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1. A doctor lately was a captain made

First Line:
A doctor lately was a captain made
Last Line:
It is a change of title not of trade
DMI number:
27578

2. A drop of amber from a poplar plant

First Line:
A drop of amber from a poplar plant
Last Line:
Is from a worthless ant become a gem
DMI number:
1813

3. A handsome treat a piece of gold or so

First Line:
A handsome treat a piece of gold or so
Last Line:
And yields the tenderest point of honor wit
DMI number:
28990

4. A knot of packthread strongly spun

First Line:
A knot of packthread strongly spun
Last Line:
His son should wish him still alive
Author:
Martial (Absolute)
DMI number:
231

5. A landlord at Bath put upon me a queer hum

First Line:
A landlord at Bath put upon me a queer hum
Last Line:
I asked him for punch and the dog gave me mere rum
DMI number:
26608

6. A landlord of Bath put upon me a queer hum

First Line:
A landlord of Bath put upon me a queer hum
Last Line:
I asked him for punch and the dog gave me mere rum
DMI number:
32356

7. A little languishing thou sentest to me

First Line:
A little languishing thou sentest to me
Last Line:
I scarcely then was sick but now am like to die
DMI number:
17388

8. Alike in temper and alike in life

First Line:
Alike in temper and alike in life
Last Line:
I wonder so great likeness can't agree
Author:
Martial (Absolute)
DMI number:
11165

9. Alike in temper and in life

First Line:
Alike in temper and in life
Last Line:
The devil's in it they don't agree
Author:
John Hoadly (Absolute)
DMI number:
27755

10. Anger's a kind of gain that rich men know

First Line:
Anger's a kind of gain that rich men know
Last Line:
It costs them less to hate than to bestow
Author:
R. Fletcher (Confident)
DMI number:
15986

11. All things are common amongst friends thou sayest

First Line:
All things are common amongst friends thou sayest
Last Line:
Nothing so common as to use them so
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
6325

12. 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

13. B-- though with scraps of others wit

First Line:
B-- though with scraps of others wit
Last Line:
For silence can't like books be bought
DMI number:
12731

14. Before a swan behind a crow

First Line:
Before a swan behind a crow
Last Line:
And spite of all will keep his day
Author:
John Hoadly (Absolute)
DMI number:
27752

15. Both man and wife as bad as bad can be

First Line:
Both man and wife as bad as bad can be
Last Line:
I wonder they no better should agree
DMI number:
27558

16. Buckhurst thou dear concern of th' heavenly power

First Line:
Buckhurst thou dear concern of th' heavenly power
Last Line:
And stretches life beyond th' appointed date
DMI number:
8346

17. But ancient poets thou admirest none

First Line:
But ancient poets thou admirest none
Last Line:
Can't on such terms find in my heart to die
Author:
Charles Cotton (Absolute)
DMI number:
12244

18. By a Ravenna vintner once betrayed

First Line:
By a Ravenna vintner once betrayed
Last Line:
The rascal fobbed me off with only wine
DMI number:
12362

19. Chloris the prettiest girl about the town

First Line:
Chloris the prettiest girl about the town
Last Line:
And to content thee I'll never stick at price
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
6334

20. Cinna cries out I am not worth a groat

First Line:
Cinna cries out I am not worth a groat
Last Line:
And is plague on him what he would be thought
DMI number:
3197

21. Co----n pale with envy lies

First Line:
Co----n pale with envy lies
Last Line:
His learning and his wit display
DMI number:
2752

22. Come Chloe and give me sweet kisses

First Line:
Come Chloe and give me sweet kisses
Last Line:
With few will be ever content
Author:
Sir Charles Hanbury Williams (Absolute)
DMI number:
25817

23. Curmudgeon the rich widow courts

First Line:
Curmudgeon the rich widow courts
Last Line:
That she has got a church-yard cough
Author:
John Hoadly (Absolute)
DMI number:
27750

24. Coscus thou sayest my epigrams are long

First Line:
Coscus thou sayest my epigrams are long
Last Line:
But Coscus even thy distichs tedious are
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
6328

25. Diaulus late who void of skill

First Line:
Diaulus late who void of skill
Last Line:
Than cater for the grave
DMI number:
33030

26. Diaulus sexton from physician is

First Line:
Diaulus sexton from physician is
Last Line:
In this those killed in that capacity
Author:
Charles Cotton (Absolute)
DMI number:
12589

