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1.
A knight delights in deeds of arms
First Line:
A knight delights in deeds of arms
Last Line:
Keep the first letters of these lines and guess
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
5479
2.
A knight delights in hardy deeds of arms
First Line:
A knight delights in hardy deeds of arms
Last Line:
Keep the first letters of these lines and guess
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
2206
3.
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
4.
All my past life is mine no more
First Line:
All my past life is mine no more
Last Line:
Tis all that heaven allows
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
4123
5.
All things submit themselves to your command
First Line:
All things submit themselves to your command
Last Line:
Foregoing sense for a fantastic name
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
3484
6.
As Chloris full of harmless thought
First Line:
As Chloris full of harmless thought
Last Line:
And yielded to a swain
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
23629
7.
As Chloris full of harmless thought
First Line:
As Chloris full of harmless thought
Last Line:
And yielded to the swain
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
2523
8.
As Chloris full of harmless thoughts
First Line:
As Chloris full of harmless thoughts
Last Line:
And yielded to the swain
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
380
9.
As Colin drove his sheep along
First Line:
As Colin drove his sheep along
Last Line:
Blither girls than any there
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation) & Charles Sackville (Confident)
DMI number:
3649
10.
As in the days of yore were odds
First Line:
As in the days of yore were odds
Last Line:
He kicked the commons out of door
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
6427
11.
At five this morn when Phoebus raised his head
First Line:
At five this morn when Phoebus raised his head
Last Line:
Did seem to me by much the wiser creature
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
2177
12.
At the sight of my Phillis from every part
First Line:
At the sight of my Phillis from every part
Last Line:
To live sober all day and chaste all the night
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
4206
13.
As when a bully draws his sword
First Line:
As when a bully draws his sword
Last Line:
Mongrels will serve to keep him down
Author:
Edmund Ashton (Absolute) & John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
4919
14.
Behold a witty foolish king
First Line:
Behold a witty foolish king
Last Line:
Nor ever did a wise one
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
30588
15.
Betwixt Father Patrick and his highness of late
First Line:
Betwixt Father Patrick and his highness of late
Last Line:
He managed the cause as he did the sea fight
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
5429
16.
Behold these woods and mark my sweet
First Line:
Behold these woods and mark my sweet
Last Line:
Can read the act that we have done
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation) & Thomas Randolph (Absolute)
DMI number:
11211
17.
Behold these woods and mark my sweet
First Line:
Behold these woods and mark my sweet
Last Line:
Unless you meet again tomorrow
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation) & Thomas Randolph (Absolute)
DMI number:
22635
18.
Behold these woods and mark my sweet
First Line:
Behold these woods and mark my sweet
Last Line:
Unless you meet me here tomorrow
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation) & Thomas Randolph (Absolute)
DMI number:
18707
19.
By all ye soft yet mighty powers
First Line:
By all ye soft yet mighty powers
Last Line:
At Phillis in foul linen
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
39646
20.
By heavens 'twas bravely done
First Line:
By heavens 'twas bravely done
Last Line:
And then to fall like Phaeton
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
5477
21.
But must we then desert love and the fair
First Line:
But must we then desert love and the fair
Last Line:
To make the nauseous draught of life go down
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
33738
22.
Chaste pious prudent C- the second
First Line:
Chaste pious prudent C- the second
Last Line:
Became their curse and punishment
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation) & Andrew Marvell (Speculation) & John Freke (Confident)
DMI number:
15815
23.
Chaste pious prudent C------ the second
First Line:
Chaste pious prudent C------ the second
Last Line:
Prove wretched kinged by storks and logs
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation) & Andrew Marvell (Speculation) & John Freke (Confident)
DMI number:
3653
24.
Chaste pious prudent Charles the second
First Line:
Chaste pious prudent Charles the second
Last Line:
Grown wise by wrongs we should abhor you
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation) & Andrew Marvell (Speculation) & John Freke (Confident)
DMI number:
25781
25.
Chaste pious prudent Charles the second
First Line:
Chaste pious prudent Charles the second
Last Line:
Prove wretched kinged by storks and logs
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation) & Andrew Marvell (Speculation) & John Freke (Confident)
DMI number:
5673
26.
