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1. A country clown called Hodge went up to view

First Line:
A country clown called Hodge went up to view
Last Line:
His body fell out fled his frighted soul
Author:
Andrew Marvell (Speculation)
DMI number:
3638

2. A half famished wolf met a jolly fat dog

First Line:
A half famished wolf met a jolly fat dog
Last Line:
They that will have the fat must submit to the clog
DMI number:
4417

3. A hawk that of yore

First Line:
A hawk that of yore
Last Line:
The praises of free liberty
DMI number:
4404

4. A prison or an isle are much the same

First Line:
A prison or an isle are much the same
Last Line:
That night is come the only time to rest
DMI number:
5983

5. A prison or the isle are much the same

First Line:
A prison or the isle are much the same
Last Line:
That night is come the only time to rest
DMI number:
43172

6. A tyrant's cursed blood runs in his veins

First Line:
A tyrant's cursed blood runs in his veins
Last Line:
There's none so dull as to mistake the man
DMI number:
36019

7. A land there is as maps do tell

First Line:
A land there is as maps do tell
Last Line:
Still let them be cursed slaves for me
DMI number:
4403

8. Ah Raleigh when thou didst thy breath resign

First Line:
Ah Raleigh when thou didst thy breath resign
Last Line:
No poisoned tyrants on thy earth shall live
Author:
John Ayloffe (Confident) & Andrew Marvell (Speculation)
DMI number:
3632

9. All hands were piped to them up rose Sir

First Line:
All hands were piped to them up rose Sir
Last Line:
The dire effects of arbitrary power
DMI number:
32035

10. Abhorred abhorrers horribly abhorred

First Line:
Abhorred abhorrers horribly abhorred
Last Line:
Does vote abhorrers all to be abhorred
DMI number:
43028

11. Ah Raleigh when thou didst thy breath resign

First Line:
Ah Raleigh when thou didst thy breath resign
Last Line:
No poisonous serpent on the earth shall live
Author:
John Ayloffe (Confident) & Andrew Marvell (Speculation)
DMI number:
42302

12. Albion disclose thy drowsy eyes and see

First Line:
Albion disclose thy drowsy eyes and see
Last Line:
That would produce at last such glorious days as these
DMI number:
5912

13. Algernon Sidney fills this tomb

First Line:
Algernon Sidney fills this tomb
Last Line:
Where pope and devil have nought to do
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
3660

14. As the other night in bed I thinking lay

First Line:
As the other night in bed I thinking lay
Last Line:
Tis ten to one but I shall dream again
Author:
John Ayloffe (Speculation)
DMI number:
42336

15. As in a dream our thinking monarch lay

First Line:
As in a dream our thinking monarch lay
Last Line:
Frighted to see himself so much outdone
DMI number:
4561

16. Better we all were in our graves

First Line:
Better we all were in our graves
Last Line:
And like Domitian leap at flies
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Absolute)
DMI number:
25166

17. Cambray whilst of seraphic love you set

First Line:
Cambray whilst of seraphic love you set
Last Line:
The execrable phantom disappeared
DMI number:
5719

18. Bute loves arbitrary rule

First Line:
Bute loves arbitrary rule
Last Line:
Which kings pretend to reign
DMI number:
36006

19. Britons awake your country's cause

First Line:
Britons awake your country's cause
Last Line:
And choose right honest Knightley
DMI number:
24451

20. Britons take care before it be too late

First Line:
Britons take care before it be too late
Last Line:
The cause from whence their welfare did arise
DMI number:
7462

21. Britons where is your great magnanimity

First Line:
Britons where is your great magnanimity
Last Line:
And preserve a sinking land
DMI number:
24770

22. Clito the wise the generous and good

First Line:
Clito the wise the generous and good
Last Line:
I to my study to his garden he
DMI number:
4450

23. Come all ye brave boys who obey Wilkes's nod

First Line:
Come all ye brave boys who obey Wilkes's nod
Last Line:
That Wilkes be elect and the devil kiss our ae
DMI number:
31945

24. Come all ye free Britons whom liberty charms

First Line:
Come all ye free Britons whom liberty charms
Last Line:
Huzza with loud voices for Astley and Coke
DMI number:
31959

25. Come all ye good friends to your country's cause

First Line:
Come all ye good friends to your country's cause
Last Line:
Chuse the first greatest man for the first greatest city | Chuse Wilkes &c
DMI number:
31935

