Content type: Poem / Poem Genre / Form: Imitation / translation / paraphrase / Poem Theme: Fate / fortune / providence

1. A cavalier the men of ancient date

First Line:: A cavalier the men of ancient date
Last Line:: Patience our strength and honesty our guide
Author:: John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:: 25782

2. All my hard fate me Mopsus did foretell

First Line:: All my hard fate me Mopsus did foretell
Last Line:: And talk familiar with the feathered race
DMI number:: 22713

3. Almighty power whose boundless sway

First Line:: Almighty power whose boundless sway
Last Line:: And let the Gaul once more our vengeance feel
Author:: John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:: 26130

4. As a kind mother with indulgent eye

First Line:: As a kind mother with indulgent eye
Last Line:: Seems to deny but in denying grants
Author:: Mary Monck (Absolute)
DMI number:: 23279

5. As with affection fond a mother views

First Line:: As with affection fond a mother views
Last Line:: Refusal is consent and all our wish she grants
DMI number:: 38084

6. Be calm dear captain and serene

First Line:: Be calm dear captain and serene
Last Line:: So that we have not lived in vain
DMI number:: 19587

7. Be calm my Delius and serene

First Line:: Be calm my Delius and serene
Last Line:: Never never more
DMI number:: 904

8. Be calm my friend and resolute

First Line:: Be calm my friend and resolute
Last Line:: But are for ever ever exiled hence
DMI number:: 7168

9. Brave Teucer as the poets tell us

First Line:: Brave Teucer as the poets tell us
Last Line:: We'll leave the drowsy land and plough the main tomorrow
Author:: Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:: 7119

10. Bend not to Ayres street Tom your way

First Line:: Bend not to Ayres street Tom your way
Last Line:: Ere we can toast is gone
DMI number:: 10058

11. Caesar like Hercules in Spain

First Line:: Caesar like Hercules in Spain
Last Line:: Nor could I then such treatment bear
DMI number:: 25593

12. But Aesculapius was a foreign power

First Line:: But Aesculapius was a foreign power
Last Line:: And shot behind it a long trail of light
Author:: Leonard Welsted (Confident)
DMI number:: 12046

13. But fortune ever changing dame

First Line:: But fortune ever changing dame
Last Line:: And honest poverty's undowered charms
Author:: Philip Francis (Absolute)
DMI number:: 37700

14. By a bold people's stubborn arms oppressed

First Line:: By a bold people's stubborn arms oppressed
Last Line:: And on an open stage unburied lye
DMI number:: 42600

15. But if great George must mount our throne

First Line:: But if great George must mount our throne
Last Line:: If treason gives us George and peace
DMI number:: 18193

16. Cease these dread storms great sovereign of the air

First Line:: Cease these dread storms great sovereign of the air
Last Line:: With crowds of captives and with loads of spoils
DMI number:: 26782

17. Cursed Hymen I from thee my life received

First Line:: Cursed Hymen I from thee my life received
Last Line:: Ever brought to light of horror and of shame
DMI number:: 39945

18. Dear Silvia let's no farther strive

First Line:: Dear Silvia let's no farther strive
Last Line:: Let us enjoy today we'll die tomorrow
DMI number:: 43703

19. Desponding sorrow seized Apollo's heart

First Line:: Desponding sorrow seized Apollo's heart
Last Line:: When fate with cruel shears encompasses around
Author:: Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:: 27679

20. Entrust thy fortune to the powers above

First Line:: Entrust thy fortune to the powers above
Last Line:: Ah that we loved ourselves but half so well
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 25485

21. Enquire not lovely maid what end

First Line:: Enquire not lovely maid what end
Last Line:: By fools they're left in fortune's hand
Author:: William of Bangour Hamilton (Absolute)
DMI number:: 25938

22. Enquire not thou 'twere all in vain

First Line:: Enquire not thou 'twere all in vain
Last Line:: Nor trust another day
Author:: William Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:: 25391

23. Fatis agimur cedite fatis

First Line:: Fatis agimur cedite fatis
Last Line:: What have you against this to say
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 15570

24. Fortune made up of toys and impudence

First Line:: Fortune made up of toys and impudence
Last Line:: Rather than follow such a dull blind whore
Author:: George Villiers (Confident)
DMI number:: 934

25. Fortune thou grand impostor what a cheat

First Line:: Fortune thou grand impostor what a cheat
Last Line:: But nigh the shore does more securely creep
Author:: John Glanvill (Confident)
DMI number:: 7191

26. Fortune thou setter up of kings

First Line:: Fortune thou setter up of kings
Last Line:: Too low for envy for contempt too high
DMI number:: 43577

27. Flower that Zephyr fond caresses

First Line:: Flower that Zephyr fond caresses
Last Line:: Vengeance lurks beneath thy thorn
DMI number:: 36056

28. From Po's famed banks over hills of Rhaetic snow

First Line:: From Po's famed banks over hills of Rhaetic snow
Last Line:: Than olives add where laurels grew before
DMI number:: 19442

29. He fawns for more though he his thousands touch

First Line:: He fawns for more though he his thousands touch
Last Line:: Fortune gives none enough but some too much
DMI number:: 27990

30. Ho Moeris whither on thy way so fast

First Line:: Ho Moeris whither on thy way so fast
Last Line:: And find a friend at court I'll find a voice
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 3791

31. However great whoever you are

First Line:: However great whoever you are
Last Line:: Whose lofty masts the clouds divide
Author:: James Ward (Absolute)
DMI number:: 7434

