First Line Index

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And is Mama resolv'd to go? Ye cruell fates must it be so Anonymous Miss P--s farewell to Bath O Lud the horses are put to Once more one look dear Bath adieu U. Leeds, Brotherton Lt 35 p. 140-41

As Chloe on her down[y] pillow lay Twixt sleep and wake the morning slipt away Anonymous The dying lover And bowing lowly in an humble tone Madam say'd he I've brought you home your gown U. Leeds, Brotherton Lt 35 p. 110

As Sherlock at Temple was taking a boat The waterman askt him which way he would float? Anonymous On the same [i.e the Master of the Temple] Which way says the doctor? Why, fool, with the stream To Pauls or to Lambeth twas equall to him U. Leeds, Brotherton Lt 35 p. 51

As Sherlock the elder about right divine Would nothing determine till th'battle of Boyne Anonymous On the Master of the Temple So Sherlock the younger still held it a question Who had the best right till th'battle of Preston U. Leeds, Brotherton Lt 35 p. 50

As the devil was looking o'er Lincoln one day For when Satan looks sharp he can see a great way Anonymous On the statue of K.G. placed on the top of B---y steeple Thus ended the treaty & most people say He'l be glad to come off so well at Cambray U. Leeds, Brotherton Lt 35 p. 30-33

At length the victory is thine We must (allmighty pow'rs decree) Anonymous On the death of Dr Delaune Whilst all good men bewail the loss And thou religion mournst a friend U. Leeds, Brotherton Lt 35 p. 134

Blest leaf whose aromatic gales dispense To Templars modesty to parsons sence Browne, Isaac Hawkins [On tobacco.] Mr Popes stile imitated. Vide Ethic epistles. Come to thy poet come with healing wings And let me tast thee unexcis'd by kings U. Leeds, Brotherton Lt 35 p. 117-18

By the fair hands of this fair maid These lines I send to let you know Plaxton, William To Dr Butt. An epistle. And the best title I receive Is in plain English, Honest Will U. Leeds, Brotherton Lt 35 p. 121 (bis)-23

By your honor's command An example I stand Anonymous A sailor on board the Tartar man of war at Virginia commanded by Captain Vincent Price having committed a misdemeanour, & being order'd to be brought down to the gangway to be whipt, spoke the following verses extempore, on which his punishment was remitt Can make your heart fail O save me from that which has mine U. Leeds, Brotherton Lt 35 p. 81-82

Come listen my friends to a story so new In the days of King John in twelve hundred and two Anonymous Robin Hood and the Duke of Lancaster. 1727. Sir Robert Walpole, Lord Letcmere Oh no quoth the duke I'd be robbing myself Derry down down down derry down U. Leeds, Brotherton Lt 35 p. 67-70

Come listen you Tories and Jacobites now Your plot Mr Pulteney as plainly will show Wesley, Samuel, the younger ? The plot. On the Bishop of Rochester being sent to the tower. Tho' they cannot convict they can punish by vote And whoever denyes it is one of the plot U. Leeds, Brotherton Lt 35 p. 127-28

Come you lovers of peace who are said to heve sold Your votes that the war of Queen Ann it might cease Anonymous 1729. The Pacifick Fleet, to the tune of Packington's pound. On the fitting out a fleet which lay all the summer at Spithead For Britain great Britain is queen of the main And her navyes in port are the terror of Spain U. Leeds, Brotherton Lt 35 p. 46-50

Could all our bags their master save And wealth secure us from the grave Anonymous In imitation of Anacreon Ye gods be all my buissness pleasure And wine and women all my treasure U. Leeds, Brotherton Lt 35 p. 134-35

Critics avaunt tobacco is my theme Tremble like hornetts at the blasting steam Browne, Isaac Hawkins [On tobacco.] Dr Young's stile imitated. Vide Universall passion. Fame of our actions universall spring For which we drink eat sleep smoke ev'rything U. Leeds, Brotherton Lt 35 p. 116-17

For weighty reasons to himself best known Or else perhaps as tyrants are for none Anonymous Translated paraphrastically from one of the Centum Fabulae, humbly dedicated to the honourable fraternity of cuckolds Good faith I'm puzled for a reason why You may'nt as freely tarry here as I U. Leeds, Brotherton Lt 35 p. 149-50

Forever sacred shine this light to me This light that first enrich'd the world with thee Anonymous In imitation of Tibullus But if with foreign loves not mine he sigh Those faithless altars thou great genius fly U. Leeds, Brotherton Lt 35 p. 136

