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1. Ah me what pangs a tender heart must feel

First Line:
Ah me what pangs a tender heart must feel
Last Line:
And see that all his ways are right and best
DMI number:
41770

2. All fly the unhappy and I all would fly

First Line:
All fly the unhappy and I all would fly
Last Line:
For sure the soul his wisdom made his power continues still
Author:
Anne Wharton [nee Lee] (Absolute) & Anne Finch [nee Kingsmill] (Speculation)
DMI number:
3879

3. Alas my aching heart

First Line:
Alas my aching heart
Last Line:
And sounded grace on all their strings
Author:
Isaac Watts (Absolute)
DMI number:
27273

4. Ah endless source of woe ah fatal smart

First Line:
Ah endless source of woe ah fatal smart
Last Line:
Heal heal a broken heart and bid me rise and live
Author:
Richard Daniel (Absolute)
DMI number:
26474

5. Both day and night O God my sighs

First Line:
Both day and night O God my sighs
Last Line:
Hast veiled in endless night
DMI number:
19425

6. Beneath a reverend gloomy shade

First Line:
Beneath a reverend gloomy shade
Last Line:
One hallelujah more but ever silent lie
Author:
John Norris (Absolute)
DMI number:
4092

7. Beneath the walls of Babylon

First Line:
Beneath the walls of Babylon
Last Line:
And makes thy channels swell with streams of putrid gore
DMI number:
7164

8. Beside where famed Euphrates flows

First Line:
Beside where famed Euphrates flows
Last Line:
Thy infants on the rugged stone
Author:
Elizabeth Tollet (Absolute)
DMI number:
26924

9. By Euphrate's flowery side

First Line:
By Euphrate's flowery side
Last Line:
With their brains and blood besmearing
Author:
Francis Davison (Confident) & John Donne (Speculation)
DMI number:
22929

10. Buried in darkness and oppressed with care

First Line:
Buried in darkness and oppressed with care
Last Line:
And the glad land shall taste the sweets of peace
Author:
Richard Daniel (Absolute)
DMI number:
26896

11. Dear sir | from horror's realms lands of umbracious dread

First Line:
Dear sir | from horror's realms lands of umbracious dread
Last Line:
O amice dabit deus his turbis quoque finem
DMI number:
26176

12. Deep waters silent roll so grief like mine

First Line:
Deep waters silent roll so grief like mine
Last Line:
And to him winged with joy out fly the wind
Author:
Anne Wharton [nee Lee] (Absolute)
DMI number:
3523

13. From the dark dungeon from the lonely cell

First Line:
From the dark dungeon from the lonely cell
Last Line:
Whilst willing worlds bow down and own your dread command
Author:
Richard Daniel (Absolute)
DMI number:
26863

14. From the profound abyss below

First Line:
From the profound abyss below
Last Line:
And give us liberty again
Author:
Elizabeth Tollet (Absolute)
DMI number:
26898

15. Hear gracious Lord my fervent prayer

First Line:
Hear gracious Lord my fervent prayer
Last Line:
To celebrate thy praise
DMI number:
26935

16. Hear mighty God the humble suppliant's cry

First Line:
Hear mighty God the humble suppliant's cry
Last Line:
From God who keeps his vengeance for my foes
Author:
Richard Daniel (Absolute)
DMI number:
27217

17. He only knows my grief whose eyes can dart

First Line:
He only knows my grief whose eyes can dart
Last Line:
We two can only tell and we suffice
DMI number:
43260

18. How doth the mournful widowed city bow

First Line:
How doth the mournful widowed city bow
Last Line:
My sighs are many and my heart is faint
Author:
Anne Wharton [nee Lee] (Absolute)
DMI number:
3483

19. How loathes my soul this sorrowful abode

First Line:
How loathes my soul this sorrowful abode
Last Line:
Yet but unquiet rest if Canaan we obtain
DMI number:
23291

20. How long wilt thou neglect

First Line:
How long wilt thou neglect
Last Line:
Address my thankful voice
Author:
James Gibbs (Absolute)
DMI number:
25996

21. How shall I do to fix my doubtful love

First Line:
How shall I do to fix my doubtful love
Last Line:
Can take them off but he who put them on
Author:
Edmund Arwaker (Absolute)
DMI number:
36221

22. In dead of night when happy mortals take

First Line:
In dead of night when happy mortals take
Last Line:
One comfortable day
DMI number:
8147

23. In past distress my God was near

First Line:
In past distress my God was near
Last Line:
They have all recourse to arms
DMI number:
26878

