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Accept my Lord of this poor glittering thing    `On the K[ing] of Spain's giving his picture set with diamonds, and his sword, to the D. of Marlb[oroug]h'  When the Archduke is King, you an Archduke shall be.  Yale  c.111  p. 59 
Among the little pages who were sent    `Satire on Dr. [Peter] B[ir]ch' [1703]  Or mother church espouse her bully's cause.  Yale  c.111  p. 76 
At all times I will bless the Lord    Psalm xxxiv  In complete ruin ends.  Yale  [?c.111, p. 47]   
Bacchus, to give the toping world surprise,    `The following is an epitaph on poor Robin a late drawer'  Pray copy Bob in measure and attendance.  Yale  c.111  p. 167 
Backed with confederate force the Austrian goes,    `On the King of Spain' [on Queen Anne's sending assistance to the Archduke, later Charles III of Spain, 1703_4]  You're king of Spain as A[nne] is Q[ueen] of France.  Yale  c.111  p. 79 
Before the end of Jason's reign    `Another [prophecy]' [dated 1704]  And Anjou shall to Gaul again.  Yale  c.111  p. 80 
Bus'ness thou plague and pleasure of my life,    `A conflict upon business'  I cannot with thee, nor without thee live.  Yale  c.111  p. 131 
By beastly birth into the world I slipt    `Riddle'  Makes a firm cement for the artist's use.  Yale  c.111  p. 159 
Cease rural conquests and set free your swains  Garth, Sir Samuel, 1661_1719  `To the Duchess of Bolton'  Tho' each a goddess, or a Sunderland.  Yale  c.111  p. 96 
Corelli's are good compositions,    `Cedite Romani scriptores cedite Graii'  You only raise the vapors.  Yale  c.111  p. 58 
Dear William didst thou never pop  Prior, Matthew, 1644_1721  `A simile'  Always aspiring, always low.  Yale  c.111  p. 125; see also `Dear Thomasà'. 
Do not most fragrant Earl disclaim  Rowe, Nicholas  `The 4th ode of the 2nd book of Horace__by my Lord Granville inscribed to the E. of Scars[da]le' [on Scarsdale's supposed attachment to Mrs. Bracegirdle]  Am turn'd of five and forty.  Yale  c.111  p. 126 
For Gloucester's death which sadly you deplore,  Dorset, Charles Sackville, 6th earl, 1638_1706  `On the D[uke] of Gloucester's death' [1700]  And to preserve the man destroy'd the boy.  Yale  c.111  p. 60 
France aims at all    `The powers of Europe engaged all at all'  Or else the devil would overrun all.  Yale  c.111  p. 106 
From parley-making in the Parliament,    `Some lines fixed upon a pillar at the Bath when J[ac]k H[o]w[e] was there'  'Twas never known that they could cure a knave.  Yale  c.111  p. 25 
God bless our gracious sovereign Anne  Mainwaring, Arthur, 1668_1712  `The history of the fall of the Conformity Bill being an excellent new song to the tune of The lady's fall' [1703]  On t'other side o' th' main.  Yale  c.111  p. 48 
Had parts and merit gained the chair,    `Advice' [Tory verses addressed to William Bromley, standing for Speaker, on the election of John Smith, 24 Oct. 1705]  Do this, and then the chair's thy own.  Yale  c.111  p. 122 
Hail Lady Mary, with thine awful looks,    `King Charles 3d. his dedication of his sword to the Virgin Mary at Montserrat...imitation in English'  And let my subjects cry, vive Carl' teraro.  Yale  c.111  p. 165 
Hail Q[ueen] of Hearts! to whose true English praise    `The 8th of March 1703/4'  For yours, what shall we not have cause to do?  Yale  c.111  p. 73 
Hail tuneful pair say by what powerful charms    `Orpheus and Margueritta' [transcribed temp. French wars, 1702, on Marguerite de L' Epine]  To her shrub hedges and tall Nottingham.  Yale  c.111  p. 55 
Hans Carvel, impotent and old  Prior, Matthew, 1644_1721  `Hans Carvel De la Fontaine imitated' [applied to the 1st earl of Ranelagh, c. 1700]  You've thrust your finger G[o]d knows where.  Yale  c.111  p. 1 
