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1. A dean and prebendary had once a new vagary

First Line:
A dean and prebendary had once a new vagary
Last Line:
And being in a fright sir religion took her flight sir | And never was heard of since
Author:
William Pittis (Absolute)
DMI number:
1138

2. A dean and prebendary

First Line:
A dean and prebendary
Last Line:
And never was heard of since
Author:
William Pittis (Absolute)
DMI number:
2590

3. A different theme demands my lays

First Line:
A different theme demands my lays
Last Line:
Through all the realms above
DMI number:
26183

4. A fakeer a religious well known in the east

First Line:
A fakeer a religious well known in the east
Last Line:
All tortured by choice with the invisible nail
Author:
Richard Owen Cambridge (Absolute)
DMI number:
22583

5. A fierce dispute betwixt birds of night

First Line:
A fierce dispute betwixt birds of night
Last Line:
Of faith as well as sense
DMI number:
4415

6. A fox of quality that long

First Line:
A fox of quality that long
Last Line:
The last of liberty in him
DMI number:
8058

7. A frightful desert still the world had been

First Line:
A frightful desert still the world had been
Last Line:
And take that vengeance which they seek to shun
DMI number:
40495

8. A frightful desert still the world had been

First Line:
A frightful desert still the world had been
Last Line:
And take the vengeance which they seek to shun
DMI number:
29645

9. A fumbling old parson who got a young wife

First Line:
A fumbling old parson who got a young wife
Last Line:
I'll only desire the tythe of the men
DMI number:
25026

10. A good old woman being sick

First Line:
A good old woman being sick
Last Line:
And left her as he found her
DMI number:
5854

11. A badger once did ravage all the fields

First Line:
A badger once did ravage all the fields
Last Line:
To save the better half
DMI number:
4396

12. A bailiff and a boatman

First Line:
A bailiff and a boatman
Last Line:
And thither went like fools
DMI number:
8081

13. A barber swore whose substance was but small

First Line:
A barber swore whose substance was but small
Last Line:
You can't be censured then for superstition
DMI number:
5793

14. A bat by dismal chance one day

First Line:
A bat by dismal chance one day
Last Line:
'S occasional conformity
DMI number:
5124

15. A butcher's son's judge capital

First Line:
A butcher's son's judge capital
Last Line:
And so like a knave let's leave him
Author:
Stephen College (Confident)
DMI number:
4868

16. A certain presbyterian pair

First Line:
A certain presbyterian pair
Last Line:
The parson sung a psalm
DMI number:
11

17. A certain priest had hoarded up

First Line:
A certain priest had hoarded up
Last Line:
Your god is rose and gone
DMI number:
4720

18. A chapel of the riding house is made

First Line:
A chapel of the riding house is made
Last Line:
The laymen bridled and the clergy ride
Author:
George Farquhar (Absolute)
DMI number:
13076

19. A clergyman that oft hath preached

First Line:
A clergyman that oft hath preached
Last Line:
To this day that I heard
DMI number:
41932

20. A covetous miser who'd think it twas odd

First Line:
A covetous miser who'd think it twas odd
Last Line:
Had it been worth a farthing you would not have gave it
DMI number:
6917

21. A Levite gaming makes the saying true

First Line:
A Levite gaming makes the saying true
Last Line:
Tables much fitter for a Levite's use
DMI number:
18094

22. A junto of knaves met at Paris together

First Line:
A junto of knaves met at Paris together
Last Line:
In vain they cry help us oh Lewis and Rome | And all the day long | Now this is their song | Dear Jemmy an halter an halter's our doom
DMI number:
11944

23. A motley tribe of various hue

First Line:
A motley tribe of various hue
Last Line:
To heaven or the devil
DMI number:
37186

24. A new born world the gardener's task began

First Line:
A new born world the gardener's task began
Last Line:
We will praise thee by our philosophic toil
Author:
Alexander Pennecuik (Confident)
DMI number:
28175

25. A new song made by an old quibbling pate

First Line:
A new song made by an old quibbling pate
Last Line:
From a new turncoat of the times | Or the times new turncoat
DMI number:
4474

