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1. 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

2. Alas fears are so powerful

First Line:
Alas fears are so powerful
Last Line:
And to just wishes hopes are much more due
Author:
Sir Robert Howard (Absolute)
DMI number:
15168

3. After this shipwreck I again must try

First Line:
After this shipwreck I again must try
Last Line:
What many winters hindered had before
DMI number:
40761

4. All joy unto that happy pair

First Line:
All joy unto that happy pair
Last Line:
Yet they in heaven do fill a sphere
DMI number:
44002

5. All places that the eye of heaven visits

First Line:
All places that the eye of heaven visits
Last Line:
The man that mocks at it and sets it light
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
37403

6. And now her hope a weak physician seems

First Line:
And now her hope a weak physician seems
Last Line:
Like common medicines slowly in extremes
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
15165

7. Alwhyle ye drinke midst age and ache ybent

First Line:
Alwhyle ye drinke midst age and ache ybent
Last Line:
At lyfe's high founte an everlastynge cure
Author:
Dr Henry Harington (Confident)
DMI number:
33619

8. Approach celestial dove

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

9. As authors write in days of yore

First Line:
As authors write in days of yore
Last Line:
That hope had baulked her expectation
DMI number:
35602

10. Awake my glory e'er the rosy morn

First Line:
Awake my glory e'er the rosy morn
Last Line:
They pierce the clouds and reach beyond the sky
DMI number:
43253

11. Be merry with sorrow why are you so sad

First Line:
Be merry with sorrow why are you so sad
Last Line:
God send them short lives not to live till tomorrow
DMI number:
42909

12. Can life be a blessing or worth the possessing

First Line:
Can life be a blessing or worth the possessing
Last Line:
When we hope when we hope to be happy again
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
42281

13. Can life be a blessing

First Line:
Can life be a blessing
Last Line:
Those heavenly heavenly moments to spend
Author:
John Dryden (Confident)
DMI number:
42782

14. By disappointments and afflictions sore

First Line:
By disappointments and afflictions sore
Last Line:
Twill safely end in an eternal day
DMI number:
33141

15. But O I see our hoped good deceives us

First Line:
But O I see our hoped good deceives us
Last Line:
But what we would forego that seldom leaves us
Author:
Michael Drayton (Absolute)
DMI number:
15157

16. Come lovely queen of endless smiles

First Line:
Come lovely queen of endless smiles
Last Line:
Hope let me live on earth with thee
Author:
John Hawkesworth (Absolute)
DMI number:
28511

17. Could man his wish obtain

First Line:
Could man his wish obtain
Last Line:
Nor promise any hopes to gain
DMI number:
42797

18. Consenting to thy prayer

First Line:
Consenting to thy prayer
Last Line:
How far his future fame shall all our hopes exceed
DMI number:
28630

19. Enough has fiction's fairy scene deceived

First Line:
Enough has fiction's fairy scene deceived
Last Line:
The streams of comfort peace and holy love
Author:
Thomas Zouch (Absolute)
DMI number:
35990

20. Fire fire here I burn in such desire

First Line:
Fire fire here I burn in such desire
Last Line:
O drown both me and my desire
DMI number:
43344

21. First born of heaven propitious power

First Line:
First born of heaven propitious power
Last Line:
Conqueress of terror's king sweet pledge of endless life
DMI number:
32387

22. Fair hope how much does it behove

First Line:
Fair hope how much does it behove
Last Line:
I'll rest on thee heart cheering power
DMI number:
35601

23. For him alone hope leads from goal to goal

First Line:
For him alone hope leads from goal to goal
Last Line:
Are given in vain but what they seek they find
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28212

24. For him alone hope leads from goal to goal

First Line:
For him alone hope leads from goal to goal
Last Line:
It pours the bliss that fills up all the mind
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28243

25. From heaven at first with Lucifer I fell

First Line:
From heaven at first with Lucifer I fell
Last Line:
Now tell me if you can what is my name
DMI number:
15313

26. Go treacherous hopes by whose uncertain fire

First Line:
Go treacherous hopes by whose uncertain fire
Last Line:
And such a task to live
DMI number:
44050

