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1. A goblin of the merry kind

First Line:
A goblin of the merry kind
Last Line:
Both you and all your whole fraternity
Author:
Matthew Prior (Speculation) & William Congreve (Absolute)
DMI number:
12351

2. - did invite her home

First Line:
- did invite her home
Last Line:
And being much a gentlewoman came
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute) & Charles Montagu (Absolute)
DMI number:
40467

3. A man that is drunk is void of all care

First Line:
A man that is drunk is void of all care
Last Line:
My bottle should warm me and fill me with fire | Tol deral &c
Author:
Matthew Prior (Speculation)
DMI number:
286

4. A milk white mouse immortal and unchanged

First Line:
A milk white mouse immortal and unchanged
Last Line:
She feared no danger for she knew no ginn
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute) & Charles Montagu (Absolute)
DMI number:
40460

5. A spotted mouse the prettiest next the white

First Line:
A spotted mouse the prettiest next the white
Last Line:
Lived in the city and disdained the field
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute) & Charles Montagu (Absolute)
DMI number:
40465

6. A lady once so stories say

First Line:
A lady once so stories say
Last Line:
Lest she again repent it
DMI number:
36172

7. Ah me my joys my hopes are fled

First Line:
Ah me my joys my hopes are fled
Last Line:
My dear Columbo dead and gone
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
28975

8. Abate fair fugitive abate thy speed

First Line:
Abate fair fugitive abate thy speed
Last Line:
May thy good will be equal to thy power
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
15514

9. Accept my love as true a heart

First Line:
Accept my love as true a heart
Last Line:
With it begin anew
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
18232

10. Alexis shunned his fellow swains

First Line:
Alexis shunned his fellow swains
Last Line:
He bowed obeyed and died
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
808

11. A widow kept a favourite cat

First Line:
A widow kept a favourite cat
Last Line:
Here towser do him justice
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Speculation)
DMI number:
36173

12. Along the sunny bank or watery mead

First Line:
Along the sunny bank or watery mead
Last Line:
Our gay attire and impotence of pride
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
36211

13. As though 'tis controverted in the school

First Line:
As though 'tis controverted in the school
Last Line:
From this dissension that they work by neither
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute) & Charles Montagu (Absolute)
DMI number:
40473

14. As doctors give physic by way of prevention

First Line:
As doctors give physic by way of prevention
Last Line:
He cares not yet prithee be kind to his fame
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
16903

15. As bards of old in nobler lays could sing

First Line:
As bards of old in nobler lays could sing
Last Line:
Accept the pauper though you scorn the muse
Author:
George Waldron (Absolute)
DMI number:
15504

16. As Chloe came into the room the other day

First Line:
As Chloe came into the room the other day
Last Line:
And forgot every word I designed to have said
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
12282

17. As after noon one summer's day

First Line:
As after noon one summer's day
Last Line:
I took you for your likeness Chloe
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
1756

18. As Sylvia came into the room t'other day

First Line:
As Sylvia came into the room t'other day
Last Line:
And forgot every word I designed to have said
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
1557

19. As the chameleon who is known

First Line:
As the chameleon who is known
Last Line:
And lies with those he never saw
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
9772

20. As in some piece while Luke his skill expressed

First Line:
As in some piece while Luke his skill expressed
Last Line:
And to a miracle improves a tune
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
16353

21. At dead of night when stars appear

First Line:
At dead of night when stars appear
Last Line:
Safe is my bow but sick thy heart
Author:
Matthew Prior (Confident)
DMI number:
4182

22. Beauty's a gaudy sign no more

First Line:
Beauty's a gaudy sign no more
Last Line:
Be hid to be revered the more
Author:
Matthew Prior (Speculation) & Hildebrand Jacob (Absolute)
DMI number:
92

23. Behind an unfrequented glade

First Line:
Behind an unfrequented glade
Last Line:
And knaves and prudes are six times married
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
11870

24. Behind an unfrequented glade

First Line:
Behind an unfrequented glade
Last Line:
Here's one for Turturel shall show
Author:
Matthew Prior (Speculation)
DMI number:
28972

25. Beyond the fixed and settled rules

First Line:
Beyond the fixed and settled rules
Last Line:
But to my comfort I'm prepared
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
12280

