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1. A bishop once whose crazy brain

First Line:
A bishop once whose crazy brain
Last Line:
The guests were pleased no more was said
DMI number:
73

2. 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

3. A story strange I will you tell

First Line:
A story strange I will you tell
Last Line:
Which pleased her husband wondrous well
DMI number:
43005

4. A merry jest I will you tell

First Line:
A merry jest I will you tell
Last Line:
And in this place no longer stay
DMI number:
6720

5. A song of horror I must now commence

First Line:
A song of horror I must now commence
Last Line:
And shall for ages be the song of fame
DMI number:
4243

6. A rake by every passion ruled

First Line:
A rake by every passion ruled
Last Line:
For care by right should go before
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
33375

7. A young man lately in our town

First Line:
A young man lately in our town
Last Line:
Then send for me with speed
DMI number:
6718

8. Angels and ministers of grace defend us

First Line:
Angels and ministers of grace defend us
Last Line:
Nay let's follow him
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
40519

9. All you who Hymen's yoke would prove

First Line:
All you who Hymen's yoke would prove
Last Line:
By not increasing fools
DMI number:
19406

10. As late I wandered over the flowery plain

First Line:
As late I wandered over the flowery plain
Last Line:
And homeward took my solitary way
DMI number:
33786

11. As musing on his bed the speecher lay

First Line:
As musing on his bed the speecher lay
Last Line:
And leave thee to the lash of lost integrity
Author:
Sir Charles Hanbury Williams (Speculation)
DMI number:
19530

12. As I beheld the bright Corinna's eyes

First Line:
As I beheld the bright Corinna's eyes
Last Line:
Conjured the saucy demon into hell
DMI number:
42740

13. As at midnight half distracted

First Line:
As at midnight half distracted
Last Line:
Unsupported and undone
DMI number:
32140

14. As in a dream our thinking monarch lay

First Line:
As in a dream our thinking monarch lay
Last Line:
Frighted to see himself so much outdone
DMI number:
4561

15. As it fell out on a long summer's day

First Line:
As it fell out on a long summer's day
Last Line:
Or they had now been there
DMI number:
37601

16. Awake Angantyr Hervor the only daughter

First Line:
Awake Angantyr Hervor the only daughter
Last Line:
In the midst of a place where fire burns round about me
Author:
George Hickes (Absolute)
DMI number:
7075

17. As when the labouring sun hath wrought his track

First Line:
As when the labouring sun hath wrought his track
Last Line:
Whose earthly fumes crack my devout aspires
DMI number:
43504

18. B---- vexed with court the country sought

First Line:
B---- vexed with court the country sought
Last Line:
From ------ unhappy case
DMI number:
19742

19. Betwixt the chief of summer and the said winter

First Line:
Betwixt the chief of summer and the said winter
Last Line:
Though I write as it was wist I it not
Author:
Beid (Speculation)
DMI number:
7388

20. Behold we are come from gloomy shades below

First Line:
Behold we are come from gloomy shades below
Last Line:
Eternal misery and endless woe
DMI number:
7456

21. Beneath a churchyard yew

First Line:
Beneath a churchyard yew
Last Line:
O sweet o sweet Anne Page
Author:
William Shenstone (Absolute)
DMI number:
27247

22. But some what shall I say as sooth as I heard

First Line:
But some what shall I say as sooth as I heard
Last Line:
Looking to the Lennox me lief thought
Author:
Waldhave (Speculation)
DMI number:
33535

23. But some what shall I say as sooth I heard

First Line:
But some what shall I say as sooth I heard
Last Line:
Looking to the Lennox is me lest thought
Author:
Waldhave (Speculation)
DMI number:
33519

24. But somewhat shal I say as suith I heird

First Line:
But somewhat shal I say as suith I heird
Last Line:
Looking to the Lennox as me leif thought
DMI number:
31982

25. But somewhat shall I say as sooth I heard

First Line:
But somewhat shall I say as sooth I heard
Last Line:
Looking to the Lennox as me lief thought
Author:
Waldhave (Speculation)
DMI number:
7395

26. Come ye elves that be

First Line:
Come ye elves that be
Last Line:
Their secrets we will never declare
DMI number:
28988

