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1. A curse upon the faithless maid

First Line:
A curse upon the faithless maid
Last Line:
To deal with greater liberty her heart
DMI number:
44407

2. A face that should content me wonderous well

First Line:
A face that should content me wonderous well
Last Line:
And knit again with knot that should not slide
Author:
Sir Thomas Wyatt (Absolute)
DMI number:
8819

3. A fate like mine as poets sing

First Line:
A fate like mine as poets sing
Last Line:
Less tender than the heart
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
30875

4. A female culprit at your bar appears

First Line:
A female culprit at your bar appears
Last Line:
And sink the impression deep into the soul
DMI number:
37498

5. A fifth reason is when she labours to shine

First Line:
A fifth reason is when she labours to shine
Last Line:
Then we might have them new every month in the year
DMI number:
25093

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. A ballet a ballet let every poet

First Line:
A ballet a ballet let every poet
Last Line:
The devil will fetch you all one of these days | Oh women &c
DMI number:
42491

10. A beauty comes a heroine in her air

First Line:
A beauty comes a heroine in her air
Last Line:
And fill her veins with Charles's amorous blood
DMI number:
31333

11. A brighter beauty shines not in this isle

First Line:
A brighter beauty shines not in this isle
Last Line:
Diana leaves behind each goddess of the sky
DMI number:
963

12. A Brooke by name the Baron Cobham's child

First Line:
A Brooke by name the Baron Cobham's child
Last Line:
Blessed with two babes the third brought her to this
DMI number:
34149

13. A certain maid too prudishly inclined

First Line:
A certain maid too prudishly inclined
Last Line:
And then lead apes in hell
DMI number:
33503

14. A country farmer saint or sinner

First Line:
A country farmer saint or sinner
Last Line:
The farmer's foibles handed down
DMI number:
22574

15. A cruel tiger all with teeth be bled

First Line:
A cruel tiger all with teeth be bled
Last Line:
Hath slain us both for cloaking of his crime
DMI number:
9071

16. A health to our sister let us drink

First Line:
A health to our sister let us drink
Last Line:
These keep us in transport all night
DMI number:
29646

17. A health to our sisters let us drink

First Line:
A health to our sisters let us drink
Last Line:
These keep us in transport all night
DMI number:
28688

18. A knife dear girl cuts love they say

First Line:
A knife dear girl cuts love they say
Last Line:
Save only cut and come again
DMI number:
36063

19. A Nymph of fifteen that had often been chid

First Line:
A Nymph of fifteen that had often been chid
Last Line:
Consulted their glass and chid Betty no more
DMI number:
21716

20. A nymph with ilka beauty graced

First Line:
A nymph with ilka beauty graced
Last Line:
These underplotters countermine
Author:
Allan Ramsay (Absolute)
DMI number:
15363

21. 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

22. A parson preaching in a pulpit late

First Line:
A parson preaching in a pulpit late
Last Line:
But sure I am mine proves a woe to me
DMI number:
42761

23. A story strange I will you tell

First Line:
A story strange I will you tell
Last Line:
Which pleased her husband wondrous well
DMI number:
43005

24. A tender miss whom mother's care

First Line:
A tender miss whom mother's care
Last Line:
A butterfly is all thy gains
Author:
William of Bangour Hamilton (Absolute)
DMI number:
3269

25. 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

26. 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

27. A man may live thrice Nestor's life

First Line:
A man may live thrice Nestor's life
Last Line:
To keep me free from either ill
Author:
Thomas Norton (Absolute)
DMI number:
9056

28. A manor large by Chloe was possessed

First Line:
A manor large by Chloe was possessed
Last Line:
For Chloe had but wisely played the fool
DMI number:
1510

29. A merry young lady enquired of me

First Line:
A merry young lady enquired of me
Last Line:
That we reckon her full when she's only half gone
DMI number:
25092

30. A milk-white steed and brawling wife

First Line:
A milk-white steed and brawling wife
Last Line:
To make his sorows double
DMI number:
36891

31. A monk sir and his brother

First Line:
A monk sir and his brother
Last Line:
For such a damned design
DMI number:
5452

32. A pox on your sighing and sobbing for me

First Line:
A pox on your sighing and sobbing for me
Last Line:
And never get a surgeon to heal him
DMI number:
5811

33. A set of phrases learnt by rote

First Line:
A set of phrases learnt by rote
Last Line:
So holla boys god save the king
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Absolute)
DMI number:
15135

34. A shape alone let others prize

First Line:
A shape alone let others prize
Last Line:
And read them perfect there
Author:
Mark Akenside (Confident)
DMI number:
36938

