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1.
A faithful swain whom love had taught to sing
First Line:
A faithful swain whom love had taught to sing
Last Line:
By night he scorches as he burns by day
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
7032
2.
A giant shepherd here his flock maintains
First Line:
A giant shepherd here his flock maintains
Last Line:
Crowned with rough thickets and a nodding wood
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31650
3.
A gold watch found on cinder whore
First Line:
A gold watch found on cinder whore
Last Line:
Not that they're rich but that they steal
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
2931
4.
A being darkly wise and rudely great
First Line:
A being darkly wise and rudely great
Last Line:
The glory jest and riddle of the world
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28217
5.
A manly wit a child's simplicity
First Line:
A manly wit a child's simplicity
Last Line:
Striking their aching bosoms here lies Gay
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
16357
6.
A manly wit a child's simplicity
First Line:
A manly wit a child's simplicity
Last Line:
Striking their pensive bosoms here lies Gay
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
17689
7.
A masty of our English breed
First Line:
A masty of our English breed
Last Line:
I were no masty if there were no curs
Author:
Anne Finch [nee Kingsmill] (Absolute)
DMI number:
8274
8.
A perfect judge will read each work of wit
First Line:
A perfect judge will read each work of wit
Last Line:
Dulness is ever apt to magnify
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
30645
9.
A perfect judge will read each work of wit
First Line:
A perfect judge will read each work of wit
Last Line:
Invention labours less but judgment more
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute) & Wentworth Dillon (Absolute)
DMI number:
29633
10.
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
11.
A soul as full of worth as void of pride
First Line:
A soul as full of worth as void of pride
Last Line:
If not 'tis I must be ashamed of you
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
26108
12.
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
13.
A salmon's belly Helluo was thy fate
First Line:
A salmon's belly Helluo was thy fate
Last Line:
Is there no hope alas then bring the jowl
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
29803
14.
A salmon's belly Helluo was thy fate
First Line:
A salmon's belly Helluo was thy fate
Last Line:
Oh save my country heaven shall be your last
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
37129
15.
A vile conceit in pompous words expressed
First Line:
A vile conceit in pompous words expressed
Last Line:
Is like a clown in regal purple dressed
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
9499
16.
A little learning is a dangerous thing
First Line:
A little learning is a dangerous thing
Last Line:
New distant scenes of endless science rise
DMI number:
30190
17.
Ah friend to dazzle let the vain design
First Line:
Ah friend to dazzle let the vain design
Last Line:
And mistress of herself though China fall
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31286
18.
All are but parts of one stupendous whole
First Line:
All are but parts of one stupendous whole
Last Line:
He fills he bounds connects and equals all
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
29843
19.
All are but parts of one stupendous whole
First Line:
All are but parts of one stupendous whole
Last Line:
One truth is clear whatever is is right
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
27024
20.
All fools have still an itching to deride
First Line:
All fools have still an itching to deride
Last Line:
And fain would be upon the laughing side
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
9488
21.
A-- they say has wit for what
First Line:
A-- they say has wit for what
Last Line:
For writing no for writing not
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute) & Jonathan Swift (Speculation)
DMI number:
12745
22.
Absent or dead still let a friend be dear
First Line:
Absent or dead still let a friend be dear
Last Line:
A sigh the absent claims the dead a tear
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
34575
23.
Accept a miracle instead of wit
First Line:
Accept a miracle instead of wit
Last Line:
See two dull lines by Stanhope's pencil writ
Author:
Alexander Pope (Speculation)
DMI number:
13498
24.
Accept a miracle instead of wit
First Line:
Accept a miracle instead of wit
Last Line:
See two dull lines with Stanhope's pencil writ
Author:
Alexander Pope (Speculation)
DMI number:
33960
25.
Adam had fallen twice if for an apple
First Line:
Adam had fallen twice if for an apple
Last Line:
The D--l had brought him B-n-ne and La P-ll
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
9690
26.
Adam had fallen twice if for an apple
First Line:
Adam had fallen twice if for an apple
Last Line:
The D--l had brought him Bellenden and Lepell
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
35037
27.
