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1. A fool a wise man riding once espied

First Line:
A fool a wise man riding once espied
Last Line:
Themselves not horse appoint where they must lie
Author:
John Heywood (Absolute)
DMI number:
41938

2. A gaudy rainbow vivid gay

First Line:
A gaudy rainbow vivid gay
Last Line:
Himself replaced upon dry ground
DMI number:
33325

3. A baronet lately a dutchman I trow

First Line:
A baronet lately a dutchman I trow
Last Line:
So he bravely resolved even to take to his heels
DMI number:
28784

4. A cuckoo once as cuckoos use

First Line:
A cuckoo once as cuckoos use
Last Line:
Is not the moral of it true
DMI number:
33323

5. A Murelands man of uplands mak

First Line:
A Murelands man of uplands mak
Last Line:
But weil I wate an of ilk ten | Micht very weil gane all the session
Author:
William Dunbar (Confident)
DMI number:
10859

6. A merry wife of Bath comes next in place

First Line:
A merry wife of Bath comes next in place
Last Line:
For she had practiced long that old new dance
Author:
Thomas Betterton (Absolute)
DMI number:
18347

7. A ship trimmed out in all the state of war

First Line:
A ship trimmed out in all the state of war
Last Line:
For you or for your mad parade
DMI number:
26791

8. A traveler by my faith you have great

First Line:
A traveler by my faith you have great
Last Line:
Or I'll scarce think you have swam in a gondola
DMI number:
41306

9. A two-fold poet through the liquid sky

First Line:
A two-fold poet through the liquid sky
Last Line:
The needless honour of a sepulchre
Author:
Sir Thomas Hawkins (Absolute)
DMI number:
42096

10. Again the royal streamers play

First Line:
Again the royal streamers play
Last Line:
While thought behind portrays the ideal scene
Author:
William Falconer (Absolute)
DMI number:
31239

11. All in the Downs the fleet was moored

First Line:
All in the Downs the fleet was moored
Last Line:
Adieu she cried and waved her lily hand
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
2504

12. All journey forwards to the self-same place

First Line:
All journey forwards to the self-same place
Last Line:
What pace I travel so my way be fair
Author:
Francis Quarles (Absolute)
DMI number:
17384

13. All night she fled and all the live long day

First Line:
All night she fled and all the live long day
Last Line:
That call her back to all her griefs and tears
DMI number:
37811

14. All take their seats and wait the founding sign

First Line:
All take their seats and wait the founding sign
Last Line:
And darting to the port obtains the prize
DMI number:
40109

15. All travelers these heavy judgments hear

First Line:
All travelers these heavy judgments hear
Last Line:
A handsome hostess makes a reckoning dear
DMI number:
41329

16. And has my friend unchecked by fear

First Line:
And has my friend unchecked by fear
Last Line:
And to the sword the gown
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25509

17. All you who set sail for the land of delight

First Line:
All you who set sail for the land of delight
Last Line:
And a hundred to one but you double cape horn
Author:
Thomas Francklin (Absolute)
DMI number:
38033

18. As one that's from a tedious voyage come

First Line:
As one that's from a tedious voyage come
Last Line:
Make it a heavenly sign near that which saved the old
Author:
Samuel Woodford (Confident)
DMI number:
6739

19. As far as I could cast my eyes

First Line:
As far as I could cast my eyes
Last Line:
No mortal courage can support the fright
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20765

20. As Sh--- at Temple was taking a boat

First Line:
As Sh--- at Temple was taking a boat
Last Line:
To Paul's or to Lambeth 'twas all one to him
DMI number:
16076

21. As Sir Toby reeled home with his skin full of wine

First Line:
As Sir Toby reeled home with his skin full of wine
Last Line:
And Sir Toby steered home by the help of his tail
DMI number:
16725

22. At Blagrave's once upon a time

First Line:
At Blagrave's once upon a time
Last Line:
Safety for unsubstantial show
Author:
Thomas Warton (Absolute)
DMI number:
26596

23. As western Orellana king of floods

First Line:
As western Orellana king of floods
Last Line:
Soon lead our chiefs returning from the field
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
26651

24. As when we view the waves by tempests swollen

First Line:
As when we view the waves by tempests swollen
Last Line:
Despairs and in each wave expects his death
DMI number:
39938

25. Aza my love how long a time is past

First Line:
Aza my love how long a time is past
Last Line:
Ah love me Aza love me or I die
Author:
Samuel Whyte (Speculation)
DMI number:
36684

26. Before Bohemian Anne was queen

First Line:
Before Bohemian Anne was queen
Last Line:
While only those who will need pay
DMI number:
20422