26. Come listen my cocks to a brother and friend

First Line:
Come listen my cocks to a brother and friend
Last Line:
Be put in the bilboes and brought to the jeers
DMI number:
35999

27. Dear liberty thou sacred name

First Line:
Dear liberty thou sacred name
Last Line:
Vengeance with courage still combine
DMI number:
32181

28. Did power and liberty agree

First Line:
Did power and liberty agree
Last Line:
Been charged on me who gave you station
DMI number:
20836

29. Fair patroness of wit and liberty

First Line:
Fair patroness of wit and liberty
Last Line:
And foes top Walpole emulate their toast
DMI number:
12155

30. From a black cliff where bold Cornubia's shore

First Line:
From a black cliff where bold Cornubia's shore
Last Line:
Secure defiance from my chosen race
DMI number:
36423

31. French power and weak allies and war and want

First Line:
French power and weak allies and war and want
Last Line:
Is then obeyed and I shall know myself
Author:
Sneyd Davies (Absolute)
DMI number:
23466

32. From the blessed regions of eternal day

First Line:
From the blessed regions of eternal day
Last Line:
Britain shall be his throne in time to come
DMI number:
3659

33. From the lawless dominion of mitre and crown

First Line:
From the lawless dominion of mitre and crown
Last Line:
From the king of France and from the French king
DMI number:
4885

34. From the ocean emerged bright Phoebus's ray

First Line:
From the ocean emerged bright Phoebus's ray
Last Line:
And defied the power of England's king to alter their laws
Author:
G Wilson (Absolute)
DMI number:
37009

35. Go sprightly Rolles go travel earth and sea

First Line:
Go sprightly Rolles go travel earth and sea
Last Line:
Where not a W-- shall approach thee more
DMI number:
12159

36. Great hero not of their low rank and name

First Line:
Great hero not of their low rank and name
Last Line:
Or that to its wished prize led on by you
DMI number:
42866

37. Great pity that cities so renowned for their wit

First Line:
Great pity that cities so renowned for their wit
Last Line:
They'd have saved all their boxes of oak and of gold
DMI number:
31103

38. Hail happy W------ thou art strangely great

First Line:
Hail happy W------ thou art strangely great
Last Line:
Must serve their masters though they damn their souls
Author:
John Grobham [Jack] Howe (Speculation) & Henry Hall (Speculation)
DMI number:
4578

39. Great soul of nature source of all our joys

First Line:
Great soul of nature source of all our joys
Last Line:
The seas their empire bound their fame the skies
DMI number:
5032

40. Hail happy William thou art truly great

First Line:
Hail happy William thou art truly great
Last Line:
Those that oppose his reign must damn their souls
DMI number:
4962

41. Hear liberty waving her cap to us call

First Line:
Hear liberty waving her cap to us call
Last Line:
For Wilkes and our country huzza
DMI number:
31931

42. Hark Damon calls I lead the way

First Line:
Hark Damon calls I lead the way
Last Line:
And earth resound the joy
Author:
Mary Chandler (Absolute)
DMI number:
18299

43. He who contends for freedom

First Line:
He who contends for freedom
Last Line:
That eats out all the happiness of kingdoms
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
37447

44. Henceforth no English brow shall smile

First Line:
Henceforth no English brow shall smile
Last Line:
So let's have a damnable noise
DMI number:
31815

45. How each Whig of late

First Line:
How each Whig of late
Last Line:
For church both night and day
DMI number:
7384

46. Ho brother Teague dost hear de decree

First Line:
Ho brother Teague dost hear de decree
Last Line:
By Chreist and St Patrick the nation's our own | Lilli &c | Lero lero &c
Author:
Thomas Wharton (Confident)
DMI number:
42332

47. Ho brother Teague dost hear de decree

First Line:
Ho brother Teague dost hear de decree
Last Line:
For T----but's the dog and Tyr----nel's the ass | Lilli &c | Lero lero &c | Lero lero &c
DMI number:
42372

48. How free and happy was the state of man

First Line:
How free and happy was the state of man
Last Line:
Nor Jove himself shall more unbounded live
DMI number:
6416

49. In great George Westminster there lived

First Line:
In great George Westminster there lived
Last Line:
To Wilkes and liberty
DMI number:
31819

50. In days of yore when beasts could prate

First Line:
In days of yore when beasts could prate
Last Line:
To repel the base disturbers of his right
DMI number:
22599

