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1. A different theme demands my lays

First Line:
A different theme demands my lays
Last Line:
Through all the realms above
DMI number:
26183

2. A monument on stable base

First Line:
A monument on stable base
Last Line:
The laurel wreath that decks Apollo's head
DMI number:
25609

3. A mourning friend invites a mourning muse

First Line:
A mourning friend invites a mourning muse
Last Line:
And thou to all its trifling pleasures blind
Author:
William Oldisworth (Speculation)
DMI number:
4340

4. A muse unskilled in venal praise

First Line:
A muse unskilled in venal praise
Last Line:
While shouting nations gaze
Author:
James Beattie (Absolute)
DMI number:
32710

5. A thousand different shapes it bears

First Line:
A thousand different shapes it bears
Last Line:
In that strange mirror of the deity
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
6021

6. A tower of brass one would have said

First Line:
A tower of brass one would have said
Last Line:
With sparing hand but just enough has given
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
932

7. A planter with a was he

First Line:
A planter with a was he
Last Line:
And greater pleasure thence receives
Author:
Sir Richard Fanshawe (Absolute)
DMI number:
42088

8. A pleasant spring doth rise within my grove

First Line:
A pleasant spring doth rise within my grove
Last Line:
That none but lovers and the muses know
DMI number:
42112

9. A second age in wars we waste away

First Line:
A second age in wars we waste away
Last Line:
Your bard thus warns you to retire
DMI number:
25651

10. A rustic brought of curious mold

First Line:
A rustic brought of curious mold
Last Line:
I swear I'll make a fire of thee
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
27182

11. A two-fold poet through the liquid sky

First Line:
A two-fold poet through the liquid sky
Last Line:
The needless honour of a sepulchre
Author:
Sir Thomas Hawkins (Absolute)
DMI number:
42096

12. A while forget the scenes of woe

First Line:
A while forget the scenes of woe
Last Line:
And end the night in joys
DMI number:
24621

13. A long adieu to mortal lays

First Line:
A long adieu to mortal lays
Last Line:
Swallowed and lost in infinite to nought
Author:
John Dennis (Absolute)
DMI number:
4055

14. A lovely nymph of Cyprus isle

First Line:
A lovely nymph of Cyprus isle
Last Line:
Shall sing to Thomasia their queen
DMI number:
25015

15. Ah hapless sex who bear no charms

First Line:
Ah hapless sex who bear no charms
Last Line:
After fruition never to be concerned
DMI number:
43647

16. Ah happy rills ah pleasing shade

First Line:
Ah happy rills ah pleasing shade
Last Line:
To breathe a second spring
Author:
Thomas Gray (Absolute)
DMI number:
37114

17. Ah me how little knows the human heart

First Line:
Ah me how little knows the human heart
Last Line:
And peace and plenty cheer the smiling plains
DMI number:
31937

18. Ah me what sorrows are we born to bear

First Line:
Ah me what sorrows are we born to bear
Last Line:
And one dull silence reign over all the dead
Author:
James Macpherson (Absolute)
DMI number:
33415

19. Ah mourn thou loved retreat no more

First Line:
Ah mourn thou loved retreat no more
Last Line:
Usurped the wizard's proud domain
Author:
Thomas Warton (Absolute)
DMI number:
38693

20. Ah no tis all in vain believe me tis

First Line:
Ah no tis all in vain believe me tis
Last Line:
Their transitory master dead
Author:
William Congreve (Absolute)
DMI number:
25430

21. Ah no tis all in vain believe me tis

First Line:
Ah no tis all in vain believe me tis
Last Line:
Themselves outdone in luxury
Author:
William Congreve (Absolute)
DMI number:
916

22. Ah Pettius I no more indite

First Line:
Ah Pettius I no more indite
Last Line:
My present passion ends
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25647

23. Ah Posthumus the years of man

First Line:
Ah Posthumus the years of man
Last Line:
Which makes the abbots fat
Author:
Sir Richard Fanshawe (Absolute)
DMI number:
42089

24. All gloomy thoughts and pining care

First Line:
All gloomy thoughts and pining care
Last Line:
In sacred harmony combine
DMI number:
21069

25. All hail bright hope thou when the fatal box

First Line:
All hail bright hope thou when the fatal box
Last Line:
In realms where god and love are all in all
Author:
William Dodd (Absolute)
DMI number:
32669

