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1. A silly shepherd lately sat

First Line:: A silly shepherd lately sat
Last Line:: the honour of his sleep
Author:: Nicholas Breton [Britton] (Absolute)
DMI number:: 44839

2. All you that for parliament members do stand

First Line:: All you that for parliament members do stand
Last Line:: They'll conspire against horse and man
Author:: Alexander Brome (Absolute)
DMI number:: 1703

3. Come gentle herdman sit by me

First Line:: Come gentle herdman sit by me
Last Line:: fly from thy careful head
DMI number:: 49581

4. Come gentle herdman sit by me

First Line:: Come gentle herdman sit by me
Last Line:: Fly from thy carefull head
DMI number:: 49886

5. Dear damned distracting town farewell

First Line:: Dear damned distracting town farewell
Last Line:: And so may starve with me
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 34928

6. 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

7. Crowned by the man with lasting praise

First Line:: Crowned by the man with lasting praise
Last Line:: For Tucker thou art the man
Author:: Soame Jenyns (Absolute)
DMI number:: 35940

8. Fair Margaret prudent temperate just

First Line:: Fair Margaret prudent temperate just
Last Line:: To bed with Sol withdrew
Author:: William Tully (Absolute)
DMI number:: 12108

9. Four shillings in the pound we see

First Line:: Four shillings in the pound we see
Last Line:: Thank him for leaving any
DMI number:: 35955

10. For once ye muses chaste as fair

First Line:: For once ye muses chaste as fair
Last Line:: Than Bacchus or than Ceres
DMI number:: 33663

11. God works in a mysterious way

First Line:: God works in a mysterious way
Last Line:: And he shall make it plain
Author:: William Cowper (Absolute)
DMI number:: 33473

12. Great Stanhope the glory of Britannia's nation

First Line:: Great Stanhope the glory of Britannia's nation
Last Line:: When they've nothing but mud in their brains
DMI number:: 7355

13. How cruel was Alonzo's fate

First Line:: How cruel was Alonzo's fate
Last Line:: What can be innocence
Author:: Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:: 3807

14. Hold out sweet heart hold out

First Line:: Hold out sweet heart hold out
Last Line:: Sweet Robin thou hast lost thy fiddle
DMI number:: 33265

15. How shall I sing that majesty

First Line:: How shall I sing that majesty
Last Line:: To land at Canaan's rest
Author:: John Mason (Confident)
DMI number:: 4100

16. I dread this tedious time more than

First Line:: I dread this tedious time more than
Last Line:: We'll separate from this
DMI number:: 43474

17. In peascod time when hound to horn

First Line:: In peascod time when hound to horn
Last Line:: dooth spring from lack of sleep
DMI number:: 44918

18. Lord if one distant glimpse of thee

First Line:: Lord if one distant glimpse of thee
Last Line:: Would break her hated chain
Author:: Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer] (Confident)
DMI number:: 4107

19. May the ambitious ever find

First Line:: May the ambitious ever find
Last Line:: Her arms much softer nights
Author:: Charles Sackville (Absolute)
DMI number:: 4205

20. O cruel heart with falsehood infect of force I must complain

First Line:: O cruel heart with falsehood infect of force I must complain
Last Line:: Whose often change I may well like two months within the
DMI number:: 49164