27. Come follow follow me

First Line:
Come follow follow me
Last Line:
Where we the night before have been
DMI number:
16319

28. 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

29. Dark was the night and dreary was the cell

First Line:
Dark was the night and dreary was the cell
Last Line:
All sad and pensive to his cot returned
DMI number:
30440

30. Expanded now hell's spacious portal lay

First Line:
Expanded now hell's spacious portal lay
Last Line:
Accents confused and a discordant sound
DMI number:
36192

31. From Christ's birth count thousand years complete

First Line:
From Christ's birth count thousand years complete
Last Line:
And men on all hands lamentably mourn
DMI number:
7743

32. From forth the Elysian fields

First Line:
From forth the Elysian fields
Last Line:
And we will both be blithe together
DMI number:
42475

33. From Stygian shade lo my pale ghost doth rise

First Line:
From Stygian shade lo my pale ghost doth rise
Last Line:
And perhaps may then leave purgatory
DMI number:
43008

34. From the blessed regions of eternal day

First Line:
From the blessed regions of eternal day
Last Line:
Britain shall be his throne in time to come
DMI number:
3659

35. From the boat of old Charon in the Stygian ferry

First Line:
From the boat of old Charon in the Stygian ferry
Last Line:
You are pirate at sea as I pirate at land | Which nobody can deny
DMI number:
4986

36. From the dark regions of eternal night

First Line:
From the dark regions of eternal night
Last Line:
He vanished straight and went to purgatory
DMI number:
12032

37. Go bid thy mistress when my drink is ready

First Line:
Go bid thy mistress when my drink is ready
Last Line:
Wake Duncan with this knocking would thou couldst
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
40541

38. Go restless ghost tell that proud fair

First Line:
Go restless ghost tell that proud fair
Last Line:
And I shall be contented
DMI number:
44114

39. Hail craggy rocks and mountains high

First Line:
Hail craggy rocks and mountains high
Last Line:
Ever he could say farewell
DMI number:
33787

40. Hail great prophetic spirit who could see

First Line:
Hail great prophetic spirit who could see
Last Line:
How great a truth had it in time been known
DMI number:
44317

41. Grim king of the ghosts make haste

First Line:
Grim king of the ghosts make haste
Last Line:
Is hovering in the air
DMI number:
2551

42. Hosier with indignant sorrow

First Line:
Hosier with indignant sorrow
Last Line:
And for England shamed in thee
DMI number:
17834

43. His angle rod made of a sturdy oak

First Line:
His angle rod made of a sturdy oak
Last Line:
And sat upon a rock and bobbed for a whale
Author:
William King (Absolute)
DMI number:
24870

44. His lecture to the sad young prophets done

First Line:
His lecture to the sad young prophets done
Last Line:
The glorious saint and his arrival great
Author:
Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer] (Absolute)
DMI number:
4074

45. I groan and languish to relate

First Line:
I groan and languish to relate
Last Line:
Popish and factious and let all men say | Amen
DMI number:
43009

46. I had an easy dose of wine over night

First Line:
I had an easy dose of wine over night
Last Line:
Before the joys of life or aught that's here admired
DMI number:
4748

47. In the days of our sires

First Line:
In the days of our sires
Last Line:
Twas the captain's great dog and a flea
DMI number:
39139

48. In aunciente days tradition showes

First Line:
In aunciente days tradition showes
Last Line:
As best deserve your choice
Author:
Dr Henry Harington (Absolute)
DMI number:
37300

49. In aunciente days tradition shows

First Line:
In aunciente days tradition shows
Last Line:
As best deserve sich choice
Author:
Dr Henry Harington (Absolute)
DMI number:
32283

50. In Britain's isle and Arthur's days

First Line:
In Britain's isle and Arthur's days
Last Line:
Upon the unworthy mind
Author:
Thomas Parnell (Absolute)
DMI number:
24080

51. In my high capitol two sentries dwell

First Line:
In my high capitol two sentries dwell
Last Line:
Or with thy hand dear God contract their sight
Author:
Edmund Arwaker (Absolute)
DMI number:
36208

52. In days of yore when Roman rules

First Line:
In days of yore when Roman rules
Last Line:
For which you have no natural fitness
Author:
John Bancks [Banks] (Absolute)
DMI number:
22797