From sunset to daybreak while folks are asleep New watchmen are set the exchequer to keep Wharton, Philip; Duke of Wharton ? On robbing the Exchequer out of Lord William Pawletts office From the night till the morning 'tis true all is right But who shall secure it from morning to night? U. Leeds, Brotherton Lt 35 p. 70-71

God prosper long our noble king His Turks and Germans all Anonymous A song 1717/8 Higledy pigglety they lay And all was rantum scantum U. Leeds, Brotherton Lt 35 p. 28-29

God prosper long our noble king Now sitting on the throne Gay, John ? An ode for the new year ... 1734 So shall the c- and lawrell too Descend from fool to fool U. Leeds, Brotherton Lt 35 p. 54-55

Grant me gods a little seat Modern built and furnish'd neat Anonymous A little wish in imitation of the great Mr Phillips Grant but these may I be poor When I ask a little more U. Leeds, Brotherton Lt 35 p. 118-20

Happy lascivious thing by nature bless'd With hottest lust and tales that never rest Anonymous A sparrows happyness Each day each hour each minute of the span Is more than all the tedious years of man U. Leeds, Brotherton Lt 35 p. 137

Hear all you friends of knighthood A tale that will raise your wonder Stanhope, Philip Dormer; Earl of Chesterfield On Sir William Morgan loosing the Order of the Knights of the Bath from his side 1726 Depend the things On which you place your glory U. Leeds, Brotherton Lt 35 p. 44-45

I like in France the chivalry The Catalonian lass for me Anonymous A travellers observations The English for a hand and face For boys troth Tuscany's the place U. Leeds, Brotherton Lt 35 p. 133

Impeachments and persecutions Rebellions and executions Anonymous Annales of George the 1st 1721 The South Sea scheme a golden dream Then poverty and tears U. Leeds, Brotherton Lt 35 p. 33

In all the tales of Troy and Greece That old blind Homer forges Anonymous St George for England. Prince George, Lord High Admirall, Sir George Rook, Sir George Bing, Sir George Churchill, Sir George Wishart, Admiralls The wicked varletts jeer & cry They wish his namesake there U. Leeds, Brotherton Lt 35 p. 26-27

In London stands a famous pile And near that pile an alley Ward, Edward On the South Sea made in the year 1720 When all the riches that we boast Consists in scraps of paper U. Leeds, Brotherton Lt 35 p. 145-49

In vain you think by wit or sense Or by a flow of eloquence Anonymous Rara in tenui facundia panno Still an embroider'd coat would be By far more eloquent than thee U. Leeds, Brotherton Lt 35 p. 126

Louis alas for all his glories past Is in the Netherlands o'ercome at last Anonymous In mortem Ludovici 14ti Galliae regis ... Englished For there's such cutting and hacking there The monarch's bum's become the seat of war U. Leeds, Brotherton Lt 35 p. 28

Most gracious sovereign lord our king Since all the lands their tributes bring Anonymous The address of the Oxford [recte Orford] man of war by Dean Berkley Chaplain 1727 Who else dare ask we answer bluff We're Oxfords men and that's enough U. Leeds, Brotherton Lt 35 p. 37-39

My Lord I've just receiv'd I own Your most polite epistle Anonymous An answer to -- E'n keep them for those cringing knaves The B-- L- and C-- U. Leeds, Brotherton Lt 35 p. 41

My masters give ear And a story you'l hear Anonymous On creating the knights of the Bath 1725 Will be better unknown For 'tis decent that here we should leave him U. Leeds, Brotherton Lt 35 p. 111-14

Myrtle unsheath'd his glitt'ring blade Then fixt the point against his breast Anonymous The fright Here Betty quick a pail dear maid This madman else will stain the floor U. Leeds, Brotherton Lt 35 p. 82

Nigrellus leads a married life Not with his own but neighbours wife Anonymous On Dr Blackburn Archbishop of York when Dean of Exeter Cornelius knows it to be thus But he's Cornelius Tacitus U. Leeds, Brotherton Lt 35 p. 51

O Holcomb blest belov'd abode Productive of the annuall ode Pulteney, William; Earl of Bath An epistle from Lord Lovell [later earl of Leicester] to the Earl of Chesterfeild Our merchans [sic] sail wherere they please Nor fear a new convention U. Leeds, Brotherton Lt 35 p. 177-79

