Toggle navigation
Blacklight
Bookmarks (
0
)
History
Login
Search in
All Fields
Related People
Poem Title In Miscellany
search for
Search
Advanced Search
Blacklight
Toggle facets
Limit your search
Content type
Poem
97
Related People
Not attributed
73
Alexander Pope
15
Sir Richard Blackmore
5
Jonathan Swift
4
Martial
4
William Hay
4
Matthew Concanen
3
John Gay
2
John Winstanley
2
Mary Barber
2
more
Related People
»
Poem Theme
Wit
[remove]
97
Poetry / literature / writing
31
Women / the female character
15
Dunces
11
Beauty
10
Virtue / vice
8
Death
6
Politics
4
Food and drink
3
Love
3
more
Poem Theme
»
Poem Genre / Form
Epigram
[remove]
97
Couplet
50
Quatrain abab
16
Quatrain aabb
13
Imitation / translation / paraphrase
9
Distich
8
Satire
4
Extract / snippet from longer work
3
Alternate rhyme [ababcdcd...]
2
Comic verse
2
more
Poem Genre / Form
»
Search Constraints
Start Over
You searched for:
Poem Genre / Form
Epigram
Remove constraint Poem Genre / Form: Epigram
Poem Theme
Wit
Remove constraint Poem Theme: Wit
« Previous
|
71
-
80
of
97
|
Next »
Number of results to display per page
10 per page
10
per page
20
per page
50
per page
100
per page
View results as:
List
Gallery
Search Results
71.
The thought was great and worthy of a cit
First Line:
The thought was great and worthy of a cit
Last Line:
Though Fr---ke and R--m--r should thy sureties stand
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
3761
72.
They may talk of the goddesses in Ida vales
First Line:
They may talk of the goddesses in Ida vales
Last Line:
But you show your wit whereas they showed their tails
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
9688
73.
They say A--'s a wit for what
First Line:
They say A--'s a wit for what
Last Line:
For writing no for writing not
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
9692
74.
To an ignorant crowd thus a Methodist raved
First Line:
To an ignorant crowd thus a Methodist raved
Last Line:
Tis the size of the crimes makes the mercy complete
DMI number:
36074
75.
Tis plain that wit at Will's is very scarce
First Line:
Tis plain that wit at Will's is very scarce
Last Line:
Caress the man he'd kick as thou hast done
Author:
Sir Richard Blackmore (Speculation)
DMI number:
3580
76.
To madness Swift bequeaths his whole estate
First Line:
To madness Swift bequeaths his whole estate
Last Line:
Great wits to madness are most near allied
DMI number:
15820
77.
To Rosalinda's eyes who not submit
First Line:
To Rosalinda's eyes who not submit
Last Line:
Become but deaf and blind and thou art free
DMI number:
13152
78.
To fetter wit's a vain intent
First Line:
To fetter wit's a vain intent
Last Line:
It gets more fame by punishment
DMI number:
22998
79.
True wit is like the brilliant stone
First Line:
True wit is like the brilliant stone
Last Line:
And sparkles as it wounds
DMI number:
22997
80.
What sense and wit are
First Line:
What sense and wit are
Last Line:
Twould be ten to one that you knew it
DMI number:
22019
« Previous
Next »
1
2
…
4
5
6
7
8
9
10