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1. A female bard far from her native land

First Line:
A female bard far from her native land
Last Line:
Complete their triumph give em your applause
Author:
David Garrick (Absolute)
DMI number:
33927

2. A female culprit at your bar appears

First Line:
A female culprit at your bar appears
Last Line:
And let the men dispute it if they dare
DMI number:
39030

3. A bawd a bawd where is this scoundrel poet

First Line:
A bawd a bawd where is this scoundrel poet
Last Line:
Now judge her genius is she bawd or belle
Author:
Sir Charles Hanbury Williams (Confident)
DMI number:
17934

4. A broiling lamb on Pan's chief altar lies

First Line:
A broiling lamb on Pan's chief altar lies
Last Line:
Their cards being broken and their rudders lost
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
38769

5. A grecian bard two thousand years ago

First Line:
A grecian bard two thousand years ago
Last Line:
For Shakespeare's nature was their nature too
Author:
Robert Lloyd (Absolute)
DMI number:
31747

6. A noble company for we can spy

First Line:
A noble company for we can spy
Last Line:
More various changes business or more sport
DMI number:
38779

7. A strange play you are like to have for know

First Line:
A strange play you are like to have for know
Last Line:
Some mirth some matter nay perhaps some wit
Author:
Thomas Heywood (Absolute)
DMI number:
38756

8. A strolling player as story tells

First Line:
A strolling player as story tells
Last Line:
You would have acted just like me
DMI number:
38053

9. A sudden darkness hath defaced the sky

First Line:
A sudden darkness hath defaced the sky
Last Line:
Will choke our foes though bullets hit them not
Author:
Thomas Kyd (Speculation) & William Shakespeare (Speculation)
DMI number:
27107

10. A tale

First Line:
A tale
Last Line:
Signifying nothing
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
10449

11. A mischief on it though I'm again alive

First Line:
A mischief on it though I'm again alive
Last Line:
To help a poor disbanded soldier home
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
35872

12. A moment stop your tuneful fingers pray

First Line:
A moment stop your tuneful fingers pray
Last Line:
They're sparks he caught from his great master's blaze
Author:
David Garrick (Absolute)
DMI number:
33734

13. A plain built house after so long a stay

First Line:
A plain built house after so long a stay
Last Line:
Machines and tempests will destroy the new
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4029

14. A play without a wedding made in spite

First Line:
A play without a wedding made in spite
Last Line:
Though there are scurvy wives that they are none
Author:
Thomas Shadwell (Absolute)
DMI number:
38916

15. A poor player

First Line:
A poor player
Last Line:
And then is heard no more
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
10448

16. A pox who'd be a poet in our days

First Line:
A pox who'd be a poet in our days
Last Line:
Next venture posture Mall shall be his muse
DMI number:
41878

17. A skilful cook this useful art will boast

First Line:
A skilful cook this useful art will boast
Last Line:
To have a double right to use her tongue
Author:
David Garrick (Absolute)
DMI number:
31727

18. A skilful mistress uses wondrous art

First Line:
A skilful mistress uses wondrous art
Last Line:
You cannot bear the physic of the stage
Author:
Thomas Shadwell (Absolute)
DMI number:
38920

19. A pretty task and so I told the fool

First Line:
A pretty task and so I told the fool
Last Line:
Their votes who cannot judge than theirs who can
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
35774

20. A roman parent sacrifice a son

First Line:
A roman parent sacrifice a son
Last Line:
Nor sacrifice the offspring of his brain
DMI number:
39114

21. A truce to all wrangling a truce to ill nature

First Line:
A truce to all wrangling a truce to ill nature
Last Line:
My revenge I will take on you some other night
DMI number:
39146

22. A very pretty bill as I'm alive

First Line:
A very pretty bill as I'm alive
Last Line:
A shop with virtue is the height of bliss
Author:
Christopher Smart (Absolute)
DMI number:
33727

23. A very pretty fancy and brave gallante show

First Line:
A very pretty fancy and brave gallante show
Last Line:
So prodigious entertainment vil never be dis tousand year
DMI number:
23779

24. A veteran see whose last act on the stage

First Line:
A veteran see whose last act on the stage
Last Line:
May every joy you give be tenfold yours
Author:
David Garrick (Absolute)
DMI number:
39034

25. A virgin poet was served up today

First Line:
A virgin poet was served up today
Last Line:
Send over true protestants to mend our breed
DMI number:
35803