26. All hail illustrious parent of the day

First Line:
All hail illustrious parent of the day
Last Line:
Athens revives where Cam and Isis flow
DMI number:
36774

27. All hail majestic queen of night

First Line:
All hail majestic queen of night
Last Line:
And mixes with the buzz of days
Author:
Robert Lloyd (Absolute)
DMI number:
32640

28. All hail of ages thou perpetual source

First Line:
All hail of ages thou perpetual source
Last Line:
Then gave a monitory glance and fled
DMI number:
18150

29. All hail thou pleasing cheerful morn

First Line:
All hail thou pleasing cheerful morn
Last Line:
And bless thy happy reign
DMI number:
33478

30. All hail to him who sits on high

First Line:
All hail to him who sits on high
Last Line:
Be glory honour love and praise
Author:
Samuel Whyte (Absolute)
DMI number:
33794

31. All hail ye curls that ranged in reverend row

First Line:
All hail ye curls that ranged in reverend row
Last Line:
Beneath the liceat of an humble Bob
DMI number:
26592

32. Above all mortal ken is space divine

First Line:
Above all mortal ken is space divine
Last Line:
Above disdained
DMI number:
24658

33. Absence hear thou my prostestation

First Line:
Absence hear thou my prostestation
Last Line:
And so I both enjoy and miss her
Author:
John Hoskins (Absolute)
DMI number:
49731

34. Absence hear thou my protestation

First Line:
Absence hear thou my protestation
Last Line:
And so I both enjoy and miss her
Author:
John Hoskins (Absolute)
DMI number:
49900

35. Absent from flesh O blissful thought

First Line:
Absent from flesh O blissful thought
Last Line:
For Uriel waits and points my way
Author:
Isaac Watts (Absolute)
DMI number:
23273

36. Accept o Cibber the adventurous lay

First Line:
Accept o Cibber the adventurous lay
Last Line:
Give the poet then some ale | Ale
Author:
Stephen Duck (Speculation)
DMI number:
1863

37. Adieu eternally adieu thrice happy train

First Line:
Adieu eternally adieu thrice happy train
Last Line:
But at his set a bigger blaze of rays adorns his head
DMI number:
11199

38. Adieu the pleasing rural scene

First Line:
Adieu the pleasing rural scene
Last Line:
One glorious one eternal spring
Author:
Joseph Cockfield (Absolute)
DMI number:
32651

39. Adieu to Leyden's lonely bound

First Line:
Adieu to Leyden's lonely bound
Last Line:
There public zeal defies the test of blame
Author:
Mark Akenside (Absolute)
DMI number:
22632

40. Adieu vain mirth and noisy joys

First Line:
Adieu vain mirth and noisy joys
Last Line:
Thy steps adieu vain world adieu
Author:
William Broome (Absolute)
DMI number:
15405

41. Adieu ye toyish reeds that once could please

First Line:
Adieu ye toyish reeds that once could please
Last Line:
And born to bliss shall tread imperial skies
Author:
John Pomfret (Absolute)
DMI number:
17967

42. Aelius whose noble lineage springs

First Line:
Aelius whose noble lineage springs
Last Line:
With thee the social banquet share
DMI number:
25597

43. Ah tell me why deluded sex thus we

First Line:
Ah tell me why deluded sex thus we
Last Line:
Will owe our charms of wit of parts and poetry
DMI number:
43034

44. Ah what a weary race my feet have run

First Line:
Ah what a weary race my feet have run
Last Line:
Nor with the muse's laurel unbestowed
DMI number:
38122

45. Ah why for ever on the wing

First Line:
Ah why for ever on the wing
Last Line:
The sweets of friendship and of love
Author:
William Shenstone (Absolute)
DMI number:
27210

46. Aid me Cupid god of smiles

First Line:
Aid me Cupid god of smiles
Last Line:
Else I'm sure she'll never me sic mine
DMI number:
15317

47. Alas how swift the crowding minutes pass

First Line:
Alas how swift the crowding minutes pass
Last Line:
Of glutton priests when they their solemn feasts profess
DMI number:
3900

48. Alas how vain and transitory a thing

First Line:
Alas how vain and transitory a thing
Last Line:
May his example learn to imitate
DMI number:
4367

49. Alas my friend the years fly swift away

First Line:
Alas my friend the years fly swift away
Last Line:
The Pope would give his keys of heaven to gain
DMI number:
7172