27. Hear Doddington the notes that shepherds sing

First Line:
Hear Doddington the notes that shepherds sing
Last Line:
Propitious Venus on thy altars bleed
Author:
George Lyttelton (Absolute)
DMI number:
22305

28. Happy the man who shuns the beaten road

First Line:
Happy the man who shuns the beaten road
Last Line:
Refreshed with heavenly dews above
DMI number:
43252

29. Have you observed the wench in the street

First Line:
Have you observed the wench in the street
Last Line:
We shall find chalk
DMI number:
43859

30. Have you observed the wench in the street

First Line:
Have you observed the wench in the street
Last Line:
What though we have no money we shall find chalk
DMI number:
43135

31. He that a happy life would lead

First Line:
He that a happy life would lead
Last Line:
And laugh at the world and its folly
Author:
Alexander Brome (Absolute)
DMI number:
43139

32. How far is it to heaven that yet this lady's

First Line:
How far is it to heaven that yet this lady's
Last Line:
And give not what we beg but what we fear
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
17296

33. Hope in great actions is too weak a hold

First Line:
Hope in great actions is too weak a hold
Last Line:
The way to safety is to look for none
Author:
Charles Aleyn (Absolute)
DMI number:
15162

34. Hope is a poor salad

First Line:
Hope is a poor salad
Last Line:
To dine and sup with after a two days fast
Author:
John Fletcher (Absolute) & Philip Massinger (Absolute)
DMI number:
15158

35. Hope of all ills that men endure

First Line:
Hope of all ills that men endure
Last Line:
Some other way again to thee
DMI number:
39688

36. Hope springs eternal in the human breast

First Line:
Hope springs eternal in the human breast
Last Line:
Man never is but always to be blessed
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
33650

37. Hope sweetest child of fancy born

First Line:
Hope sweetest child of fancy born
Last Line:
And led by reason shun despair
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
30870

38. Hope whose weak being ruined is

First Line:
Hope whose weak being ruined is
Last Line:
More ways and turns than hunted nature knows
DMI number:
39689

39. Hope with a goodly prospect feeds the eye

First Line:
Hope with a goodly prospect feeds the eye
Last Line:
So easy tis to travel with the sight
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
19065

40. Hope's a lover's staff walk hence with that

First Line:
Hope's a lover's staff walk hence with that
Last Line:
And manage it against despairing thoughts
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
19066

41. Hope

First Line:
Hope
Last Line:
Is such a bait it covers any hook
Author:
Benjamin Jonson (Absolute)
DMI number:
15152

42. I do confess it is a strict injunction

First Line:
I do confess it is a strict injunction
Last Line:
And the hand may vary
Author:
Benjamin Jonson (Absolute)
DMI number:
15153

43. In the grave the wicked cannot oppress

First Line:
In the grave the wicked cannot oppress
Last Line:
Then sorrow and sighing shall flee away
DMI number:
33975

44. Is there no room for hope in any breast

First Line:
Is there no room for hope in any breast
Last Line:
But is thrust out when famine enters in
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
15167

45. It never yet did hurt

First Line:
It never yet did hurt
Last Line:
And waste for churlish winter's tyranny
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
15150

46. Look round the habitable world how few

First Line:
Look round the habitable world how few
Last Line:
When made obnoxious to our own desire
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
40335

47. My soul exalt the Lord with hymns of praise

First Line:
My soul exalt the Lord with hymns of praise
Last Line:
His praise my soul his praise shall be thy peace
DMI number:
43365

48. My great redeemer lives I know he lives

First Line:
My great redeemer lives I know he lives
Last Line:
Shall part me from his everlasting love
Author:
Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer] (Absolute)
DMI number:
25992

49. Lest that the feeble heart of suffering man

First Line:
Lest that the feeble heart of suffering man
Last Line:
Craving thy aid to those who hear me sing
DMI number:
40587

50. Just so when welcome light begins to rise

First Line:
Just so when welcome light begins to rise
Last Line:
An unknown comfort steals on troubled eyes
Author:
Sir Robert Howard (Absolute)
DMI number:
19950