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151. Where Humber's streams divide the fruitful plain

First Line:
Where Humber's streams divide the fruitful plain
Last Line:
And that the churl was neither fool nor mad
Author:
Eustace Budgell (Confident)
DMI number:
18367

152. While public robbers faster breed

First Line:
While public robbers faster breed
Last Line:
Their stations keep and only groan
DMI number:
22784

153. While public robbers faster breed

First Line:
While public robbers faster breed
Last Line:
Their stations keep or only groan
DMI number:
17940

154. Whitehall a palace impious and accursed

First Line:
Whitehall a palace impious and accursed
Last Line:
The avengers of our blood and guardians of our land
DMI number:
4981

155. Who dares not plot in this goodnatured age

First Line:
Who dares not plot in this goodnatured age
Last Line:
They take the fat and give the gods the smoke
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
22227

156. With indignation and with fury fraught

First Line:
With indignation and with fury fraught
Last Line:
And may my hunger speak in every line
Author:
Sir Robert Murray Keith (Absolute)
DMI number:
35303

157. With a phiz that is grave and a sanctified face

First Line:
With a phiz that is grave and a sanctified face
Last Line:
And to save their own bacon about they will turn
DMI number:
8106

158. Ye true hearted Britons draw near to my ditty

First Line:
Ye true hearted Britons draw near to my ditty
Last Line:
With better assurance success to the king | Derry down &c
DMI number:
22787

159. Ye whom your country's sacred cause inspires

First Line:
Ye whom your country's sacred cause inspires
Last Line:
To shine in Britain's senate Britain's friend
DMI number:
18814

160. Ye close-fisted rogues whom the city beshrieves

First Line:
Ye close-fisted rogues whom the city beshrieves
Last Line:
They who ruin a city to finish a house
DMI number:
18294