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1. A fakeer a religious well known in the east

First Line:
A fakeer a religious well known in the east
Last Line:
All tortured by choice with the invisible nail
Author:
Richard Owen Cambridge (Absolute)
DMI number:
22583

2. A goodly day not to keep house with such

First Line:
A goodly day not to keep house with such
Last Line:
I'll meet you in the valleys
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
35027

3. Behold an universal darkness has over spread

First Line:
Behold an universal darkness has over spread
Last Line:
Glory be to our Christ our priest our king
DMI number:
43492

4. Behold from the infernal lake I'm come

First Line:
Behold from the infernal lake I'm come
Last Line:
Good night little good Mr Devil's doctor
DMI number:
43064

5. By his hall chimney where in rusty grate

First Line:
By his hall chimney where in rusty grate
Last Line:
Here's to thy much loved health | With all my heart
Author:
Soame Jenyns (Absolute)
DMI number:
31633

6. But hope the best true love will pass a veil

First Line:
But hope the best true love will pass a veil
Last Line:
That is true faith what's more's credulity
Author:
Sir Francis Fane (Absolute)
DMI number:
14688

7. Brisk friar John a merry wight

First Line:
Brisk friar John a merry wight
Last Line:
God bless your work the prior said
DMI number:
26115

8. Come Wattie while our hirsels feed thegither

First Line:
Come Wattie while our hirsels feed thegither
Last Line:
Reik me my kent and let us hameward steer
DMI number:
15355

9. Come madam let's rejoice the church begins to thrive

First Line:
Come madam let's rejoice the church begins to thrive
Last Line:
But he's jolly young and handsome and they are the dead letter
DMI number:
7382

10. Come gallants let's tender those hearts

First Line:
Come gallants let's tender those hearts
Last Line:
With William and Mary's blest Reign to over joy us | Farewell Jesuit
DMI number:
608

11. Courage my soul now learn to wield

First Line:
Courage my soul now learn to wield
Last Line:
And is thine everlasting store
Author:
Andrew Marvell (Absolute)
DMI number:
23246

12. Comus nor Momus now must be my theme

First Line:
Comus nor Momus now must be my theme
Last Line:
The doctor holed with the badger at his back
Author:
John Dean (Absolute)
DMI number:
43055

13. Damon whilst thus we nightly watches keep

First Line:
Damon whilst thus we nightly watches keep
Last Line:
The season shan't be cold nor shall it then be long
Author:
Anne Finch [nee Kingsmill] (Absolute)
DMI number:
3842

14. Datty how goes the honest trade

First Line:
Datty how goes the honest trade
Last Line:
Let honesty never fash your head | tis tory trash
Author:
Alexander Pennecuik (Confident)
DMI number:
28107

15. Dear saint what brought thee to this lovely place

First Line:
Dear saint what brought thee to this lovely place
Last Line:
By men on earth the perfect saints in heaven
DMI number:
26493

16. Deluded mortal turn and view my store

First Line:
Deluded mortal turn and view my store
Last Line:
Where peace and love and endless pleasures reign
Author:
Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer] (Absolute)
DMI number:
4076

17. From our vestry I come sir a favour to crave

First Line:
From our vestry I come sir a favour to crave
Last Line:
Would remain independent on all you could say
DMI number:
12987

18. God speed you ancient father

First Line:
God speed you ancient father
Last Line:
Ich have for ever done
Author:
Thomas Deloney (Absolute)
DMI number:
4714

19. Good morrow to thee how dost do

First Line:
Good morrow to thee how dost do
Last Line:
And praise the L--d for half an hour
Author:
Samuel Butler (Speculation)
DMI number:
1104

20. Hail mighty monarch by whose aid

First Line:
Hail mighty monarch by whose aid
Last Line:
I other business have
DMI number:
43011

21. Ha at devotion still can the tired air

First Line:
Ha at devotion still can the tired air
Last Line:
Which the fond world into subjection brings
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
14511

22. Good friend forbear the world will say tis spite

First Line:
Good friend forbear the world will say tis spite
Last Line:
Betwixt a saint in rags and reverend knave in lawn
Author:
James Scott (Absolute)
DMI number:
31232

23. Hark how the wakeful cheerful cock

First Line:
Hark how the wakeful cheerful cock
Last Line:
Tis just we act our own who caused his tragedy
DMI number:
43238

24. Hark Lewis groans good Ffader was ailsh him

First Line:
Hark Lewis groans good Ffader was ailsh him
Last Line:
Yogh hone O hone
DMI number:
503

