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1. A saying goes round

First Line:
A saying goes round
Last Line:
Is rather too pious and good
DMI number:
32492

2. A virgin once I hope in early life

First Line:
A virgin once I hope in early life
Last Line:
Though bad unmarried now am good enough
DMI number:
25249

3. Accept dear Percy from your long known friend

First Line:
Accept dear Percy from your long known friend
Last Line:
As shine with lustre in Northumberland
DMI number:
35294

4. After some threescore years of caterwawling

First Line:
After some threescore years of caterwawling
Last Line:
Hell will not bear with her nor she with Heaven
DMI number:
17064

5. An abbot rich whose taste was good

First Line:
An abbot rich whose taste was good
Last Line:
First mend the faults they find in others
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
21903

6. And thus the libertine who builds a name

First Line:
And thus the libertine who builds a name
Last Line:
To charm to polish and to bless mankind
Author:
Henry Brooke (Absolute)
DMI number:
33740

7. As good Mr Crape with my lord was at dinner

First Line:
As good Mr Crape with my lord was at dinner
Last Line:
She's been so much used that she'll not be worth turning
DMI number:
24746

8. As Celia to the almighty prayed

First Line:
As Celia to the almighty prayed
Last Line:
And lastly let the devil take him | Lord I beseech thee
DMI number:
18273

9. Avaunt be gone thou'st set me on the rack

First Line:
Avaunt be gone thou'st set me on the rack
Last Line:
Greater than that
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
15258

10. Behold this tomb

First Line:
Behold this tomb
Last Line:
And Mary's better part
DMI number:
21865

11. Blown on the rolling surface of the deep

First Line:
Blown on the rolling surface of the deep
Last Line:
And heaven indulgent blessed their nuptial bands
Author:
Stephen Duck (Absolute)
DMI number:
25318

12. Chloe from all the pleasures of the town

First Line:
Chloe from all the pleasures of the town
Last Line:
Yet virtue never fails to meet reward
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
5405

13. Chloe her gossips entertains

First Line:
Chloe her gossips entertains
Last Line:
Before she wed she'd much the same
Author:
Mary Monck (Absolute)
DMI number:
12273

14. Chloe her gossips entertains

First Line:
Chloe her gossips entertains
Last Line:
Ere wedded she had much the same
Author:
Mary Monck (Absolute)
DMI number:
24606

15. Doting Silenus in decline of life

First Line:
Doting Silenus in decline of life
Last Line:
And old Silenus glory in a son
DMI number:
12671

16. First see her free from that insipid thing

First Line:
First see her free from that insipid thing
Last Line:
And loudly sounds her prostituted fame
DMI number:
38383

17. Fair Margaret prudent temperate just

First Line:
Fair Margaret prudent temperate just
Last Line:
To bed with Sol withdrew
Author:
William Tully (Absolute)
DMI number:
12108

18. For he whose breast is tender blood so cool

First Line:
For he whose breast is tender blood so cool
Last Line:
It is the honey gainst a waspish wife
Author:
Thomas Dekker (Absolute)
DMI number:
17090

19. Haply there met the other day

First Line:
Haply there met the other day
Last Line:
That union happily complete
DMI number:
33376

20. Hail wedded love by gracious God designed

First Line:
Hail wedded love by gracious God designed
Last Line:
And damns most surely whom he most enjoys
DMI number:
36224

21. He that marries a merry lass

First Line:
He that marries a merry lass
Last Line:
He had better be without her
DMI number:
43890

22. Ho stay who lies here

First Line:
Ho stay who lies here
Last Line:
What we lent we lost
DMI number:
43781

23. I dreamt my dear quoth Ralph to Jane

First Line:
I dreamt my dear quoth Ralph to Jane
Last Line:
A dream before that happened true
DMI number:
21725

24. In that fair isle the garden of the main

First Line:
In that fair isle the garden of the main
Last Line:
The brave Philander and Cydippe fair
Author:
Thomas Cooke (Absolute)
DMI number:
25322

25. In youthful bloom did Verin die

First Line:
In youthful bloom did Verin die
Last Line:
To both these gifts or either
Author:
Mr. Campbell (Confident)
DMI number:
10580

