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1. Accept O king an humble muse's lay

First Line:
Accept O king an humble muse's lay
Last Line:
They bleeding gnaw a self-avenging file
DMI number:
24553

2. Along with me in Oxford-groves confined

First Line:
Along with me in Oxford-groves confined
Last Line:
He mourns for her who mourns for Addison
Author:
Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:
12003

3. Apollo's favourite hear Britannia's prayer

First Line:
Apollo's favourite hear Britannia's prayer
Last Line:
My Walpole lives and Mortimer despairs
DMI number:
8368

4. Break sacred morn on our expecting isle

First Line:
Break sacred morn on our expecting isle
Last Line:
As flints are struck before they show their fires
Author:
Edmund Waller (Speculation)
DMI number:
43018

5. Brother tars now arise

First Line:
Brother tars now arise
Last Line:
For Keppel the king and the nation
DMI number:
36084

6. Bute loves arbitrary rule

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

7. Briton the thunder of the wrath divine

First Line:
Briton the thunder of the wrath divine
Last Line:
To spawn a baser brood of monster-breeding sons
Author:
Robert Lowth (Absolute)
DMI number:
22540

8. Clad with the infant glories of the spring

First Line:
Clad with the infant glories of the spring
Last Line:
Whilst with two godlike souls our Albion's blessed
DMI number:
43164

9. Close in her hallowed grot where mildly bright

First Line:
Close in her hallowed grot where mildly bright
Last Line:
And calm prefer oblivion to disgrace
Author:
William Mason (Absolute)
DMI number:
24462

10. 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

11. 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

12. Come gallants let's tender those hearts

First Line:
Come gallants let's tender those hearts
Last Line:
With William and Mary's blest Reign to over joy us | Farewell Jesuit
DMI number:
608

13. Cursed be the pen by faction swayed

First Line:
Cursed be the pen by faction swayed
Last Line:
Or perish in the breach
DMI number:
35962

14. Cursed be the timorous fool whose feeble mind

First Line:
Cursed be the timorous fool whose feeble mind
Last Line:
A steady resolute heroic soul
DMI number:
3655

15. Courage my lord though Howe is fled

First Line:
Courage my lord though Howe is fled
Last Line:
And so resembles you
DMI number:
35973

16. Enough to glory and his country given

First Line:
Enough to glory and his country given
Last Line:
And wrapped in wonder sings his maker's praise
DMI number:
36017

17. Deep in a forest's shadowy seat

First Line:
Deep in a forest's shadowy seat
Last Line:
To praise the heavenly favoured boy
Author:
Benjamin Hoadly (Absolute)
DMI number:
23593

18. Every man take a glass in his hand

First Line:
Every man take a glass in his hand
Last Line:
Here's a health to all honest men
Author:
Mr. Burkhead (Confident)
DMI number:
529

19. 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

20. 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