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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: MNEMONICS Matches Found: 298 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A CAUTION TO POETS, by MATTHEW ARNOLD Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: What poets feel not, when they make Last Line: Pleasure in contemplating. Subject(s): Mnemonics; Poetry & Poets A CHARME, OR AN ALLAY FOR LOVE, by ROBERT HERRICK Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If so be a toad be laid Last Line: Him and his affections ever. Subject(s): Charms (magic); Love; Mnemonics A FAMILIAR LETTER TO SEVERAL CORRESPONDENTS, by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Yes, write, if you want to, there's nothing like trying Last Line: And music must cure you, so pipe it yourself. Subject(s): Mnemonics A RECEIPT FOR STEWING VEAL, by JOHN GAY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Take a knuckle of veal Last Line: Will it fill dean and chapter! Variant Title(s): Receipt To Make Soup; For The Use Of Dean Swift Subject(s): Cooking & Cooks; Mnemonics; Cookery A RECIPE FOR SALAD, by SYDNEY SMITH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: To make this condiment, your poet begs Last Line: "fate cannot harm me, -- I have dined to-day." Alternate Author Name(s): Smith, Sidney Variant Title(s): A Receipt For A Salad;salad;recipe For A Salad Subject(s): Cooking & Cooks; Mnemonics; Salads; Cookery A TERNARIE OF LITTLES, UPON A PIPKIN OF JELLIE, by ROBERT HERRICK Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A little saint best fits a little shrine Last Line: This little pipkin fits this little jelly. Variant Title(s): A Ternary Of Love;a Ternary Of Littles Upon A Pipkin Of Jelly Sent To A Lady;littles Subject(s): Love; Mnemonics A WAS AN ARCHER, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "a was an archer, who shot at a frog" Last Line: "z was a zany, a silly old fool" Subject(s): Mnemonics ACTION OF ELECTRICITY, by ERASMUS DARWIN Poem Source First Line: Nymphs! Your fine hands ethereal floods amass Subject(s): Electricity; Mnemonics ACTION OF INVISIBLE INK, by ERASMUS DARWIN Poem Source First Line: Thus with hermetic art the adept combines Subject(s): Mnemonics AD TUSSERUM, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Tusser, they tell me when thou wert alive Subject(s): Mnemonics ADAGE, by HENRY JAMES BYRON Poem Source First Line: The gardener's rule applies to youth and age Subject(s): Mnemonics ADDRESS TO CHILDREN, by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My little dears, who learn to read, pray early learn to shun Alternate Author Name(s): Stevenson, Robert Lewis Balfour Subject(s): Mnemonics ADVANTAGES OF WASHING, by JOHN ARMSTRONG Poem Source First Line: Let those who from the frozen arctos reach Subject(s): Cleanliness; Mnemonics ADVERTISEMENT, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: The codfish lays a million eggs Last Line: Its pays to advertise! Subject(s): Advertising;mnemonics ADVERTISING AGENCY SONG, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: When your client's hopping mad Subject(s): Mnemonics ADVERTISING EPITAPHS, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Beneath this stone, in hopes of zion Subject(s): Mnemonics ADVERTISING RHYMES, SELS., by UNKNOWN Subject(s): Advertising; Mnemonics ADVICE, by CHARLES SACKVILLE (1637-1706) Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Wou'd you in love succeed, be brisk, be gay Alternate Author Name(s): Dorset, 6th Earl Of; Middlesex, 1st Earl Of Subject(s): Mnemonics ADVICE TO A LADY [IN AUTUMN], by PHILIP DORMER STANHOPE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Asses' milk, half a pint, take at seven, or before Last Line: And those you may end, when you please to be kind. Alternate Author Name(s): Chesterfield, 4th Earl Of Subject(s): Asses & Mules; Mnemonics; Mules ADVICE TO THE LADIES, by WILLIAM SOMERVILE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Who now regards chloris, her tears, and her whining Alternate Author Name(s): Somerville, William Subject(s): Flirtation; Mnemonics ADVICE TO THE OLD BEAUX, by CHARLES SEDLEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Scrape no more your harmless chins Last Line: In vain we grant, if she refuse. Subject(s): Mnemonics; Old Age AENIGHMA ON THE SIX CASES, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: No. Nanta was nominated for a whore Subject(s): Mnemonics AGAINST MARRIAGE TO HIS MISTRESS, by WILLIAM WALSH (1663-1707) Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Yes, all the world must sure agree Last Line: When once that love is past? Variant Title(s): To His Mistress Against Marriage Subject(s): Marriage; Mnemonics; Weddings; Husbands; Wives AGE OF ANIMALS, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Thrice the age of a dog is that of a horse Subject(s): Mnemonics AIDS FOR LATIN, by GORDON PERRY Poem Source First Line: Balls in an over, six you know Subject(s): Mnemonics ALPHABET OF ARISTOTLE, by MAYSTER BENET Poem Source First Line: A to amerous, to adventuroous, ne angre the not to moche Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Mnemonics AMOEBAEAN ECLOGUES, SELS., by JOHN SCOTT (1730-1783) Subject(s): Mnemonics AN ESSAY ON CRITICISM, by ALEXANDER POPE Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Tis hard to say, if greater want of skill Last Line: Not free from faults, nor yet too vain to mend. Subject(s): Critics & Criticism; Denham, Sir John (1615-1669); Dillon, Wentworth. 