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1. All are but parts of one stupendous whole

First Line:
All are but parts of one stupendous whole
Last Line:
One truth is clear whatever is is right
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
27024

2. And now on earth the seventh

First Line:
And now on earth the seventh
Last Line:
With hallelujahs thus was sabbath kept
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
33044

3. Bound every heart and every bosom burn

First Line:
Bound every heart and every bosom burn
Last Line:
Will give thee leave my praise for ever flow
Author:
Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:
26327

4. Blissful paradise

First Line:
Blissful paradise
Last Line:
Of living creatures new to sight and strange
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
37099

5. Can prayers to all alike so gentle be

First Line:
Can prayers to all alike so gentle be
Last Line:
Are little more than curses for the rest
Author:
Sir Robert Howard (Absolute)
DMI number:
17297

6. But few among the carnal wise

First Line:
But few among the carnal wise
Last Line:
Almighty king of grace
Author:
Isaac Watts (Absolute)
DMI number:
26410

7. But o my soul the amazing theme forbear

First Line:
But o my soul the amazing theme forbear
Last Line:
Be thine my hopes and all my powers be thine
Author:
John Ogilvie (Absolute)
DMI number:
32879

8. Carus we grant no man is blessed but he

First Line:
Carus we grant no man is blessed but he
Last Line:
Where ravished minds enjoy what here they owned a God
Author:
Sir Richard Blackmore (Absolute)
DMI number:
36342

9. Come holy spirit heavenly dove

First Line:
Come holy spirit heavenly dove
Last Line:
And that shall kindle ours
Author:
Isaac Watts (Absolute)
DMI number:
26251

10. Couldst thou persuade me the next life could fail

First Line:
Couldst thou persuade me the next life could fail
Last Line:
Mankind's historian though divine might weep
Author:
Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:
31884

11. Father of all in every age

First Line:
Father of all in every age
Last Line:
Jehovah Jove or Lord
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28611

12. God's fear to guard us from our selves we need

First Line:
God's fear to guard us from our selves we need
Last Line:
Yet something shines more glorious in his word
Author:
Edmund Waller (Absolute)
DMI number:
9516

13. Heaven | Is as the book of god before thee set

First Line:
Heaven | Is as the book of god before thee set
Last Line:
His seasons hours or days or months or years
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
34234

14. He with his whole posterity must die

First Line:
He with his whole posterity must die
Last Line:
Dwells in all heaven charity so dear
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
26484

15. He who comes thy saviour shall secure

First Line:
He who comes thy saviour shall secure
Last Line:
So only can high justice rest appease
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
26341

16. He who this builder's building did create

First Line:
He who this builder's building did create
Last Line:
That all are strangers to each other's eyes
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
17283

17. Henceforth I learn that to obey is best

First Line:
Henceforth I learn that to obey is best
Last Line:
Acknowledge my redeemer ever blest
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
33346

18. High on the cross the saviour hung

First Line:
High on the cross the saviour hung
Last Line:
Look and forget their pains
Author:
Isaac Watts (Absolute)
DMI number:
26269

19. How shall I do to fix my doubtful love

First Line:
How shall I do to fix my doubtful love
Last Line:
Can take them off but he who put them on
Author:
Edmund Arwaker (Absolute)
DMI number:
36221

20. How shall the muse her numbers all too weak

First Line:
How shall the muse her numbers all too weak
Last Line:
And midst the wreck of worlds remember man
DMI number:
27050

21. How poor how rich how abject how august

First Line:
How poor how rich how abject how august
Last Line:
Legions of angels can't confine me there
Author:
Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:
27040

22. In my distress I called upon the Lord

First Line:
In my distress I called upon the Lord
Last Line:
From his eternal way
Author:
John Dennis (Confident)
DMI number:
10420

23. I will sing unto the Lord for he hath triumphed gloriously the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea

First Line:
I will sing unto the Lord for he hath triumphed gloriously the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea
Last Line:
The Lord shall reign for ever and ever
DMI number:
10421

24. If any atheist rashly does disown

First Line:
If any atheist rashly does disown
Last Line:
And by the creature find the deity
Author:
Sir William Dawes (Absolute)
DMI number:
7688

25. If I am right oh teach my heart

First Line:
If I am right oh teach my heart
Last Line:
To find that better way
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28656

26. Let not this weak unknowing hand

First Line:
Let not this weak unknowing hand
Last Line:
On each I judge thy foe
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28655

27. Mercy oh mercy lord with humble heart

First Line:
Mercy oh mercy lord with humble heart
Last Line:
And incense from thy alter copious blaze
Author:
William Dodd (Absolute)
DMI number:
33137

28. Man dead in sin and lost

First Line:
Man dead in sin and lost
Last Line:
Well pleased on me let death wreak all his rage
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
26325

29. Man disobeying

First Line:
Man disobeying
Last Line:
Thenceforth but in thy presence joy entire
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
33351

30. Man shall not quite be lost but saved who will

First Line:
Man shall not quite be lost but saved who will
Last Line:
And none but such from mercy I exclude
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
32720

31. Now heaven in all her glory shone and rolled

First Line:
Now heaven in all her glory shone and rolled
Last Line:
Of all his works
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
37215