Come on ye critics find one fault who dare
First Line:
Come on ye critics find one fault who dare
Last Line:
Did ever libel yet so sharply bite
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation) & Charles Sackville (Absolute)
DMI number:
2243
27.
Come on you critics find one fault who dares
First Line:
Come on you critics find one fault who dares
Last Line:
Did ever libel yet more sharply bite
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation) & Charles Sackville (Absolute)
DMI number:
4917
28.
Clarendon had law and sense
First Line:
Clarendon had law and sense
Last Line:
With here and there a pawn
Author:
John Dryden (Speculation) & Charles Sackville (Speculation) & John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
2182
29.
Conquered with soft and pleasing charms
First Line:
Conquered with soft and pleasing charms
Last Line:
Shall lie like us despised
DMI number:
884
30.
Disgraced and one forlorn made fortune's sport
First Line:
Disgraced and one forlorn made fortune's sport
Last Line:
Next after you by G-- I will be king
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
42320
31.
Disgraced undone forlorn made fortune's sport
First Line:
Disgraced undone forlorn made fortune's sport
Last Line:
Next after you by --- I will be king
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
4769
32.
Farewell false woman know I'll ever be
First Line:
Farewell false woman know I'll ever be
Last Line:
That loves a woman at no other rate
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
5416
33.
For standing -- we kind nature thank
First Line:
For standing -- we kind nature thank
Last Line:
Is more than woman or he less than man
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation) & Charles Sackville (Speculation)
DMI number:
2278
34.
Gentle reproofs have long been tried in vain
First Line:
Gentle reproofs have long been tried in vain
Last Line:
To fright away the vermin of the age
Author:
Edmund Ashton (Absolute) & John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
2184
35.
Fruition was the question in debate
First Line:
Fruition was the question in debate
Last Line:
Love's chemistry thrives best in equal heat
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
1551
36.
Fruition was the question in debate
First Line:
Fruition was the question in debate
Last Line:
Love's chemistry thrives best with equal heat
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
5413
37.
Great Charles who full of mercy mightst command
First Line:
Great Charles who full of mercy mightst command
Last Line:
Till the stroke's struck which they can never retrieve
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
8990
38.
Great Charles who full of mercy wouldst command
First Line:
Great Charles who full of mercy wouldst command
Last Line:
Till the stroke's struck which they can never retrieve
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
3634
39.
Hale scared Cynthia mutable but chaste
First Line:
Hale scared Cynthia mutable but chaste
Last Line:
And in soft dreams preach honour's funeral
DMI number:
44679
40.
Have you not in a chimney seen
First Line:
Have you not in a chimney seen
Last Line:
Cracks and rejoices in the flame
Author:
John Milton (Speculation) & John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
5669
41.
Have you not seen the raging stormy main
First Line:
Have you not seen the raging stormy main
Last Line:
If you have seen all this then kiss mine a---
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
22295
42.
Have you seen the raging stormy main
First Line:
Have you seen the raging stormy main
Last Line:
If you have seen all this then kiss mine -
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
5427
43.
Here lies a great and mighty king
First Line:
Here lies a great and mighty king
Last Line:
Nor ever did a wise one
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
5668
44.
Here lies our sovereign lord the king
First Line:
Here lies our sovereign lord the king
Last Line:
Nor ever did a wise one
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
2209
45.
Here lives a great and mighty monarch
First Line:
Here lives a great and mighty monarch
Last Line:
Nor ever did a wise one
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
5478
46.
How far are they deceived who hope in vain
First Line:
How far are they deceived who hope in vain
Last Line:
Before your pity I would choose your hate
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation) & Sir George Etherege (Absolute)
DMI number:
2224
47.
How blessed was the created state
First Line:
How blessed was the created state
Last Line:
You love me for a frailer part
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
4122
48.
His foppery without the help of sense
First Line:
His foppery without the help of sense
Last Line:
An eminent fool must be a man of parts
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
5612
49.
Hold fast thy sword and scepter Charles
First Line:
Hold fast thy sword and scepter Charles
Last Line:
And raising civil war
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
4874
50.
Husband thou dull unpitied miscreant
First Line:
Husband thou dull unpitied miscreant
Last Line:
Destroys soul body credit and estate
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
2180
51.
In the isle of Great Britain long since famous known
First Line:
In the isle of Great Britain long since famous known
Last Line:
Ere she can raise the member she enjoys
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
2176
52.