27. Dick would you know if I should change my life

First Line:
Dick would you know if I should change my life
Last Line:
Twixt both nor too hard-hearted nor too free
DMI number:
12314

28. Doctor tis false I'll never believe

First Line:
Doctor tis false I'll never believe
Last Line:
Than any prince in Germany
DMI number:
23867

29. For God's sake tell me what bold confidence

First Line:
For God's sake tell me what bold confidence
Last Line:
And by strange luck may make a shift to live
DMI number:
43394

30. Gemellus seeks old Maronil to wed

First Line:
Gemellus seeks old Maronil to wed
Last Line:
What then provokes O she doth cough and wheeze
Author:
R. Fletcher (Confident)
DMI number:
15980

31. Gainst me to prate or print is H-- said

First Line:
Gainst me to prate or print is H-- said
Last Line:
He neither does whose neither heard nor read
DMI number:
12985

32. Gaurus he that doth gifts bestow

First Line:
Gaurus he that doth gifts bestow
Last Line:
He'd have thee dead and cold
Author:
R. Fletcher (Confident)
DMI number:
15987

33. Great Pompey's ashes Egypt's triumphs swell

First Line:
Great Pompey's ashes Egypt's triumphs swell
Last Line:
So vast a ruin could not spread less wide
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
13151

34. Great Capitolian Jove thou god to whom

First Line:
Great Capitolian Jove thou god to whom
Last Line:
Caesar himself can grant what's fit for me
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
13488

35. Hal says he's poor in hopes you'll say he's not

First Line:
Hal says he's poor in hopes you'll say he's not
Last Line:
But take his word for it Hal's not worth a groat
DMI number:
33028

36. He who hath seen the gardens at Versailles

First Line:
He who hath seen the gardens at Versailles
Last Line:
When sterile winter shall be autumn still
DMI number:
27571

37. Here lies who in her farthingale and ruff

First Line:
Here lies who in her farthingale and ruff
Last Line:
And long-surviving passion power succeeds
DMI number:
19543

38. I am thy heir Catullus thou hast said it

First Line:
I am thy heir Catullus thou hast said it
Last Line:
But I will not believe it till I read it
Author:
R. Fletcher (Confident)
DMI number:
15989

39. I burn says one I of a fever burn

First Line:
I burn says one I of a fever burn
Last Line:
Only thy empty stomach did complain
DMI number:
17293

40. In the piazza where tall poplars grow

First Line:
In the piazza where tall poplars grow
Last Line:
Found bears could sting and marble could destroy
DMI number:
12562

41. In all thy humours whether grave or mellow

First Line:
In all thy humours whether grave or mellow
Last Line:
There is no living with thee nor without thee
DMI number:
17371

42. In some vile hamlet let me live forgot

First Line:
In some vile hamlet let me live forgot
Last Line:
But to trudge four and miss you is the devil
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
7096

43. Is there to enroll amongst the friendly few

First Line:
Is there to enroll amongst the friendly few
Last Line:
Now let me die but Harris is this friend
Author:
John Hoadly (Absolute)
DMI number:
27759

44. My works the reader and the hearer praise

First Line:
My works the reader and the hearer praise
Last Line:
Am I to please the cook or please the guest
DMI number:
27652

45. My neighbour Hunks's house and mine

First Line:
My neighbour Hunks's house and mine
Last Line:
Must be his neighbour or his lodger
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Speculation)
DMI number:
16091

46. My readers and my hearers like my books

First Line:
My readers and my hearers like my books
Last Line:
If that my guest affect my slender cheer
Author:
R. Fletcher (Confident)
DMI number:
15988

47. My cause concerns not battery or treason

First Line:
My cause concerns not battery or treason
Last Line:
Now pray dear sir one word about the sheep
DMI number:
35069

48. My dearest Phillis let me sip

First Line:
My dearest Phillis let me sip
Last Line:
He's poor that knows how much he has
DMI number:
6263

49. I offer love but thou respect wilt have

First Line:
I offer love but thou respect wilt have
Last Line:
But know I can be no man's friend and slave
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
6314

50. I often bow your hat you never stir

First Line:
I often bow your hat you never stir
Last Line:
So once for all your humble servant sir
DMI number:
27439

51. If dearest friend it my good fate might be

First Line:
If dearest friend it my good fate might be
Last Line:
Knows a man how to live and does he stay
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
9740

52. If for mere wantonness you buy so fast

First Line:
If for mere wantonness you buy so fast
Last Line:
For very want you must sell all at last
DMI number:
32354

