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1. A dreadful plague from angry Juno came

First Line:
A dreadful plague from angry Juno came
Last Line:
To fill your sails and favour your intent
Author:
William Stonestreet (Absolute)
DMI number:
4174

2. A brace of bucks in friendship bound

First Line:
A brace of bucks in friendship bound
Last Line:
Smile on her cheek and bloom without decay
DMI number:
36520

3. A cave there is deep in declining ground

First Line:
A cave there is deep in declining ground
Last Line:
Because thought absent at his wondrous fall
Author:
John Hopkins (Absolute)
DMI number:
5880

4. A tale of grief I must unfold

First Line:
A tale of grief I must unfold
Last Line:
Of this great duke of Buckingham
DMI number:
37020

5. A wealthy yeoman of renown

First Line:
A wealthy yeoman of renown
Last Line:
A common town talk to her shame
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
7968

6. Advanced in years he died one common date

First Line:
Advanced in years he died one common date
Last Line:
I serve my goddess and attend her chase
Author:
Alexander Stopford Catcott (Confident)
DMI number:
12038

7. After our royal king

First Line:
After our royal king
Last Line:
As you shall plainly read
DMI number:
36972

8. An hether man as I heard say

First Line:
An hether man as I heard say
Last Line:
For I took pains to mend it
DMI number:
4611

9. All ye whose hearts to tender pity formed

First Line:
All ye whose hearts to tender pity formed
Last Line:
For ever silent and for ever sad
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
27020

10. Amid the vain of Persia was a youth

First Line:
Amid the vain of Persia was a youth
Last Line:
On her slain lover silent sinks in death
Author:
Richard Glover (Absolute)
DMI number:
30927

11. Amid the van of Persia was a youth

First Line:
Amid the van of Persia was a youth
Last Line:
On her slain lover silent sinks the death
Author:
Richard Glover (Absolute)
DMI number:
38522

12. As over the vast Atlantic sea

First Line:
As over the vast Atlantic sea
Last Line:
His soul was all her own
Author:
Samuel Whyte (Speculation)
DMI number:
36568

13. As Phillis sat beneath the spreading shade

First Line:
As Phillis sat beneath the spreading shade
Last Line:
Oblige the lover and the husband's lost
DMI number:
33623

14. Attend ye fair and learn what pains await

First Line:
Attend ye fair and learn what pains await
Last Line:
In life divided but in death conjoined
DMI number:
25319

15. Auld reeky mourn in sable hue

First Line:
Auld reeky mourn in sable hue
Last Line:
Guess whether ye're in heaven or hell | They're sure ye're dead
Author:
Allan Ramsay (Absolute)
DMI number:
28063

16. Before the altar the devoted maid

First Line:
Before the altar the devoted maid
Last Line:
I bear the double load of guilt and grief
Author:
Nahum Tate (Absolute)
DMI number:
5008

17. But now the hero of immortal birth

First Line:
But now the hero of immortal birth
Last Line:
And lodge the hero in the starry sky
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
11726

18. But Pentheus grown more furious than before

First Line:
But Pentheus grown more furious than before
Last Line:
The Thebans tremble and confess the god
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
11377

19. Bright was the morn the landscape gay

First Line:
Bright was the morn the landscape gay
Last Line:
Their grave with tears bedew
Author:
J Robertson (Absolute)
DMI number:
37073

20. Clarissa sprightly once and gay

First Line:
Clarissa sprightly once and gay
Last Line:
And reason is but inclination
DMI number:
21911

21. Come light and listen you gentlemen all

First Line:
Come light and listen you gentlemen all
Last Line:
To be of his yeomanry
DMI number:
36998

22. Cursed with a conscious feeling mind

First Line:
Cursed with a conscious feeling mind
Last Line:
God cannot be unjust
Author:
J Robertson (Absolute)
DMI number:
37074

23. Constantia now a saint was heavenly fair

First Line:
Constantia now a saint was heavenly fair
Last Line:
And lovely in their eyes in death they joined
Author:
George Jeffreys (Absolute)
DMI number:
25340

24. For daring feats of rustic sport

First Line:
For daring feats of rustic sport
Last Line:
By every eye in Aram's vale
Author:
Thomas Pearson (Absolute)
DMI number:
32728

25. Flushed with a double draught of double strong

First Line:
Flushed with a double draught of double strong
Last Line:
Saying I'll write thy epitaph on stone
Author:
Alexander Pennecuik (Confident)
DMI number:
28090