4th Earl Of Roscommon; Dryden, John (1631-1700); Erasmus, Desiderius (1466-1536); Hope; Mnemonics; Poetry & Poets; Sozzini, Lelio (1525-1562); Waller, Edmund (1606-1687); Optimism; Soc ANSWER, by ALAN PATRICK HERBERT Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I heard the happy lark exult Alternate Author Name(s): Patrick, A. P. Subject(s): Mnemonics APOCRYPHA, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Esdras, esdra, tobit, judith, esth, wisd, ecclesiastes Subject(s): Mnemonics ART OF DANCING, SELS., by SOAME JENYNS Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Now haste, my muse, pursue thy destin'd way Subject(s): Mnemonics ART OF LOVE, SELS., by PUBLIUS OVIDIUS NASO Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: You, who in cupid's rolls inscribe your name Alternate Author Name(s): Ovid Subject(s): Mnemonics ART OF LOVE: BOOK 3, SELS., by PUBLIUS OVIDIUS NASO Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Attend, ye nymphs, by wedlock unconfin'd Alternate Author Name(s): Ovid Subject(s): Mnemonics ASTROPHEL AND STELLA: 63, by PHILIP SIDNEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O grammar rules, o now your virtues show Last Line: That in one speech two negatives affirm! Variant Title(s): "grammar-rules;""o Grammer Rules, O Now Your Vertues Show;""; Subject(s): Grammar; Mnemonics AUCTIONEER'S HANDBILL, by WILLIAM HALL Poem Source First Line: Lynn, 19th september, 1810 Subject(s): Mnemonics BAITS FOR VARIOUS FISH, by THOMAS BARKER Poem Source First Line: Late in the evening the ale graines and blood Subject(s): Mnemonics BANQUET, by SOTADES Poem Source First Line: First I did take some squills, and fried them all Subject(s): Mnemonics BENEFITS AND ABUSE OF ALCOHOL, by EUBULUS Poem Source First Line: Three cups of wine a prudent man may take Subject(s): Alcoholics And Alcoholism; Mnemonics BEST TIME FOR CONCEPTION, by CLAUDE QUILLET Poem Source First Line: Hold, furious youth - better thy heat assuage Subject(s): Birth; Mnemonics BLEEDING, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: In the bloud of adam death was taken Subject(s): Mnemonics BOOK-LENDER'S LAMENT, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: I of my spenser quite bereft Subject(s): Mnemonics BURNS, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Two angels from the north Subject(s): Mnemonics BY THE DOMINICAL LETTER, TO FIND ON WHAT DAY OF THE WEEK, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: At dover dwells george brown, esquire Subject(s): Mnemonics CABINET OF CURIOSITIES, SELS., by UNKNOWN Subject(s): Mnemonics CALLIPAEDIA, SELS., by CLAUDE QUILLET Subject(s): Birth; Mnemonics CARIES, by SOLYMAN BROWN Poem Source First Line: Destructive caries comes with secret stealth Subject(s): Mnemonics CAT AND THE BOOT; OR, AN IMPROVEMENT UPON MIRRORS, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: As I one morning shaving sat, for dinner-time preparing Subject(s): Mnemonics CELERY, by OGDEN NASH Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Celery raw / devlops the jaw Subject(s): Celery; Dinners & Dining; Food & Eating; Mnemonics CELERY, by OGDEN NASH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Celery raw %devlops the jaw Last Line: Is more quietly chewed Subject(s): Celery; Dinners And Dining; Food And Eating; Mnemonics CHAPTER OF KINGS, by JOHN COLLINS Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The romans in england awhile did sway Subject(s): Mnemonics CINQUE PORTS, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Dover, sandwich, and winchelsea Subject(s): Mnemonics CIRCULATION OF THE BLOOD, by RICHARD BLACKMORE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The salient point, so first is calll'd the heart Subject(s): Mnemonics CLOSE SEASON FOR MARRIAGE, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Advent marriage doth thee deny Subject(s): Mnemonics CORNISHMEN, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: By tre, pol, and pen Subject(s): Cornwall, England; Mnemonics CORNS, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Pray tell your querist if he may Subject(s): Mnemonics COUNTRY SAYING, by JOHN CLARKE (17TH CENTURY) Poem Text First Line: He that would thrive / must rise at five Last Line: May lie till eleven. Variant Title(s): Proverbial Advice On The Conduct Of Business Subject(s): Mnemonics COW, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Come, children, listen to me now Subject(s): Mnemonics CRANIAL NERVES, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: On old olympia's towering top Subject(s): Mnemonics CURIOUS DISCOURSE THAT PASSED BETWEEN THE TWENTY-FIVE, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Says a, give me a good large slice Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Mnemonics CYDER, SELS., by JOHN PHILIPS Alternate Author Name(s): Phillips, John+(1) Subject(s): Cider; Mnemonics; Wasps DARWIN ON SPECIES, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Hear how selection was the efficient cause Last Line: "lapsed into whales, and grandly swam away" Subject(s): "darwin, Charles (1809-1882);mnemonics; DEIPNOSOPHISTS OF ATHENAEUS, SELS., by NICOPHON Subject(s): Mnemonics DIGRESSION FROM HUSBANDRIE: TO A POYNT, by THOMAS TUSSER Poem Source First Line: Now here I think nedeful a pawse for to make Subject(s): Mnemonics DOLLY'S LESSON, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Come here, you nigoramus Subject(s): Mnemonics DRINKING SONG, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: If ever your spirits are damp, low and bilious Subject(s): Mnemonics EARLY ENGLISH, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Piers plowman's vision longlande wrote of satires Subject(s): Mnemonics EAT WITH CARE, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Hocus pocus fish bones choke us Subject(s): Mnemonics ECONOMY OF VEGETATION, SELS., by ERASMUS DARWIN Subject(s): Mnemonics ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH, by THOMAS BAKER Poem Source First Line: The next grand adjunct to our hero's cause Subject(s): Mnemonics ELEMENTS, by TOM LEHRER Poem Source First Line: There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium Last Line: And there may be many others, but they haven't been discovered Subject(s): Gilbert, Sir William S. (1836-1911); Mnemonics ENGLISH GARDEN, SELS., by WILLIAM MASON Subject(s): Gardens And Gardening; Landscape; Mnemonics ENGLISH HISTORY IN RYHME, OR A RHYMING EPITOME OF HISTORY, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: The growth of heptarchy we trace Subject(s): Mnemonics EPISTLE TO MR. MURRAY, by GEORGE GORDON BYRON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My dear mr. Murray Last Line: Of what size you may quickly determine. Alternate Author Name(s): Byron, Lord; Byron, 6th Baron Subject(s): Mnemonics EPITAPH, by THOMAS LOVE PEACOCK Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Here lies interr'd, in silent shade Subject(s): Mnemonics EPITAPH - ON THE WIFE OF DR. GREENWOOD, by ? GREENWOOD Poem Source First Line: O cruel death! Thou hast cut down Subject(s): Mnemonics EPITAPH IN A CHURCHYARD AT THETFORD, IN NORFOLK, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: My grandmother was buried here Subject(s): Mnemonics ESSAY ON TRANSLATED VERSE, SELS., by WENTWORTH DILLON Poem Source First Line: Each poet with a different talent writes Alternate Author Name(s): Roscommon, 4th Earl Of Subject(s): Mnemonics EXTRAORDINARY WILL, by WILL JACKETT Poem Source First Line: Mr. Jackett, one of the principal clerks belonging to messrs Subject(s): Mnemonics FACTS, by CHARLES LUTWIDGE DODGSON Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Were I to take an iron gun Alternate Author Name(s): Carroll, Lewis Subject(s): Mnemonics FEATHER'S WEIGHT, by GEORGE PARSONS LATHROP Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The pen is mightier than the sword Subject(s): Mnemonics FINANCIAL WISDOM, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: You've got to speculate Subject(s): Mnemonics FIRST AND SECOND LAW, by MICHAEL FLANDERS Poem Source First Line: The first law of thermodynamics Subject(s): Mnemonics FIRST LESSONS IN MUSICAL TIME, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: The dowager semibreve sat by the fire Subject(s): Mnemonics FLEECE, SELS., by JOHN DYER Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Subject(s): Mnemonics FRANKLIN HYDE, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: His uncle came on franklin hyde Subject(s): Mnemonics FROM A CONNECTICUT NEWSPAPER, by LEVI ROCKWELL Poem Source First Line: Julia, my wife, has grown quite rude Subject(s): Mnemonics FROM A LONDON BOOKSHOP, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "holy scripture, writ divine" Last Line: Bibles sold as cheap as these Subject(s): Bible;booksellers;mnemonics; Bookstores FROM A MARRIAGE BROKER'S CARD, 1776, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Ye nymphs forlorn, who pine away in shades Subject(s): Mnemonics FROM A METRICAL VERSION OF THE BIBLE, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Adam was de first man and eve was de udder Subject(s): Mnemonics FROM A PRINTED BILL, FIXED IN THE BEAK OF ONE IN A GROUP, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: We five owls were once alive Subject(s): Mnemonics FROM A TOBACCO WRAPPER, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: At drugger's head, without a puff Subject(s): Mnemonics FROM LONDON EVENING POST, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Ye beauties, beaux, ye pleaders at the bar Subject(s): Mnemonics FROM ONE OF CASE'S DOOR, by JOHN CASE Poem Source First Line: Within this place Subject(s): Mnemonics FROM ONE OF CASE'S PILL-BOXES, by JOHN CASE Poem Source First Line: Here fourteen pills for thirteen pence Subject(s): Mnemonics FROM THE ART OF MAKING PUDDINGS I HASTY PUDDING, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Sometimes the frugal matron seems in haste Subject(s): Mnemonics FROM THE CALEDONIAN MERCURY, by GALVIN WILSON Poem Source First Line: G. Wilson humbly as before Subject(s): Mnemonics GASTROLOGY, SELS., by ARCHESTRATUS Poem Source First Line: I write these precepts for immortal greece Subject(s): Mnemonics GEMINI JONES, by WILLARD R. ESPY Poem Source First Line: At several times the speed of light Subject(s): Mnemonics GENERAL RULE FOR THE EPACT, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Let the cent'ries by four be divided Subject(s): Mnemonics GENESIS, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: All things created, moses writes Subject(s): Country Life; Mary. Mother Of Jesus; Mnemonics; Mothers; Sleep; Women - Bible GEORGICS, SELS., by PUBLIUS VERGILIUS MARO Poet's Biography Alternate Author Name(s): Virgil; Vergil Subject(s): Mnemonics GOODMAN'S SAUCE, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: The goose that on our ock's green shore Subject(s): Mnemonics GOURDS, by NICANDER Poem Source First Line: First cut the gourds in slices, and then run Subject(s): Mnemonics GREAT A WAS ALARMED AT B'S BAD BEHAVIOUR, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text Last Line: "o, p, q, r, s, t, u, v, w, x, y, z" Subject(s): Alphabet Verse;mnemonics GREAT LAKES OF CANADA, by GORDON PERRY Poem Source First Line: What about each great canadian lake Subject(s): Great Lakes; Mnemonics HANGOVER CURES, by ALEXIS Poem Source First Line: Last evening you were drinking deep Last Line: And there's an end of your headache Subject(s): Alcoholics And Alcoholism; Mnemonics HARE, by ARCHESTRATUS Poem Source First Line: Many are the ways and many the recipes Subject(s): Mnemonics HEALTH FOOD, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: An apple a day keeps the doctor away Subject(s): Mnemonics HENRY KING, by HILAIRE BELLOC Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The chief defect of henry king Alternate Author Name(s): Belloc, Joseph Hilaire Pierre Rene Variant Title(s): Henry King, Who Chewed Bits Of String ... Subject(s): King, Henry (1592-1669); Mnemonics HENRY KING, by HILAIRE BELLOC Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The chief defect of henry king Last Line: With that, the wretched child expires Alternate Author Name(s): Belloc, Joseph Hilaire Pierre Rene Variant Title(s): Henry King, Who Chewed Bits Of String .. Subject(s): King, Henry (1592-1669); Mnemonics HENRY VII, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Bluff henry the eighth to six spouses was wedded Subject(s): Mnemonics HERE DO I PUT MY