51. It happened in the twilight of the day

First Line:
It happened in the twilight of the day
Last Line:
Starts from the couch and bids the dame draw near
DMI number:
3636

52. If there be any land as fame reports

First Line:
If there be any land as fame reports
Last Line:
That links the jarring elements in peace
Author:
Samuel Johnson (Absolute)
DMI number:
37443

53. Methinks I see the golden age again

First Line:
Methinks I see the golden age again
Last Line:
Nought but its beauties is becoming you
Author:
Mary Chudleigh [nee Lee] (Absolute)
DMI number:
23523

54. May general warrants north britons enslave

First Line:
May general warrants north britons enslave
Last Line:
Huzza with loud voices for Astley and Coke
DMI number:
31954

55. Nor me the glories of thy birth engage

First Line:
Nor me the glories of thy birth engage
Last Line:
And may the power that raised preserve thy sceptred line
Author:
Robert Nugent (Absolute)
DMI number:
22434

56. Northumbrians attend

First Line:
Northumbrians attend
Last Line:
Sing Bywell and Belsay for ever
DMI number:
33341

57. No sooner doth the aged phoenix die

First Line:
No sooner doth the aged phoenix die
Last Line:
We are again one body and one head
DMI number:
43109

58. No government can ever be safe that's founded

First Line:
No government can ever be safe that's founded
Last Line:
That he's the greatest slave whom none but slaves obey
Author:
Joseph Trapp (Absolute)
DMI number:
37442

59. No not one word can I of this great deed

First Line:
No not one word can I of this great deed
Last Line:
From God and from the king alone it came
Author:
Robert Wild (Absolute)
DMI number:
43025

60. Of a tall stature and of sable hue

First Line:
Of a tall stature and of sable hue
Last Line:
Then how much greater mischiefs such a king
Author:
Andrew Marvell (Speculation)
DMI number:
3637

61. O sacred walls while in your midnight gloom

First Line:
O sacred walls while in your midnight gloom
Last Line:
He will not stoop to serve that dares to die
DMI number:
31947

62. O take o keep me ever blessed domains

First Line:
O take o keep me ever blessed domains
Last Line:
Bid the short remnant of my days be blessed
Author:
Francois-Marie Arouet de Voltaire (Absolute)
DMI number:
31263

63. O heavens we now have signs below

First Line:
O heavens we now have signs below
Last Line:
Good lord deliver this poor realm
DMI number:
4860

64. O witness heaven

First Line:
O witness heaven
Last Line:
May I never poorly fill the throne of England
Author:
David Mallet (Absolute)
DMI number:
37449

65. Oh heavens we have signs below

First Line:
Oh heavens we have signs below
Last Line:
Good lord deliver this poor realm
DMI number:
42307

66. Oh poverty of pale consumptive hue

First Line:
Oh poverty of pale consumptive hue
Last Line:
And dress in smiles the tyrant hour of death
Author:
Charles James Fox (Absolute)
DMI number:
35996

67. Once more a father and a son falls out

First Line:
Once more a father and a son falls out
Last Line:
To free a nation and uncrown a king
Author:
Robert Wolseley (Absolute)
DMI number:
3673

68. Our island's guardian liberty

First Line:
Our island's guardian liberty
Last Line:
In chains you now had sighed
DMI number:
20835

69. Once how I doted on this jilting town

First Line:
Once how I doted on this jilting town
Last Line:
But all the mighty pother ends in punk
Author:
Charles Sackville (Speculation)
DMI number:
3665

70. Say is it better when proud Sco--en rule

First Line:
Say is it better when proud Sco--en rule
Last Line:
Take my advice fly instant from this place
DMI number:
26541

71. Rejoice ye good writers your pens are set free

First Line:
Rejoice ye good writers your pens are set free
Last Line:
One good verdict more might secure all our laws
DMI number:
1505

72. Remember o my friends the laws the rights

First Line:
Remember o my friends the laws the rights
Last Line:
But piously transmit them to your children
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
32176

73. Since there are some that with me see the state

First Line:
Since there are some that with me see the state
Last Line:
If Leg or Armstrong shall be absolute
DMI number:
3656

74. So two rude waves by storms together thrown

First Line:
So two rude waves by storms together thrown
Last Line:
As yours when you thanked God for being beat
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
42556

75. Spread a large canvas painter to contain

First Line:
Spread a large canvas painter to contain
Last Line:
This crowd of traitors hanged in effigy
Author:
John Ayloffe (Speculation) & Andrew Marvell (Speculation) & Henry Savile (Speculation)
DMI number:
3633

