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1. A fatal war two angry sisters waged

First Line:
A fatal war two angry sisters waged
Last Line:
But more by your victorious arms secured
DMI number:
6362

2. A friend to all whom virtue may commend

First Line:
A friend to all whom virtue may commend
Last Line:
And God's sole work would always be to bless
DMI number:
20477

3. A venerable sage one day

First Line:
A venerable sage one day
Last Line:
They'll own he was the first of men
DMI number:
25019

4. All hail my son my well beloved all hail

First Line:
All hail my son my well beloved all hail
Last Line:
Augusta's genius Duncombe still be owned
DMI number:
6452

5. Accept great bard the tribute of my praise

First Line:
Accept great bard the tribute of my praise
Last Line:
Eternity and heaven his aim and his reward
DMI number:
16170

6. Accept my good lords my most humble petition

First Line:
Accept my good lords my most humble petition
Last Line:
As Churchill's the great bred by greater Nassau
DMI number:
97

7. Accept the muse which love and wonder raise

First Line:
Accept the muse which love and wonder raise
Last Line:
And trace their Guardian in thy works alone
DMI number:
15924

8. Adieu unspotted excellence adieu

First Line:
Adieu unspotted excellence adieu
Last Line:
Since we must thee the boast of it resign
DMI number:
27176

9. Affable courteous witty and discreet

First Line:
Affable courteous witty and discreet
Last Line:
But proves a victim to her conquering eyes
DMI number:
10972

10. After great Nassau taught this nation war

First Line:
After great Nassau taught this nation war
Last Line:
To Britain that we choose him for our own
DMI number:
10632

11. Annals and statues have the hero graced

First Line:
Annals and statues have the hero graced
Last Line:
And England against England never fight
DMI number:
4590

12. Apollo touch your lyre and golden strings

First Line:
Apollo touch your lyre and golden strings
Last Line:
To make our hero like the gods divine
DMI number:
11942

13. An unaffected freedom graced his soul

First Line:
An unaffected freedom graced his soul
Last Line:
Was brave without reward without vainglory wise
DMI number:
9606

14. An early plant which such a blossom bears

First Line:
An early plant which such a blossom bears
Last Line:
The growing greatness of our matchless king
Author:
Edmund Waller (Absolute)
DMI number:
1760

15. And here must the hero that redeemed our land

First Line:
And here must the hero that redeemed our land
Last Line:
To save the stubborn nation that he loves
Author:
Isaac Watts (Speculation)
DMI number:
4600

16. As oft in vain as he essayed to tell

First Line:
As oft in vain as he essayed to tell
Last Line:
Since Homer nods no more nor do his readers dream
DMI number:
10024

17. As poets in the days of yore

First Line:
As poets in the days of yore
Last Line:
No greater blessings than their present lord
DMI number:
10235

18. Apollo's favourite hear Britannia's prayer

First Line:
Apollo's favourite hear Britannia's prayer
Last Line:
My Walpole lives and Mortimer despairs
DMI number:
8368

19. Art come sweet prince wilt once more deign to cheer

First Line:
Art come sweet prince wilt once more deign to cheer
Last Line:
And all but regicides thy praise resound
DMI number:
43166

20. As servile preachers who preferment wait

First Line:
As servile preachers who preferment wait
Last Line:
Then raised his voice and the great Trojan sung
DMI number:
3878

21. As some unpracticed maid when mutual truth

First Line:
As some unpracticed maid when mutual truth
Last Line:
Bursts its tough bands and towering seeks the skies
DMI number:
12336

22. As soon as mild Augustus could assuage

First Line:
As soon as mild Augustus could assuage
Last Line:
They stoop for ease and pitch upon the ground
Author:
John Potenger (Absolute)
DMI number:
4040

23. At Anna's call the British troops advance

First Line:
At Anna's call the British troops advance
Last Line:
He dares not meet the fatal thunder there
DMI number:
6035

24. At length the contests cease the courts are clear

First Line:
At length the contests cease the courts are clear
Last Line:
And wear the star familiar to your name
DMI number:
11270

25. Awake my muse and most harmoniously

First Line:
Awake my muse and most harmoniously
Last Line:
And by her hand is Britain's scepter swayed
DMI number:
5370

26. As when our eyes fixed on some royal seat

First Line:
As when our eyes fixed on some royal seat
Last Line:
To make thee queen of rivers as before
DMI number:
8045