Happily housed these Lares are,    `Sic siti laetantur Lares' [on the motto of the Duchess of Buckingham's house in the Park, rebuilt by the Duke 1703]  Then might the merry Lares sing. | [Sic siti lµtantur Lares.]  Yale  c.111  p. 75; see also `How happily housed' 
He that owns in his heart, and helps with his hand,    `Hic est quem legis, ille quem requiris' [`The Welsh health,' against occasional conformity; pr. 1704/5 (Foxon H124)]  Whose health I now drink, and whose friendship I own.  Yale  c.111  p. 128 
Hence London dames, into the country run,    `On Mrs. Digby's coming to town'  And schoolboy Beaufort clasps her in his arms.  Yale  c.111  p. 163 
Here's an health to the tackers, my boys,    `The health' [Tory rhyme before the general election, 1705]  Will be surely a rogue on occasion.  Yale  c.111  p. 116 
I think I shall never despair  Tutchin, John, 1661?_1707  `The French King's cordial' [on Louis XIV's support of the Old Pretender]  Till justice is tack'd with a halter | To the 134.  Yale  c.111  p. 93 
In happy days was Sacharissa's reign    `Upon the same subject [seeing Van Dyck's picture of Lady Sunderland] by a boy of 15 at Westminster School'  In Kneller's oil, or Halifax's song.  Yale  c.111  p. 30 
In the days of Q[ueen] A[nne] | Deny it who can    `Song to the tune of Lillebullero'  Her parts had improv'd by cutting her phlegm. | [Harley, Harley, &c.]  Yale  c.111  p. 161 
In Aesop's tales an honest wretch here find  Sedley, Sir Charles, 1639?_1701  `The fable' [reflecting on William III's struggle with the Whigs and Tories; the moral: `The parties, henpeck'd William...']  And said he wanted brains as well as hair.  Yale  c.111  p. 12 
It's now since I began to reign    `The lamentation of the French King for the death of K[ing] William__a ballad to the tune of, The dragon of Wantley'  For Ryswick, and partition.  Yale  c.111  p. 85 
Long has great Louis form'd the vast design    `Upon the D[uke] of Savoy's coming into the Confederacy. 1703'  When keeping faith betrays thee.  Yale  c.111  p. 31 
Madam, I've heard how sullen knight,    `From Captain Carlton [Charleton?] to Madam Palavicini upon her being whipped by Sr Chr. Haly'  I'll make the peeping knight of Coventry look bluely.  Yale  c.111  p. 72 
My dear King Charles, I see with bleeding eyes    `The lady's [i.e., the Virgin Mary's] answer [to Charles III]'  Be thou the goddess, I'll be king of Spain.  Yale  c.111  p. 166 
No wonder wind[s] more dreadful are by far    `On the great storm' [26 November 1703; against the Duchess of Marlborough]  Burn but the witch and all things will do well.  Yale  c.111  p. 54 
Of ramblings and follies you oft have been told  Kynaston, [ ]  `The royal folly'  The Dutch to their brandy and czar to his punk.  Yale  c.111  p. 21 
Poor harmless Tom Tudway    `Petition in behalf of Tom Tudway, who was degraded etc. at Cambridge for a pun'  Shall make of new anthems a score.  Yale  c.111  p. 103 
Say, dearest Villiers, poor departed friend,  Prior, Matthew, 1644_1721  `In imitation of the XXIIId ode of the first book of Horace...inscribed to the memory of the Honble. Col. George Villiers, drowned in the river Piava, in the country of Friuli' [1703]  And pay by some good offices to what remains of thee.  Yale  c.111  p. 81 
Seven sages in our happy isle are seen,    `The seven wise men' [Somerset, Devonshire, Sunderland, Scarborough, Townshend, Wharton, Somers, a committee to inquire into the Scottish plot; pr. 1704 (Foxon S350)]  Tho' they like Samson in the ruin fall.  Yale  c.111  p. 68 
Sore sick a lady late did lie    `The lady's fall' [the Church in danger, Dec. 1705]  That call'd for a physician.  Yale  c.111  p. 123 
The brave Sir George Toulouse did beat,    `The best account yet published of a sea fight' [between Sir George Rooke and Comte de Toulouse]  The quite contrary way.  Yale  c.111  p. 89 
