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1. 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

2. Above that bridge which lofty turrets crown

First Line:
Above that bridge which lofty turrets crown
Last Line:
Boast safely challenge either Rome or Greece
Author:
Charles Hopkins (Confident)
DMI number:
4047

3. Ah Raleigh when thou didst thy breath resign

First Line:
Ah Raleigh when thou didst thy breath resign
Last Line:
No poisonous serpent on the earth shall live
Author:
John Ayloffe (Confident) & Andrew Marvell (Speculation)
DMI number:
42302

4. All loyal men come zee my vine rary show

First Line:
All loyal men come zee my vine rary show
Last Line:
So the devices of rebels will all prove in vain
DMI number:
12144

5. Among the race of England's modern peers

First Line:
Among the race of England's modern peers
Last Line:
With such a subject and a brother blessed
DMI number:
4766

6. As the devil over Lincoln was looking one day

First Line:
As the devil over Lincoln was looking one day
Last Line:
He'd be glad to come off half so well at Cambray
DMI number:
24709

7. As the late character of god-like men

First Line:
As the late character of god-like men
Last Line:
Here lies the only Prince who left all evil ways
DMI number:
6446

8. As the other night in bed I thinking lay

First Line:
As the other night in bed I thinking lay
Last Line:
Tis ten to one but I shall dream again
Author:
John Ayloffe (Speculation)
DMI number:
42336

9. As soon as on the banks of Rhine

First Line:
As soon as on the banks of Rhine
Last Line:
Are better far than one
DMI number:
18064

10. Attend and I'll you a story that's new

First Line:
Attend and I'll you a story that's new
Last Line:
To traitors and villains confusion of face | Which nobody &c
DMI number:
11957

11. Come Jack let's drink a pot of ale

First Line:
Come Jack let's drink a pot of ale
Last Line:
More faithful friends than they
DMI number:
7061

12. Cursed be those dull unpointed doggerel rhymes

First Line:
Cursed be those dull unpointed doggerel rhymes
Last Line:
As when old H-e was catched with rem in re
Author:
Charles Sackville (Absolute)
DMI number:
5451

13. Disgraced and one forlorn made fortune's sport

First Line:
Disgraced and one forlorn made fortune's sport
Last Line:
Next after you by G-- I will be king
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
42320

14. Disgraced undone forlorn made fortune's sport

First Line:
Disgraced undone forlorn made fortune's sport
Last Line:
Next after you by --- I will be king
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
4769

15. December last in frosty weather

First Line:
December last in frosty weather
Last Line:
That would have crept through the laws
DMI number:
12030

16. Filled with the noisome folly of the age

First Line:
Filled with the noisome folly of the age
Last Line:
Unthinking Charles ruled by unthinking thee
Author:
Charles Sackville (Speculation) & John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
5441

17. Farewell Petre farewell cross

First Line:
Farewell Petre farewell cross
Last Line:
Farewell all that deserve a r-----
DMI number:
42374

18. From all the women we have whored

First Line:
From all the women we have whored
Last Line:
Or ever see Breda again | Quaesumus te domine
DMI number:
42358

19. Fly envious time why dost our bliss delay

First Line:
Fly envious time why dost our bliss delay
Last Line:
And thought on even to convert rebellion
Author:
John Phillips (Absolute)
DMI number:
43185

20. 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

21. Grand Lewis let pride be abated

First Line:
Grand Lewis let pride be abated
Last Line:
And take them l'espee a la main
DMI number:
13230

22. Good dear Eugene

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

23. Hearken you drunken Jacobite sots

First Line:
Hearken you drunken Jacobite sots
Last Line:
If you fight for a run away king
DMI number:
12027

24. Here lies William de Valence

First Line:
Here lies William de Valence
Last Line:
The prentice for the maid
DMI number:
4996

25. Here's a health to the queen and her faithful adviser

First Line:
Here's a health to the queen and her faithful adviser
Last Line:
She greater than Tudor he greater than Vere
DMI number:
8109