35. 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

36. 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

37. A scullion wench had wit at will

First Line:
A scullion wench had wit at will
Last Line:
Except tis in the skull
DMI number:
33962

38. 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

39. A virgin to a virgin's fled

First Line:
A virgin to a virgin's fled
Last Line:
To take in heaven her place
DMI number:
29908

40. 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

41. 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

42. A well timed pr--cy has title gained

First Line:
A well timed pr--cy has title gained
Last Line:
A faithful clue to Rosamonda's bower
DMI number:
31336

43. A whimsical pain has just caught me

First Line:
A whimsical pain has just caught me
Last Line:
The queen of our toast Molly Row
DMI number:
22725

44. A lady gave me a gift she had not

First Line:
A lady gave me a gift she had not
Last Line:
For I am fast sworn I may not
Author:
Sir Thomas Wyatt (Absolute)
DMI number:
8843

45. A lover of late was I

First Line:
A lover of late was I
Last Line:
And now I am myselfe againe
DMI number:
37615

46. 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

47. Ah hapless sex who bear no charms

First Line:
Ah hapless sex who bear no charms
Last Line:
After fruition never to be concerned
DMI number:
43647

48. Ah heavens how she stinks her body's tainted

First Line:
Ah heavens how she stinks her body's tainted
Last Line:
Esteemed by none abhored by all mankind
DMI number:
26567

49. Ah love how wayward is his wit what pangs do pierce his breast

First Line:
Ah love how wayward is his wit what pangs do pierce his breast
Last Line:
To them that mean by honest means to come to happy end
DMI number:
9061

50. Ah lovely Amoret the care

First Line:
Ah lovely Amoret the care
Last Line:
And haste to catch the flying game
Author:
Edmund Waller (Absolute)
DMI number:
5570

51. Ah me full sorely is my heart forlorn

First Line:
Ah me full sorely is my heart forlorn
Last Line:
Till reason's morn arise and light them on their way
Author:
William Shenstone (Absolute)
DMI number:
19721

52. Ah now you are kind you now have made me blessed

First Line:
Ah now you are kind you now have made me blessed
Last Line:
And taste the earnest of eternity
DMI number:
44383

53. All attendance apart

First Line:
All attendance apart
Last Line:
And do penance in shape of a wife
DMI number:
2885

54. All blots I cannot from my manners wipe

First Line:
All blots I cannot from my manners wipe
Last Line:
My love will find a tally for them all
Author:
Thomas Rymer (Absolute)
DMI number:
41880

55. 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

56. 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

57. All hail bright beams that usher in the morn

First Line:
All hail bright beams that usher in the morn
Last Line:
For ever loving and for ever loved
DMI number:
15429

58. All health to her in whose bright form we find

First Line:
All health to her in whose bright form we find
Last Line:
For Venus and the graces were but four
Author:
Arthur Maynwaring (Confident)
DMI number:
4259

59. A | I love a nymph a lack a day

First Line:
A | I love a nymph a lack a day
Last Line:
May suffer shipwreck in the main
DMI number:
44179

60. Accept fond mother for that grateful name

First Line:
Accept fond mother for that grateful name
Last Line:
Though late a happy and a peaceful reign
DMI number:
28647

61. 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

62. Accept this gift Lucinda and approve

First Line:
Accept this gift Lucinda and approve
Last Line:
And the fair maid that's kind is doubly fair
DMI number:
3414

63. Admired in Germany adored in France

First Line:
Admired in Germany adored in France
Last Line:
And with their native toasts enroll your name
Author:
Charles Montagu (Absolute)
DMI number:
4305

64. Ah Serenissa from our arms

First Line:
Ah Serenissa from our arms
Last Line:
You are not now invincible
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
8241

65. Ah tell me why deluded sex thus we

First Line:
Ah tell me why deluded sex thus we
Last Line:
Will owe our charms of wit of parts and poetry
DMI number:
43034

66. Ah what avails how once appeared the fair

First Line:
Ah what avails how once appeared the fair
Last Line:
And thank their Gods that they were never whores
DMI number:
36064

67. Alas how long shall I and my maidenhead lie

First Line:
Alas how long shall I and my maidenhead lie
Last Line:
And when found tis lost even then
DMI number:
44155

68. Alas it is impossible to tell

First Line:
Alas it is impossible to tell
Last Line:
Farewell oh pity me thou lovely man farewell
DMI number:
8474

69. Alas love why chafe ye

First Line:
Alas love why chafe ye
Last Line:
A lusty limb lifter you are a trim shifter
DMI number:
49216