26. Blessed be the princes who have fought

First Line:
Blessed be the princes who have fought
Last Line:
That happiness is but opinion
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
12389

27. Blind plaintiff lame defendant share

First Line:
Blind plaintiff lame defendant share
Last Line:
And Magna Carta is a paper-kite
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
16897

28. Blind plaintiff lame defendant share

First Line:
Blind plaintiff lame defendant share
Last Line:
The middle is the lawyer's fee
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
30617

29. Beneath a myrtle's verdant shade

First Line:
Beneath a myrtle's verdant shade
Last Line:
Gives grief or pleasure spares or kills
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
22789

30. Beneath a verdant laurel's ample shade

First Line:
Beneath a verdant laurel's ample shade
Last Line:
Cupid does with Phoebus reign
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
9974

31. By Sylvia if thy charming self be meant

First Line:
By Sylvia if thy charming self be meant
Last Line:
And died in woe that thou might'st live in peace
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
4252

32. By Sylvia if thy charming self be meant

First Line:
By Sylvia if thy charming self be meant
Last Line:
And dies in woe that thou mayst live in peace
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
38530

33. But here the white by observation wise

First Line:
But here the white by observation wise
Last Line:
For still we want a guide to find out him
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute) & Charles Montagu (Absolute)
DMI number:
40471

34. By birth I am a slave yet can give you a crown

First Line:
By birth I am a slave yet can give you a crown
Last Line:
That you love me much more than you do your own hearts
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
24231

35. By birth I'm a slave yet can give you a crown

First Line:
By birth I'm a slave yet can give you a crown
Last Line:
That you love me much more than you do your own hearts
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
3772

36. But now at Piccadilly they arrive

First Line:
But now at Piccadilly they arrive
Last Line:
And slipping through the Palsgrave bilked poor Hack
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute) & Charles Montagu (Absolute)
DMI number:
40475

37. But now with a weary yawn that showed her pride

First Line:
But now with a weary yawn that showed her pride
Last Line:
But now alas
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute) & Charles Montagu (Absolute)
DMI number:
40481

38. Cease Leonora cease to mourn

First Line:
Cease Leonora cease to mourn
Last Line:
And make that season all our year
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
16954

39. Chloe beauty has and wit

First Line:
Chloe beauty has and wit
Last Line:
And kindly help to quench the fire
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
18247

40. Chloe since you a handsome woman are

First Line:
Chloe since you a handsome woman are
Last Line:
Thy truth my girl shall never come on trial
DMI number:
16976

41. Come weep no more for tis in vain

First Line:
Come weep no more for tis in vain
Last Line:
We've paid already with our eyes
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
18178

42. Celia and I the other day

First Line:
Celia and I the other day
Last Line:
I with thee or without thee die
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
4186

43. Charity decent modest easy kind

First Line:
Charity decent modest easy kind
Last Line:
And endless good diffuse and endless praise receive
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
35203

44. Come at a crown a head ourselves we'll treat

First Line:
Come at a crown a head ourselves we'll treat
Last Line:
Of English manufactures pimps and whores
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute) & Charles Montagu (Absolute)
DMI number:
40469

45. Dear Chloe how blubbered is that pretty face

First Line:
Dear Chloe how blubbered is that pretty face
Last Line:
As he was a poet sublimer than me
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
21902

46. Dear Chloe while thus beyond measure

First Line:
Dear Chloe while thus beyond measure
Last Line:
Decrepid old age can never freeze
Author:
Matthew Prior (Speculation)
DMI number:
17735

47. Dear Chloe while thus beyond measure

First Line:
Dear Chloe while thus beyond measure
Last Line:
That decrepit old age cannot freeze
Author:
Matthew Prior (Speculation)
DMI number:
12440

48. Dear Chloe whilst thus beyond measure

First Line:
Dear Chloe whilst thus beyond measure
Last Line:
Which decrepid old age cannot freeze
Author:
Matthew Prior (Speculation)
DMI number:
23639

49. Dear Dick however it comes into his head

First Line:
Dear Dick however it comes into his head
Last Line:
And in one word a good man and a true
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
7090