26. How our good King does papists hate

First Line:
How our good King does papists hate
Last Line:
Yet bear thee Littleton in mind
DMI number:
4752

27. I am assured if I be measured rightly

First Line:
I am assured if I be measured rightly
Last Line:
Heaven shorten Harry's happy life one day
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
35023

28. In the isle of Great Britain long since famous known

First Line:
In the isle of Great Britain long since famous known
Last Line:
Ere she can raise the member she enjoys
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
2176

29. 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

30. Must I with patience ever silent sit

First Line:
Must I with patience ever silent sit
Last Line:
Or who'd be safe and senseless like Tom Thynne
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
5431

31. My ravished muse in such bright mazes dance

First Line:
My ravished muse in such bright mazes dance
Last Line:
Restores you the blessed golden age again
DMI number:
43184

32. I know you hope all once to be

First Line:
I know you hope all once to be
Last Line:
At last with pox he hurrying went | Like thunder
DMI number:
43116

33. I'll tell you true I vow

First Line:
I'll tell you true I vow
Last Line:
Resolved to write no more
DMI number:
42868

34. I marvel Dick that having been

First Line:
I marvel Dick that having been
Last Line:
And so shall ever be
DMI number:
7062

35. I marvel Dick that having been

First Line:
I marvel Dick that having been
Last Line:
And so shall live and die
DMI number:
44022

36. If any Briton in this place appears

First Line:
If any Briton in this place appears
Last Line:
Some of you frown why faith she's something stale
DMI number:
8373

37. Let cynics bark and the stern Stagyrite

First Line:
Let cynics bark and the stern Stagyrite
Last Line:
Props of the church and pillars of the throne
DMI number:
42353

38. Methinks I see you newly risen

First Line:
Methinks I see you newly risen
Last Line:
The reins of government must break
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
2189

39. Madam | Since Anna visited the muses' seat

First Line:
Madam | Since Anna visited the muses' seat
Last Line:
What Margaret Tudor was is Harriet Harley now
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
11872

40. Madam take care

First Line:
Madam take care
Last Line:
Be drowned in the south seas
DMI number:
13250

41. Now cannon smoke clouds all the sky

First Line:
Now cannon smoke clouds all the sky
Last Line:
Tis tis a cordial rare to cure the spleen
DMI number:
13229

42. Now now the prince is come to town

First Line:
Now now the prince is come to town
Last Line:
When once they pull the chapels down | Then hey boys up go we
DMI number:
4932

43. 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

44. Of a great heroine I mean to tell

First Line:
Of a great heroine I mean to tell
Last Line:
She who no equal has must be alone
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
5415

45. Of a tall statue and of sable hue

First Line:
Of a tall statue and of sable hue
Last Line:
Then how much greater mischiefs such a king
DMI number:
42359

46. Of a tall stature and of sable hue

First Line:
Of a tall stature and of sable hue
Last Line:
Then how much greater mischiefs such a king
Author:
Andrew Marvell (Speculation)
DMI number:
3637

47. Old South a witty churchman reckoned

First Line:
Old South a witty churchman reckoned
Last Line:
You snore so loud you'll wake the king
DMI number:
33388

48. Oh that sh'had lived in Cleopatra's age

First Line:
Oh that sh'had lived in Cleopatra's age
Last Line:
That would have stole the pearl that then was lost
DMI number:
4758

49. Paint last the king and a dead shade of night

First Line:
Paint last the king and a dead shade of night
Last Line:
Poetic picture painted poetry
Author:
Andrew Marvell (Absolute)
DMI number:
8938

50. Roxana from the court returning late

First Line:
Roxana from the court returning late
Last Line:
To cheat our hopes and yet to gain our hearts
Author:
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu [nee Pierrepont] (Absolute) & Alexander Pope (Speculation)
DMI number:
9697