NAME FOR TO BETRAYE, by UNKNOWN Poem Source Subject(s): Mnemonics HICCUPS, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Hickup, hickup, go away Subject(s): Mnemonics HINTS ON PRONUNCIATION FOR FOREIGNERS, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: I take it you already know Subject(s): Mnemonics HOUSE OF YORK, EDWARD IV. 1461, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: At towton, hedgeley moor and hexham edward's cause prevailed Subject(s): Mnemonics HOW TO CATCH TROUT, by THOMAS BARKER Poem Source First Line: The rod light and taper, thy tackle fine Subject(s): Mnemonics HOW TO CHOOSE A HORSE, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "one white foot, try him" Last Line: Take off his hide and feed him to the crows Subject(s): Animals;horses;mnemonics HOW TO CURE HOPS AND PREPARE THEM FOR SALE, by CHRISTOPHER SMART Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Thus much be sung of picking - next succeeds Subject(s): Mnemonics HOW TO EXTERMINATE RATS, by JAMES GRAINGER Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Nor with less waste the whisker'd vermin race Subject(s): Mnemonics; Rats HOW TO KEEP ACCOUNTS, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Receive before you write, and write before you pay Subject(s): Mnemonics HUNDRETH GOOD POYNTES OF HUSBANDRY, SELS., by THOMAS TUSSER Subject(s): Mnemonics I BEFORE E, by JONATHAN SWIFT Poem Source Poet's Biography Subject(s): Mnemonics I'LL NEVER USE TOBACCO, by UNKNOWN Poem Source Subject(s): Mnemonics IN PRAISE OF WATER-GRUEL, by MATTHEW GREEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I always choose the plainest food Last Line: Prolific particles of spleen Subject(s): Mnemonics INSCRIPTION FOR THE SIGNS OF THE JOLLY BARBER WITH A RAZOR, by JONATHAN SWIFT Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Roam not from pole to pole, but enter here Subject(s): Mnemonics INSTEAD OF CABBAGE, ACORNS BOIL TO-MORROW, by NICOCHARES Poem Source Subject(s): Mnemonics KINDNESS TO ANIMALS, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "little children, never give" Last Line: Nor do these gentle creatures wrong Subject(s): Animal Rights;mnemonics; Animal Abuse;vivisection KINGS AND QUEENS OF ENGLAND, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Willy, willy, harry, ste Subject(s): Mnemonics LEARNED SONG, by OGDEN NASH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Here's a, b, and c Subject(s): Mnemonics LESSER EPISTLES: TO A YOUNG LADY WITH SOME LAMPREYS, by JOHN GAY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: With lovers 'twas of old the fashion / by presents to convey their passion Last Line: Than could whole seas of craw-fish soupe. Subject(s): Gifts & Giving; Lampreys; Love; Mnemonics LETTER FROM SCHOOL, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Dear mother, I attempt to write you a letter Subject(s): Mnemonics LINES LEFT AT MR. THEODORE HOOK'S HOUSE IN JUNE, 1834, by RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: As dick and I %were a-sailing by Last Line: So having no card, these poetical brayings, %are the record I leave of my doings and sayings Alternate Author Name(s): Ingoldsby, Thomas Subject(s): Mnemonics LINES ON SUCCESSION OF THE KINGS OF ENGLAND, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: William the norman conquers england's state Subject(s): Mnemonics LINES ON THE SUCCESSION OF THE KINGS OF ENGLAND, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: George the fourth, the son of third, the grandson of the second Subject(s): George Ii, King Of England (1683-1760); George Iii, King Of England (1738-1820); George Iv, King Of England (1762-1830); Mnemonics LINES TO BE EMBROIDERED ON A BIB, OR, THE CHILD IS FATHER, by OGDEN NASH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: So thomas edison %never drank his medicine Last Line: And if you want to name your own ration, %first go get a reputation Subject(s): Mnemonics LINES WRITTEN IN AN OVID, by MATTHEW PRIOR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Ovid is the surest guide Last Line: Who resolves to go astray. Subject(s): Mnemonics; Ovid (43 B.c.-17 A.d.) LINES WRITTEN IN THE FRONT OF A WELL-READ COPY OF BURN'S, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Afore ye tak in hand this beuk Subject(s): Mnemonics LIST OF PREPOSITIONS, by BENJAMIN HALL KENNEDY Poem Source First Line: With accusative: ante, apud, ad, adversus Subject(s): Mnemonics LOGIC (1), by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Good wine maketh good blood Subject(s): Mnemonics LORD'S PRAYER IN VERSE, by AARON HILL Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Almighty father! Of high heaven possess'd Subject(s): Mnemonics LOVE BETWEEN BROTHERS AND SISTERS, by ISAAC WATTS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Whatever brawls disturb the street Last Line: Fall out and chide and fight. Subject(s): Family Life; Mnemonics; Relatives MATHEMATICAL PROBLEM, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Dear brother, I have often been surprised that mathematics Subject(s): Mnemonics MEANS OF PROPULSION FOR STEAM-SHIPS, by THOMAS BAKER Poem Source First Line: Various devices great mechanics gave Subject(s): Mnemonics MEMORIA TECHNICA FOR THE BOOKS OF THE BIBLE, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Genesis, exo, levi, num, deutero, joshua, judges Subject(s): Mnemonics MEMORIA TECHNICA FOR THE PLAYS OF SHAKESPEARE, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Cymbeline, tempest, much ado, verona Subject(s): Mnemonics MEMORIAL LINES ON THE GENDER OF LATIN SUBSTANTIVES, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: General rules the gender of a latin noun Subject(s): Mnemonics MEMORIAL VERSES FOR TRAVELLERS, by ANTHONY FITZHERBERT Poem Source First Line: Purse, dirk, cloak, night-cap, kerchief, shoeing-horn Subject(s): Mnemonics MEMORIAL VERSES, ADAPTED TO THE GREGORIAN ACCOUNT, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Leap year is given, when four will