53. Is this the heavenly crown are these the joys

First Line:
Is this the heavenly crown are these the joys
Last Line:
Oppressed with trophies of their victory
DMI number:
6429

54. In vain my fair you strive to cheat the sight

First Line:
In vain my fair you strive to cheat the sight
Last Line:
And easier raise than represent the devil
DMI number:
5117

55. It happened in the twilight of the day

First Line:
It happened in the twilight of the day
Last Line:
Starts from the couch and bid the dame draw near
DMI number:
42304

56. It happened in the twilight of the day

First Line:
It happened in the twilight of the day
Last Line:
Starts from the couch and bids the dame draw near
DMI number:
3636

57. It is to fall when they it find

First Line:
It is to fall when they it find
Last Line:
With a wicked woman might she be
Author:
Merling (Speculation)
DMI number:
33518

58. It is to fall when they it find

First Line:
It is to fall when they it find
Last Line:
With a wicked woman woe might she be
Author:
Merling (Speculation)
DMI number:
7389

59. Joan vows to hearten timorous youth

First Line:
Joan vows to hearten timorous youth
Last Line:
Joan does believe she saw the devil
DMI number:
24805

60. Look up base croaking zealots of the age

First Line:
Look up base croaking zealots of the age
Last Line:
Set whom he pleases on an earthly throne
DMI number:
43173

61. My articles in order thus I range

First Line:
My articles in order thus I range
Last Line:
As whimsical and supernatural
Author:
Toby Broadgrin (Confident)
DMI number:
33253

62. I'll tell a story a story most merry

First Line:
I'll tell a story a story most merry
Last Line:
Quoth the king they're all scoundrels and so he stalked off | Derry down &c
DMI number:
13384

63. I'll tell you a story a story most merry

First Line:
I'll tell you a story a story most merry
Last Line:
Quoth the king they are all scoundrels and so he stalked off | Derry down &c
DMI number:
13458

64. I'll tell you a story if it be true

First Line:
I'll tell you a story if it be true
Last Line:
And away went the spirit with a tuneable voice | Which no body can deny
DMI number:
3953

65. I met with the devil in the shape of a ram

First Line:
I met with the devil in the shape of a ram
Last Line:
Thou still will be cursed for by many a man
DMI number:
42950

66. If evil sprites when they forsake

First Line:
If evil sprites when they forsake
Last Line:
To bless it with your wit
DMI number:
19145

67. Ladies throw by the curtain view the scene

First Line:
Ladies throw by the curtain view the scene
Last Line:
Proceeding from ten times refined earth
DMI number:
15237

68. Ladies ye stare as if ye knew me not

First Line:
Ladies ye stare as if ye knew me not
Last Line:
Till then I take my leave adieu mes cheres
DMI number:
11621

69. Merling says in his book who will read it right

First Line:
Merling says in his book who will read it right
Last Line:
And in the vale of Josaphet shall he be
Author:
Merling (Speculation)
DMI number:
33517

70. Merling says in his book who will read right

First Line:
Merling says in his book who will read right
Last Line:
And in the vale of Josaphat buried shall he be
Author:
Merling (Speculation)
DMI number:
7387

71. May rats and mice

First Line:
May rats and mice
Last Line:
His thimble from his needle
Author:
Edward Ward (Confident)
DMI number:
1548

72. Mean time by mighty gusts a humid mountain

First Line:
Mean time by mighty gusts a humid mountain
Last Line:
The wave that brought him terrified retires
DMI number:
8917

73. Mark mortals mark with awe profound

First Line:
Mark mortals mark with awe profound
Last Line:
Hence avaunt tis holy ground
Author:
Philip Parsons (Absolute)
DMI number:
32556

74. Mix mix the philters quick she flies she flies

First Line:
Mix mix the philters quick she flies she flies
Last Line:
I must forever wake we'll meet again at night
Author:
George Granville (Absolute)
DMI number:
22774

75. Near Lethe's banks where the forgetful stream

First Line:
Near Lethe's banks where the forgetful stream
Last Line:
In Lethe's sovereign streams he sought relief
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
3758

76. Not hell it self nor gloomy fate can save

First Line:
Not hell it self nor gloomy fate can save
Last Line:
And even in sulphurous Styx sedition raise
DMI number:
6459