53. If Scaeva for more friends you care

First Line:
If Scaeva for more friends you care
Last Line:
If you no want of friendly virtues see
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
13096

54. Kate plays the arch and cunning jade

First Line:
Kate plays the arch and cunning jade
Last Line:
So he's as cunning full as she
DMI number:
11129

55. Leave off for shame thy scribbling itch give over

First Line:
Leave off for shame thy scribbling itch give over
Last Line:
Yet even heroic verse shall stoop to thee
DMI number:
43411

56. Leave off thy paint perfumes and youthful dress

First Line:
Leave off thy paint perfumes and youthful dress
Last Line:
Plain downright ugliness would less offend
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
6321

57. Let Rufus weep rejoice stand sit or walk

First Line:
Let Rufus weep rejoice stand sit or walk
Last Line:
I am my lovely Naevia ever thine
DMI number:
11422

58. Laugh if thou art wise sweet pretty maiden laugh

First Line:
Laugh if thou art wise sweet pretty maiden laugh
Last Line:
Though others laugh good soul awake and weep
DMI number:
17367

59. Milo's from home and Milo being gone

First Line:
Milo's from home and Milo being gone
Last Line:
The lands lay fallow but the wife was tilled
Author:
Elijah Fenton (Absolute)
DMI number:
6465

60. Maro you'll give me nothing while you live

First Line:
Maro you'll give me nothing while you live
Last Line:
Thou knowest what I desire to come to pass
Author:
R. Fletcher (Confident)
DMI number:
15990

61. Maro you'll give me nothing while you live

First Line:
Maro you'll give me nothing while you live
Last Line:
Thou knowst what I desire may come to pass
DMI number:
27788

62. Martial the things that do attain

First Line:
Martial the things that do attain
Last Line:
Ne wish for death ne fear his might
Author:
Henry Howard (Absolute)
DMI number:
8741

63. No dinners presents he is no man's bail

First Line:
No dinners presents he is no man's bail
Last Line:
For fools of all sorts London is the place
DMI number:
27690

64. Ned is a sober fellow they pretend

First Line:
Ned is a sober fellow they pretend
Last Line:
Such would I have my coachman not my friend
Author:
John Hoadly (Absolute)
DMI number:
27757

65. O Billy thou art a beau not only one

First Line:
O Billy thou art a beau not only one
Last Line:
A beau's a bauble destitute of brain
DMI number:
40081

66. Of last night's wine you say Acerra stinks

First Line:
Of last night's wine you say Acerra stinks
Last Line:
Tis false till morning still Acerra drinks
DMI number:
33029

67. Oh Jemmy you're a beau not I alone

First Line:
Oh Jemmy you're a beau not I alone
Last Line:
A beau's a bauble destitute of brain
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
7140

68. Oh the degenerate age great Tully cried

First Line:
Oh the degenerate age great Tully cried
Last Line:
Blame not our morals for it but your own
Author:
Martial (Absolute)
DMI number:
30474

69. Parson tis false I'll never believe

First Line:
Parson tis false I'll never believe
Last Line:
Than any prince in Germany
DMI number:
24083

70. Ovid who bid the ladies laugh

First Line:
Ovid who bid the ladies laugh
Last Line:
And laugh not above once a year
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Confident)
DMI number:
6313

71. One month a lawyer thou the next wilt be

First Line:
One month a lawyer thou the next wilt be
Last Line:
Thou wilt end in nothing if thou grasp'st at all
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
6337

72. Pleasantest companion this

First Line:
Pleasantest companion this
Last Line:
Dying neither wish nor fear
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
16147

73. Pleasure's a courtly mistress a conceit

First Line:
Pleasure's a courtly mistress a conceit
Last Line:
Is but repentance lavishly inlaid
Author:
R. Fletcher (Absolute)
DMI number:
17194

74. Paul so fond of the name of a poet is grown

First Line:
Paul so fond of the name of a poet is grown
Last Line:
They are surely his own for which a man pays
Author:
Thomas Cooke (Absolute)
DMI number:
13738

75. Paulus the famous quack renowned afar

First Line:
Paulus the famous quack renowned afar
Last Line:
And buries people not to change his trade
DMI number:
8934

76. Seven wives and in one grave there is not found

First Line:
Seven wives and in one grave there is not found
Last Line:
On the whole globe a richer spot of ground
DMI number:
27698

