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151.
Joy to my friend as English wit
First Line:
Joy to my friend as English wit
Last Line:
I feel as half my own
Author:
David Garrick (Absolute)
DMI number:
35662
152.
In vain alas for who by wit is moved
First Line:
In vain alas for who by wit is moved
Last Line:
Mankind take most with that fantastic sex
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10411
153.
Look through the world in every other trade
First Line:
Look through the world in every other trade
Last Line:
And less than greatest would not be at all
Author:
Charles Churchill (Absolute)
DMI number:
30975
154.
Let the knight on beauty lour
First Line:
Let the knight on beauty lour
Last Line:
Why ah why should you be there
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Speculation)
DMI number:
35070
155.
Lidia I conjure you say
First Line:
Lidia I conjure you say
Last Line:
TO keep him safe from war
Author:
John Evelyn (Confident)
DMI number:
44580
156.
Life's a jest and all things show it
First Line:
Life's a jest and all things show it
Last Line:
I thought so once but now I know it
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
36721
157.
Love a woman you're an ass
First Line:
Love a woman you're an ass
Last Line:
Drinking to engender wit
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
4124
158.
Must I read it again sir so here do I stand
First Line:
Must I read it again sir so here do I stand
Last Line:
The best of amusements the winter can give
Author:
Christopher Anstey (Absolute)
DMI number:
36070
159.
My Pylades what Juvenal says no jest is
First Line:
My Pylades what Juvenal says no jest is
Last Line:
Scriptus et in tergo nec dum finitus Orestes
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
35385
160.
My lord your filly's hardly broke
First Line:
My lord your filly's hardly broke
Last Line:
And scald you with the kettle
DMI number:
35960
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