Adam had fallen twice if for an apple
First Line:
Adam had fallen twice if for an apple
Last Line:
The devil had brought him B--ll--ne and La P--ll
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
9694
28.
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
29.
Ah think thou favoured of the powers divine
First Line:
Ah think thou favoured of the powers divine
Last Line:
And kiss those hands yet reeking with their gore
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
12919
30.
Ajax he shuns through all the dire debate
First Line:
Ajax he shuns through all the dire debate
Last Line:
Marks the dry dust and thirsts for blood in vain
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31585
31.
Alas poor Aeschylus unlucky dog
First Line:
Alas poor Aeschylus unlucky dog
Last Line:
Whom once a lobster killed and now a log
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
2762
32.
Again new tumults in my breast
First Line:
Again new tumults in my breast
Last Line:
And now on rolling waters snatched away
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
25612
33.
Ah dearest friend in whom the gods had joined
First Line:
Ah dearest friend in whom the gods had joined
Last Line:
The wretched source of all this misery
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31584
34.
Ah fleeting spirit wandering fire
First Line:
Ah fleeting spirit wandering fire
Last Line:
And wit and humour are no more
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
152
35.
A wit is a feather and a chief a rod
First Line:
A wit is a feather and a chief a rod
Last Line:
Act well your part there all the honour lies
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
30165
36.
A wit's a feather and a chief's a rod
First Line:
A wit's a feather and a chief's a rod
Last Line:
An honest man's the noblest work of God
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
33694
37.
A wit's a feather and a chief's a rod
First Line:
A wit's a feather and a chief's a rod
Last Line:
But an honest man's the noblest work of God
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
33649
38.
A wit's a feather and a chief's a rod
First Line:
A wit's a feather and a chief's a rod
Last Line:
Of stupid starers and of loud huzzas
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
30028
39.
All nature mourns the skies relent in showers
First Line:
All nature mourns the skies relent in showers
Last Line:
And vanquished nature seems to charm no more
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
22693
40.
All our praises why should lords engross
First Line:
All our praises why should lords engross
Last Line:
Proved by the ends of being to have been
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
35047
41.
And yet believe me good as well as ill
First Line:
And yet believe me good as well as ill
Last Line:
To you gave sense good humour and a poet
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
22421
42.
And you brave Cobham to the latest breath
First Line:
And you brave Cobham to the latest breath
Last Line:
Oh save my country heaven shall be your last
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
22418
43.
Annius crafty seer with ebon wand
First Line:
Annius crafty seer with ebon wand
Last Line:
Blessed in one Niger till he knows of two
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28190
44.
Along their face
First Line:
Along their face
Last Line:
And prone to earth was hung their languid head
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
12898
45.
And now arrived where on the sandy bay
First Line:
And now arrived where on the sandy bay
Last Line:
There cease his battle and there feel our hand
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31572
46.
And now unveiled the toilet stands displayed
First Line:
And now unveiled the toilet stands displayed
Last Line:
And Betty's praised for labours not her own
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
8258
47.
And thou great father of the British floods
First Line:
And thou great father of the British floods
Last Line:
And on his willows hung each muse's lyre
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28304
48.
Ambition first sprang from the blessed abodes
First Line:
Ambition first sprang from the blessed abodes
Last Line:
And close confined in their own palace sleep
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
1357
49.
Ambition sighed she found it vain to trust
First Line:
Ambition sighed she found it vain to trust
Last Line:
And little eagles wave their wings in gold
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
22407
50.
As long as Mocha's happy tree shall grow
First Line:
As long as Mocha's happy tree shall grow
Last Line:
So long her honour name and praise shall last
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
35386
51.
As long as Moco's happy tree shall grow
First Line:
As long as Moco's happy tree shall grow
Last Line:
So long her honour name and praise shall last
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
15572
52.
As men in slumbers seem with speedy pace
First Line:
As men in slumbers seem with speedy pace
Last Line:
Nor can this fly nor that can overtake
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
12912
53.