26. A nightingale whose warbling tongue

First Line:
A nightingale whose warbling tongue
Last Line:
To lurking holes from human view
DMI number:
8069

27. A noncon parson preaching in a pulpit

First Line:
A noncon parson preaching in a pulpit
Last Line:
Parsons to the alehouse we to taverns go
DMI number:
17584

28. A nun there was as primrose gay

First Line:
A nun there was as primrose gay
Last Line:
When we as righteous Jane have done
DMI number:
19987

29. A nymph of quality and charms

First Line:
A nymph of quality and charms
Last Line:
And at the last amen she
DMI number:
17919

30. A papist died as twas Jehovah's will

First Line:
A papist died as twas Jehovah's will
Last Line:
Should you come in you'd eat the devil here
DMI number:
4719

31. A parliament with one consent

First Line:
A parliament with one consent
Last Line:
Be hanged or else beheaded
DMI number:
4921

32. A parson preaching in a pulpit late

First Line:
A parson preaching in a pulpit late
Last Line:
But sure I am mine proves a woe to me
DMI number:
42761

33. A tight and trim vessel

First Line:
A tight and trim vessel
Last Line:
More blockheads huzza'd
DMI number:
7458

34. A man may lead a happy life

First Line:
A man may lead a happy life
Last Line:
For jobs through all the town they roam
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
22257

35. A man of sense may find

First Line:
A man of sense may find
Last Line:
May fall off from another
Author:
William Pittis (Speculation)
DMI number:
3395

36. A merry young blade of the papal belief

First Line:
A merry young blade of the papal belief
Last Line:
To be drunk is a punishment ample enough
DMI number:
11074

37. A pilgrim I am

First Line:
A pilgrim I am
Last Line:
All honour and glory to jesus my king
DMI number:
26196

38. A pox on whigs we'll now grow wise

First Line:
A pox on whigs we'll now grow wise
Last Line:
If this won't do we'll call the French | Such cursed rogues are we
DMI number:
43014

39. A poor honest man whom necessity made

First Line:
A poor honest man whom necessity made
Last Line:
You may harass the poor ere I'll credit the lord
DMI number:
11066

40. A poor Samaritan as story goes

First Line:
A poor Samaritan as story goes
Last Line:
To save him from the gallows or from hell
DMI number:
7674

41. A popish priest whose superstition

First Line:
A popish priest whose superstition
Last Line:
Why thou wouldst eat the devil and all
DMI number:
11107

42. A pox of disturbers let us rout them

First Line:
A pox of disturbers let us rout them
Last Line:
All Jesuits Genevan and Spanish
DMI number:
42765

43. A pox on the pope with his damned bald pate

First Line:
A pox on the pope with his damned bald pate
Last Line:
Our hogs we've brought to a blessed market
DMI number:
43006

44. A preachment late was made by Parson K--t

First Line:
A preachment late was made by Parson K--t
Last Line:
For take away the K and all is night
DMI number:
13025

45. A prelate says Osborne preached this doctrine of late

First Line:
A prelate says Osborne preached this doctrine of late
Last Line:
That when one's gone the other never stays long behind
DMI number:
13019

46. A presbyter is such a monstrous thing

First Line:
A presbyter is such a monstrous thing
Last Line:
Each seems a saint yet either proves a knave
DMI number:
44321

47. A presbyterian cat sat watching for her prey

First Line:
A presbyterian cat sat watching for her prey
Last Line:
There hanged she upon a tree while pres Iohn sung a psalm
DMI number:
338

48. A session of lovers was held the other day

First Line:
A session of lovers was held the other day
Last Line:
He had left being a man she would make him a beast
DMI number:
4446

49. A single church not large but neat

First Line:
A single church not large but neat
Last Line:
And limits time to die in peace
DMI number:
24604

50. A small neat house and little spot of ground

First Line:
A small neat house and little spot of ground
Last Line:
Paced home full grave and ruminating sad
Author:
William Dodd (Absolute)
DMI number:
33283

51. A small neat house and little spot of ground

First Line:
A small neat house and little spot of ground
Last Line:
Packed home full grave and ruminating sad
Author:
William Dodd (Absolute)
DMI number:
33318