70. Alas poor Cupid art thou blind

First Line:
Alas poor Cupid art thou blind
Last Line:
And all you shoot at surely dies
Author:
Henry Hughes (Absolute)
DMI number:
43918

71. Affable courteous witty and discreet

First Line:
Affable courteous witty and discreet
Last Line:
But proves a victim to her conquering eyes
DMI number:
10972

72. Affected wisdom has a woman made

First Line:
Affected wisdom has a woman made
Last Line:
Though marble is the thing that's next her heart
DMI number:
31334

73. Afric her serpents dreads the crocodile

First Line:
Afric her serpents dreads the crocodile
Last Line:
Much rather than be driven to be led
DMI number:
12720

74. After long cold grave matrons in this place

First Line:
After long cold grave matrons in this place
Last Line:
As scholars use upon the business fall
DMI number:
7887

75. After some threescore years of caterwawling

First Line:
After some threescore years of caterwawling
Last Line:
For she'd as live be damned as be at rest
DMI number:
28891

76. 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

77. Again I tune the vocal lay

First Line:
Again I tune the vocal lay
Last Line:
Unchanged in all except her name
DMI number:
40678

78. Again the circling sun in Pisces rides

First Line:
Again the circling sun in Pisces rides
Last Line:
For not to live with hope is not to live
DMI number:
28305

79. Against the charms our B---- have

First Line:
Against the charms our B---- have
Last Line:
Her ---- a common shore
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
39645

80. Ah blessed with beauty and each charm to please

First Line:
Ah blessed with beauty and each charm to please
Last Line:
And pledge thy lover in the brisk champagne
DMI number:
34001

81. Ah Celia leave that cruel art

First Line:
Ah Celia leave that cruel art
Last Line:
And I'll divorce myself from love
DMI number:
44027

82. Ah Chloris that I now could sit

First Line:
Ah Chloris that I now could sit
Last Line:
What fortune they must see
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
44001

83. Ah cruel beauty could you prove

First Line:
Ah cruel beauty could you prove
Last Line:
But hate insulting pride
DMI number:
618

84. Ah cruel fair one thus to vex

First Line:
Ah cruel fair one thus to vex
Last Line:
Your hearts are now grown hard as stone
DMI number:
5241

85. Ah cruel nymph how canst thou punish me

First Line:
Ah cruel nymph how canst thou punish me
Last Line:
Than it would for you to be more kind and love
DMI number:
44640

86. A wife as Pallas fair without design

First Line:
A wife as Pallas fair without design
Last Line:
Though more inviting than the cyprian queen
DMI number:
31338

87. 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

88. A wight whose name was Tyndar

First Line:
A wight whose name was Tyndar
Last Line:
Have neither nose nor eye
DMI number:
43772

89. A wit told Celia that the fair

First Line:
A wit told Celia that the fair
Last Line:
And whilst she praised it cracked the cup
DMI number:
12769

90. A woman at best is a consummate evil

First Line:
A woman at best is a consummate evil
Last Line:
That bird must be naughty that fouls his own nest
DMI number:
95

91. A woman at best's but a consummate evil

First Line:
A woman at best's but a consummate evil
Last Line:
Her tongue and her tail would never be at rest
DMI number:
12192

92. A woman happy in a manly mind

First Line:
A woman happy in a manly mind
Last Line:
While all the world laments a virtue dies
DMI number:
34354

93. A woman is a book and often found

First Line:
A woman is a book and often found
Last Line:
Above all things to study in the night
DMI number:
17463

94. A woman moved is like a fountain troubled

First Line:
A woman moved is like a fountain troubled
Last Line:
Confounds thy fame as whirlwinds shake fair buds
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
33206

95. A woman O curse that there is such a name

First Line:
A woman O curse that there is such a name
Last Line:
To trust him so soon with an arrow
DMI number:
5762

96. A woman though her mouth be small

First Line:
A woman though her mouth be small
Last Line:
She's large and fat enough elsewhere
DMI number:
12191

97. 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

98. A woman's ware like china

First Line:
A woman's ware like china
Last Line:
She'll be cheap in Drury Lane
Author:
Henry Fielding (Confident)
DMI number:
866

99. A young man that's in love with one that's wed

First Line:
A young man that's in love with one that's wed
Last Line:
Will giggle it out to all men
DMI number:
42929

100. All mankind are alike to them

First Line:
All mankind are alike to them
Last Line:
Till all their sweets are gone and all again refuse them
DMI number:
41707