As the three children late in council sat
First Line:
As the three children late in council sat
Last Line:
But gad she'll get no reputation by us
Author:
Alexander Pope (Speculation)
DMI number:
15640
54.
As thus with glorious air and proud disdain
First Line:
As thus with glorious air and proud disdain
Last Line:
And plunged amid the thickest Trojan lies
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute) & Homer (Absolute)
DMI number:
28532
55.
As noblest metals are most soft to melt
First Line:
As noblest metals are most soft to melt
Last Line:
So pity soonest runs in gentle minds
Author:
Geoffrey Chaucer (Absolute)
DMI number:
35387
56.
As Phoebus darted forth his milder ray
First Line:
As Phoebus darted forth his milder ray
Last Line:
And gained a living conquest by her death
Author:
William Pattison (Absolute) & Alexander Pope (Speculation)
DMI number:
35678
57.
As fruits ungrateful to the planter's care
First Line:
As fruits ungrateful to the planter's care
Last Line:
Wild nature's vigour working at the root
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
24750
58.
As full blown poppies overcharged with rain
First Line:
As full blown poppies overcharged with rain
Last Line:
Beneath his helmet drops upon his breast
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
12914
59.
As gods sometimes descend from heaven and deign
First Line:
As gods sometimes descend from heaven and deign
Last Line:
But Serenissa must becalm the breast
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
8238
60.
Argyle his praise when Southerne wrote
First Line:
Argyle his praise when Southerne wrote
Last Line:
They'll serve no man alive
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
3204
61.
Argyle his praise when Southerne wrote
First Line:
Argyle his praise when Southerne wrote
Last Line:
Twill suit no man alive
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
24698
62.
Art shall be theirs to varnish an offence
First Line:
Art shall be theirs to varnish an offence
Last Line:
Grow gentle tractable and tame as geese
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
1358
63.
As she was once few of her sex you'll see
First Line:
As she was once few of her sex you'll see
Last Line:
To the most fair for fairest Marcia died
Author:
Alexander Pope (Speculation)
DMI number:
32850
64.
As she was once few of her sex you'll see
First Line:
As she was once few of her sex you'll see
Last Line:
To the most fair for fairest Martha died
Author:
Alexander Pope (Speculation)
DMI number:
11312
65.
As some fond virgin whom her mother's care
First Line:
As some fond virgin whom her mother's care
Last Line:
Look sour and hum a song as you may now
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
7401
66.
As some unpracticed maid when mutual truth
First Line:
As some unpracticed maid when mutual truth
Last Line:
Bursts its tough bands and towering seeks the skies
DMI number:
12336
67.
As the bold bird her helpless young attends
First Line:
As the bold bird her helpless young attends
Last Line:
And sweat laborious days in dust and blood
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
12916
68.
At last is Hector stretched upon the plain
First Line:
At last is Hector stretched upon the plain
Last Line:
And stretch thee here before this Scaean gate
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31574
69.
At length my friend while time with still career
First Line:
At length my friend while time with still career
Last Line:
The present well and even the past enjoy
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
13060
70.
At length my soul thy fruitless hopes give over
First Line:
At length my soul thy fruitless hopes give over
Last Line:
Forgot of every friend and every slave
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
8280
71.
At Timon's villa let us pass a day
First Line:
At Timon's villa let us pass a day
Last Line:
And swear no day was ever passed so ill
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
22466
72.
Authors are judged by strange capricious rules
First Line:
Authors are judged by strange capricious rules
Last Line:
Let him that takes it wear it as his own
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
1971
73.
Authors the world and their dull brains have traced
First Line:
Authors the world and their dull brains have traced
Last Line:
Here here's the place where these bright angels walk
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
22055
74.
Awake my Laelius leave all meaner things
First Line:
Awake my Laelius leave all meaner things
Last Line:
One truth is clear whatever is is right
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
12321
75.
Awake my St John leave all meaner things
First Line:
Awake my St John leave all meaner things
Last Line:
One truth is clear whatever is is right
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
26668
76.
As when the moon refulgent lamp of night
First Line:
As when the moon refulgent lamp of night
Last Line:
Eye the blue vault and bless the useful light
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
32743
77.