26. A was an Aickin an actor of spirit

First Line:
A was an Aickin an actor of spirit
Last Line:
Which of course would have thwarted our purposed design
DMI number:
33871

27. A long lost orphan we present tonight

First Line:
A long lost orphan we present tonight
Last Line:
A tribute due alone to Shakespeare's urn
DMI number:
22035

28. All all shall out all that I know and feel

First Line:
All all shall out all that I know and feel
Last Line:
A little flattery sometimes does well
Author:
David Garrick (Absolute)
DMI number:
31705

29. All Europe can't show such performance of parts

First Line:
All Europe can't show such performance of parts
Last Line:
For emphasis cadence and all can be said
DMI number:
9505

30. Accept great bard the tribute of my praise

First Line:
Accept great bard the tribute of my praise
Last Line:
Eternity and heaven his aim and his reward
DMI number:
16170

31. Accept the muse which love and wonder raise

First Line:
Accept the muse which love and wonder raise
Last Line:
And trace their Guardian in thy works alone
DMI number:
15924

32. Acting dear Thornton its perfection draws

First Line:
Acting dear Thornton its perfection draws
Last Line:
Are gone nor leave a single trace behind
Author:
Robert Lloyd (Absolute)
DMI number:
31235

33. Adieu for ever music and virtu

First Line:
Adieu for ever music and virtu
Last Line:
John Bull was made to roar but not to sing
DMI number:
35690

34. Adieu unspotted excellence adieu

First Line:
Adieu unspotted excellence adieu
Last Line:
Since we must thee the boast of it resign
DMI number:
27176

35. Adventurous we to tread the stage aspire

First Line:
Adventurous we to tread the stage aspire
Last Line:
And hope for your indulgence and applause
DMI number:
31214

36. Ah what a death of patrons in this age

First Line:
Ah what a death of patrons in this age
Last Line:
And dedicate their works to one another
DMI number:
38059

37. Aid all ye tuneful nine my feeble lays

First Line:
Aid all ye tuneful nine my feeble lays
Last Line:
As his lost merits are lamented here
DMI number:
12800

38. Alas I grieve to see this trifling age

First Line:
Alas I grieve to see this trifling age
Last Line:
Bidding her sons no more her name disgrace
DMI number:
28772

39. Alas poor Thom how oft with merry heart

First Line:
Alas poor Thom how oft with merry heart
Last Line:
The sexton's dreary part performed on thee
Author:
Robert Fergusson (Absolute)
DMI number:
35466

40. Alexis walking in the park

First Line:
Alexis walking in the park
Last Line:
Forgot his hat and left the bench
Author:
Stephen Duck (Absolute)
DMI number:
21723

41. After long strutting on and off the stage

First Line:
After long strutting on and off the stage
Last Line:
Be all our business all our pride to please
DMI number:
22219

42. After our epilogue this crowd dismisses

First Line:
After our epilogue this crowd dismisses
Last Line:
Whole belles assemblees of coquettes and beaux
Author:
William Congreve (Absolute)
DMI number:
35851

43. After our showing play of mighty pains

First Line:
After our showing play of mighty pains
Last Line:
And keep the golden age within our woods and plains
Author:
Aphra Behn (Absolute)
DMI number:
38899

44. After such mighty fuss and puff

First Line:
After such mighty fuss and puff
Last Line:
Of such like sense to have no more
DMI number:
38368

45. After twice putting forth to sea his fame

First Line:
After twice putting forth to sea his fame
Last Line:
Of arrogance and regain his credit lost
Author:
Philip Massinger (Absolute)
DMI number:
38743

46. A work not smelling of the lamp tonight

First Line:
A work not smelling of the lamp tonight
Last Line:
Or poetry without scandal imitate
Author:
Benjamin Jonson (Absolute)
DMI number:
38753

47. A young adventurer in the tragic art

First Line:
A young adventurer in the tragic art
Last Line:
Your's the kind task indulgence to bestow
DMI number:
35405

48. All nature's order rises on extremes

First Line:
All nature's order rises on extremes
Last Line:
Revered on earth then all adored on high
Author:
Samuel Boyce (Absolute)
DMI number:
38319

49. And will our master poet then admit

First Line:
And will our master poet then admit
Last Line:
Old Troy shall grow less famous than the new
Author:
Richard Duke (Absolute)
DMI number:
8698

50. Apollo concerned to see the transgressions

First Line:
Apollo concerned to see the transgressions
Last Line:
And left them together by the ears for the bays
DMI number:
3671

