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1. A dog tax invented by some as I'm told

First Line:
A dog tax invented by some as I'm told
Last Line:
We must starve by the paws of the overgrown rats
DMI number:
36840

2. A drunken old Scot by the rigorous sentence

First Line:
A drunken old Scot by the rigorous sentence
Last Line:
We shall go one and all where we find the best beer
Author:
William Taylor (Absolute)
DMI number:
27766

3. A flow of stile by native genius taught

First Line:
A flow of stile by native genius taught
Last Line:
We praise we love we honour we admire
DMI number:
36687

4. A form more fine more accurately wrought

First Line:
A form more fine more accurately wrought
Last Line:
To me the heavenly messengers appear
Author:
Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer] (Confident)
DMI number:
6816

5. A friend to all whom virtue may commend

First Line:
A friend to all whom virtue may commend
Last Line:
And God's sole work would always be to bless
DMI number:
20477

6. A gallant courting of a gamesome maid

First Line:
A gallant courting of a gamesome maid
Last Line:
If you will kiss you may if not forbear
DMI number:
18839

7. A general fieceness dwells with innocence

First Line:
A general fieceness dwells with innocence
Last Line:
And conscious virtue is allowed some pride
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute) & Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
19165

8. A general good the rich may freely come

First Line:
A general good the rich may freely come
Last Line:
To Chloris loaves the sick and needy came
DMI number:
6859

9. A generous fierceness dwells with innocence

First Line:
A generous fierceness dwells with innocence
Last Line:
And conscious virtue is allowed some pride
DMI number:
39721

10. A gentleman two whelps did get

First Line:
A gentleman two whelps did get
Last Line:
Maintains me to this day
DMI number:
24765

11. A good man should and must

First Line:
A good man should and must
Last Line:
Sit rather down with loss than rise unjust
Author:
Benjamin Jonson (Absolute)
DMI number:
15054

12. A good repute a virtuous name

First Line:
A good repute a virtuous name
Last Line:
You never more will find me
Author:
Samuel Whyte (Speculation)
DMI number:
3371

13. A grasshopper once while the winter prevailed

First Line:
A grasshopper once while the winter prevailed
Last Line:
All idlers shall suffer the woes they deserve
DMI number:
36291

14. A grasshopper who chirped and sung

First Line:
A grasshopper who chirped and sung
Last Line:
And so unpitied bleed
DMI number:
19856

15. A bard whose laurel never dies

First Line:
A bard whose laurel never dies
Last Line:
Tis W--m S--n a mean P--r
DMI number:
35410

16. A base revenge is vengeance on myself

First Line:
A base revenge is vengeance on myself
Last Line:
-
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20627

17. A bawd first for her profession or

First Line:
A bawd first for her profession or
Last Line:
Clerkenwell and die in Bridewell
Author:
John Marston (Absolute)
DMI number:
13648

18. A bumper yes may for a while

First Line:
A bumper yes may for a while
Last Line:
To mingle with the low
DMI number:
35322

19. A canting Scot in thy vile sermons preaches

First Line:
A canting Scot in thy vile sermons preaches
Last Line:
Will not believe the devil before the scot
DMI number:
42730

20. A cap and bells for him produce

First Line:
A cap and bells for him produce
Last Line:
Some good tight hempen halters
DMI number:
36076

21. A cardinal deprived of hope

First Line:
A cardinal deprived of hope
Last Line:
Which no man ever can refute
DMI number:
12709

22. A clergyman that oft hath preached

First Line:
A clergyman that oft hath preached
Last Line:
To this day that I heard
DMI number:
41932

23. A conscience clear and void of all offence

First Line:
A conscience clear and void of all offence
Last Line:
A good estate well gotten in our youth
DMI number:
24675

24. A courtier dressed in all his tinselled pride

First Line:
A courtier dressed in all his tinselled pride
Last Line:
In hopes alas to see their dam again
DMI number:
31928

25. A courtier summoned hence of late

First Line:
A courtier summoned hence of late
Last Line:
But how have they succeeded there
Author:
Mary Barber (Absolute)
DMI number:
11547