27. As when some merchant on the stormy main

First Line:
As when some merchant on the stormy main
Last Line:
Remembring Gloucester and beholding you
Author:
George Jeffreys (Absolute)
DMI number:
3864

28. As when some skilful cook to please each guest

First Line:
As when some skilful cook to please each guest
Last Line:
And Tonson yield to Lintott's lofty name
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
7309

29. As when the piercing northern blast

First Line:
As when the piercing northern blast
Last Line:
Shall be the subject of my lays
DMI number:
25361

30. Auspicious day to which we owe

First Line:
Auspicious day to which we owe
Last Line:
And to more solid strains aspire
DMI number:
6588

31. Assist ye muses every thought refine

First Line:
Assist ye muses every thought refine
Last Line:
Which his own works has made elate as fame
DMI number:
15340

32. Beauty and empire by indulgent heaven

First Line:
Beauty and empire by indulgent heaven
Last Line:
At once to govern and to charm mankind
Author:
Anthony Hammond (Confident)
DMI number:
10526

33. Behold the image of a favourite peer

First Line:
Behold the image of a favourite peer
Last Line:
As did the patriots of the Roman name
DMI number:
18285

34. Break sacred morn on our expecting isle

First Line:
Break sacred morn on our expecting isle
Last Line:
As flints are struck before they show their fires
Author:
Edmund Waller (Speculation)
DMI number:
43018

35. Calliope inspire me with a song

First Line:
Calliope inspire me with a song
Last Line:
May she obtain a far more glorious crown
DMI number:
7622

36. By deathless Phoebus tis not to be born

First Line:
By deathless Phoebus tis not to be born
Last Line:
He who brought you glory bring your peace
DMI number:
7234

37. Buckhurst thou dear concern of th' heavenly power

First Line:
Buckhurst thou dear concern of th' heavenly power
Last Line:
And stretches life beyond th' appointed date
DMI number:
8346

38. Brightest of virgins whose high race and name

First Line:
Brightest of virgins whose high race and name
Last Line:
The fates decree and have pronounced I love
DMI number:
4041

39. Britannia long her hapless fate had mourned

First Line:
Britannia long her hapless fate had mourned
Last Line:
Thus saved his country triumphed and retired
DMI number:
33236

40. Britannia's sons have reason to rejoice

First Line:
Britannia's sons have reason to rejoice
Last Line:
And crown Europa with a lasting peace
DMI number:
35463

41. Charmed by the magic powers of light and shade

First Line:
Charmed by the magic powers of light and shade
Last Line:
Each landscape seems a paradise regained
DMI number:
33238

42. Clad with the infant glories of the spring

First Line:
Clad with the infant glories of the spring
Last Line:
Whilst with two godlike souls our Albion's blessed
DMI number:
43164

43. Clarissa first appears that heavenly fair

First Line:
Clarissa first appears that heavenly fair
Last Line:
Resign their power to his sole command
DMI number:
10228

44. Cupid survey thy shining train around

First Line:
Cupid survey thy shining train around
Last Line:
Have most deserved yet least affect to wear
Author:
John Hughes (Absolute)
DMI number:
8362

45. Could Agamemnon from the dead return

First Line:
Could Agamemnon from the dead return
Last Line:
As when to chaos God shall shake the world
DMI number:
6418

46. Ere old Rome's city could corrupted be

First Line:
Ere old Rome's city could corrupted be
Last Line:
These civic honours give a real fame
DMI number:
17984

47. Dolly whose form by envy stands confessed

First Line:
Dolly whose form by envy stands confessed
Last Line:
Will all caress so absolute a fool
DMI number:
24467

48. Dolly whose form could please in days of yore

First Line:
Dolly whose form could please in days of yore
Last Line:
But stoutly die an absolute old maid
DMI number:
24466

49. Each strives which shall your personage express

First Line:
Each strives which shall your personage express
Last Line:
Needs not improve nor can degenerate
DMI number:
10150

50. Drawn by the magic powers of light and shade

First Line:
Drawn by the magic powers of light and shade
Last Line:
Each landskip seems a paradise regained
DMI number:
35769

51. Fain would I sir what you advised fulfil

First Line:
Fain would I sir what you advised fulfil
Last Line:
My pinions dropped me headlong from the sky
DMI number:
12228