divide Subject(s): Mnemonics METHOD OF PRESERVING HAY FROM BEING MOW-BURNT, by ROBERT DODSLEY Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: But do the threat'ning clouds precipitate Subject(s): Mnemonics METHODS OF COOKING TROUT, by THOMAS BARKER Poem Source First Line: Restorative broth of trouts learne to make Subject(s): Mnemonics METRICAL FEET, by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Trochee trips from long to short Last Line: Bred racer. Variant Title(s): Lessons For A Boy Subject(s): Ingenuity; Mnemonics; Poetry & Poets MIDDLE ENGLISH, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: When william caxton introduced his famous printing press Subject(s): Mnemonics MODEL SERMON, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: It should be brief, if lengthy, it will steep Subject(s): Mnemonics; Sermons MODERN ENGLISH, by EDWARD B. GOODWIN Poem Source First Line: Sir philip sidney's prose romance arcadia was named Subject(s): Mnemonics MORAL, by HILAIRE BELLOC Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: From franklin hyde's adventure learn Alternate Author Name(s): Belloc, Joseph Hilaire Pierre Rene Subject(s): Mnemonics NEW MATHS, by TOM LEHRER Poem Source First Line: You can't take three from two, two is less than three Subject(s): Mathematics; Mnemonics NEWS ITEM, by DOROTHY PARKER Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Men seldom make passes Alternate Author Name(s): Rothschild, Dorothy Subject(s): Mnemonics NEWS ITEM, by DOROTHY PARKER Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Men seldom make passes Last Line: At girls who wear glasses Alternate Author Name(s): Rothschild, Dorothy Subject(s): Mnemonics NOTE, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: This is the most learned ditty in the world: for indeed there is Subject(s): Mnemonics NOTE ON FEEDING, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Breast is best Subject(s): Mnemonics NURSERY RULES FROM NANNIES, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Many little cuss words, bother, dash and blow Subject(s): Mnemonics OATMEAL PUDDING, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Of oats decorticated take two pound Subject(s): Mnemonics OBSERVATION (1), by ROBERT HERRICK Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Who to the north, or south, doth set Last Line: His bed, male children shall beget. Subject(s): Birth; Conception; Mnemonics; Child Birth; Midwifery OLD TESTAMENT, SELS., by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Joshua the son of nun Subject(s): Mnemonics ON A QUACK, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "I was a quack, and there are men who say" Last Line: "go to my son, by whom my medicine's sold" Subject(s): Mnemonics;quacks & Quackery ON LADIES' ACCOMPLISHMENTS, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Your dressing, dancing, gadding, where's the good in Subject(s): Mnemonics ON MARRIAGE, by THOMAS FLATMAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: How happy a thing were a wedding Last Line: Good faith, mr. Parson, excuse me from that! Variant Title(s): The Bachelor's Song: The Second Part Subject(s): Marriage; Mnemonics; Single People; Weddings; Husbands; Wives; Bachelors; Unmarried People ON THE AMERICAN RIVERS, by JAMES SMITH (1775-1839) Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: In england rivers all are males Subject(s): Mnemonics ON THE LATIN GERUNDS, by RICHARD PORSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: When dido found aeneas would not come Last Line: She mourn'd in silence, and was di-do-dum(b). Variant Title(s): Dido Subject(s): Mnemonics; Mourning; Mythology - Classical; Bereavement ON TOMATO KETCHUP, by OGDEN NASH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If you do not shake the bottle Subject(s): Mnemonics ON WRITING FOR THE STAGE, by JOHN SHEFFIELD Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: First, then, soliloquies had need be few Alternate Author Name(s): Buckingham & Normandy, 1st Duke Of Subject(s): Mnemonics PAEDOTROPHIA, SELS., by SCEVOLE (GAUCHER) DE SAINTE-MARTHE Subject(s): Babies; Mnemonics; Pregnancy PAIN PAINT, by PETER MINCK Poem Source First Line: My wife had an ulcer Subject(s): Mnemonics PARTS OF SPEECH, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Three little words you often see Subject(s): Mnemonics PEAS (1), by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: I eat my peas with honey Last Line: But it keeps them on the knife Subject(s): Dinners & Dining;etiquette;food & Eating;mnemonics;peas; Manners;courtesy PERFECT HUSBAND, by OGDEN NASH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: He tells you when you've got on too much lipstick Last Line: And helps you with your girdle when your hips stick Subject(s): Marriage; Mnemonics PINT OF WATER, by UNKNOWN Poem Source Subject(s): Mnemonics PLANTATION BITTERS, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: To be, or not to be, that is the question Subject(s): Medicine; Mnemonics POEMS FOR YOUNG CHILDREN, SELS., by ADELAIDE O'KEEFFE Poet's Biography Alternate Author Name(s): O'keefe, Adelaide Subject(s): Mnemonics POLITICAL PRIMER, SELS., by UNKNOWN Subject(s): Mnemonics PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Washington and jefferson made many a joke Subject(s): Mnemonics PRIMROSE, by THOMAS CAREW Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Ask me why I send you here Subject(s): Mnemonics; Primroses PRINCIPAL AND PRINCIPLE, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: The principal pal of the principal Subject(s): Mnemonics PRINCIPAL BRITISH WRITERS, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Gildas a latin history of britain's conquest Subject(s): Mnemonics PRIZE-WINNING LIMERICK, by R. RHODES Poem Source First Line: That the traylee's the best cigarette Subject(s): Mnemonics PROCESS OF CONCEPTION, by CLAUDE QUILLET Poem Source First Line: Beneath those parts, where stretching to its bound Subject(s): Birth; Mnemonics