26. A curious eye

First Line:
A curious eye
Last Line:
And superscribed this from suspicion
Author:
John Chalkhill (Absolute)
DMI number:
13215

27. A Grecian youth of talents rare

First Line:
A Grecian youth of talents rare
Last Line:
To govern men and guide the state
Author:
William Whitehead (Absolute)
DMI number:
22456

28. A hermit or if chance you hold

First Line:
A hermit or if chance you hold
Last Line:
Either too early or too late
Author:
William Cowper (Absolute)
DMI number:
36963

29. A Levite gaming makes the saying true

First Line:
A Levite gaming makes the saying true
Last Line:
Tables much fitter for a Levite's use
DMI number:
18094

30. A just man cannot fear

First Line:
A just man cannot fear
Last Line:
His innocency is armour gainst all these
Author:
Benjamin Jonson (Absolute)
DMI number:
15754

31. A monster in a course of vice grown old

First Line:
A monster in a course of vice grown old
Last Line:
Pity a wretch like him should ever live
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
13487

32. 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

33. A muse unskilled in venal praise

First Line:
A muse unskilled in venal praise
Last Line:
While shouting nations gaze
Author:
James Beattie (Absolute)
DMI number:
32710

34. A noble freedom

First Line:
A noble freedom
Last Line:
And claims a privilege of being believed
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
18538

35. A noble temper shines even though his faults

First Line:
A noble temper shines even though his faults
Last Line:
And gilds them into virtue
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
21242

36. A palace that is more uneasy far

First Line:
A palace that is more uneasy far
Last Line:
Of all I saw but all I fancied too
Author:
Aphra Behn (Absolute)
DMI number:
23329

37. A pampered hern of lofty mien and state

First Line:
A pampered hern of lofty mien and state
Last Line:
And gorged that noisome thing for all her pride
DMI number:
12610

38. A tassel that hangs at my purse strings he dogs

First Line:
A tassel that hangs at my purse strings he dogs
Last Line:
I bear them and beat him
Author:
John Marston (Absolute)
DMI number:
17003

39. A thousand charms in Celia meet

First Line:
A thousand charms in Celia meet
Last Line:
Preserves so long her virgin reign
DMI number:
16178

40. A thousand nights have brushed their balmy wings

First Line:
A thousand nights have brushed their balmy wings
Last Line:
And dried the dews they brought
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
21267

41. A tragic tale from Norman William's age

First Line:
A tragic tale from Norman William's age
Last Line:
One moment's rashness blasts whole years of fame
Author:
Thomas Francklin (Speculation)
DMI number:
37494

42. A maiden fair I dare not wed

First Line:
A maiden fair I dare not wed
Last Line:
Some faults remain among them all
DMI number:
43993

43. A man of merit would you find

First Line:
A man of merit would you find
Last Line:
Their darts innoxious fly
DMI number:
31181

44. A man so sedulous sincere and kind

First Line:
A man so sedulous sincere and kind
Last Line:
For his own works shall praise him in the gate
DMI number:
9615

45. A man with poverty oppressed

First Line:
A man with poverty oppressed
Last Line:
And plunged the wretch in endless woe
DMI number:
24978

46. A man without one feeling for his kind

First Line:
A man without one feeling for his kind
Last Line:
Appears the very villain that he draws
DMI number:
31050

47. A matron one day giving wholesome advice

First Line:
A matron one day giving wholesome advice
Last Line:
I've resolved to have one tis no matter for t'other
DMI number:
11082

48. A mercy unexpected undeserved

First Line:
A mercy unexpected undeserved
Last Line:
Surprises more
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20017

49. A mischief on your cogging tongue your smoothing

First Line:
A mischief on your cogging tongue your smoothing
Last Line:
In foes professed than in a flattering knave
Author:
John Marston (Absolute)
DMI number:
14763

50. A miser on a scurvy tit

First Line:
A miser on a scurvy tit
Last Line:
The beam that spreads his own all over
DMI number:
23399