52. A species strange of foreign race

First Line:
A species strange of foreign race
Last Line:
And hate occasional conformity
DMI number:
5155

53. A priest there was who with a silver sound

First Line:
A priest there was who with a silver sound
Last Line:
The sermon edifies the example spoils
DMI number:
22584

54. A prisoner once to execution lead

First Line:
A prisoner once to execution lead
Last Line:
And therefore cannot eat until 'tis past
DMI number:
5777

55. A Protestant muse yet a lover of kings

First Line:
A Protestant muse yet a lover of kings
Last Line:
The Dutch had never ventured to fish in our seas | Then curse of popery pox o' popery plague o' popery | Oh senseless popery oh
DMI number:
42334

56. A protestant muse yet a lover of kings

First Line:
A protestant muse yet a lover of kings
Last Line:
The Dutch had not ventured to fish in our seas | Then curse o' popery pox o' popery | Oh senseless popery oh
DMI number:
4938

57. A protestant priest a man of great fame

First Line:
A protestant priest a man of great fame
Last Line:
But the flesh did prevail by the help of his wife | Which nobody can deny deny which nobody can deny
DMI number:
4970

58. A puritan of late

First Line:
A puritan of late
Last Line:
For her sake
DMI number:
15538

59. A reverend doctor preaching in the suburbs

First Line:
A reverend doctor preaching in the suburbs
Last Line:
So I'll defer it to another time
DMI number:
30841

60. A treaty's on foot look about English boys

First Line:
A treaty's on foot look about English boys
Last Line:
As half a loaf's better than no bread at all | Over over &c
DMI number:
13276

61. A true dissenter here does lie indeed

First Line:
A true dissenter here does lie indeed
Last Line:
He faced to Rome and marched off to the devil
DMI number:
6490

62. A true dissenter here does lie indeed

First Line:
A true dissenter here does lie indeed
Last Line:
He faced to Rome then marched off to the devil
DMI number:
42347

63. A wanton sloven of a priest

First Line:
A wanton sloven of a priest
Last Line:
My self can wipe it off with ease
DMI number:
4414

64. A weasel once who long had been

First Line:
A weasel once who long had been
Last Line:
Lays waste mankind for their souls good
DMI number:
19559

65. A Whig he was bred but at length is turned Papist

First Line:
A Whig he was bred but at length is turned Papist
Last Line:
Pray God send the next remove be not an atheist
Author:
Edmund Curll (Speculation)
DMI number:
2151

66. A late expedition to Oxford was made

First Line:
A late expedition to Oxford was made
Last Line:
And marched more nimbly without their music | Which nobody can deny
Author:
John Smith (Confident)
DMI number:
4004

67. A lawyer physician and reverend divine

First Line:
A lawyer physician and reverend divine
Last Line:
Traveled home in the dumps lawyer doctor and priest
DMI number:
40661

68. A learned divine

First Line:
A learned divine
Last Line:
When heretics grasp at her fruit
DMI number:
33870

69. A lovely lass to a friar came

First Line:
A lovely lass to a friar came
Last Line:
That your penance is prevailing
DMI number:
2460

70. All creatures be still while god we adore

First Line:
All creatures be still while god we adore
Last Line:
In vain they engage us while god is so near
DMI number:
26146

71. All folks who pretend to religion and grace

First Line:
All folks who pretend to religion and grace
Last Line:
How happy for us that is not home
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Absolute)
DMI number:
3370

72. All hail to thee thou dear omnific dove

First Line:
All hail to thee thou dear omnific dove
Last Line:
Dread three in one I joyfully adore
DMI number:
26184

73. All hail young christian tis with joy the muse

First Line:
All hail young christian tis with joy the muse
Last Line:
And Jesus Christ thy great examplar be
DMI number:
25031

74. A zealous brother of the canting crew

First Line:
A zealous brother of the canting crew
Last Line:
A well bred bird mocked by an ill bred beast
Author:
Alexander Pennecuik (Confident)
DMI number:
28088