PROPITIOUS DAYS FOR WEDDINGS, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Monday for wealth Subject(s): Mnemonics PROVERBIAL ADVICE FOR THE FARMER, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Upon st david's day %put oats and barely in the day Subject(s): Mnemonics PROVERBIAL ADVICE ON EATING AND DRINKING, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Cheese it is a peevish elf Subject(s): Cheese; Mnemonics PROVERBIAL ADVICE ON KEEPING HEALTHY, by JOHN ARMSTRONG Poem Source First Line: Early to bed and early to rise Subject(s): Mnemonics PROVERBIAL ADVICE ON MARRIAGE, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Marry in lent, live to repent Subject(s): Mnemonics PROVERBIAL ADVICE TO GENTLEMEN, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: He that would the daughter win Subject(s): Mnemonics PROVERBIALLY USEFUL DATES FOR WEATHERMEN, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: If st paul be fair and clear Subject(s): Mnemonics PRUNING, by JAMES GRAINGER Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Well sharpen'd now assail the spreading shades Subject(s): Mnemonics RANKS OF LIFE, SELS., by UNKNOWN Subject(s): Crime And Criminals; Mnemonics RECIPE FOR A PLEASANT DINNER-PARTY, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: A round table, holding eight Subject(s): Mnemonics RECIPES FROM THE DEIPNOSOPHISTS OF ATHENAEUS, by PHILEMON Poem Source First Line: Now if you want an onion, just consider Alternate Author Name(s): Philemon (athenian Comic Poet B.c. 330 Subject(s): Mnemonics REFLECTION ON BABIES, by OGDEN NASH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A bit of talcum Last Line: Is always walcum Variant Title(s): Babies; Ode To A Bab Subject(s): Babies; Mnemonics REPLY TO A CREDITOR, by GEORGE HARDING Poem Source First Line: Dear messrs. Tippins, what is feared by you Subject(s): Mnemonics RESPONSIBILITY, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Tis easy enough to be twenty-one Subject(s): Mnemonics RHYME FOR REMEMBERING HOW MANY NIGHTS THERE ARE IN THE MONTH, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Thirty-one nights hath december Subject(s): Mnemonics RHYME FOR REMEMBERING THE DATE OF EASTER, by JUSTIN RICHARDSON Poem Source First Line: No need for confusion if we but recall Subject(s): Mnemonics RHYMED MNEMONIC OF THE FORTY COUNTIES OF ENGLAND, by DONALD MONAT Poem Source First Line: Lying south of sweet northumber Subject(s): Mnemonics ROMAN CALENDAR, by BENJAMIN HALL KENNEDY Poem Source First Line: March, may, july, october; these are they Subject(s): Mnemonics ROMAN HISTORY IN RHYME, SELS., by EDWARD B. GOODWIN Poem Source First Line: Aeneas built, in days of yore Subject(s): Mnemonics ROMAN NUMERALS, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: X shall stand for playmates Subject(s): Mnemonics ROMANCE AND SEX: UNFORTUNATE COINCIDENCE, by DOROTHY PARKER Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: By the time you swear you're his Alternate Author Name(s): Rothschild, Dorothy Subject(s): Love - Erotic; Mnemonics ROMANCE AND SEX: UNFORTUNATE COINCIDENCE, by DOROTHY PARKER Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: By the time you swear you're his Last Line: One of you is lying Alternate Author Name(s): Rothschild, Dorothy Subject(s): Erotic Love; Mnemonics ROYAL LINE, by JAMES HENRY LEIGH HUNT Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The sturdy cong'ror, politic, severe Alternate Author Name(s): Hunt, Leigh Subject(s): Mnemonics RULE FOR SHOOTING, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Never, never let your gun pointed be at anyone Subject(s): Mnemonics RULE OF THE ROAD, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: The ruld of the road's an anomaly quite Subject(s): Mnemonics RULES AND REGULATIONS, by CHARLES LUTWIDGE DODGSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A short direction / to avoid dejection Last Line: "moral: ""behave.'" Alternate Author Name(s): Carroll, Lewis Subject(s): Etiquette; Mnemonics; Manners; Courtesy SACK-POSSET, by WILLIAM KING Poem Source First Line: From far barbadoes, on the western main Subject(s): Mnemonics SAFFOLD'S CURES, by THOMAS SAFFOLD Poem Source First Line: Dear friends, let your disease be what god will Subject(s): Mnemonics SAUSAGE, by AXIONICUS Poem Source First Line: I am making soup Subject(s): Food And Eating; Mnemonics; Sausage SAVED, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: It was a chill november eve and on the busy town Subject(s): Mnemonics SCOTTISH PROVERB, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Waly, waly! Bairns are bonny Subject(s): Mnemonics; Proverbs SCOTTISH PROVERB, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: He's a fool that marries at yule Subject(s): Mnemonics; Proverbs SELF-EXAMINATION, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Did I this morn devoutly pray Subject(s): Mnemonics SENT TO A LADY, WITH A SEA, by ROBERT LLOYD (1733-1764) Poem Source First Line: Th' impression which this seal shall make Subject(s): Mnemonics SENT TO A PATIENT WITH THE PRESENT OF A COUPLE OF DUCKS, by EDWARD JENNER Poem Source First Line: I've dispatch'd my dear madam, this scrap of a letter Subject(s): Mnemonics SENT TO MISS BELL H - - , WITH A PAIR OF BUCKLES, by GEORGE LYTTELTON Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Happy trifles, can ye bear Alternate Author Name(s): Lyttleton Of Frankley, 1st Baron; George, First Lord Of Lyttleton Subject(s): Mnemonics SEPTEMBER, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Threshe sede and goe fanne, for the plough may not lye Subject(s): Mnemonics SEVEN ITEMS FROM THE SCRAPBOOKS OF E. WILSON DOBBS, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: This book is mine Subject(s): Mnemonics SHEPHERD'S CALENDAR, SELS., by JOHN CLARE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Subject(s): July; Mnemonics SIGNS OF RAIN [OR, FOUL WEATHER], by EDWARD JENNER Poem Text First Line: The hollow winds begin to blow Last Line: 40 