In all humanity we crave
First Line:
In all humanity we crave
Last Line:
Thanks you as much as if he did
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
5422
53.
In all humility we crave
First Line:
In all humility we crave
Last Line:
The greatest prince in Christendom
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
42309
54.
In this cold monument lies one
First Line:
In this cold monument lies one
Last Line:
To practise lechery with death
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation) & Charles Cotton (Absolute)
DMI number:
6447
55.
In a dark silent shady grove
First Line:
In a dark silent shady grove
Last Line:
The prosecution of et caetera
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
1556
56.
In a famous street near Whetstone's Park
First Line:
In a famous street near Whetstone's Park
Last Line:
Or 'tis forty to one but they there catch a fall | With a fa la la la &c
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
7040
57.
Insulting beauty you misspend
First Line:
Insulting beauty you misspend
Last Line:
Am killed with your disdain
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
1521
58.
Julian in verse to ease thy wants I write
First Line:
Julian in verse to ease thy wants I write
Last Line:
And villain Frank kiss Mazarin no more
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation) & Anthony Cary [Carey] (Confident)
DMI number:
4763
59.
Love the most generous passion of the mind
First Line:
Love the most generous passion of the mind
Last Line:
But felt a god and owned his power in love
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
40484
60.
Love bid me hope and I obeyed
First Line:
Love bid me hope and I obeyed
Last Line:
In women mean mistrustful shame
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
598
61.
Must I with patience ever silent sit
First Line:
Must I with patience ever silent sit
Last Line:
Or who'd be safe and senseless like Tom Thynne
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
5431
62.
My goddess Celia heavenly fair
First Line:
My goddess Celia heavenly fair
Last Line:
Oh take me dying to thy arms
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation) & Edward Radcliffe (Absolute)
DMI number:
579
63.
My goddess Lydia heavenly fair
First Line:
My goddess Lydia heavenly fair
Last Line:
O take me dying to thy arms
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation) & Edward Radcliffe (Absolute)
DMI number:
2218
64.
My dear mistress has a heart
First Line:
My dear mistress has a heart
Last Line:
Should we live one day asunder
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
4132
65.
I've heard the muses were still soft and kind
First Line:
I've heard the muses were still soft and kind
Last Line:
Blast great Apollo with perpetual shame
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
3668
66.
I rise at eleven I dine about two
First Line:
I rise at eleven I dine about two
Last Line:
And in bed I lie yawning till eleven again
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation) & Charles Sackville (Speculation)
DMI number:
2222
67.
I love as well as others do
First Line:
I love as well as others do
Last Line:
To wish those eyes to wish those eyes -- out
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
2277
68.
I love as well as others do
First Line:
I love as well as others do
Last Line:
To wish those eyes to wish those eyes f- out
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
7073
69.
If Rome can pardon sins as papists hold
First Line:
If Rome can pardon sins as papists hold
Last Line:
To gull them of their souls and money too
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
8708
70.
If Rome can pardon sins as Romans hold
First Line:
If Rome can pardon sins as Romans hold
Last Line:
To gull them of their souls and money too
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
5428
71.
Let ancients boast no more
First Line:
Let ancients boast no more
Last Line:
Whilst her great name confronts eternity
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
5439
72.
Methinks I see our mighty monarch stand
First Line:
Methinks I see our mighty monarch stand
Last Line:
To make way for the son to bring a whore
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
5437
73.
Methinks I see you newly risen
First Line:
Methinks I see you newly risen
Last Line:
The reins of government must break
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
2189
74.
Madam | If you're deceived it is not by my cheat
First Line:
Madam | If you're deceived it is not by my cheat
Last Line:
Disturbed by swords like Damocles's feast
Author:
John Wilmot (Confident)
DMI number:
5672
75.
Naked she lay clasped in my longing arms
First Line:
Naked she lay clasped in my longing arms
Last Line:
To do the wronged Corinna right for thee
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
2214
76.
Nan and Frank two quondam friends
First Line:
Nan and Frank two quondam friends
Last Line:
Betwixt the Whitestaff Knight and Lady of the Red Nose
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation) & Samuel Butler (Speculation)
DMI number:
4435
77.