52. Fair golden age not because rivers purled

First Line:
Fair golden age not because rivers purled
Last Line:
Eternal sleep and night succeeds our sun
DMI number:
43418

53. Fair golden age not because rivers purled

First Line:
Fair golden age not because rivers purled
Last Line:
Then whilst we live let's undisturbed love on
DMI number:
44374

54. Forsake awhile my muse thy loved abodes

First Line:
Forsake awhile my muse thy loved abodes
Last Line:
She'll make thy verse immortal as her name
DMI number:
11755

55. Fresh as the spring and like Aurora fair

First Line:
Fresh as the spring and like Aurora fair
Last Line:
And scarce observes the luster of her eyes
DMI number:
33291

56. Fly envious time why dost our bliss delay

First Line:
Fly envious time why dost our bliss delay
Last Line:
And thought on even to convert rebellion
Author:
John Phillips (Absolute)
DMI number:
43185

57. Fly ye north winds and let Roscommon know

First Line:
Fly ye north winds and let Roscommon know
Last Line:
The motto shows where you expect relief
DMI number:
19382

58. From low and abject themes the groveling muse

First Line:
From low and abject themes the groveling muse
Last Line:
From such a chief to fight and bard to sing
Author:
John Philips (Absolute)
DMI number:
8049

59. From the dark regions of eternal night

First Line:
From the dark regions of eternal night
Last Line:
He vanished straight and went to purgatory
DMI number:
12032

60. Germania late by Britain's aid could boast

First Line:
Germania late by Britain's aid could boast
Last Line:
And Colt perform what Marlbro' left undone
DMI number:
8043

61. From this auspicious day three kingdoms date

First Line:
From this auspicious day three kingdoms date
Last Line:
And golden plenty covers all the plain
Author:
Elijah Fenton (Absolute)
DMI number:
11994

62. Go best in all that's good we cannot bear

First Line:
Go best in all that's good we cannot bear
Last Line:
And all men sing vive le roi
DMI number:
43165

63. Go mighty prince and those great nations see

First Line:
Go mighty prince and those great nations see
Last Line:
To shine in peace or war and be again admired
Author:
George Sewell (Absolute) & Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
1460

64. Great liberty each Britons chief delight

First Line:
Great liberty each Britons chief delight
Last Line:
He'd own you fought beyond what he could write
DMI number:
25556

65. Great Nassau from his cradle to his grave

First Line:
Great Nassau from his cradle to his grave
Last Line:
And which it self as well as earth admired
DMI number:
4599

66. Great prince and so much greater as more wise

First Line:
Great prince and so much greater as more wise
Last Line:
To woods and groves what once the painter sings
Author:
Andrew Marvell (Confident) & Sir John Denham (Speculation)
DMI number:
3573

67. Great sir how shall I to your worth aspire

First Line:
Great sir how shall I to your worth aspire
Last Line:
Immortal work and whom you conquer save
DMI number:
42857

68. Great sir till now I with impatience stayed

First Line:
Great sir till now I with impatience stayed
Last Line:
His country's lasting best security
DMI number:
43163

69. Hail glorious youth the wonder of our age

First Line:
Hail glorious youth the wonder of our age
Last Line:
A Virgil only can a Caesar draw
DMI number:
24620

70. Hail glorious youth the wonder of the age

First Line:
Hail glorious youth the wonder of the age
Last Line:
Retire with wonder and submissive awe
DMI number:
22509

71. Great without fault and without rashness brave

First Line:
Great without fault and without rashness brave
Last Line:
England gave praise and England's king a tear
DMI number:
30448

72. Hail happy warrior whose arms have won

First Line:
Hail happy warrior whose arms have won
Last Line:
Once more oh heaven a long and last adieu
DMI number:
4749

73. Hail happy William thou art truly great

First Line:
Hail happy William thou art truly great
Last Line:
Those that oppose his reign must damn their souls
DMI number:
4962

74. Hail honoured bard the wonder of our isle

First Line:
Hail honoured bard the wonder of our isle
Last Line:
And latest ages own great Prior's name
DMI number:
15507

75. Hail liberty whose presence glads the abode

First Line:
Hail liberty whose presence glads the abode
Last Line:
My daily wish succeeds thy will be done
Author:
Glocester Ridley (Absolute)
DMI number:
22552