our jaunt must be put off to-morrow. Subject(s): Mnemonics; Nature; Rain; Weather SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC, by EBENEZER COBHAM BREWER Poem Source First Line: Our vernal signs the ram begins Subject(s): Mnemonics SINGLE-RHYME ALPHABET, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: A was an army, to settle disputes Subject(s): Mnemonics SINGULAR, SINGULARS, PECULIAR PLURALS, by WILLARD R. ESPY Poem Source First Line: How singular some old words are Subject(s): Mnemonics SOCIAL NOTE, by DOROTHY PARKER Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Lady, lady, should you meet Alternate Author Name(s): Rothschild, Dorothy Subject(s): Mnemonics SOCIAL NOTE, by DOROTHY PARKER Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Lady, lady, should you meet Last Line: Lady, lady, better run Alternate Author Name(s): Rothschild, Dorothy Subject(s): Mnemonics SOME ALPHABETS, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "a, b, c, d, e, f, g" Last Line: Off to bed Subject(s): Mnemonics SOUND ADVICE, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: When in danger or in doubt Subject(s): Mnemonics SPELLING OF ELLIOT, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Double l and single t Subject(s): Mnemonics SPRING AND FALL: TO A YOUNG CHILD, by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Margaret, are you grieving Last Line: It is margaret you mourn for. Variant Title(s): Spring And Fall Subject(s): Autumn; Children; God; Grief; Holidays; Labor & Laborers; Mnemonics; Mourning; New Year; Seasons; Social Protest; Spring; Fall; Childhood; Sorrow; Sadness; Work; Workers; Bereavement STALAGMITES AND STALACTITES, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: The mites go up Subject(s): Mnemonics STANZAS TO A LADY, WITH THE POEMS OF CAMOENS, by GEORGE GORDON BYRON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: This votive pledge of fond esteem Last Line: But not thy hapless fate the same. Alternate Author Name(s): Byron, Lord; Byron, 6th Baron Subject(s): Camoens, Luiz De (1524-1580); Mnemonics STEAL NOT THIS BOOK FOR FEAR OF SHAME, by UNKNOWN Poem Source Subject(s): Mnemonics STOCK EXCHANGE WISDOM, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Sell in may Subject(s): Mnemonics SURNAMES TO BE AVOIDED IN MARRIAGE, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: To change the name, and not the letter Subject(s): Mnemonics TARTAR, by SOLYMAN BROWN Poem Source First Line: If sloth or neglgence the task forbear Subject(s): Mnemonics TEMPEREANCE ORATOR, SELS., by UNKNOWN Subject(s): Mnemonics THE COPERNICAN SYSTEM, by THOMAS CHATTERTON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The sun revolving on his axis turns Last Line: Now more admir'd in being understood. Subject(s): Mnemonics; Planets THE DISAPPOINTMENT, by JANE TAYLOR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: In tears to her mother poor harriet came Last Line: "nor will disappointment ensue. " Subject(s): Disappointment; Mnemonics; Rain THE GUNPOWDER PLOT, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "remember, remember" Last Line: And a jolly good bonfire to roast him Subject(s): Gunpowder Plot;mnemonics; Guy Fawkes THE HOMERIC HEXAMETER [DESCRIBED AND EXEMPLIFIED], by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Strongly it bears us along in swelling and limitless billows Last Line: Nothing before and nothing behind but the sky and the ocean. Subject(s): Homer (10th Century B.c.); Mnemonics; Poetry & Poets; Iliad; Odyssey THE INVENTORY, IN ANSWER TO ... SURVEYOR OF TXAES, by ROBERT BURNS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Sir, as your mandate did request Last Line: Subscripsi huic, Subject(s): Mnemonics; Property; Taxes; Possessions THE NEW TESTAMENT, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "matthew, mark, luke, and john" Last Line: "one at my heart, my soul to keep" Variant Title(s): The White Paternoster Subject(s): Mnemonics THE OVIDIAN ELEGIAC METRE, DESCRIBED AND EXEMPLIFIED, by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In the hexameter rises the fountain's silvery column Last Line: In the pentameter aye falling in melody back. Subject(s): Mnemonics; Ovid (43 B.c.-17 A.d.); Poetry & Poets THE SUGAR-CANE: HOW TO FERTILIZE SOIL, by JAMES GRAINGER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Of composts shall the muse descend to sing Last Line: Enough of composts, muse.... Variant Title(s): Call To The Muse;composts Subject(s): Fertilizer; Mnemonics; Refuse & Refuse Disposal THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Have thou no other gods but me Last Line: "bless god for christ, that kept them all" Subject(s): Mnemonics;ten Commandments THE VOWELS: AN ENIGMA, by JONATHAN SWIFT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: We are little airy creatures Last Line: It can never fly from you. Variant Title(s): On The Vowels - A Riddle;riddle: The Five;a E I O U Subject(s): Mnemonics; Vowels THESSALONIANS, by JOSIAH CHORELY Poem Source First Line: Again their faith and patience prais'd Subject(s): Mnemonics THIS BOOK IS ONE THING, by UNKNOWN Poem Source Subject(s): Mnemonics THIS IS THOMAS JONES'S BOOK, by THOMAS+(1) JONES Poem Source Subject(s): Mnemonics TO - - - , WITH AN IVORY HAND-GLASS, by ALFRED BRUCE DOUGLAS Poem Source First Line: Look in this crystal pool, and you will see Subject(s): Mnemonics TO A LADY, WITH A COMPASS, by GEORGE NAPIER Poem Source First Line: The needle quivering from its pole Subject(s): Mnemonics TO A LADY, WITH A PRESENT OF A FAN, by CHARLES BRANDLING Poem Source First Line: Smiling, sweet girl, this proffer'd toy approve Subject(s): Fans; Mnemonics TO A LADY, WITH A PRESENT OF A WALKING-STICK, by JOHN HOOKHAM FRERE Poem Source First Line: A compliment upon a crutch Subject(s): Mnemonics TO ALFRED TENNYSON, by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I entreat you, alfred tennyson Last Line: Welcomer than alfred tenyson? Subject(s): Mnemonics; Tennyson, Alfred (1809-1892); Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron TO FIND EASTER DAY, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: If the letter and four from the limit you take Subject(s): Mnemonics TO FIND EASTER LIMIT, OR THE DAY OF THE PASCHAL FULL MOON, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Add six to the epact, reject three times ten Subject(s): Mnemonics TO FIND THE DOMINICAL LETTER, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Divide the cent'ries by four; and twice what does remain Subject(s): Mnemonics TO FIND THE GOLDEN NUMBER, CYCLE OF THE SUN, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: When, one, nine, three, to the year have added been Subject(s): Mnemonics TO GEORGE PULLING BUDS, by ADELAIDE O'KEEFFE Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Don't pull that bud, it yet may grow Alternate Author Name(s): O'keefe, Adelaide Subject(s): Mnemonics TO HIS BOOKE (1), by ROBERT HERRICK Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Who with thy leaves shall wipe at need Subject(s): Mnemonics TO KEEP IT WELL IN MIND, by ROBERT BARCLAY Poem Source Subject(s): Mnemonics TO LYDIA, WITH A COLOURED EGG, ON EASTER MONDAY, by JOHN+(7) JONES Poem Source First Line: In scotia so fair, 'tis a custom they say Subject(s): Mnemonics TO MAKE A PASTORAL: A RECEIPT, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Take quantum sufficit of meadows and trees Subject(s): Mnemonics TO MISS LUCY F - - , WITH A NEW WATCH, by GEORGE LYTTELTON Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: With me while present, my thy lovely eyes Alternate Author Name(s): Lyttleton Of Frankley, 1st Baron; George, First Lord Of Lyttleton Subject(s): Mnemonics TO SAFFOLD'S CUSTOMERS, by JOHN CASE Poem Source First Line: At the golden ball and lillies head Subject(s): Mnemonics TO STEW A RUMP-STEAK, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Wash it well, and season it hot Subject(s): Mnemonics TO THE BORROWER OF THIS BOOK, by JR. SAMUEL SHOWELL Poem Source First Line: Deny it who can Subject(s): Mnemonics TO WOMEN, TO HIDE THEIR TEETH, IF THEY BE ROTTEN OR RUSTY, by ROBERT HERRICK Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Close keep your lips, if that you meane Subject(s): Mnemonics; Teeth TOWNLEY PLAYS: 12. SHEPHERD'S PLAY, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: It is sayde full ryfe Subject(s): Mnemonics TRADITIONAL CHARMS, SHEPHERD'S WEEK, by JOHN GAY Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: New moon, new moon, I hail thee Subject(s): Charms (magic); Mnemonics TRUE AND FAITHFUL INVENTORY OF THE GOODS BELONGING, by JONATHAN SWIFT Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: An oaken, broken elbow-chair Subject(s): Mnemonics USEFUL DATES, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: William the conqueror, ten sixty-six Subject(s): Mnemonics USEFUL FOR AVOIDING COLLISIONS AT SEA, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: When both lights you see ahead Subject(s): Mnemonics USEFUL FOR BOOK-PLATES, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Who folds a leafe downe Subject(s): Mnemonics VALUE OF DENTISTRY, by SOLYMAN BROWN Poem Source First Line: Let azure eyes with coral lips unite Subject(s): Mnemonics VALUE OF PIE, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: This mnemonic is based on the number of letters in each Subject(s): Mnemonics VERSES TO BE REPEATED BY AN ATTORNEY LEAVING HIS LOGDING, by JOHN WILLIS Poem Source First Line: Pen-knife, quills, ink-horn, books, paper, table-books Subject(s): Mnemonics WASHING AND DRESSING, by ANN TAYLOR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Ah! Why will my dear little girl be so cross Last Line: I thought you'd be good after this. Subject(s): Cleanliness; Mnemonics WATT'S IMPROVEMENTS TO THE STEAM ENGINE, by THOMAS BAKER Poem Source First Line: His iron-fame, long deem'd so ably plann'd Subject(s): Mnemonics WAYS OF PRONOUNCING OUGH, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Though the tough cough and hiccough plough Subject(s): Mnemonics WHAT IS LIQUID: NO DOUBT, by MARGARET LUCAS CAVENDISH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: All that doth flow we cannot liquid name Last Line: But 'tis the wet that makes it die, no doubt. Alternate Author Name(s): Newcastle, Duchess Of; Lucas, Margaret Subject(s): Mnemonics WHAT IS VEAL, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: William asked how veal was made Subject(s): Mnemonics WHAT'S THE PLURAL, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: No one for spelling at a loss is Subject(s): Mnemonics WHEN ONE'S BEEN DRUNK, THE BEST RELIEF I KNOW, by AMPHIS Poem Source Subject(s): Alcoholics And Alcoholism; Mnemonics WHOE'ER THIS BOOK, IF LOST, DOTH FIND, by UNKNOWN Poem Source Subject(s): Mnemonics WHOLE DUTY OF CHILDREN, by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A child should always say what's true Last Line: At least as far as he is able. Alternate Author Name(s): Stevenson, Robert Lewis Balfour Variant Title(s): A Child's Garden Of Verses: 5 Subject(s): Mnemonics WHY ENGLISH IS SO HARD, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: We'll begin with box, and the plural is boxes Subject(s): Mnemonics WILLIAM IV. 1830, by EDWARD B. GOODWIN Poem Source First Line: Now louis philippe became king of the french Subject(s): Mnemonics WIT'S RECREATIONS, SELS., by UNKNOWN Subject(s): Mnemonics WITH A CHINA CHAMBERPOT, TO THE COUNTESS OF HILLSBOROUGH, by HENRY FOX Poem Source First Line: Too proud, too delicate to tell her wants Subject(s): Mnemonics WORKS AND DAYS: BOOK 2, SELS., by HESIOD Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Next to my counsels an attention pay Last Line: Thine is the ev'n of life before the noon Subject(s): Mnemonics YEOMAN OF THE GUARD, SELS., by WILLIAM SCHWENCK GILBERT Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Alternate Author Name(s): Gilbert, W. S. Subject(s): Mnemonics |
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