51. A modest silence though't be thought

First Line:
A modest silence though't be thought
Last Line:
Wehre virtue prompts thought word act never blusheth
Author:
John Marston (Absolute)
DMI number:
16637

52. A place where the farmer sometimes lays his wheat

First Line:
A place where the farmer sometimes lays his wheat
Last Line:
May be found fifty prostitutes every day
DMI number:
36846

53. A plague upon all cowards still I say

First Line:
A plague upon all cowards still I say
Last Line:
I'll in and swear to Hal I've done the feat
Author:
John Hoadly (Absolute)
DMI number:
27747

54. A pleasant tale in serious works

First Line:
A pleasant tale in serious works
Last Line:
Saying and doing are two things
Author:
John Bancks [Banks] (Absolute)
DMI number:
22790

55. A pleasing form a firm yet cautious mind

First Line:
A pleasing form a firm yet cautious mind
Last Line:
At length enjoys that liberty he loved
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
7403

56. A poet to applaud or boldly blame

First Line:
A poet to applaud or boldly blame
Last Line:
And vice to dark oblivion is betrayed
Author:
Dermot O'Connor (Absolute)
DMI number:
27118

57. A politician Proteus-like must alter

First Line:
A politician Proteus-like must alter
Last Line:
Must be a parasite to fawn and lie
Author:
John Mason (Absolute)
DMI number:
17217

58. A settled virtue | Makes itself a judge and satisfied within

First Line:
A settled virtue | Makes itself a judge and satisfied within
Last Line:
Than heaven of being fired with mounting sparkles
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
21231

59. A sleep dull as your last did you arrest

First Line:
A sleep dull as your last did you arrest
Last Line:
And a short death crept cold through every limb
DMI number:
39761

60. A soldier late of Britain's hardy brood

First Line:
A soldier late of Britain's hardy brood
Last Line:
That death may kill the brave but can't subdue
DMI number:
18829

61. A sparrow pert and loud and vain

First Line:
A sparrow pert and loud and vain
Last Line:
Now justly weep your own
DMI number:
19672

62. A stag applied to mighty Jove

First Line:
A stag applied to mighty Jove
Last Line:
But his repentance came too late
DMI number:
24976

63. A starling long had ranged the woods

First Line:
A starling long had ranged the woods
Last Line:
The cure's a pillory or rope
DMI number:
25894

64. A priest there was who with a silver sound

First Line:
A priest there was who with a silver sound
Last Line:
The sermon edifies the example spoils
DMI number:
22584

65. A primitive christian and a saint in this

First Line:
A primitive christian and a saint in this
Last Line:
And glorious as a rising sun her eye
DMI number:
6869

66. A public loss demands a public tear

First Line:
A public loss demands a public tear
Last Line:
His vessel sailed with glory to the grave
Author:
Edward Thompson (Absolute)
DMI number:
35952

67. A rake by every passion ruled

First Line:
A rake by every passion ruled
Last Line:
For care by right should go before
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
33375

68. A rigorous arch-deacon whilom lived

First Line:
A rigorous arch-deacon whilom lived
Last Line:
So faith Sir Sumner you must go to hell
Author:
J. Markland (Confident)
DMI number:
10497

69. A rogue a boy a rogue a man

First Line:
A rogue a boy a rogue a man
Last Line:
And that's to feel his impotence
DMI number:
11007

70. A saint in crape is twice a saint in lawn

First Line:
A saint in crape is twice a saint in lawn
Last Line:
More wise more learned more just more everything
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
22413

71. A saying goes round

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

72. A tree there is eight letters do express

First Line:
A tree there is eight letters do express
Last Line:
So rare that in a thousand scarce there's one
DMI number:
42021

73. A trout the plumpest in the tide

First Line:
A trout the plumpest in the tide
Last Line:
Nor sees her folly till undone
DMI number:
23094

74. A vale there was refreshed by trickling streams

First Line:
A vale there was refreshed by trickling streams
Last Line:
That heavenly virtue which you love shall last
DMI number:
28169