32. How often does the want of eyes give sight

First Line:: How often does the want of eyes give sight
Last Line:: Who hearing understands
DMI number:: 22765

33. I hate lay vulgar make no noise

First Line:: I hate lay vulgar make no noise
Last Line:: For wealth accompanied with toil
Author:: Sir Richard Fanshawe (Absolute)
DMI number:: 42098

34. I joy to mingle where the battle bleeds

First Line:: I joy to mingle where the battle bleeds
Last Line:: Strikes the fresh garland from the victor's brow
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 12922

35. Imperial Nineveh surveyed with pride

First Line:: Imperial Nineveh surveyed with pride
Last Line:: Is but a type of Christ triumphant from his tomb
DMI number:: 10129

36. In Hobbes and St John deply read

First Line:: In Hobbes and St John deply read
Last Line:: Overthrow like Lisbon your Augusta's walls
DMI number:: 26125

37. In peaceful shades which aged oaks diffuse

First Line:: In peaceful shades which aged oaks diffuse
Last Line:: And curling smoke from village tops ascends
Author:: Virgil (Absolute) & John Caryll (Absolute)
DMI number:: 3781

38. In various ways designing mortals move

First Line:: In various ways designing mortals move
Last Line:: Adding no griefs to those we can't avoid
Author:: Nahum Tate (Absolute)
DMI number:: 4179

39. Joys and pleasures mirth and gladness

First Line:: Joys and pleasures mirth and gladness
Last Line:: The only gift I ask from providence
DMI number:: 8548

40. Long in secret caves confined

First Line:: Long in secret caves confined
Last Line:: Hurls horror over the angry deep
DMI number:: 37807

41. Look round the habitable world how few

First Line:: Look round the habitable world how few
Last Line:: But set aloft by fools usurps the skies
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 7244

42. My Sallust's generous thoughts disdain

First Line:: My Sallust's generous thoughts disdain
Last Line:: With undesiring eyes behold
DMI number:: 25522

43. My friend through life's uneven tide

First Line:: My friend through life's uneven tide
Last Line:: When fortune breaths her kindest gale
DMI number:: 32237

44. I'm told how bodies change their state

First Line:: I'm told how bodies change their state
Last Line:: Nay any thing that belongs to you
Author:: Francis Willis (Absolute)
DMI number:: 42591

45. I once despised the providence of Jove

First Line:: I once despised the providence of Jove
Last Line:: By them and fortune is the hand of heaven
DMI number:: 36749

46. I whom thou seest begirt with towering oaks

First Line:: I whom thou seest begirt with towering oaks
Last Line:: For fortune fortune I am thine alone
DMI number:: 28324

47. I know thy force to mine superior far

First Line:: I know thy force to mine superior far
Last Line:: And give it entrance in a braver heart
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 12924

48. If I where wise those sisters I should hate

First Line:: If I where wise those sisters I should hate
Last Line:: I build them altars whom my hurt have been
DMI number:: 44530

49. If mortal hands thy peace destroy

First Line:: If mortal hands thy peace destroy
Last Line:: And gives it strength to kill
Author:: James Merrick (Absolute)
DMI number:: 32286

50. If you demand the fortune of that day

First Line:: If you demand the fortune of that day
Last Line:: Yet did I never basely quit the field
Author:: John Hughes (Confident)
DMI number:: 21248

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1. A cavalier the men of ancient date

2. All my hard fate me Mopsus did foretell

3. Almighty power whose boundless sway

4. As a kind mother with indulgent eye

5. As with affection fond a mother views

6. Be calm dear captain and serene

7. Be calm my Delius and serene

8. Be calm my friend and resolute

9. Brave Teucer as the poets tell us

10. Bend not to Ayres street Tom your way

11. Caesar like Hercules in Spain

12. But Aesculapius was a foreign power

13. But fortune ever changing dame

14. By a bold people's stubborn arms oppressed

15. But if great George must mount our throne

16. Cease these dread storms great sovereign of the air

17. Cursed Hymen I from thee my life received

18. Dear Silvia let's no farther strive

19. Desponding sorrow seized Apollo's heart

20. Entrust thy fortune to the powers above

21. Enquire not lovely maid what end

22. Enquire not thou 'twere all in vain

23. Fatis agimur cedite fatis

24. Fortune made up of toys and impudence

25. Fortune thou grand impostor what a cheat

26. Fortune thou setter up of kings

27. Flower that Zephyr fond caresses

28. From Po's famed banks over hills of Rhaetic snow

29. He fawns for more though he his thousands touch

30. Ho Moeris whither on thy way so fast

31. However great whoever you are

32. How often does the want of eyes give sight

33. I hate lay vulgar make no noise

34. I joy to mingle where the battle bleeds

35. Imperial Nineveh surveyed with pride

36. In Hobbes and St John deply read

37. In peaceful shades which aged oaks diffuse

38. In various ways designing mortals move

39. Joys and pleasures mirth and gladness

40. Long in secret caves confined

41. Look round the habitable world how few

42. My Sallust's generous thoughts disdain

43. My friend through life's uneven tide

44. I'm told how bodies change their state

45. I once despised the providence of Jove

46. I whom thou seest begirt with towering oaks

47. I know thy force to mine superior far

48. If I where wise those sisters I should hate

49. If mortal hands thy peace destroy

50. If you demand the fortune of that day