24. Is there no place

First Line:
Is there no place
Last Line:
As man ere long and this new world shall know
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
32049

25. In vain the dusky night retires

First Line:
In vain the dusky night retires
Last Line:
A near approach to thee
Author:
Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer] (Absolute)
DMI number:
4053

26. Lord when I cry make haste to hear

First Line:
Lord when I cry make haste to hear
Last Line:
While by thy favour I escape
Author:
Sir John Denham (Absolute)
DMI number:
26933

27. Mourn not this hopeful youth so soon is dead

First Line:
Mourn not this hopeful youth so soon is dead
Last Line:
With those who have endured the heat of the day
DMI number:
17140

28. My barren soul like this unfruitful tree

First Line:
My barren soul like this unfruitful tree
Last Line:
And speak the wonders of thy fertile care
DMI number:
36183

29. My prime of youth is but a frost of cares

First Line:
My prime of youth is but a frost of cares
Last Line:
And now I live and now my life is done
DMI number:
43369

30. My liege I did deny no prisoners

First Line:
My liege I did deny no prisoners
Last Line:
He would himself have been a soldier
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
37364

31. I lift mine eyes to thee o thou

First Line:
I lift mine eyes to thee o thou
Last Line:
Of them that swell with pride
DMI number:
26881

32. I love the Lord he heard my cries

First Line:
I love the Lord he heard my cries
Last Line:
And my remaining years
Author:
Isaac Watts (Absolute)
DMI number:
26872

33. Nigh seated where the river flows

First Line:
Nigh seated where the river flows
Last Line:
Shall take and dash against the stones
Author:
Mary Herbert [nee Sidney] (Absolute)
DMI number:
26919

34. O God my refuge hear my cries

First Line:
O God my refuge hear my cries
Last Line:
Scarce live out half their days
Author:
Isaac Watts (Absolute)
DMI number:
26514

35. O thou whose grace and justice reign

First Line:
O thou whose grace and justice reign
Last Line:
That God will not despise
Author:
Isaac Watts (Absolute)
DMI number:
26883

36. O shepherd thou that dost provide

First Line:
O shepherd thou that dost provide
Last Line:
And safe shall we remain
Author:
William Barton (Absolute)
DMI number:
26584

37. O unexpected stroke worse than of death

First Line:
O unexpected stroke worse than of death
Last Line:
Less pure accustomed to immortal fruits
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
37220

38. Out of the deep of sad distress

First Line:
Out of the deep of sad distress
Last Line:
From all their guilt and all their cares
DMI number:
26894

39. Oppressed with sorrow and with sickness faint

First Line:
Oppressed with sorrow and with sickness faint
Last Line:
And a new sun breaks forth in Judah's skies
DMI number:
32235

40. Silent and lonesome while I lie

First Line:
Silent and lonesome while I lie
Last Line:
And where o death thy sting
DMI number:
16175

41. See manly grief see tears incessant flow

First Line:
See manly grief see tears incessant flow
Last Line:
And funeral honours paid with drops divine
DMI number:
36193

42. Thou God for ever blessed

First Line:
Thou God for ever blessed
Last Line:
And save me from the gulf of black despair
DMI number:
43257

43. Tis done the darling idol I resign

First Line:
Tis done the darling idol I resign
Last Line:
But what derived its gentle source from thee
Author:
Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer] (Absolute)
DMI number:
23531

44. To God I cried with mournful voice

First Line:
To God I cried with mournful voice
Last Line:
Home to the promised land
Author:
Isaac Watts (Absolute)
DMI number:
26581

45. To God I raise my humble cry

First Line:
To God I raise my humble cry
Last Line:
Thy kind indulgence to proclaim
DMI number:
26934

46. Twas at his house in old Gabaa built

First Line:
Twas at his house in old Gabaa built
Last Line:
And did an angel charm
DMI number:
11470

47. Troublous seas do me surround

First Line:
Troublous seas do me surround
Last Line:
Stable stay shall eternize
Author:
Mary Herbert [nee Sidney] (Speculation)
DMI number:
32137

48. Welcome weariness and pain

First Line:
Welcome weariness and pain
Last Line:
Grief for sin shall break my heart
Author:
Charles Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
27473

49. Vouchsafe my God to lend a listening ear

First Line:
Vouchsafe my God to lend a listening ear
Last Line:
And strengthen thou the arm which strikes for thee
Author:
Richard Daniel (Absolute)
DMI number:
26936

50. We under thy displeasure mourn

First Line:
We under thy displeasure mourn
Last Line:
Thy arm our courage must sustain
Author:
Sir John Denham (Absolute)
DMI number:
26529