32. O thou great arbiter of life and death

First Line:
O thou great arbiter of life and death
Last Line:
All weight in this o let me live to thee
Author:
Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:
27041

33. Of man's first disobedience and the fruit

First Line:
Of man's first disobedience and the fruit
Last Line:
And justify the ways of god to men
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
27029

34. Of man's first disobedience and the fruit

First Line:
Of man's first disobedience and the fruit
Last Line:
Breaking the horrid silence thus began
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
37095

35. Of man's first disobedience and the fruit

First Line:
Of man's first disobedience and the fruit
Last Line:
Restore us and regain the blissful seat
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
26470

36. O may your mind be ever clear from sin

First Line:
O may your mind be ever clear from sin
Last Line:
And death at length appear your endless gain
DMI number:
34235

37. Oh blind to truth and God's whole scheme below

First Line:
Oh blind to truth and God's whole scheme below
Last Line:
Best knows the blessing and will most be blessed
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28356

38. On heavenly ground they stood and from the shore

First Line:
On heavenly ground they stood and from the shore
Last Line:
So even and morn accomplished the sixth day
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
24932

39. On that great day the solemn trump shall sound

First Line:
On that great day the solemn trump shall sound
Last Line:
And judge with equal love
DMI number:
27049

40. Say heavenly powers where shall we find such love

First Line:
Say heavenly powers where shall we find such love
Last Line:
And silence reigns in heaven
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
26328

41. Religion thou the soul of happiness

First Line:
Religion thou the soul of happiness
Last Line:
My sacrifice my God what things are these
Author:
Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:
33039

42. Save me alike from foolish pride

First Line:
Save me alike from foolish pride
Last Line:
Or ought thy goodness lent
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28658

43. See through this air this ocean and this earth

First Line:
See through this air this ocean and this earth
Last Line:
One truth is clear whatever is is right
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
34935

44. So saying a noble stroke he lifted high

First Line:
So saying a noble stroke he lifted high
Last Line:
Had to her centre shook
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
37210

45. So spake the cherub and his grave rebuke

First Line:
So spake the cherub and his grave rebuke
Last Line:
Virtue in her own shape how lovely saw and pined | His loss
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
25242

46. Some few whose lamp shone brighter have been led

First Line:
Some few whose lamp shone brighter have been led
Last Line:
For what could fathom God were more than he
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
28205

47. Survey the wondrous cure

First Line:
Survey the wondrous cure
Last Line:
Yet for the foulest of the foul he dies
Author:
Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:
26326

48. That holy John whom Christ did hold so dear

First Line:
That holy John whom Christ did hold so dear
Last Line:
Yet sure it is so every one did take it
Author:
John Harington (Absolute)
DMI number:
32132

49. The good must merit God's peculiar care

First Line:
The good must merit God's peculiar care
Last Line:
This cries there is and that there is no God
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28362

50. The son | on his great expedition now appeared

First Line:
The son | on his great expedition now appeared
Last Line:
Magnificent his six days work a world
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
32715

51. The son | on his great expedition now appeared

First Line:
The son | on his great expedition now appeared
Last Line:
With hallelujahs thus was sabbath kept
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
34433

52. These are thy glorious work parent of good

First Line:
These are thy glorious work parent of good
Last Line:
Disperse it as now light dispels the dark
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
30709

53. This day be bread and peace my lot

First Line:
This day be bread and peace my lot
Last Line:
And let thy will be done
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28666

54. This is the month and this the happy morn

First Line:
This is the month and this the happy morn
Last Line:
From out his secret altar touched with hallowed fire
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
23250

55. Thou sitst above all heavens

First Line:
Thou sitst above all heavens
Last Line:
Thy goodness beyond thought and power divine
DMI number:
26311

56. To thee whose temple is all space

First Line:
To thee whose temple is all space
Last Line:
All nature's incense rise
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28668

57. To this dear surety's hand

First Line:
To this dear surety's hand
Last Line:
He bears for me
Author:
Isaac Watts (Absolute)
DMI number:
26471

58. To study god god's student man was made

First Line:
To study god god's student man was made
Last Line:
And lesser fly shows his familiar power
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
16419

59. To prayer repentance and obedience due

First Line:
To prayer repentance and obedience due
Last Line:
And none but such from mercy I exclude
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
33754

60. Uninjured from our praise can he escape

First Line:
Uninjured from our praise can he escape
Last Line:
Against the cross death's iron sceptre breaks
Author:
Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:
34244

61. What blessings thy free bounty gives

First Line:
What blessings thy free bounty gives
Last Line:
To enjoy is to obey
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28650

62. When heaven would strive to do the best it can

First Line:
When heaven would strive to do the best it can
Last Line:
We likewise share a second power by death
Author:
Michael Drayton (Absolute)
DMI number:
17202

63. When hell's amazing horrors

First Line:
When hell's amazing horrors
Last Line:
To march that way
DMI number:
8322

64. While thus he spake the angelic squadron bright

First Line:
While thus he spake the angelic squadron bright
Last Line:
Murmuring and with him fled the shades of night
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
37208

65. Yet poor with fortune and with learning blind

First Line:
Yet poor with fortune and with learning blind
Last Line:
All end in love of God and love of Man
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28554