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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
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