76. Hail mighty prince this poem on you waits

First Line:
Hail mighty prince this poem on you waits
Last Line:
And all the popish interest confound
DMI number:
42343

77. Hail mighty prince this poem on you waits

First Line:
Hail mighty prince this poem on you waits
Last Line:
And with his impious blood Lutetia's plains manure
DMI number:
4930

78. Hail minister by paradoxes great

First Line:
Hail minister by paradoxes great
Last Line:
And turned thy sanctuary to a throne
DMI number:
36061

79. Hail royal prince our much beloved king

First Line:
Hail royal prince our much beloved king
Last Line:
Till time shall cease to be and be no more
DMI number:
26204

80. Handsome comely cook the ladies do admire

First Line:
Handsome comely cook the ladies do admire
Last Line:
O must it die farewell and ever adieu
DMI number:
15344

81. Hang all the streets with sable sad and call

First Line:
Hang all the streets with sable sad and call
Last Line:
Though undeserving yet attend his hearse
Author:
Patrick Ker (Absolute)
DMI number:
43179

82. Had I ten thousand mouths and tongues

First Line:
Had I ten thousand mouths and tongues
Last Line:
And help to set the world on fire
Author:
Thomas Sheridan (Absolute) & Jonathan Swift (Speculation)
DMI number:
10625

83. Hail sacred art thou gift of heaven designed

First Line:
Hail sacred art thou gift of heaven designed
Last Line:
And Fust and Closters' names for ever live
DMI number:
40601

84. Hail sacred art thou gift of heaven designed

First Line:
Hail sacred art thou gift of heaven designed
Last Line:
And Fust and Coster's names for ever live
DMI number:
23332

85. Hail sacred bard a muse unknown before

First Line:
Hail sacred bard a muse unknown before
Last Line:
And make one glorious and immortal Thames
Author:
Francis Knapp (Absolute)
DMI number:
12242

86. Hail veteran in victory grey

First Line:
Hail veteran in victory grey
Last Line:
Mellow with age and in renown
DMI number:
17711

87. Heaven's in her face there beauty reigns confessed

First Line:
Heaven's in her face there beauty reigns confessed
Last Line:
And sing as bright as F--g can shine
DMI number:
10986

88. Hear and assist me all ye powerful nine

First Line:
Hear and assist me all ye powerful nine
Last Line:
Through clouds of malice P---ll still shall shine
DMI number:
10138

89. He who could factions tame and peace restore

First Line:
He who could factions tame and peace restore
Last Line:
Since in him live both Verulam and Hale
DMI number:
10067

90. Hence livid envy murkiest fiend of hell

First Line:
Hence livid envy murkiest fiend of hell
Last Line:
Distinguished in the brightest rolls of fame
DMI number:
40613

91. Here place the canvas now Charlotta sit

First Line:
Here place the canvas now Charlotta sit
Last Line:
My colours fail much more the hand that draws
DMI number:
10135

92. How blessed how more than blessed were I

First Line:
How blessed how more than blessed were I
Last Line:
And doom him to eternal night
DMI number:
5250

93. How charming now is Brand in lovely make

First Line:
How charming now is Brand in lovely make
Last Line:
And will in happiness like angels move
DMI number:
10151

94. How I congratulate fair Isis

First Line:
How I congratulate fair Isis
Last Line:
And leave their christmas pies for thine
DMI number:
26575

95. How long must the restorer of our state

First Line:
How long must the restorer of our state
Last Line:
But over the subject world with mingled beams they reign
Author:
H. Denne (Speculation)
DMI number:
3910

96. Here's a health to the queen and her faithful adviser

First Line:
Here's a health to the queen and her faithful adviser
Last Line:
She greater than Tudor he greater than Vere
DMI number:
8109

97. Heroes of old by rapine and by spoil

First Line:
Heroes of old by rapine and by spoil
Last Line:
And Britain's king is all the gods in one
Author:
George Granville (Absolute)
DMI number:
4829

98. High on the list of fame while Newton stands

First Line:
High on the list of fame while Newton stands
Last Line:
The choicest honours that the muse can give
DMI number:
17053

99. How will the grateful senate praise

First Line:
How will the grateful senate praise
Last Line:
Or any charm of Sunderland
DMI number:
5882

100. How nobly did our grateful city join

First Line:
How nobly did our grateful city join
Last Line:
Great Nassau's glories and the Boyne shall last
DMI number:
4660