76. Some mice deep entrenched in a rich Cheshire cheese

First Line:
Some mice deep entrenched in a rich Cheshire cheese
Last Line:
That king shall be chose by the mice
DMI number:
35978

77. Such has been this ill-natured nation's fate

First Line:
Such has been this ill-natured nation's fate
Last Line:
Nothing can make us greater than a queen
Author:
Daniel Defoe (Confident)
DMI number:
4559

78. Tell oh tell me whence arise

First Line:
Tell oh tell me whence arise
Last Line:
Than a most glorious virtuous state
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
1455

79. The groans dear Armstrong which the world employ

First Line:
The groans dear Armstrong which the world employ
Last Line:
For they're reserved by thunder to be slain
DMI number:
3650

80. The free born English generous and wise

First Line:
The free born English generous and wise
Last Line:
To have enslaved but made this isle their friend
Author:
Robert Wolseley (Absolute)
DMI number:
3648

81. The free-born English generous and wise

First Line:
The free-born English generous and wise
Last Line:
They scorn your tories' swords and Jesuits' wit
Author:
Robert Wolseley (Confident)
DMI number:
43027

82. The mighty Puss not long since ruled the state

First Line:
The mighty Puss not long since ruled the state
Last Line:
To all the slaves to appear on the next morning
DMI number:
4398

83. The mind to virtue is by verse subdued

First Line:
The mind to virtue is by verse subdued
Last Line:
And the muse triumphed where the patriot failed
Author:
Ambrose Philips (Absolute)
DMI number:
24889

84. The king's bench is the bench on which the king sits

First Line:
The king's bench is the bench on which the king sits
Last Line:
For the bench of a king can never be a jail
DMI number:
32164

85. The princes once did all combine

First Line:
The princes once did all combine
Last Line:
And never want those blessings thou hast given
DMI number:
4405

86. The morning come the slaves await

First Line:
The morning come the slaves await
Last Line:
To heal such dull blockheads that don't love the cure
DMI number:
4399

87. The scribbling miscreants of the age

First Line:
The scribbling miscreants of the age
Last Line:
Pray han't they got the vapours
DMI number:
26558

88. This is true liberty where freeborn men

First Line:
This is true liberty where freeborn men
Last Line:
What can be juster in a state than this
Author:
Euripides (Confident) & John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
33232

89. Thou blooming offspring of great Marlborough's line

First Line:
Thou blooming offspring of great Marlborough's line
Last Line:
Never triumphed but to set the nation free
DMI number:
12163

90. Tis liberty alone that gives the flower

First Line:
Tis liberty alone that gives the flower
Last Line:
The undiscoverable secret sleeps
Author:
William Cowper (Absolute)
DMI number:
38562

91. To Wyndham tune no venal lyre

First Line:
To Wyndham tune no venal lyre
Last Line:
To rapture wake the string
DMI number:
36083

92. Unhappy age and we in it

First Line:
Unhappy age and we in it
Last Line:
To Jesuits the state
DMI number:
42326

93. Unhappy island what hard fate ordains

First Line:
Unhappy island what hard fate ordains
Last Line:
I've eased my mind and will securely smile
DMI number:
4760

94. Unequalled say what matchless dame

First Line:
Unequalled say what matchless dame
Last Line:
And you ye patriots consecrate her name
DMI number:
12176

95. Welcome great sir unto a drooping isle

First Line:
Welcome great sir unto a drooping isle
Last Line:
Your noble deeds and glorious acts rehearse
DMI number:
4929

96. Well for a careful foresight sober wit

First Line:
Well for a careful foresight sober wit
Last Line:
And zealous conventiclers will then amend
DMI number:
43175

97. Walking some ten years since along the park

First Line:
Walking some ten years since along the park
Last Line:
Then I trudged too for vain it was to stay
DMI number:
42352

98. Walpole this charge to noble Denbigh gave

First Line:
Walpole this charge to noble Denbigh gave
Last Line:
With Belgian Spartan Roman virtue crowned
DMI number:
12160

99. Water may fishes air may birds content

First Line:
Water may fishes air may birds content
Last Line:
He can't one instant breath without it
DMI number:
26560

100. Upon a sea-girt rock the mourner stood

First Line:
Upon a sea-girt rock the mourner stood
Last Line:
Thy native hills the solemn notes prolong
DMI number:
36052