75. Abhorred abhorrers horribly abhorred

First Line:
Abhorred abhorrers horribly abhorred
Last Line:
Does vote abhorrers all to be abhorred
DMI number:
43028

76. About an bank with balmy bewis

First Line:
About an bank with balmy bewis
Last Line:
Quhois glore eternall rings
Author:
Alexander Montgomerie (Absolute)
DMI number:
10935

77. Above the tallest most exalted view

First Line:
Above the tallest most exalted view
Last Line:
I'll give a list of some that lately died
DMI number:
6893

78. Adam our father and our head

First Line:
Adam our father and our head
Last Line:
To sing and love as angels do
Author:
Isaac Watts (Absolute)
DMI number:
23529

79. Adieu ye toyish reeds that once could please

First Line:
Adieu ye toyish reeds that once could please
Last Line:
And born to bliss shall tread imperial skies
Author:
John Pomfret (Absolute)
DMI number:
17967

80. Adopted in god's family and so

First Line:
Adopted in god's family and so
Last Line:
To you who bear his name great bounties deal
DMI number:
9303

81. Advance my soul and all thy powers incline

First Line:
Advance my soul and all thy powers incline
Last Line:
The mighty works that by thy God are wrought
DMI number:
43206

82. Ah when shall I arrive

First Line:
Ah when shall I arrive
Last Line:
To ruin human souls
DMI number:
26241

83. Alas alas how quickly time destroys

First Line:
Alas alas how quickly time destroys
Last Line:
Mu pains were great and many though my days were few
DMI number:
26407

84. Alas and is our brother gone

First Line:
Alas and is our brother gone
Last Line:
As you shall quickly see
DMI number:
26384

85. Alas how full of sin I am

First Line:
Alas how full of sin I am
Last Line:
And fill my soul with joy
DMI number:
26422

86. Alas my sins how vast they be

First Line:
Alas my sins how vast they be
Last Line:
But sound them when in heaven
DMI number:
26151

87. Alas poor tadpole how art thou

First Line:
Alas poor tadpole how art thou
Last Line:
And ballads must prevail
DMI number:
3079

88. Alas says one devouter than the rest

First Line:
Alas says one devouter than the rest
Last Line:
You see that almost every one keeps fast
DMI number:
5808

89. Alas what has this poor animal done

First Line:
Alas what has this poor animal done
Last Line:
The direful operations of your ungodly hate
DMI number:
42984

90. Alas what thing can hope death's hand to escape

First Line:
Alas what thing can hope death's hand to escape
Last Line:
A plot a mother plot without a name
DMI number:
43015

91. Alas what tongue can speak my heart

First Line:
Alas what tongue can speak my heart
Last Line:
Thou hast a right to endless bliss
DMI number:
26187

92. Alex | For your ungodly letter

First Line:
Alex | For your ungodly letter
Last Line:
And let no more your follies guide you | But trust your friend and servant J D
DMI number:
4744

93. Algernon Sidney fills this tomb

First Line:
Algernon Sidney fills this tomb
Last Line:
Where neither Pope not devil ought to do
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
29400

94. Algernon Sidney fills this tomb

First Line:
Algernon Sidney fills this tomb
Last Line:
Where pope and devil have nought to do
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
3660

95. Aenaeas Sylvius thought no pope could be

First Line:
Aenaeas Sylvius thought no pope could be
Last Line:
As the best antichrist we ever had
DMI number:
17719

96. Afflections do often put saints to a stand

First Line:
Afflections do often put saints to a stand
Last Line:
And for a release on our god let us wait
DMI number:
26382

97. Affliction is the promise sure

First Line:
Affliction is the promise sure
Last Line:
Aloud his praise repeat
DMI number:
26489

98. After a fruitless chase resolved to know

First Line:
After a fruitless chase resolved to know
Last Line:
The bolt uplifted hangs to crush thee down
DMI number:
15464

99. After the fight of Fontenoy

First Line:
After the fight of Fontenoy
Last Line:
Come hither I'll baptize your child
DMI number:
25089

100. Again a sinner lord I come

First Line:
Again a sinner lord I come
Last Line:
Thy love for to declare
DMI number:
26386