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1. A finished form charms to allure the eye

First Line:
A finished form charms to allure the eye
Last Line:
Chaste without pride a wife devoid of art
DMI number:
21736

2. A friend proposed to me a wife

First Line:
A friend proposed to me a wife
Last Line:
Their husbands know from other men
DMI number:
36730

3. A silly poor shepherd was folding his sheep

First Line:
A silly poor shepherd was folding his sheep
Last Line:
The warmer thou art the cuc-colder am I
DMI number:
43967

4. 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

5. A virtuous dame that saw a lawyer come

First Line:
A virtuous dame that saw a lawyer come
Last Line:
For fear for want your wife should twelve pence borrow
DMI number:
41922

6. All compliance apart

First Line:
All compliance apart
Last Line:
And do penance in shape of a wife
Author:
Miss Soper (Absolute)
DMI number:
38376

7. All day the shrew Afflana does complain

First Line:
All day the shrew Afflana does complain
Last Line:
And praises the pleasures of a nuptial bed
Author:
John Morrice (Confident)
DMI number:
13791

8. 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

9. A wife you wished me sir rich fair and young

First Line:
A wife you wished me sir rich fair and young
Last Line:
Expect such plenty I would wish no more
Author:
Sir John Davies (Speculation)
DMI number:
41931

10. A woman's rule should be in such a fashion

First Line:
A woman's rule should be in such a fashion
Last Line:
Obedient husbands or commanding wives
DMI number:
43863

11. All women would be of one piece

First Line:
All women would be of one piece
Last Line:
'Twixt wives and ladies of the lakes
Author:
Samuel Butler (Absolute)
DMI number:
5556

12. Almighty Lord of heaven and earth

First Line:
Almighty Lord of heaven and earth
Last Line:
Twixt envy and contempt
DMI number:
27616

13. As fiddlers and archers who cunningly know

First Line:
As fiddlers and archers who cunningly know
Last Line:
And t'other poor soul we may marry
DMI number:
24689

14. At Se'noke so famed for virginity old

First Line:
At Se'noke so famed for virginity old
Last Line:
The justice desisted and here ends my tale
DMI number:
22557

15. Be prudent ladies marry while you may

First Line:
Be prudent ladies marry while you may
Last Line:
Which was of late adored in every place
DMI number:
43515

16. Beauty affords contentment to the eye

First Line:
Beauty affords contentment to the eye
Last Line:
But happier that of our posterity
DMI number:
6784

17. Betty who yet had looked on man

First Line:
Betty who yet had looked on man
Last Line:
Fair Proserpine away
DMI number:
25247

18. Brave man the sacrifice of female spite

First Line:
Brave man the sacrifice of female spite
Last Line:
Ere some foul sin your nauseous corpse consume
Author:
Aphra Behn (Speculation)
DMI number:
5508

19. Behold this tomb

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

20. Beneath the shadow of a beaver hat

First Line:
Beneath the shadow of a beaver hat
Last Line:
So Tabitha took earnest of a spouse
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
17959