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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:
Henry Hall (Speculation) & John Grobham [Jack] Howe (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