26. Like a dog that runs madding at sheep or at cows

First Line:
Like a dog that runs madding at sheep or at cows
Last Line:
Just like an honest man and his wife
DMI number:
42479

27. My dear Lavinia once the only joy

First Line:
My dear Lavinia once the only joy
Last Line:
Has made a worthless wretch the best of wives
Author:
Edward Ward (Confident)
DMI number:
10680

28. I read in your delighted face

First Line:
I read in your delighted face
Last Line:
Allied to Charlemain
Author:
Mary Barber (Absolute)
DMI number:
11613

29. I think my wife is honest and think she is not

First Line:
I think my wife is honest and think she is not
Last Line:
I'll not endure it would I were satisfied
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
15255

30. If ever o Hymen I add to thy tribe

First Line:
If ever o Hymen I add to thy tribe
Last Line:
Or a maid let me live and a maid let me die
DMI number:
35319

31. If any find of womankind

First Line:
If any find of womankind
Last Line:
Wilt bless us evermore Amen
Author:
Robert Allen (Absolute)
DMI number:
12106

32. If there's a man in heart and tongue sincere

First Line:
If there's a man in heart and tongue sincere
Last Line:
His joys his sorrows only should be mine
DMI number:
38375

33. If she be fair I fear the rest

First Line:
If she be fair I fear the rest
Last Line:
That can love all though I wed none
DMI number:
44015

34. O dearest daughter of two dearest friends

First Line:
O dearest daughter of two dearest friends
Last Line:
And bid me imitate the turtle's fame
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
15529

35. O thou my beauteous ever tender friend

First Line:
O thou my beauteous ever tender friend
Last Line:
Suppress yet love my grateful labour pays
Author:
William Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
11598

36. Oh beware my lord of jealousy

First Line:
Oh beware my lord of jealousy
Last Line:
Is not to leave't undone but keep't unknown
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
15257

37. Oh the blindness of a covetous wretched

First Line:
Oh the blindness of a covetous wretched
Last Line:
That wealth a husband for their daughters choose
Author:
James Shirley (Absolute)
DMI number:
17014

38. Says Pontius in rage contradicting his wife

First Line:
Says Pontius in rage contradicting his wife
Last Line:
You're a cuckold says she do I tell you truth now
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
16891

39. Run to love's lottery run maids and rejoice

First Line:
Run to love's lottery run maids and rejoice
Last Line:
Where sweetly bells at burials ring
DMI number:
44289

40. Remote from cities in a country town

First Line:
Remote from cities in a country town
Last Line:
It is because she lies with other men
DMI number:
31904

41. Sad was the day and gloomy all the air

First Line:
Sad was the day and gloomy all the air
Last Line:
To swell the wondering flood with tributary brine
DMI number:
42889

42. So good a wife doth Lissy make

First Line:
So good a wife doth Lissy make
Last Line:
She with his brethren only lieth
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
16885

43. That it should come to this

First Line:
That it should come to this
Last Line:
But break my heart for I must hold my tongue
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
25240

44. Tell me Sileno why you fill

First Line:
Tell me Sileno why you fill
Last Line:
By decking thee with horns
Author:
Matthew Concanen (Absolute)
DMI number:
11322

45. The nurse all wild with transport seemed to swim

First Line:
The nurse all wild with transport seemed to swim
Last Line:
All grim and terribly adorned with blood
Author:
Christopher Pitt (Absolute)
DMI number:
35164

46. There dwelt a man in Babylon

First Line:
There dwelt a man in Babylon
Last Line:
Why should we not of her learn thus | To live godly
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
37270

47. They that have the yellow jaundice think

First Line:
They that have the yellow jaundice think
Last Line:
Makes his own shadow his cuckold-maker
Author:
John Webster (Absolute)
DMI number:
15288

48. Thou the vile minister of those who long

First Line:
Thou the vile minister of those who long
Last Line:
My lord Ulysses was &c
DMI number:
39948

49. Thou worst estate even of the sex that's worst

First Line:
Thou worst estate even of the sex that's worst
Last Line:
Within so hated and so loved without
DMI number:
44456

50. Time flies so you and Horace sing

First Line:
Time flies so you and Horace sing
Last Line:
My lord you'll cut a higher caper
Author:
John Straight (Absolute)
DMI number:
27984