50. Courtiers and heralds by your leave

First Line:
Courtiers and heralds by your leave
Last Line:
Let Bourbon or Nassau go higher
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
68

51. Dear Thomas didst thou never pop

First Line:
Dear Thomas didst thou never pop
Last Line:
Always aspiring always low
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
1752

52. Democritus dear droll revisit earth

First Line:
Democritus dear droll revisit earth
Last Line:
Hurt can I laugh and honest need I cry
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
13509

53. Despairing beside a clear stream

First Line:
Despairing beside a clear stream
Last Line:
His ghost shall glide over the green
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute) & Matthew Prior (Speculation)
DMI number:
496

54. Ere that Gazette was printed said the white

First Line:
Ere that Gazette was printed said the white
Last Line:
To long examination they submit
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute) & Charles Montagu (Absolute)
DMI number:
40478

55. Did sweeter sounds adorn my flowing tongue

First Line:
Did sweeter sounds adorn my flowing tongue
Last Line:
For ever blessing and for ever blessed
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
4184

56. Downward I hasten to my destined place

First Line:
Downward I hasten to my destined place
Last Line:
Thou that art the god of love
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
30118

57. Farewell ye shady walks and fountains

First Line:
Farewell ye shady walks and fountains
Last Line:
Her parallel or second she
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
16949

58. Fast by the banks of Cam was Colin bred

First Line:
Fast by the banks of Cam was Colin bred
Last Line:
As various hour advised in various habit dressed
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
11876

59. Fain would I sir what you advised fulfil

First Line:
Fain would I sir what you advised fulfil
Last Line:
My pinions dropped me headlong from the sky
DMI number:
12228

60. Farewell Amynta we must part

First Line:
Farewell Amynta we must part
Last Line:
Because thou hadst my love
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
18231

61. Fair susan did her her wifehood well maintayne

First Line:
Fair susan did her her wifehood well maintayne
Last Line:
Full marvaillous I wot were such denyale
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
39287

62. Fair Susan did her wif-hede well menteine

First Line:
Fair Susan did her wif-hede well menteine
Last Line:
Full merveillous I wote were swilk denyal
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
39284

63. Fair Susan did her wifehede well menteine

First Line:
Fair Susan did her wifehede well menteine
Last Line:
Full marvellous I wote were swilk denyal
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
25425

64. Fair Susan did her wifehede well menteine

First Line:
Fair Susan did her wifehede well menteine
Last Line:
Full merveillous I wot were sich denial
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
39285

65. Fair Susan did her wifehode well maintaine

First Line:
Fair Susan did her wifehode well maintaine
Last Line:
Full marvaillous I wote were such denyall
DMI number:
39283

66. Fair Susan did her wifehode well maintayne

First Line:
Fair Susan did her wifehode well maintayne
Last Line:
Full marvaillous I wot were such denyale
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
23229

67. Fair Susan did her wifehood well maintain

First Line:
Fair Susan did her wifehood well maintain
Last Line:
Full marvellous I wote were swilk denial
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
24091

68. Fair susan did her wifehood well mentain

First Line:
Fair susan did her wifehood well mentain
Last Line:
Full merveillous I wot were such denyall
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
39286

69. Fair Sylvia cease to blame my youth

First Line:
Fair Sylvia cease to blame my youth
Last Line:
And never settle more
Author:
Matthew Prior (Speculation)
DMI number:
6471

70. Forgive the muse who in unhallowed strains

First Line:
Forgive the muse who in unhallowed strains
Last Line:
And glad all heaven with millions thou hast saved
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
4841

71. Formed half beneath and half above the earth

First Line:
Formed half beneath and half above the earth
Last Line:
Sink when it rains and when it freezes swim
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
16893

72. Frank carves very ill yet will palm all the meats

First Line:
Frank carves very ill yet will palm all the meats
Last Line:
For of late I invite him but four times a week
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
12424

73. For many unsuccessful years

First Line:
For many unsuccessful years
Last Line:
Had foolishly denied
Author:
Matthew Prior (Speculation) & Thomas Yalden (Confident)
DMI number:
6472