27. Behold Britannia waves her flag on high

First Line:
Behold Britannia waves her flag on high
Last Line:
Salute thy sails and hail thee into view
Author:
Ambrose Philips (Absolute)
DMI number:
22231

28. Behold here's a ditty tis true and no jest

First Line:
Behold here's a ditty tis true and no jest
Last Line:
No mortal can prevent what the fates have decreed
DMI number:
12085

29. Behold the Cerberus the Atlantic plow

First Line:
Behold the Cerberus the Atlantic plow
Last Line:
Her precious cargo Burgoyne Clinton Howe | Bow wow wow
DMI number:
33668

30. Bleak roared the blast and horror's giant form

First Line:
Bleak roared the blast and horror's giant form
Last Line:
And seal a tyrant's doom
DMI number:
35308

31. Blessed be those powers above those deities

First Line:
Blessed be those powers above those deities
Last Line:
And give him thousand kisses for his welcome home
DMI number:
42071

32. By's travels he could make the sun appear

First Line:
By's travels he could make the sun appear
Last Line:
A young and unexperienced traveler
DMI number:
41324

33. Can he that flies his country find

First Line:
Can he that flies his country find
Last Line:
More swift than roes or stormy wind
Author:
Thomas Creech (Absolute)
DMI number:
24404

34. By armies stowed in fleets exhausted Spain

First Line:
By armies stowed in fleets exhausted Spain
Last Line:
As if unsatisfied with all the new
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
16806

35. Child Waters in his stable stood

First Line:
Child Waters in his stable stood
Last Line:
Shall be upon one day
Author:
Jael Henrietta Pye [nee Mendez; other married name Campbell] (Absolute)
DMI number:
37064

36. Come and listen to my ditty

First Line:
Come and listen to my ditty
Last Line:
Since in yours I cannot be
DMI number:
23655

37. Come beaus virtuosos rich heirs and musicians

First Line:
Come beaus virtuosos rich heirs and musicians
Last Line:
That your heirs will do so just a hundred years hence a
Author:
Henry Hall (Confident)
DMI number:
6572

38. Come come great Orange come away

First Line:
Come come great Orange come away
Last Line:
Except it be to have a rope | Couragio couragio couragio
DMI number:
4924

39. Dear Anne | In prose I've wrote you many a journal

First Line:
Dear Anne | In prose I've wrote you many a journal
Last Line:
And now it flies to kiss your hands | Sep 6 1759
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
30836

40. Dear brother so far as you advance

First Line:
Dear brother so far as you advance
Last Line:
Their hell a smaller curse had been
DMI number:
43455

41. Condemned to Pontus tired with endless toil

First Line:
Condemned to Pontus tired with endless toil
Last Line:
Is a less grief than Caesar to offend
DMI number:
4037

42. Daphnis because I am your debtor

First Line:
Daphnis because I am your debtor
Last Line:
I rest your very humble servant
Author:
Aphra Behn (Confident)
DMI number:
41818

43. Dear Will | I am glad to hear you hold the rudder

First Line:
Dear Will | I am glad to hear you hold the rudder
Last Line:
You may depend upon my story | Your most affectionate | Albion's Glory
DMI number:
31213

44. Dear Jack whilst you through Flanders roam

First Line:
Dear Jack whilst you through Flanders roam
Last Line:
And double lustre in her heir
Author:
Mary Barber (Absolute)
DMI number:
11556

45. Dear P--tt--s--n | When Pedro gives his rustic fist and faith

First Line:
Dear P--tt--s--n | When Pedro gives his rustic fist and faith
Last Line:
And keep us friends in truth as well as name
DMI number:
24348

46. Dear Sir | By the lyre of Apollo the locks of the muses

First Line:
Dear Sir | By the lyre of Apollo the locks of the muses
Last Line:
Twill be welcome in prose but twice welcome in rhyme
Author:
Moses Mendez (Absolute)
DMI number:
31273

47. Dear Sir | Your kind itinerary letter

First Line:
Dear Sir | Your kind itinerary letter
Last Line:
And none more zealous or more fervent | In friendship than | your humble servant
Author:
John Ellis (Absolute)
DMI number:
31274

48. Descend thou sweetest of the tuneful train

First Line:
Descend thou sweetest of the tuneful train
Last Line:
His thrice a hundred chains the doom of lawless love
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25572

49. Escaped from my guardian's tyrannical sway

First Line:
Escaped from my guardian's tyrannical sway
Last Line:
For their bubbles and bows to give your good sense
Author:
Samuel Foote (Absolute)
DMI number:
37952