Aurora now fair daughter of the dawn
First Line:
Aurora now fair daughter of the dawn
Last Line:
And such are men and gods compared to Jove
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
34087
78.
Aurora now fair daughter of the dawn
First Line:
Aurora now fair daughter of the dawn
Last Line:
Trembling they stood before their sovereign's look
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
12920
79.
Ask for what end the heavenly bodies shine
First Line:
Ask for what end the heavenly bodies shine
Last Line:
Alike in what it gives and what denies
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
34084
80.
Ask for what end the heavenly bodies shine
First Line:
Ask for what end the heavenly bodies shine
Last Line:
My footstool earth my canopy the skies
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
30521
81.
Ask of the learned the way the learned are blind
First Line:
Ask of the learned the way the learned are blind
Last Line:
Those call it pleasure and contentment these
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28247
82.
Awed by no shame by no respect controlled
First Line:
Awed by no shame by no respect controlled
Last Line:
And much he hated all but most the best
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
18188
83.
Be gone ye critics and restrain your spite
First Line:
Be gone ye critics and restrain your spite
Last Line:
Since tis enough we find it so in you
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
7307
84.
Be thou the first true merit to befriend
First Line:
Be thou the first true merit to befriend
Last Line:
His praise is least who stays till all commend
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
9495
85.
Bear me some God oh quickly bear me hence
First Line:
Bear me some God oh quickly bear me hence
Last Line:
And the free soul looks down to pity kings
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
30892
86.
Beauty doth recommend the bearer to
First Line:
Beauty doth recommend the bearer to
Last Line:
And makes the stalking idiot more our scorn
Author:
Alexander Pope (Speculation)
DMI number:
35380
87.
Before my view appeared a structure fair
First Line:
Before my view appeared a structure fair
Last Line:
And this and that unmixed no mortal ever shall find
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
30567
88.
Behold ambitious of the British bays
First Line:
Behold ambitious of the British bays
Last Line:
For Duck can thresh you know as well as write
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
2956
89.
Behold if fortune or a mistress frowns
First Line:
Behold if fortune or a mistress frowns
Last Line:
Charles to the covenent Philip to the field
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
22410
90.
Black choler filled his breast that boiled with ire
First Line:
Black choler filled his breast that boiled with ire
Last Line:
And from his eyeballs flashed the living fire
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
12900
91.
Behold the woes of matrimonial life
First Line:
Behold the woes of matrimonial life
Last Line:
And bless those souls my conduct helped to save
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
8384
92.
Behold the woes of matrimonial life
First Line:
Behold the woes of matrimonial life
Last Line:
And opened to the tale a self-sufficient ear
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute) & George Ogle (Absolute)
DMI number:
18377
93.
Bond damns the poor and hates them from his heart
First Line:
Bond damns the poor and hates them from his heart
Last Line:
Admits and leaves them providence's care
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
22426
94.
Belinda now whom thirst of fame invites
First Line:
Belinda now whom thirst of fame invites
Last Line:
The walls the woods and long canals reply
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
11780
95.
Beneath her footstool science groans in chains
First Line:
Beneath her footstool science groans in chains
Last Line:
Thou weepest and with thee wept each gentle muse
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28048
96.
Beneath the shade a spreading beech displays
First Line:
Beneath the shade a spreading beech displays
Last Line:
And the low sun had lengthened every shade
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
7033
97.
But you who seek to give and merit fame
First Line:
But you who seek to give and merit fame
Last Line:
And mark that point where sense and dulness meet
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
30637
98.
But you who seek to give and merit fame
First Line:
But you who seek to give and merit fame
Last Line:
Would all but stoop to what they understand
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
37113
99.
Burnet and Ducket friends in spite
First Line:
Burnet and Ducket friends in spite
Last Line:
For both heads are but tails
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
2772
100.
But all alone the hoary king he found
First Line:
But all alone the hoary king he found
Last Line:
Heaven rules us yet and gods there are above
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute) & Homer (Absolute)
DMI number:
31662
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