74. For many unsuccessful years

First Line:
For many unsuccessful years
Last Line:
That heart she had for years denied
Author:
Matthew Prior (Speculation) & Thomas Yalden (Confident)
DMI number:
21713

75. For many unsuccessful years

First Line:
For many unsuccessful years
Last Line:
What she for many years denied
Author:
Matthew Prior (Speculation) & Thomas Yalden (Absolute)
DMI number:
2381

76. For God's sake nay dear sir

First Line:
For God's sake nay dear sir
Last Line:
Then perhaps I may bless you
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
16963

77. For what tomorrow shall disclose

First Line:
For what tomorrow shall disclose
Last Line:
Love and life are for today
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
25006

78. From her own native France as old Alison past

First Line:
From her own native France as old Alison past
Last Line:
Her lady's complexion and eyebrows at Calais
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
12393

79. From public noise and factious strife

First Line:
From public noise and factious strife
Last Line:
Love is a jest and vows are wind
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
32319

80. From public noise and factious strife

First Line:
From public noise and factious strife
Last Line:
Where all this time he had been hid
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
4190

81. Gentleman and heralds by your leave

First Line:
Gentleman and heralds by your leave
Last Line:
Let Bourbon or Nassau go higher
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
29550

82. Go for I'm impatient grown

First Line:
Go for I'm impatient grown
Last Line:
But with haste devour the way
Author:
Matthew Prior (Speculation)
DMI number:
4783

83. Full oft doth Mat with Topaz dine

First Line:
Full oft doth Mat with Topaz dine
Last Line:
Full hardly earneth Mat his dinner
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
16099

84. Great heaven how frail thy creature man is made

First Line:
Great heaven how frail thy creature man is made
Last Line:
And from our troubled view the lessened lands retreat
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
33022

85. Hail honoured bard the wonder of our isle

First Line:
Hail honoured bard the wonder of our isle
Last Line:
And latest ages own great Prior's name
DMI number:
15507

86. Hans Carvel impotent and old

First Line:
Hans Carvel impotent and old
Last Line:
You've thrust your finger -- knows where
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
21868

87. Hans Carvel impotent and old

First Line:
Hans Carvel impotent and old
Last Line:
You've thrust your finger g-d knows where
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
3502

88. Hans Carvel impotent and old

First Line:
Hans Carvel impotent and old
Last Line:
You've thrust your finger God knows where
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
32318

89. Happy the babe who privileged by fate

First Line:
Happy the babe who privileged by fate
Last Line:
Ordered tomorrow to return to death
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
34707

90. Great Bacchus born in thunder and in fire

First Line:
Great Bacchus born in thunder and in fire
Last Line:
The moral says mix water with your wine
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
12421

91. Good people I pray

First Line:
Good people I pray
Last Line:
And so will King Pippin too dry to be squeezed | By an Orange
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
4936

92. Heavy O Lord on me thy judgments lie

First Line:
Heavy O Lord on me thy judgments lie
Last Line:
Thou that art the God of love
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
4331

93. Helen was just slipped into bed

First Line:
Helen was just slipped into bed
Last Line:
Alas no eyebrows for tomorrow
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
13511

94. Haste my Nanette my lovely maid

First Line:
Haste my Nanette my lovely maid
Last Line:
Though wolves should stroll and sheep should stray
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
23115

95. Haste my Nannette

First Line:
Haste my Nannette
Last Line:
And the sheep stray
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
15531

96. Her time with equal prudence Silvia shares

First Line:
Her time with equal prudence Silvia shares
Last Line:
An artful woman makes a modern saint
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
15527

97. Heralds and statesmen by your leave

First Line:
Heralds and statesmen by your leave
Last Line:
Can Bourbon or Nassau go higher
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
11856

98. Here reading how fond Adam was betrayed

First Line:
Here reading how fond Adam was betrayed
Last Line:
Adam had never fallen or Milton wrote
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
6651

99. Her eyebrow box one morning lost

First Line:
Her eyebrow box one morning lost
Last Line:
For what's an eye without a brow
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
13510

100. Here lies little -- a yard deeper more

First Line:
Here lies little -- a yard deeper more
Last Line:
Contribute some tears to water her grave
Author:
Charles Sackville (Absolute) & Matthew Prior (Speculation)
DMI number:
25960