50. Dost thou behold my soul with wild surprise

First Line:
Dost thou behold my soul with wild surprise
Last Line:
At once are sunk his genius and her charms
DMI number:
33217

51. Earl Walter stroked his milk white steed

First Line:
Earl Walter stroked his milk white steed
Last Line:
She grasped his hand and died
Author:
Jael Henrietta Pye [nee Mendez; other married name Campbell] (Absolute)
DMI number:
37065

52. Deep in the bosom of a vale

First Line:
Deep in the bosom of a vale
Last Line:
They never shall reach my furthest link
DMI number:
36032

53. Do you an India Voyage then design

First Line:
Do you an India Voyage then design
Last Line:
Leave for your self a place amongst the rest
DMI number:
27699

54. Doctors by travel are improved

First Line:
Doctors by travel are improved
Last Line:
For ages and for ages
DMI number:
38431

55. Favourite of Venus and the tuneful nine

First Line:
Favourite of Venus and the tuneful nine
Last Line:
But be a country gentleman at heart
Author:
George Lyttelton (Absolute)
DMI number:
22311

56. Fine paintings fine trees there's little else in it

First Line:
Fine paintings fine trees there's little else in it
Last Line:
By Vandyck Vanloo Poussin Raphael or Guido
DMI number:
35359

57. Experienced young whose bright ingenious pen

First Line:
Experienced young whose bright ingenious pen
Last Line:
And soon attain bright glory's deathless praise
DMI number:
22865

58. Farewell dear swain let neither seas nor wind

First Line:
Farewell dear swain let neither seas nor wind
Last Line:
Should rise and crowd themselves into a storm
DMI number:
11111

59. Farewell fair mistress of my chief desires

First Line:
Farewell fair mistress of my chief desires
Last Line:
Your sight alone can make your patient whole
DMI number:
43552

60. Farewell fair saint let neither seas nor wind

First Line:
Farewell fair saint let neither seas nor wind
Last Line:
Both thus conspiring to your own undoing
Author:
Fowke||Thomas||Major (Speculation)
DMI number:
10568

61. Farewell fair saint may neither seas nor wind

First Line:
Farewell fair saint may neither seas nor wind
Last Line:
Should throng and crowd themselves into a storm
DMI number:
3342

62. Farewell my dearer half joy of my heart

First Line:
Farewell my dearer half joy of my heart
Last Line:
Except you'll think of her you left behind
DMI number:
5331

63. Farewell the great the brave and good

First Line:
Farewell the great the brave and good
Last Line:
Afford us all your sighs and Cesar all your care
DMI number:
43671

64. Fair Cyprian goddess queen of love

First Line:
Fair Cyprian goddess queen of love
Last Line:
What ghastly shapes of death can fright
DMI number:
12547

65. Fair daughter once of Windsor's woods

First Line:
Fair daughter once of Windsor's woods
Last Line:
Nor Britain thunders from the deep
Author:
Thomas Tickell (Absolute)
DMI number:
9313

66. Fair Sally loved a bonny seaman

First Line:
Fair Sally loved a bonny seaman
Last Line:
And went to church with Sally
DMI number:
36768

67. From Belgia's clime a clime of old

First Line:
From Belgia's clime a clime of old
Last Line:
Can find the cleanest road
DMI number:
33811

68. From Caen departing first at Dive

First Line:
From Caen departing first at Dive
Last Line:
And there my verse and journey end
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
26672

69. From distant climes Lucinda came

First Line:
From distant climes Lucinda came
Last Line:
To meet Lucinda there
DMI number:
35103

70. From every Shires end

First Line:
From every Shires end
Last Line:
Who hath them holpen wherein they beseke
DMI number:
43749

71. Four clerks of Oxford doctors two and two

First Line:
Four clerks of Oxford doctors two and two
Last Line:
As Raleigh from his voyage and no more
Author:
Richard Corbett (Absolute)
DMI number:
7069

72. For the future footman not skilled in numbers

First Line:
For the future footman not skilled in numbers
Last Line:
If he be disposed to wager again
DMI number:
7806

73. For this effectual day his art revealed

First Line:
For this effectual day his art revealed
Last Line:
And dived to find the old Atlantis drowned
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
16807

74. From Kew to town four hours I spent you rail

First Line:
From Kew to town four hours I spent you rail
Last Line:
Who sent your equippage in which I came
DMI number:
27978

75. From Lincoln to London rode forth our young squire

First Line:
From Lincoln to London rode forth our young squire
Last Line:
A coach with a coronet trailed to her tweed
Author:
William Shenstone (Absolute)
DMI number:
27244