26. From forth the church all blithesome gay

First Line:
From forth the church all blithesome gay
Last Line:
And all his future days were woe
Author:
J Robertson (Absolute)
DMI number:
37075

27. From him the Caledonians sought relief

First Line:
From him the Caledonians sought relief
Last Line:
Who yearly round the tomb in feathered flocks repair
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
11663

28. Greet a ye bairns and bearded folk

First Line:
Greet a ye bairns and bearded folk
Last Line:
Wha will we get to fill his place | for now he's dead
Author:
Alexander Pennecuik (Confident)
DMI number:
28177

29. He who could often and alone withstand

First Line:
He who could often and alone withstand
Last Line:
But those express the grief and these the name
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
11938

30. Here lies a man a happy man was he

First Line:
Here lies a man a happy man was he
Last Line:
For worldly joy hath always in it death
Author:
Alexander Pennecuik (Confident)
DMI number:
28183

31. Here while the Thracian bard's enchanting strain

First Line:
Here while the Thracian bard's enchanting strain
Last Line:
And without danger can review his spouse
Author:
Samuel Croxall (Confident)
DMI number:
11896

32. In Babylon where first her Queen for state

First Line:
In Babylon where first her Queen for state
Last Line:
And drew attentive all the sister-throng
Author:
Laurence Eusden (Confident)
DMI number:
11404

33. In Babylon where ramparts rose on high

First Line:
In Babylon where ramparts rose on high
Last Line:
And in one urn still keep their mixed remains
DMI number:
10297

34. In lonely shades distracted with despair

First Line:
In lonely shades distracted with despair
Last Line:
He lays him down breaks his proud heart and dies
Author:
George Granville (Absolute)
DMI number:
4194

35. Kilbarchan now may say alas

First Line:
Kilbarchan now may say alas
Last Line:
Sen Habbie's dead
Author:
Robert Sempill (Speculation)
DMI number:
4609

36. Nor were the gods themselves more safe above

First Line:
Nor were the gods themselves more safe above
Last Line:
Did with promiscuous grace his flowing locks adorn
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
11200

37. Now Robin Hood Will Scarlet and Little John

First Line:
Now Robin Hood Will Scarlet and Little John
Last Line:
And so I bid you good night
DMI number:
36999

38. Odious in woollen twould a saint provoke

First Line:
Odious in woollen twould a saint provoke
Last Line:
Oh save my country heaven shall be your last
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
37193

39. O see you not yon bonny steed

First Line:
O see you not yon bonny steed
Last Line:
And breathed her soul away
DMI number:
37080

40. Outrageous did the loud wind blow

First Line:
Outrageous did the loud wind blow
Last Line:
She sighed her troubled soul
Author:
Edward Jerningham (Absolute)
DMI number:
37071

41. Over these waves for ever mourning

First Line:
Over these waves for ever mourning
Last Line:
And for England shamed in me
Author:
Richard Glover (Absolute)
DMI number:
37051

42. On Trinitye Mondaye in the morne

First Line:
On Trinitye Mondaye in the morne
Last Line:
Hee never more was seene on molde
DMI number:
37488

43. One parting kiss my Ethelende

First Line:
One parting kiss my Ethelende
Last Line:
And life's warm spirit fled
DMI number:
37066

44. Phoebus for thee too Hyacinth designed

First Line:
Phoebus for thee too Hyacinth designed
Last Line:
The Hyacinthian feasts they yearly celebrate
Author:
John Ozell (Confident)
DMI number:
11891

45. Robin Hood was a tall young man

First Line:
Robin Hood was a tall young man
Last Line:
And they buried them all on a row
DMI number:
36979

46. Saw ye the thane of mickle pride

First Line:
Saw ye the thane of mickle pride
Last Line:
Seems to the traveller like a man
DMI number:
36926

47. See the fierce storms engage

First Line:
See the fierce storms engage
Last Line:
And boils and breaks the caverned cliffs among
Author:
William Richardson (Absolute)
DMI number:
36929

48. See my son my Offa dies

First Line:
See my son my Offa dies
Last Line:
Record that Mordrid poured the lays
Author:
Mr. Ball (Absolute)
DMI number:
37077

49. Since rapine and war have exhausted the nation

First Line:
Since rapine and war have exhausted the nation
Last Line:
To drown in good port the fatigue of the day
DMI number:
26703

50. 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