75. A villain when he most seems kind

First Line:
A villain when he most seems kind
Last Line:
Is most to be suspected
Author:
George Granville (Absolute)
DMI number:
21211

76. 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

77. A virtuous daughter thus consoled

First Line:
A virtuous daughter thus consoled
Last Line:
Who're forced to drag a double chain
DMI number:
8321

78. A virtuous daughter thus consoled

First Line:
A virtuous daughter thus consoled
Last Line:
Who're forced to draw a double chain
DMI number:
8143

79. A virtuous man whose acts and thoughts are pure

First Line:
A virtuous man whose acts and thoughts are pure
Last Line:
In splendid courts or on a barren plain
Author:
Elizabeth Carter (Absolute)
DMI number:
33823

80. A virtuous woman is an angel bright

First Line:
A virtuous woman is an angel bright
Last Line:
In vicious women all that's evil dwells
DMI number:
42656

81. A limb by being broke gets strength they say

First Line:
A limb by being broke gets strength they say
Last Line:
If set with art so broken virtue may
DMI number:
40801

82. A lion sunk by time's decay

First Line:
A lion sunk by time's decay
Last Line:
What man alive can stand the brunt
DMI number:
22946

83. A maid i dare not tell her name

First Line:
A maid i dare not tell her name
Last Line:
O there o there o there o there
DMI number:
43974

84. Ah humorous kings how are you tossed like waves

First Line:
Ah humorous kings how are you tossed like waves
Last Line:
Where grace alone not merit must advance
Author:
Fulke Greville (Absolute)
DMI number:
15914

85. Ah little think the gay licentious proud

First Line:
Ah little think the gay licentious proud
Last Line:
Refining still the social passions work
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
33690

86. Ah me how little knows the human heart

First Line:
Ah me how little knows the human heart
Last Line:
And peace and plenty cheer the smiling plains
DMI number:
31937

87. Ah me is all our pleasure mixed with woe

First Line:
Ah me is all our pleasure mixed with woe
Last Line:
And braves the indignant flood and thunders over the field
Author:
Robert Bedingfield (Absolute)
DMI number:
22526

88. Ah me what is this mortal life I cried

First Line:
Ah me what is this mortal life I cried
Last Line:
But he alone is great who's truly good
Author:
Hew Dalrymple (Absolute)
DMI number:
32507

89. All desparate hazards courage do create

First Line:
All desparate hazards courage do create
Last Line:
Are more than armies to procure success
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
18532

90. All hail of ages thou perpetual source

First Line:
All hail of ages thou perpetual source
Last Line:
Then gave a monitory glance and fled
DMI number:
18150

91. About an bank with balmy bewis

First Line:
About an bank with balmy bewis
Last Line:
Quhois glore eternall rings
Author:
Alexander Montgomerie (Absolute)
DMI number:
10935

92. Accept dear miss these fine essays

First Line:
Accept dear miss these fine essays
Last Line:
And lead to eternal joys
DMI number:
36340

93. 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

94. Accept lamented shade the mournful lays

First Line:
Accept lamented shade the mournful lays
Last Line:
That ever youth could boast or heaven itself bestow
DMI number:
22939

95. Accept my lord the tribute which I bring

First Line:
Accept my lord the tribute which I bring
Last Line:
And find not Timon but a Ch-nd-s there
DMI number:
19702

96. Accept sweet maid each scene that Shakespeare drew

First Line:
Accept sweet maid each scene that Shakespeare drew
Last Line:
May Zara long live happy with a white one
DMI number:
33462

97. Accept these lines my brother and my friend

First Line:
Accept these lines my brother and my friend
Last Line:
And to each thought celestial requiems sing
DMI number:
35407

98. Accept young prince the moral lay

First Line:
Accept young prince the moral lay
Last Line:
That human heroes rule like me
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
24842

99. Accursed jealousy

First Line:
Accursed jealousy
Last Line:
Baneful as death and horrible as hell
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
19095

100. Adam and Eve both sinned of old

First Line:
Adam and Eve both sinned of old
Last Line:
If Satan stole the first embrace
DMI number:
10679