Content type: Poem / Poem Genre / Form: Ode / Poem Theme: Fate / fortune / providence

1. 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

2. As distant thunder in a rolling cloud

First Line:: As distant thunder in a rolling cloud
Last Line:: Ireland will never again know cause of public grief or fear
DMI number:: 43182

3. As Cupid in his cradle lay

First Line:: As Cupid in his cradle lay
Last Line:: With frozen looks his kingdom shall destroy
DMI number:: 41788

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. Awake ye dead the trumpet calls

First Line:: Awake ye dead the trumpet calls
Last Line:: Ascends and mocks the universal wreck
DMI number:: 43250

6. 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

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. Behold proud Babylon with trembling fear

First Line:: Behold proud Babylon with trembling fear
Last Line:: Shall fill each house and wolves in every street shall howl
DMI number:: 43391

10. Caesar like Hercules in Spain

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

11. Bright Phoebus and thou goddess maid

First Line:: Bright Phoebus and thou goddess maid
Last Line:: Nor sink till life's lamp fades away
DMI number:: 23237

12. 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

13. Fiction be gone we need not thee

First Line:: Fiction be gone we need not thee
Last Line:: But both of flowers and fruits despairs
DMI number:: 6568

14. 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

15. 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

16. Janus great leader of the rolling year

First Line:: Janus great leader of the rolling year
Last Line:: And cease to love in vain and be a wretch no more
Author:: John Hughes (Confident) & Elijah Fenton (Confident)
DMI number:: 8338

17. My Sallust's generous thoughts disdain

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

18. 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

19. Learned Maecenas wonder not that I

First Line:: Learned Maecenas wonder not that I
Last Line:: For why shouldst thou look sour
Author:: Thomas Flatman (Absolute)
DMI number:: 42105

20. Me from the womb the midwife muse did take

First Line:: Me from the womb the midwife muse did take
Last Line:: And all thy forefathers were from Homer down to Ben
Author:: Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:: 28380

21. Never strive Leuconoe never strive to know

First Line:: Never strive Leuconoe never strive to know
Last Line:: Live well to day and never trust tomorrow
Author:: Samuel Woodford (Absolute)
DMI number:: 42041

22. Now has our swelling deluges of tears

First Line:: Now has our swelling deluges of tears
Last Line:: You and your loyal people may be all but one
DMI number:: 8924

23. Now let each pious Briton praise

First Line:: Now let each pious Briton praise
Last Line:: Heroes they lived and more than heroes died
Author:: John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:: 26131

24. O goddess which beloved Antium sways

First Line:: O goddess which beloved Antium sways
Last Line:: Against the Arabian and the Massaget
Author:: Sir Thomas Hawkins (Absolute)
DMI number:: 42070

25. O Goddess whose propitious sway

First Line:: O Goddess whose propitious sway
Last Line:: And let the Massagete our vengeance feel
Author:: John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:: 25516

26. O thou whose power does all events control

First Line:: O thou whose power does all events control
Last Line:: Since thou the great vicegerent art of god
DMI number:: 31174

27. Offspring of Tyrrhene kings I have

First Line:: Offspring of Tyrrhene kings I have
Last Line:: Through Pontick storms then I will trade
Author:: Sir Richard Fanshawe (Absolute)
DMI number:: 42128

28. Quiet the trembling merchant cries

First Line:: Quiet the trembling merchant cries
Last Line:: But can disdain
Author:: Sir Richard Fanshawe (Absolute)
DMI number:: 42092

29. Storms rage more fiercely on the hills than dales

First Line:: Storms rage more fiercely on the hills than dales
Last Line:: Return to our first parent earth agen
DMI number:: 8157

30. Stand whoso list upon the slipper wheel

First Line:: Stand whoso list upon the slipper wheel
Last Line:: He dieth unknown dazed with dreadful face
Author:: Sir Thomas Wyatt (Absolute)
DMI number:: 49360

31. Strange and unnatural let's stay and see

First Line:: Strange and unnatural let's stay and see
Last Line:: And all thy damned forefathers were from Martell down to Pen
DMI number:: 42375

32. Strive not Leuconoe to know what end

First Line:: Strive not Leuconoe to know what end
Last Line:: This day's thine own the next may be denied
Author:: Sir Thomas Hawkins (Absolute)
DMI number:: 8558

33. Some wretch with sacrilegious hand

First Line:: Some wretch with sacrilegious hand
Last Line:: Of Proserpine behind him
DMI number:: 26589

34. The man that's weary of his life

First Line:: The man that's weary of his life
Last Line:: May hope for charity in hell
DMI number:: 7205