50. Alas the powers of life decay

First Line:
Alas the powers of life decay
Last Line:
Never ah never to return
Author:
William Broome (Absolute)
DMI number:
27352

51. Alas with swift and silent pace

First Line:
Alas with swift and silent pace
Last Line:
And every bliss in wine shall meet
Author:
John Hawkesworth (Absolute) & Samuel Johnson (Speculation)
DMI number:
30679

52. Alas with swift and silent pace

First Line:
Alas with swift and silent pace
Last Line:
And every bliss with wine shall meet
Author:
John Hawkesworth (Absolute) & Samuel Johnson (Speculation)
DMI number:
32762

53. Albion exult thy sons a voice divine have heard

First Line:
Albion exult thy sons a voice divine have heard
Last Line:
Lure his contented heart from the sweet vale of ease
Author:
Joseph Warton (Absolute)
DMI number:
25763

54. Again new tumults in my breast

First Line:
Again new tumults in my breast
Last Line:
And now on rolling waters snatched away
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
25612

55. Again the blossomed hedge is seen

First Line:
Again the blossomed hedge is seen
Last Line:
Tonight may blast thy crops and snatch thy soul
Author:
William Woty (Absolute)
DMI number:
28653

56. Again the cruel deities

First Line:
Again the cruel deities
Last Line:
Venus appeased may grant my prayer
Author:
Isaac Pacatus Shard (Absolute)
DMI number:
26109

57. Again the royal streamers play

First Line:
Again the royal streamers play
Last Line:
Source of thy hope and patron of thy song
Author:
William Falconer (Absolute)
DMI number:
32714

58. Again the royal streamers play

First Line:
Again the royal streamers play
Last Line:
While thought behind portrays the ideal scene
Author:
William Falconer (Absolute)
DMI number:
31239

59. Again the welcome morn we sing

First Line:
Again the welcome morn we sing
Last Line:
And from a fury grows a muse
DMI number:
3548

60. Ah cease this kind persuasive strain

First Line:
Ah cease this kind persuasive strain
Last Line:
Will heave one tuneful sigh and sooth my hovering shade
Author:
William Mason (Absolute)
DMI number:
27947

61. Ah Delia fairer than the new blown rose

First Line:
Ah Delia fairer than the new blown rose
Last Line:
Must learn of her to die
DMI number:
33809

62. Ah friend forbear nor fright the fields

First Line:
Ah friend forbear nor fright the fields
Last Line:
Their own eternal rights and nature's injured reign
Author:
William Whitehead (Absolute)
DMI number:
22457

63. Ah friend the posting years how fast they fly

First Line:
Ah friend the posting years how fast they fly
Last Line:
Shall flow and make the drunken pavement shine
Author:
John Potenger (Absolute)
DMI number:
917

64. A work outlasting brass and higher

First Line:
A work outlasting brass and higher
Last Line:
Crown crown me willing muse with bays
Author:
Sir Richard Fanshawe (Absolute)
DMI number:
42129

65. A youth the meanest of the tuneful train

First Line:
A youth the meanest of the tuneful train
Last Line:
When beauty's charming queen the queen of love he gained
DMI number:
28417

66. And wilt thou Romeo still maintain

First Line:
And wilt thou Romeo still maintain
Last Line:
The pencil muse and lyre
DMI number:
32280

67. An honest and resolved man

First Line:
An honest and resolved man
Last Line:
And with small voice matters so great
Author:
Sir Richard Fanshawe (Absolute)
DMI number:
42100

68. All we can see that's excellent and fair

First Line:
All we can see that's excellent and fair
Last Line:
Scarcely to be repaired though William's still behind
DMI number:
42887

69. And dost thou still rebellious soul delight

First Line:
And dost thou still rebellious soul delight
Last Line:
How should man be abased when even god stoops so low
DMI number:
7199

70. And has my friend unchecked by fear

First Line:
And has my friend unchecked by fear
Last Line:
And to the sword the gown
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25509

71. And is this heaven and am I there

First Line:
And is this heaven and am I there
Last Line:
Awake my voice in heavenly strains
Author:
Isaac Watts (Absolute)
DMI number:
23274

72. 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

73. And now methinks I rise

First Line:
And now methinks I rise
Last Line:
I'm lost in the bright labyrinth again
Author:
Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer] (Confident)
DMI number:
6885