25. He was a man that would keep church so duly rise

First Line:
He was a man that would keep church so duly rise
Last Line:
Was as hard as the pulpit
Author:
William Shakespeare (Speculation)
DMI number:
14528

26. I groan and languish to relate

First Line:
I groan and languish to relate
Last Line:
Popish and factious and let all men say | Amen
DMI number:
43009

27. Long struggling in the agonies of death

First Line:
Long struggling in the agonies of death
Last Line:
Their worth till now I little understood
Author:
Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer] (Absolute)
DMI number:
7156

28. Long struggling with the agonies of death

First Line:
Long struggling with the agonies of death
Last Line:
Their worth till now I little understood
Author:
Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer] (Absolute)
DMI number:
4065

29. Let us lift up our hartes all

First Line:
Let us lift up our hartes all
Last Line:
Therefore shall they al be dampned
DMI number:
37822

30. Let us lyft up our hartes all

First Line:
Let us lyft up our hartes all
Last Line:
Therefore shall they al be dampned
DMI number:
37323

31. Mor Why how now Pas-- since the last election

First Line:
Mor Why how now Pas-- since the last election
Last Line:
That four should lead four hundred by the nose
DMI number:
5887

32. Near Isis spring the muses poor retreat

First Line:
Near Isis spring the muses poor retreat
Last Line:
The palace has already had its due
Author:
Nahum Tate (Absolute)
DMI number:
5918

33. O are you come tis more than time

First Line:
O are you come tis more than time
Last Line:
While he proceeded in his prayers
DMI number:
4943

34. O who shall from this dungeon raise

First Line:
O who shall from this dungeon raise
Last Line:
Green trees that in the forest grew
Author:
Andrew Marvell (Absolute)
DMI number:
23245

35. Say puritan if it should come to pass

First Line:
Say puritan if it should come to pass
Last Line:
Who loves a painted whore all other paint doth slight
DMI number:
1096

36. Quoth Daniel the doctor to Daniel d'Foe

First Line:
Quoth Daniel the doctor to Daniel d'Foe
Last Line:
And every tub stand on its own bottom
DMI number:
7454

37. Sith both our age our sex and all do move

First Line:
Sith both our age our sex and all do move
Last Line:
To which I overcome subscribe with gladness
DMI number:
42023

38. Stern winter clad in frost and snow

First Line:
Stern winter clad in frost and snow
Last Line:
His convert launched beneath the ice
DMI number:
36802

39. Some mighty things these awful signs portend

First Line:
Some mighty things these awful signs portend
Last Line:
And fill the desolations of the sky
Author:
Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer] (Absolute)
DMI number:
4057

40. The year of wonder now is come

First Line:
The year of wonder now is come
Last Line:
And Lewis lead you by the nose
DMI number:
6457

41. This way the noise was if mine ear be true

First Line:
This way the noise was if mine ear be true
Last Line:
Where no crude surfeit reigns
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
22909

42. Ungrateful wretch can thou pretend a cause

First Line:
Ungrateful wretch can thou pretend a cause
Last Line:
Whose sword is steel whose God is but a wafer
DMI number:
4910

43. Ungrateful wretch canst thou pretend a cause

First Line:
Ungrateful wretch canst thou pretend a cause
Last Line:
His sword is steel his god is but a wafer
DMI number:
42327

44. We read in profane and sacred records

First Line:
We read in profane and sacred records
Last Line:
There's ten times more treason in brandy and ale
Author:
John Ayloffe (Speculation) & Andrew Marvell (Speculation)
DMI number:
3639

45. We have pursued those plots thou didst invent

First Line:
We have pursued those plots thou didst invent
Last Line:
I'll make you presidents judges or juries
DMI number:
43108

46. What is termed popery

First Line:
What is termed popery
Last Line:
Tis a French subject or God save king
DMI number:
43148

47. What thinkst thou of the times neighbour Tom

First Line:
What thinkst thou of the times neighbour Tom
Last Line:
Here's a health to the best born Briton
DMI number:
24828

48. When the charming news had passed Charing Cross

First Line:
When the charming news had passed Charing Cross
Last Line:
Then I awaked and all was but a dream
DMI number:
43107

49. Whither O whither wander I forlorn

First Line:
Whither O whither wander I forlorn
Last Line:
And by her oracles the world shall sway
Author:
John Ayloffe (Confident) & Andrew Marvell (Speculation)
DMI number:
3643

50. Why am I daily thus perplexed

First Line:
Why am I daily thus perplexed
Last Line:
For next fair wind be sure they come
DMI number:
6548