O thou matured by glad Hesperian suns Tobacco! Fountain pure of limpid truth Browne, Isaac Hawkins [On tobacco.] Mr Thompsons style imitated. Vide his Seasons. While I in clouded tabernacle shrin'd Burst forth all oracle and mystic song U. Leeds, Brotherton Lt 35 p. 115-16

O ye Commons and peers who are bound by your pay To support honest Bob with a yea and a nay Anonymous The -- speech 1734 When I've nothing to ask and you nothing to send [Which nobody can deny] U. Leeds, Brotherton Lt 35 p. 52-54

Oh must I then resign my chain Good Lord send me relief Anonymous Impute it not unto my will But to my want of sence U. Leeds, Brotherton Lt 35 p. 89

Our Fathers of old took their oaths as their wives To have and to hold for the term of their lives Anonymous A copy of verses dropt out of a Jacobites pockett just after taking the oaths to King George But we take our oaths as our whores for our ease And a whore and a rogue may part when they please U. Leeds, Brotherton Lt 35 p. 27

Pity when Pulteney fill'd with Roman rage The proud dictator should with words engage Anonymous On Pultney and Wallpoles dissenting in the House of Commons 1727 This would he do immortall fame he'd raise And Pope instead of Tully write his praise U. Leeds, Brotherton Lt 35 p. 109

Pretty tube of mighty power Charmer of an idle hour Browne, Isaac Hawkins On tobacco. In imitation of Ambrose Phillips stile. Vide verses on Miss Cartret. Happy thrice and thrice again Happyest he of happy men U. Leeds, Brotherton Lt 35 p. 114-15

Since angry justice has her pow'r essay'd To stop the progress of dramatick trade Anonymous An epilogue to the Adelphi spoken at Westminster 1733 But who in court a plea of wit e're saw And Latin all must know is dead in law U. Leeds, Brotherton Lt 35 p. 62

So she dress'd and away to the circle at court The brightesst of all where the brightest resort Anonymous Nor wanted to borrow assistance from art To delight ev'ry eye and attract ev'ry heart U. Leeds, Brotherton Lt 35 p. 81

The devils were brawling when Burnet descending Transported them so they soon left contending Anonymous A song on the death of Burnett Let the heralds aloud all their victorys tell Let -- live for ever; Amen cry'd all hell U. Leeds, Brotherton Lt 35 p. 121-22

The letting pris'ners loose they say Much robbing will occasion Anonymous On the Act for releasing insolvent debtors 1729 Since Banbrige hopes to get from goal [sic] And W--le is not in it U. Leeds, Brotherton Lt 35 p. 45

The maid is bless'd that will not hear Of masquerading tricks Pope, Alexander A version of the first psalm for the use of a young lady But filthy and uncleanly jades Shall rot in Drury Lane U. Leeds, Brotherton Lt 35 p. 96-97

The parish clerks of fair London Whose hall in Wood Street stands Anonymous The parish clerks address to King George. Canterbury tune And may your reign & fame endure For ever & for aye U. Leeds, Brotherton Lt 35 p. 39

Time was when I most firmly thought The notions Epicurus taught Anonymous Discite virtutem moniti With full as good a stomach pray As e'er I eat my dinner U. Leeds, Brotherton Lt 35 p. 139

To all our sisters now at Rome From Drury we indite Anonymous An epistle from the ladys of Drury Lane to their sisters at Rome, occasion'd by Pope Benedict the 15th [recte 13th] expelling all the whores that city, 1725 You're welcome both to church and king With a fa la la la etc U. Leeds, Brotherton Lt 35 p. 129-32

To fast and pray by scripture we are taught O that I could do either as I ought Anonymous Fasting and praying I err in both; my fate alass is such I pray too little and I fast too much U. Leeds, Brotherton Lt 35 p. 137

To God alone I owe my best behavior And have a sneaking kindness for my saviour Anonymous U. Leeds, Brotherton Lt 35 p. 9

Tom Ramble a rake of right catholic hope Who rely'd on salvation thro' faith in the pope Anonymous The penitent rake. A tale. Away crept Tom Ramble away went the monk One sneak't to his gruell and one to his punk U. Leeds, Brotherton Lt 35 p. 124-26

Under this marble stone is laid A noisy antiquated maid Anonymous Epitaph on Lady Essex Roberts If she's in heaven she's there unblest Because she hates a place of rest U. Leeds, Brotherton Lt 35 p. 108