77. No sooner was their king attired

First Line:
No sooner was their king attired
Last Line:
And so she took no harm
Author:
Sir Simeon Steward (Confident)
DMI number:
4621

78. No wonder winds more dreadful are by far

First Line:
No wonder winds more dreadful are by far
Last Line:
Burn but the witch and all is well
DMI number:
5014

79. O are you come tis more than time

First Line:
O are you come tis more than time
Last Line:
While he proceeded in his prayers
DMI number:
4943

80. Now the hungry lions roar

First Line:
Now the hungry lions roar
Last Line:
Ever sacred be this ground
DMI number:
2339

81. No no tis not Lerinda's ghost we see

First Line:
No no tis not Lerinda's ghost we see
Last Line:
The welcome resurrection of a backward spring
DMI number:
9948

82. Observe the man of astrologic skill

First Line:
Observe the man of astrologic skill
Last Line:
View but his phiz ye'll know as well as he
DMI number:
36860

83. Of all the crafts that I do know

First Line:
Of all the crafts that I do know
Last Line:
And they lived full merrily
DMI number:
42914

84. Of old a fig-tree useless wood

First Line:
Of old a fig-tree useless wood
Last Line:
Their herbs were scattered all around
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25714

85. Of the old heroes when the warlike shades

First Line:
Of the old heroes when the warlike shades
Last Line:
Metempsychosed to some scotch presbyter
Author:
Andrew Marvell (Absolute)
DMI number:
3631

86. Of the old heroes when the warlike shades

First Line:
Of the old heroes when the warlike shades
Last Line:
Our nations melting thy Colossus frame
Author:
Andrew Marvell (Absolute)
DMI number:
14042

87. Out of our past confusions rise there shall

First Line:
Out of our past confusions rise there shall
Last Line:
The law's corruption shall restore the laws
DMI number:
12574

88. On that auspicious day when Britain's sons

First Line:
On that auspicious day when Britain's sons
Last Line:
To realms unvisited by mortal eye
DMI number:
28801

89. One day an honest farmer went

First Line:
One day an honest farmer went
Last Line:
And madam had her Pug again
DMI number:
21796

90. One night with sleep my senses being oppressed

First Line:
One night with sleep my senses being oppressed
Last Line:
I'll strive to chase the fancy from my mind
Author:
Philip Ayres (Absolute)
DMI number:
15063

91. Says Kate C- to the devil in spite of resistance

First Line:
Says Kate C- to the devil in spite of resistance
Last Line:
So they parted good friends as they always had met
DMI number:
25169

92. Revenge revenge my injured shade begins

First Line:
Revenge revenge my injured shade begins
Last Line:
Upward to gibbets point downward to endless flames
DMI number:
42342

93. Revenge revenge my injured shade begins

First Line:
Revenge revenge my injured shade begins
Last Line:
Upwards to gibbets point downwards to endless flames
DMI number:
4948

94. Rise muse and boldly spread thy tender wing

First Line:
Rise muse and boldly spread thy tender wing
Last Line:
By George our great redeemer William's ghost
DMI number:
13471

95. Rise Nevil rise and do not punish me

First Line:
Rise Nevil rise and do not punish me
Last Line:
And without mercy you may name your place
DMI number:
43010

96. Sceptics whose strength of argument makes out

First Line:
Sceptics whose strength of argument makes out
Last Line:
He wakes but for a garter finds a rope
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
25306

97. Scotland be sad now and lament

First Line:
Scotland be sad now and lament
Last Line:
pass joyful day for ever more
DMI number:
33520

98. Shame of my life disturber of my tomb

First Line:
Shame of my life disturber of my tomb
Last Line:
Like him your angry father kicked you down
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation) & Wentworth Dillon (Confident)
DMI number:
2235

99. Sir Fopling crossed in love and stripped at play

First Line:
Sir Fopling crossed in love and stripped at play
Last Line:
And says his prayers devoutly every night
Author:
Nicholas Amhurst (Absolute)
DMI number:
17965

100. Still on my ways as I went

First Line:
Still on my ways as I went
Last Line:
Thomas Rymer men call me
Author:
Thomas of Erceldoune (Speculation)
DMI number:
7391