74. Amid the garden's fragrance laid

First Line:
Amid the garden's fragrance laid
Last Line:
To pleasure and to health
Author:
Mark Akenside (Absolute)
DMI number:
22623

75. Amidst thy triumphs on the deep

First Line:
Amidst thy triumphs on the deep
Last Line:
Left his dread temple and retired
DMI number:
36627

76. Aminta fear not to confess

First Line:
Aminta fear not to confess
Last Line:
Than the dear secret's kept unknown
Author:
Aphra Behn (Absolute)
DMI number:
2859

77. As it fell upon a day

First Line:
As it fell upon a day
Last Line:
None alive will pity me
Author:
Richard Barnfield (Absolute)
DMI number:
44825

78. As Jove's imperial bird to whom the sway

First Line:
As Jove's imperial bird to whom the sway
Last Line:
Of well connected war inured
Author:
George Jeffreys (Absolute)
DMI number:
36426

79. As Jove's imperial bird to whom the sway

First Line:
As Jove's imperial bird to whom the sway
Last Line:
Of well-conducted war inured
Author:
George Jeffreys (Absolute)
DMI number:
25617

80. As late I wandered over the upland lawn

First Line:
As late I wandered over the upland lawn
Last Line:
Oh sound her triumph though the skies
DMI number:
38687

81. As late of flowrets fresh and fair

First Line:
As late of flowrets fresh and fair
Last Line:
Strange titillations to my heart
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
27355

82. As late over Britain's chalky coasts

First Line:
As late over Britain's chalky coasts
Last Line:
And plenty's horn poured blessings on the shore
Author:
John Gilbert Cooper (Speculation)
DMI number:
29616

83. As the god of manual arts

First Line:
As the god of manual arts
Last Line:
Keep it Mars tis but a toy
Author:
George Ogle (Confident)
DMI number:
27305

84. As the young eagle that Joves thunder bears

First Line:
As the young eagle that Joves thunder bears
Last Line:
Their prudence will an easy triumph gain
DMI number:
41851

85. As to the blooming prime

First Line:
As to the blooming prime
Last Line:
Your breaths Favonius hath increast the store
Author:
Edmund Bolton (Absolute)
DMI number:
44875

86. As water of all elements

First Line:
As water of all elements
Last Line:
Through grace for wisdom known
DMI number:
8125

87. As on a purple bed supine

First Line:
As on a purple bed supine
Last Line:
Again you soft illusions rise
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
27179

88. As once if not with light regard

First Line:
As once if not with light regard
Last Line:
Or curtained close such scene from every future view
Author:
William Collins (Absolute)
DMI number:
31041

89. As one that's from a tedious voyage come

First Line:
As one that's from a tedious voyage come
Last Line:
Make it a heavenly sign near that which saved the old
Author:
Samuel Woodford (Confident)
DMI number:
6739

90. As over the mountains over the plains

First Line:
As over the mountains over the plains
Last Line:
The sweetest madness wine and love
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
27186

91. As over the swelling ocean's tide

First Line:
As over the swelling ocean's tide
Last Line:
And dares or truly speaks or bravely dies
DMI number:
32066

92. As Paris ploughed the watery plain

First Line:
As Paris ploughed the watery plain
Last Line:
And then thy flames of love shall end in flames of fire
DMI number:
893

93. 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

94. As faithless Paris ploughed his liquid way

First Line:
As faithless Paris ploughed his liquid way
Last Line:
And Ilium whelmed beneath a flood of fire
DMI number:
16966

95. As high above the starry sphere

First Line:
As high above the starry sphere
Last Line:
A column of imperishable praise
DMI number:
38683

96. Approach celestial dove

First Line:
Approach celestial dove
Last Line:
United three eternal one be thine
DMI number:
43283

97. Aquarius rules the frozen skies

First Line:
Aquarius rules the frozen skies
Last Line:
To all thy ways resigned
Author:
Peter Cunningham (Absolute)
DMI number:
32557

98. Are these thy palms oh queen of love

First Line:
Are these thy palms oh queen of love
Last Line:
Unrigged and leaky to the inclement skies
DMI number:
27771

99. Arise and soar my towering soul

First Line:
Arise and soar my towering soul
Last Line:
To fix his marriage day
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
169

100. Arise gentle muse and thy wisdom impart

First Line:
Arise gentle muse and thy wisdom impart
Last Line:
Which thus has united the sage and the youth
DMI number:
37531