35. The man with generous obstinacy warmed

First Line:: The man with generous obstinacy warmed
Last Line:: The sacred councils of the gods rehearse
DMI number:: 31519

36. The just and brave unmoved appear

First Line:: The just and brave unmoved appear
Last Line:: The obedience which I owe thee ever pay
DMI number:: 4365

37. The sable queen of shades retires

First Line:: The sable queen of shades retires
Last Line:: And all mankind obey thy sovereign will
Author:: Thomas Hudson (Absolute)
DMI number:: 29237

38. The sailor when the tempest roars

First Line:: The sailor when the tempest roars
Last Line:: The base detracting crowd
Author:: John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:: 25540

39. The wary gods lock up in cells of night

First Line:: The wary gods lock up in cells of night
Last Line:: The forests tremble and the mountains roar
Author:: Walter Pope (Confident)
DMI number:: 933

40. The wretched mortal who hath sense

First Line:: The wretched mortal who hath sense
Last Line:: And thus the world goes round
Author:: Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:: 8018

41. Though skilled to measure sea and land

First Line:: Though skilled to measure sea and land
Last Line:: And winds propitious on thy sails shall blow
Author:: John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:: 25443

42. To mirth and feast and harmless sport

First Line:: To mirth and feast and harmless sport
Last Line:: With all it can bestow
DMI number:: 23031

43. Too long alas with storms of hail and snow

First Line:: Too long alas with storms of hail and snow
Last Line:: Nor let our foes insult while you our troops command
Author:: Arthur Maynwaring (Confident)
DMI number:: 882

44. We must all live and we would all live well

First Line:: We must all live and we would all live well
Last Line:: To use good fortune and to bear our ill
DMI number:: 912

45. What dismal curse has providence

First Line:: What dismal curse has providence
Last Line:: Whatever priests presume to preach
Author:: John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:: 1456

46. What though each sister muse combined

First Line:: What though each sister muse combined
Last Line:: And thou the comfort which thou givest receive
Author:: John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:: 26114

47. When first around our isle the news was spread

First Line:: When first around our isle the news was spread
Last Line:: Nor dread his vengeance more than thine great James dread thee
DMI number:: 42835

48. When liberty and property did lie

First Line:: When liberty and property did lie
Last Line:: And thou thy self shalt be the guardian angel to it
DMI number:: 42867

49. When stormy winds begin to rise

First Line:: When stormy winds begin to rise
Last Line:: Either the vulgars' hatred or their love
DMI number:: 920

50. When tempests sweep and billows roll

First Line:: When tempests sweep and billows roll
Last Line:: And trust her least when she looks gay
Author:: James Macpherson (Absolute)
DMI number:: 25905

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1. Almighty power whose boundless sway

2. As distant thunder in a rolling cloud

3. As Cupid in his cradle lay

4. As a kind mother with indulgent eye

5. Awake ye dead the trumpet calls

6. As with affection fond a mother views

7. Be calm my Delius and serene

8. Be calm my friend and resolute

9. Behold proud Babylon with trembling fear

10. Caesar like Hercules in Spain

11. Bright Phoebus and thou goddess maid

12. Enquire not lovely maid what end

13. Fiction be gone we need not thee

14. I hate lay vulgar make no noise

15. In Hobbes and St John deply read

16. Janus great leader of the rolling year

17. My Sallust's generous thoughts disdain

18. My friend through life's uneven tide

19. Learned Maecenas wonder not that I

20. Me from the womb the midwife muse did take

21. Never strive Leuconoe never strive to know

22. Now has our swelling deluges of tears

23. Now let each pious Briton praise

24. O goddess which beloved Antium sways

25. O Goddess whose propitious sway

26. O thou whose power does all events control

27. Offspring of Tyrrhene kings I have

28. Quiet the trembling merchant cries

29. Storms rage more fiercely on the hills than dales

30. Stand whoso list upon the slipper wheel

31. Strange and unnatural let's stay and see

32. Strive not Leuconoe to know what end

33. Some wretch with sacrilegious hand

34. The man that's weary of his life

35. The man with generous obstinacy warmed

36. The just and brave unmoved appear

37. The sable queen of shades retires

38. The sailor when the tempest roars

39. The wary gods lock up in cells of night

40. The wretched mortal who hath sense

41. Though skilled to measure sea and land

42. To mirth and feast and harmless sport

43. Too long alas with storms of hail and snow

44. We must all live and we would all live well

45. What dismal curse has providence

46. What though each sister muse combined

47. When first around our isle the news was spread

48. When liberty and property did lie

49. When stormy winds begin to rise

50. When tempests sweep and billows roll