Not Rome in all her splendour could compare
First Line:
Not Rome in all her splendour could compare
Last Line:
And Mrs Stafford yield to Betty Hall
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
2174
78.
No longer blame those on the banks of Nile
First Line:
No longer blame those on the banks of Nile
Last Line:
If you never find me out I'll think you wise
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
5057
79.
No longer blame those on the banks of Nile
First Line:
No longer blame those on the banks of Nile
Last Line:
If you never seek me out I'll count you wise
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
4439
80.
Nothing thou elder brother even to shade
First Line:
Nothing thou elder brother even to shade
Last Line:
Flow swiftly into thee and in thee end
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
42471
81.
Nothing thou elder brother even to shade
First Line:
Nothing thou elder brother even to shade
Last Line:
Flow swiftly into thee and in thee ever end
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
32
82.
Of a great heroine I mean to tell
First Line:
Of a great heroine I mean to tell
Last Line:
She who no equal has must be alone
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
5415
83.
O that I now could by some chymic art
First Line:
O that I now could by some chymic art
Last Line:
Then boldly -- my passage out again
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
2213
84.
Of all the wonders since the world began
First Line:
Of all the wonders since the world began
Last Line:
When all fools write to think no more of rhyme
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
6424
85.
One day the amorous Lysander
First Line:
One day the amorous Lysander
Last Line:
Had damned him to the hell of impotence
Author:
Aphra Behn (Absolute) & John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
5961
86.
Preserved by wonder in the oak O Charles
First Line:
Preserved by wonder in the oak O Charles
Last Line:
But now I think on it I have said enough
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation) & John Lacy (Absolute)
DMI number:
5666
87.
Pride lust ambition and the people's hate
First Line:
Pride lust ambition and the people's hate
Last Line:
The nation may most justly claim his head
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
2183
88.
Phillis be gentler I advise
First Line:
Phillis be gentler I advise
Last Line:
And never know the joy
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
4120
89.
Quoth the duchess of Cl---- to Mrs Knight
First Line:
Quoth the duchess of Cl---- to Mrs Knight
Last Line:
Than thus be abused by C---- and G----
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
39647
90.
Rat too rat too rat too rat tat too rat tat too
First Line:
Rat too rat too rat too rat tat too rat tat too
Last Line:
So though they lived in oaths yet they die with a psalm | Farewell guard &c
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation) & Alexander Radcliffe (Confident)
DMI number:
42473
91.
Room room for a blade of the town
First Line:
Room room for a blade of the town
Last Line:
And there's an end of bully
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation) & Thomas D'Urfey (Absolute)
DMI number:
5412
92.
Sidney has that prevailing gentle art
First Line:
Sidney has that prevailing gentle art
Last Line:
In dreams all night in sighs and tears all day
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
25243
93.
Silence coeval with eternity
First Line:
Silence coeval with eternity
Last Line:
All rest in peace at last and sleep eternally
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation) & Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
6012
94.
Sedley has that prevailing gentle art
First Line:
Sedley has that prevailing gentle art
Last Line:
In dreams all night in sighs and tears all day
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
25217
95.
Shame of my life disturber of my tomb
First Line:
Shame of my life disturber of my tomb
Last Line:
Like him your angry father kicked you down
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation) & Wentworth Dillon (Confident)
DMI number:
2235
96.
She was so exquisite a whore
First Line:
She was so exquisite a whore
Last Line:
Her father - them both together
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
2212
97.
Since the sons of the muses grew numerous and loud
First Line:
Since the sons of the muses grew numerous and loud
Last Line:
For he had writ plays yet never came in print
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation) & Elkanah Settle (Confident)
DMI number:
3963
98.
Since the sons of the muses grew numerous and loud
First Line:
Since the sons of the muses grew numerous and loud
Last Line:
For he had writ plays yet never put them in print
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation) & Elkanah Settle (Confident)
DMI number:
5963
99.
So soft and amorously you write
First Line:
So soft and amorously you write
Last Line:
All things devoted to your mind
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation) & Sir George Etherege (Absolute)
DMI number:
2229
100.
So inquisitive do jealous cuckolds grow
First Line:
So inquisitive do jealous cuckolds grow
Last Line:
What being known creates their certain woe
Author:
John Wilmot (Confident)
DMI number:
5522
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