51. An epilogue methinks I heard you cry

First Line:
An epilogue methinks I heard you cry
Last Line:
And bards their laurels lay at beauty's feet
DMI number:
35416

52. An epilogue's a tax on authors laid

First Line:
An epilogue's a tax on authors laid
Last Line:
For as you learn to judge they learn to write
Author:
Colley Cibber (Absolute)
DMI number:
38941

53. An honest crew disposed to be merry

First Line:
An honest crew disposed to be merry
Last Line:
When every several mouth hath sundry taste
DMI number:
38861

54. An old trite proverb let me quote

First Line:
An old trite proverb let me quote
Last Line:
Nor girls can scratch nor fools can write
Author:
David Garrick (Absolute)
DMI number:
31244

55. Among the wonders of our times this night

First Line:
Among the wonders of our times this night
Last Line:
And yours are all the blanks and theirs the prizes
Author:
William Taverner (Speculation)
DMI number:
8329

56. Amphion strikes the vocal lyre

First Line:
Amphion strikes the vocal lyre
Last Line:
Bring neither brick nor stone
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
8230

57. An ancient sage when death approached his bed

First Line:
An ancient sage when death approached his bed
Last Line:
And rise the unrivalled empress of the main
Author:
Tobias George Smollett (Absolute)
DMI number:
31691

58. And can it be sure they have all mistook

First Line:
And can it be sure they have all mistook
Last Line:
Lights ho the footmen quick attend your ladies home
DMI number:
39093

59. And did you think that I would let you go

First Line:
And did you think that I would let you go
Last Line:
To Anna's council and to Churchill's sword
DMI number:
130

60. And how and how messieurs what do you say

First Line:
And how and how messieurs what do you say
Last Line:
And like theirs too his projects are overthrown
Author:
Aphra Behn (Absolute)
DMI number:
41858

61. Almighty critics whom our indians here

First Line:
Almighty critics whom our indians here
Last Line:
And leave the rest upon the poet's hands
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
35752

62. And what becomes of your poor servant Shift

First Line:
And what becomes of your poor servant Shift
Last Line:
And if I please I'll give it to the poor
Author:
Samuel Foote (Absolute)
DMI number:
31715

63. Amaze us not with that majestic frown

First Line:
Amaze us not with that majestic frown
Last Line:
If we act well the parts to which we're born
Author:
Edmund Waller (Absolute)
DMI number:
38780

64. Amidst applause and universal praise

First Line:
Amidst applause and universal praise
Last Line:
For his own works as justly praise him most
DMI number:
12811

65. As late at Comus' court I sat

First Line:
As late at Comus' court I sat
Last Line:
That nightingales should sing alone
Author:
David Garrick (Absolute)
DMI number:
33849

66. As the soul stripped of mortal clay

First Line:
As the soul stripped of mortal clay
Last Line:
At once to purest gold
DMI number:
17185

67. As venturous merchants who intent on gain

First Line:
As venturous merchants who intent on gain
Last Line:
Most generously prop the sinking stage
DMI number:
3178

68. As wandering streams by secret force return

First Line:
As wandering streams by secret force return
Last Line:
But what they should be we must learn from you
Author:
Sir Richard Steele (Speculation)
DMI number:
6208

69. As warring hosts by stronger powers oppressed

First Line:
As warring hosts by stronger powers oppressed
Last Line:
And each low chamber grew a room of state
DMI number:
3194

70. As needy gallants in the scrivener's hands

First Line:
As needy gallants in the scrivener's hands
Last Line:
As much improper as would honesty
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
35772

71. As oft in formed assemblies of the fair

First Line:
As oft in formed assemblies of the fair
Last Line:
And there's some merit in attempting well
Author:
Colley Cibber (Absolute)
DMI number:
38970

72. As once assembled in the Elysian plains

First Line:
As once assembled in the Elysian plains
Last Line:
And while they aid partake their Barry's fame
DMI number:
40640

73. As distant thunder in a rolling cloud

First Line:
As distant thunder in a rolling cloud
Last Line:
What figures we should make and how to live
DMI number:
27122

74. As fond Philander in the pit

First Line:
As fond Philander in the pit
Last Line:
She lovingly replied
DMI number:
718

75. Apollo's self might well inspire

First Line:
Apollo's self might well inspire
Last Line:
And yet restore our sinking stage
DMI number:
33219

76. Aptness for mirth to all this instant night

First Line:
Aptness for mirth to all this instant night
Last Line:
His chances please ye or our fortune's ill
Author:
John Fletcher (Absolute)
DMI number:
38736