What Chloe still coy and denying Come come be more wise and comply Anonymous In imitation of Horace Had you giv'n me that face at three score Or these good inclinations at twenty U. Leeds, Brotherton Lt 35 p. 135

What do scholars and bards and astrologers wise Mean by suffing [sic] our heads with nonsense and lyes Stanhope, Philip Dormer; Earl of Chesterfield Inscribed to the Dutchess of Richmond Nor wanted she Cestus her bosom to grace For Richmond that night had lent her her face U. Leeds, Brotherton Lt 35 p. 57

What shouldst thou do dear Jack at court Where knaves and rogues alone resort Anonymous Quid Romae faciam? Or a lac'd fool extremely witty Mean little souls may condescend U. Leeds, Brotherton Lt 35 p. 138

What slender fop or brawny blade Have you insatiate Nancy Anonymous The 5th ode of the 1st book of Horace burlesqued. [Latin epigraph.] Witness my wett & dropping shirt Hung up in Ned Rants closet U. Leeds, Brotherton Lt 35 p. 121 (bis)

Whatever is is in its causes just Since all things are by fate but purblind man Dryden, John; and Lee, Nathaniel His eyes not carrying to that equall beam That poises all above U. Leeds, Brotherton Lt 35 p. 13

When Akers had seen it he thought it no sin By dissembling to keep his true notion within Anonymous Behav'd themselves so it would make a man burst Shake them all in a bag and the worst will come first U. Leeds, Brotherton Lt 35 p. 67

When gentle Thames rolls back her silver streams And Grecian wit adorns our British dames Anonymous A prophecy When modest manners no more scruple shews Who hide their faces and their bums expose U. Leeds, Brotherton Lt 35 p. 33-34

When I was grateful in your eye E'er I was by a rival vex'd Anonymous An imitation of Horace, Lib.3 Ode 9. [Latin epigraph] I valu'd neither mall nor ring And envy'd not a coach and six U. Leeds, Brotherton Lt 35 p. 74

When Parker falling we beheld From chancellour to Macclesfeild Anonymous On Lord Macclesfeild carrying the sword of state before the king after his tryall He then might drag the chain he fears Or feel the sword another bears U. Leeds, Brotherton Lt 35 p. 128-29

When Sherlock at first to the miter was rais'd How the prince and the prelate by clergy were prais'd Anonymous On his [i.e. the Master of the Temple's] promotion to the bishoprick of Bangor To wrangle about the right road to salvation They're Asgelites all and depend on translation U. Leeds, Brotherton Lt 35 p. 51

Why does the fair this task impose On one who scarce the muses knows Taylor, Brook To Miss Ann Bridges who desired the author a mathematician to make her some verses May you with him still happy be And change but for eternity U. Leeds, Brotherton Lt 35 p. 71-74

With favor and fortune fastidiously blesst He's loud in his laugh and course in his jest Anonymous Epigramme francoise ... Imitated in English Tho' I name not the wretch you know who I mean Tis the cur dog of Brittain and spaniell of Spain U. Leeds, Brotherton Lt 35 p. 132-33

You Commons and Lords I hop'd but in vain In the very first period of my whole reign Anonymous The -- speech, 1728. [Latin epigraph] And as for the nation 'twill plainly be seen That the mony's all safe betwixt me and my queen U. Leeds, Brotherton Lt 35 p. 39-41

Your fathers like men who had some thoughts of heaven Took the oaths in the sence in which they were given Anonymous Another [i.e. Answer] A way to evade all the tyes of mankind So that nothing but halters your faction can bind U. Leeds, Brotherton Lt 35 p. 27

Your fathers of old took their oaths for their lives To have them & hold them as fast as their wives Anonymous An answer But as to your whores to your king you would swear So go & be hanged like rogues as you are U. Leeds, Brotherton Lt 35 p. 27

Your triumphs O ye bards proclaim And all your flags unfurl Anonymous Two lines of Virgil imitated: Egregiam vero laudem et spolia ampla refertis, Una dolo divum si famina victa duorum est For Dr Swift and Mr Pope Have conquerd Edmund Curl U. Leeds, Brotherton Lt 35 p. 106

Union First Line Index of English Verse

13^th-19^th Century (bulk 1500-1800)

Union First Line Index of English Verse

13th-19th Century (bulk 1500-1800)

13^th-19^th Century (bulk 1500-1800)