77. See how my friend the good old man appears

First Line:
See how my friend the good old man appears
Last Line:
To ford this vale of tears and seek for worlds to come
DMI number:
3312

78. She'd fain have Priscus no one blame her can

First Line:
She'd fain have Priscus no one blame her can
Last Line:
He'll not have her and who can blame the man
Author:
Sir Edward Sherburne (Confident)
DMI number:
17417

79. Since you whom all the world admires

First Line:
Since you whom all the world admires
Last Line:
Still stay behind and rot in town
DMI number:
1403

80. So smooth your numbers friend your verse so sweet

First Line:
So smooth your numbers friend your verse so sweet
Last Line:
And yields the tenderest point of honour wit
Author:
Isaac Watts (Absolute)
DMI number:
15795

81. So like in manners and in lives

First Line:
So like in manners and in lives
Last Line:
Two so well matched should not agree
DMI number:
19863

82. Since noble Marcus you desire to know

First Line:
Since noble Marcus you desire to know
Last Line:
And spend his days in hurry noise and strife
DMI number:
17760

83. Sir Fopling you're a man of fashion grown

First Line:
Sir Fopling you're a man of fashion grown
Last Line:
A more ridiculous trifling thing than he
DMI number:
43395

84. Thais her teeth are black and nought

First Line:
Thais her teeth are black and nought
Last Line:
The other wears her own
Author:
R. Fletcher (Confident) & Martial (Absolute)
DMI number:
12387

85. That there's no heaven and that no gods there are

First Line:
That there's no heaven and that no gods there are
Last Line:
He liveth here in ease and earthly bliss
Author:
Sir John Harington (Confident)
DMI number:
17416

86. That thou dost cassia breathe and foreign gums

First Line:
That thou dost cassia breathe and foreign gums
Last Line:
He that smells always well does never so
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
13092

87. That thou dost shorten thy long nights with wine

First Line:
That thou dost shorten thy long nights with wine
Last Line:
But that thou art whipped is thy peculiar shame
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
6326

88. That thy wife coughs all night and spits all day

First Line:
That thy wife coughs all night and spits all day
Last Line:
She will not die but wheedles like a jade
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
6329

89. Sweet spouse you must presently troop and be gone

First Line:
Sweet spouse you must presently troop and be gone
Last Line:
In short be as lewd as a strumpet
Author:
Thomas Brown (Confident)
DMI number:
7039

90. The golden hair that Galla wears

First Line:
The golden hair that Galla wears
Last Line:
For I know where she bought it
Author:
Sir John Harington (Confident)
DMI number:
12279

91. The verses friend which thou hast read are mine

First Line:
The verses friend which thou hast read are mine
Last Line:
But as thou readst them they may pass for thine
DMI number:
30472

92. There's not a drowsy alderman i'th'town

First Line:
There's not a drowsy alderman i'th'town
Last Line:
To make Westphalia hams of English pork
Author:
Nahum Tate (Absolute)
DMI number:
5794

93. Thieves may break locks and with your cash retire'

First Line:
Thieves may break locks and with your cash retire'
Last Line:
That is the only wealth for ever yours
DMI number:
27421

94. Thou true descendant of a worthy sire

First Line:
Thou true descendant of a worthy sire
Last Line:
May guard your country and may grace it too
DMI number:
27457

95. Those verses Brauler which thou hast read are mine

First Line:
Those verses Brauler which thou hast read are mine
Last Line:
But as thou hast read them wrong they'll pass for thine
DMI number:
13502

96. Thou art fair we know it a maid 'tis true

First Line:
Thou art fair we know it a maid 'tis true
Last Line:
Thou art neither fair nor rich nor maid
Author:
Charles Cotton (Absolute)
DMI number:
16690

97. Thou art fair we know it and maid 'tis true

First Line:
Thou art fair we know it and maid 'tis true
Last Line:
Thou art neither fair nor rich nor maid
Author:
Martial (Absolute) & Charles Cotton (Absolute)
DMI number:
40506

98. Though oft your company I crave

First Line:
Though oft your company I crave
Last Line:
I have no sense and you no shame
DMI number:
198

99. Though pappa and mamma my dear

First Line:
Though pappa and mamma my dear
Last Line:
The grand mamma of all
DMI number:
33027

100. Thrice twenty years you've seen your grass made hay

First Line:
Thrice twenty years you've seen your grass made hay
Last Line:
That of all fools no fool is like the old
DMI number:
27399