77. Ardalio jeers and in his comic strains

First Line:
Ardalio jeers and in his comic strains
Last Line:
Strike courteous tyrant and conclude the play
Author:
Isaac Watts (Absolute)
DMI number:
25979

78. As charms are nonsense nonsense seems a charm

First Line:
As charms are nonsense nonsense seems a charm
Last Line:
While men of wit find one another here
Author:
Sir Francis Fane (Absolute) & John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
4144

79. As children laugh or cry themselves to sleep

First Line:
As children laugh or cry themselves to sleep
Last Line:
He played his life away left us to weep
DMI number:
35645

80. As country squire who yet had never known

First Line:
As country squire who yet had never known
Last Line:
Of what your grandsires loved in the age that's past
Author:
Aphra Behn (Absolute)
DMI number:
38793

81. As country vicars when the sermon's done

First Line:
As country vicars when the sermon's done
Last Line:
As he tell all things when the year is past
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
35756

82. As a fond lover when his mistress frowns

First Line:
As a fond lover when his mistress frowns
Last Line:
And at this juncture double is their praise
DMI number:
17717

83. As a poor stranger wrecked upon the coast

First Line:
As a poor stranger wrecked upon the coast
Last Line:
Precepts examples and my masters kind
Author:
George Farquhar (Absolute)
DMI number:
39040

84. As a rash girl who will all hazards run

First Line:
As a rash girl who will all hazards run
Last Line:
You gain your ends and damn them when you've done
Author:
William Congreve (Absolute)
DMI number:
35845

85. As a young bird as yet unused to fly

First Line:
As a young bird as yet unused to fly
Last Line:
Your kind applause will bid us persevere
Author:
Arthur Murphy (Absolute)
DMI number:
32610

86. As a young lawyer many years will drudge

First Line:
As a young lawyer many years will drudge
Last Line:
And for the mother's worth support the child
DMI number:
5886

87. As a young merchant who had scaped of late

First Line:
As a young merchant who had scaped of late
Last Line:
And pardon all the errors in our play
Author:
Thomas Shadwell (Absolute)
DMI number:
38912

88. As a young wanton when she first begins

First Line:
As a young wanton when she first begins
Last Line:
As to condemn this trifle more than he
Author:
Thomas Shadwell (Absolute)
DMI number:
38805

89. As ancient Greece and Rome their conquests spread

First Line:
As ancient Greece and Rome their conquests spread
Last Line:
Studious to please and cautious to offend
Author:
Thomas Cooke (Absolute)
DMI number:
39004

90. As reading of romances did inspire

First Line:
As reading of romances did inspire
Last Line:
Ever to be your most obedient player
DMI number:
6599

91. As routed squadrons quit the hostile field

First Line:
As routed squadrons quit the hostile field
Last Line:
Improve your pleasures and our merits raise
Author:
Thomas Cooke (Absolute)
DMI number:
39005

92. As seamen shipwrecked on some happy shore

First Line:
As seamen shipwrecked on some happy shore
Last Line:
New life to my condemned and dying muse
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
6743

93. As some brave knight who once with spear and shield

First Line:
As some brave knight who once with spear and shield
Last Line:
And hang his consecrated buskin here
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
7021

94. As some brave knight who once with spear and shield

First Line:
As some brave knight who once with spear and shield
Last Line:
And hang his consecrated buskin there
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
38939

95. As some brave knights who once with spear and shield

First Line:
As some brave knights who once with spear and shield
Last Line:
And hang his consecrated buskin here
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
38316

96. As some brave soldier when soft peace gives rest

First Line:
As some brave soldier when soft peace gives rest
Last Line:
For I can make such thrusts as no man here can parry
DMI number:
39067

97. As some grave matron bred on rural downs

First Line:
As some grave matron bred on rural downs
Last Line:
As you perhaps of Mira's idle lays
Author:
Mary Leapor (Absolute)
DMI number:
23754

98. As some poor squire to country quarters sent

First Line:
As some poor squire to country quarters sent
Last Line:
They may get one but lord knows where get actors
DMI number:
27121

99. As some raw squire by tender mother bred

First Line:
As some raw squire by tender mother bred
Last Line:
For ought I know he may turn tail for ever
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
35747

100. As some there are who may not know the story

First Line:
As some there are who may not know the story
Last Line:
And he no more complained she wanted life
DMI number:
36011