76. From spacious Rome to Aris once went I

First Line:
From spacious Rome to Aris once went I
Last Line:
And here my paper and our journey end
Author:
Alexander Brome (Absolute)
DMI number:
42173

77. From the grand tour through Paris Florence Rome

First Line:
From the grand tour through Paris Florence Rome
Last Line:
He knows the world ay and the world knows him
DMI number:
22054

78. Gentle tender beauteous belle

First Line:
Gentle tender beauteous belle
Last Line:
Bring all Peru home for thee
DMI number:
38114

79. From this high cliff is an unusual view

First Line:
From this high cliff is an unusual view
Last Line:
And cold land breezes chill the troubled air
Author:
William Diaper (Absolute)
DMI number:
36351

80. From Utrecht's silent walks by winds I send

First Line:
From Utrecht's silent walks by winds I send
Last Line:
And dying finds too late he lived in vain
Author:
Ambrose Philips (Absolute)
DMI number:
11777

81. From where the Stroud smooth stream serenely glides

First Line:
From where the Stroud smooth stream serenely glides
Last Line:
Weep over its ruins at its follies laugh
Author:
Sneyd Davies (Absolute)
DMI number:
23416

82. Go sprightly Rolles go travel earth and sea

First Line:
Go sprightly Rolles go travel earth and sea
Last Line:
Where not a W-- shall approach thee more
DMI number:
12159

83. Go sprightly Rolles go traverse earth and sea

First Line:
Go sprightly Rolles go traverse earth and sea
Last Line:
Where not a Walpole shall approach thee more
DMI number:
12174

84. Go best in all that's good we cannot bear

First Line:
Go best in all that's good we cannot bear
Last Line:
And all men sing vive le roi
DMI number:
43165

85. Go doleful sheet to every street

First Line:
Go doleful sheet to every street
Last Line:
That he his fact should write-a
DMI number:
10584

86. Great king of winds permit an humble swain

First Line:
Great king of winds permit an humble swain
Last Line:
To bar my passage from Minorcan land
Author:
Mr. Campbell (Confident)
DMI number:
10565

87. Great sir | your presence still we would implore

First Line:
Great sir | your presence still we would implore
Last Line:
As if their spring but prophesied of you
DMI number:
43583

88. Grieved a scribbling friend to lose

First Line:
Grieved a scribbling friend to lose
Last Line:
What joys your fountains and your shades afford
DMI number:
35402

89. Hapless Ramilla in an early grave

First Line:
Hapless Ramilla in an early grave
Last Line:
And gallant Taylor's name with Balchen's live
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
29914

90. Guy journeyed ore the sanctifyed ground

First Line:
Guy journeyed ore the sanctifyed ground
Last Line:
I goe to mortifie a sinfull man
Author:
Samuel Rowlands (Absolute)
DMI number:
37598

91. Guy journeyes towards that sanctifyed ground

First Line:
Guy journeyes towards that sanctifyed ground
Last Line:
I goe to mortifie a sinfull man
Author:
Samuel Rowlands (Absolute)
DMI number:
38227

92. Hail sacred ship who art more richly fraught

First Line:
Hail sacred ship who art more richly fraught
Last Line:
She far excels the rest of womankind
DMI number:
12658

93. Hail sacred stream whose waters roll

First Line:
Hail sacred stream whose waters roll
Last Line:
Has washed the walls of Rome
Author:
William Whitehead (Absolute)
DMI number:
27810

94. Hearken ye gallants that will cross the seas

First Line:
Hearken ye gallants that will cross the seas
Last Line:
You may be weary think your travel great
DMI number:
41320

95. Haste my reindeer and let us nimbly go

First Line:
Haste my reindeer and let us nimbly go
Last Line:
And all revealed the beauteous wanton plays
DMI number:
2554

96. Have you been a traveller

First Line:
Have you been a traveller
Last Line:
But that she laughs the others unto scorn
DMI number:
41305

97. Having nothing to do and the term at an end

First Line:
Having nothing to do and the term at an end
Last Line:
May I travel afoot though it be on a crutch
DMI number:
19885

98. He bulged the pride of famed Ulysses' fleet

First Line:
He bulged the pride of famed Ulysses' fleet
Last Line:
Then makes Inarime and Prochyta
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
15479

99. He foreign countries knew but they were known

First Line:
He foreign countries knew but they were known
Last Line:
Traffic abroad but land their prizes here
DMI number:
41330

100. Hark fair Eliza how loud Boreas roars

First Line:
Hark fair Eliza how loud Boreas roars
Last Line:
To see its radiant lustre gild the skies
DMI number:
6254