The court of St. Germain's is serv'd up in state      And all the high-flyers say to it__amen.  Yale  c.111  p. 59 
The glory of the English arms retriev'd    `The medal. On one side the D: of M[arlboroug]h on horseback with this motto__Sine clade victor. On the reverse the Q[ueen]'  To stamp his Q[ueen] and cuckold on one coin.  Yale  c.111  p. 74 
The parties, henpeck'd W[illia]m, are thy wives,  Sedley, Sir Charles, 1639?_1701  `The moral' [of a fable reflecting on William III's struggle with the Whigs and Tories, `In ¦sop's tales...']  He without hair [heir], and thou without a crown.  Yale  c.111  p. 12 
The Queen a message to the senate sent  Hedges, Sir Charles, 1650?_1714  `The galleon' [on the refusal of the House of Commons to grant the Duke of Marlborough a pension, Dec. 1702]  At which her M[ajest]y and ['s] Gr[a]ce took snuff!  Yale  c.111  p. 60 
To bless thy God, my soul, be thou inclin'd  Belcham, John  `The following lines were composed by...Clerk of Ribbenhall Chapel in Worcestershire, who has been blind ever since he was a child of six weeks old'  Whilst breath doth last, thy goodness I'll repeat.  Yale  c.111  p. 168 
To give the last amendment to the bill  *Hall, Henry, of Hereford; Prior, Matthew  `Et tu Brute?' [A consultation of the bishops concerning the bill on occasional conformity; 1703; pr. 1704? (Foxon E479)]  And the thin form their wand'ring eyes forsook.  Yale  c.111  p. 26 
Van Dyck had colors, softness, fire, and art  Halifax, Charles Montagu, 1st earl, 1661_1715  `Verses written by...last summer at Althorp in a blank leaf of a Waller upon seeing Van Dyck's picture of the old Lady Sunderland'  But she ne'er made a finish'd piece before.  Yale  c.111  p. 30 
What reason have I to complain    `Dr. Bentley's verses on the death of the Duke of Gloucester...imitated in English, thus'  Should near [i.e., ne'er?] be stop't, a double death.  Yale  c.111  p. 7 
When church on a hill to the Danube advances,    `A prophecy' [on Marlborough]  By one that was lately in Packington's pound.  Yale  c.111  p. 80 
When down the skies the sun his chariot drove,    `Enjoyment'  And yet would any poet wish them less?  Yale  c.111  p. 128 
When men dare censure church's head,    `To the Vice Chancellor of Cambridge'  'Tis then you'll truly sing Te Deum.  Yale  c.111  p. 105 
When Rome's rough warriors conquer'd learned Greece    `Prologue spoken by one of the Queen's Scholars of Westminster School who acted the part of Phormio in Terence, and afterwards played Scapin, in [Moliere's] Cheat of Scapin'  Could not so well be tried, if we did need it less.  Yale  c.111  p. 102 
Where harmony and conquering beauty reign,    `Prologue to the music'  And flames which vestals guard can ne'er expire.  Yale  c.111  p. 62 
While with a steady and a skillful hand  Tredenham, John  `To the Duke of Marlborough'  W'admire your conduct, and we hope for more.  Yale  c.111  p. 89 
Why is not wit with beauty join'd?    `Song'  And pierce my ear to wound my heart.  Yale  c.111  p. 160 
With grave leg and courteous smile    `The opening of the sessions in the House of Commons' [1690]  That with one voice they cried, well mov'd.  Yale  c.111  p. 107; see also `With a grave lookà'. 
Ye freeholders most dear    `A doleful complaint of Sr. H[umphre]y M[ackwor]th' [on the loss of his election at Oxford]  And a fart for the sons of Apollo.  Yale  c.111  p. 117 
Ye Jacks of the town, and Whigs of renown    `A humorous satire occasioned by a fart being let, while the Queen was at dinner'  And the Queen, God be praised, din'd well. | With a hum, &c.  Yale  c.111  p. 154 
Ye worthy patriots go on,    `The Parliament' [1688/9]  Go home and look after your wives.  Yale  c.111  p. 13