11.
Had I my wish I would distend my guts
First Line:
Had I my wish I would distend my guts
Last Line:
And settle Satan's kingdom everywhere
Author:
Edward Ward (Confident)
DMI number:
7998
12.
Here Sarum lies of late as wise
First Line:
Here Sarum lies of late as wise
Last Line:
For M--gh and his D--ss
Author:
Edward Ward (Confident)
DMI number:
17795
13.
Here lies a turncoat in this holy place
First Line:
Here lies a turncoat in this holy place
Last Line:
From justice unto whom twas forfeited
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
7995
14.
In the lord's house for peace the B---s pray
First Line:
In the lord's house for peace the B---s pray
Last Line:
But in the temple of the law turns whore
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
7973
15.
Long since thy royal grandsire strove in vain
First Line:
Long since thy royal grandsire strove in vain
Last Line:
Who makes us truly happy in a glorious peace
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
7994
16.
Let the whigs rave like mad
First Line:
Let the whigs rave like mad
Last Line:
When themselves are the dogs that would bite us
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
7996
17.
Of all the fools the present times produce
First Line:
Of all the fools the present times produce
Last Line:
A high-church footing for the low-church sake
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
7970
18.
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
19.
On a day of great triumph when lord of the city
First Line:
On a day of great triumph when lord of the city
Last Line:
And in sleeping like hogs spent the rest of the day
Author:
Edward Ward (Confident)
DMI number:
4961
20.
Since gold is the god of the nation
First Line:
Since gold is the god of the nation
Last Line:
Can injure a hair of his head
Author:
Edward Ward (Absolute)
DMI number:
8029
21.
The church and the faction are striving
First Line:
The church and the faction are striving
Last Line:
They'd have given the devil his due
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
8006
22.
Two welshmen partners in a cow
First Line:
Two welshmen partners in a cow
Last Line:
Than what these welshmen did
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
4386
23.
Two welshmen partners in a cow
First Line:
Two welshmen partners in a cow
Last Line:
This damned confounded dinner
Author:
Edward Ward (Confident)
DMI number:
15161
24.
Two fierce young bulls within the marshes strove
First Line:
Two fierce young bulls within the marshes strove
Last Line:
And pray against the miseries of war
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
4387
25.
When owls are stripped of their disguise
First Line:
When owls are stripped of their disguise
Last Line:
Then low church down go we
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
5458
26.
When storms arise and all above looks dark
First Line:
When storms arise and all above looks dark
Last Line:
And taste of heaven before you mount the skies
Author:
Edward Ward (Absolute)
DMI number:
8002
27.
Whoever at government presumes
First Line:
Whoever at government presumes
Last Line:
The ridicule of all
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
7975
28.
Wonder no more that a voracious breed
First Line:
Wonder no more that a voracious breed
Last Line:
Her Essex had she not a Cecil too
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
7982