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1. A dreadful din was wont

First Line:
A dreadful din was wont
Last Line:
Of grim and ghastly executioners
Author:
William Congreve (Absolute)
DMI number:
20424

2. A prison is in all things like a grave

First Line:
A prison is in all things like a grave
Last Line:
But narrower body which herself enfolds
Author:
Henry King (Absolute)
DMI number:
15619

3. A king lives not a braver life

First Line:
A king lives not a braver life
Last Line:
Such officers as these I trow
DMI number:
43986

4. A pox on the jailer and on his fat jowl

First Line:
A pox on the jailer and on his fat jowl
Last Line:
And make our cold iron cry clink in the close
DMI number:
43864

5. A sight like this who can unmoved survey

First Line:
A sight like this who can unmoved survey
Last Line:
To break the bonds and set the prisoners free
Author:
Mary Barber (Absolute)
DMI number:
11653

6. A prison is a house of care

First Line:
A prison is a house of care
Last Line:
And honest men among
Author:
Alexander Pennecuik (Confident)
DMI number:
34813

7. A prison is a house of care

First Line:
A prison is a house of care
Last Line:
No place for men to thrive
DMI number:
43768

8. A prison is a house of care

First Line:
A prison is a house of care
Last Line:
Some honest men among
Author:
Alexander Pennecuik (Confident)
DMI number:
38189

9. 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

10. 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

11. About Zule quhen the wind blew cule

First Line:
About Zule quhen the wind blew cule
Last Line:
Zoung Waters he did dee
DMI number:
37337

12. Ah Clio why did you attack

First Line:
Ah Clio why did you attack
Last Line:
We'll tune them to her lasting praise | With a fa la &c
DMI number:
9366

13. As a poor bird just 'scaped the fowler's gin

First Line:
As a poor bird just 'scaped the fowler's gin
Last Line:
Your soul unlimited will feel no chain
DMI number:
9626

14. As in my cell low prostrate on the ground

First Line:
As in my cell low prostrate on the ground
Last Line:
And your wrecked soul be calmly hushed to peace
Author:
Judith Madan [nee Cowper] (Confident) & William Pattison (Speculation)
DMI number:
23461

15. At least withdraw your cruelty

First Line:
At least withdraw your cruelty
Last Line:
And thus till then I end my song
DMI number:
32096

16. Beat on proud billows Boreas blow

First Line:
Beat on proud billows Boreas blow
Last Line:
Disgrace to rebels honour to my king
Author:
Sir Roger L'Estrange (Absolute)
DMI number:
5450

17. Beat on proud billows Boreas blow

First Line:
Beat on proud billows Boreas blow
Last Line:
My king alone can captivate my mind
Author:
Sir Roger L'Estrange (Absolute)
DMI number:
32394

18. Bedlam fare bless thee thou wants nought but wit

First Line:
Bedlam fare bless thee thou wants nought but wit
Last Line:
Nothing but money here gets liberty
DMI number:
43767

19. Bred where the sun still with a cheerful ray

First Line:
Bred where the sun still with a cheerful ray
Last Line:
Had you consigned me to my native wood
DMI number:
5129

20. Captivity | Is the inheritance of all things finite

First Line:
Captivity | Is the inheritance of all things finite
Last Line:
The soul is captive and the body's thrall
DMI number:
15624

21. Captivity

First Line:
Captivity
Last Line:
That comes with honour is true liberty
Author:
Philip Massinger (Absolute) & Nathan Field (Absolute)
DMI number:
15612

22. But oh | This dismal place brings it again to thought

First Line:
But oh | This dismal place brings it again to thought
Last Line:
The stiffest piles of art
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
15623

23. Cease cease ye libertines my feet

First Line:
Cease cease ye libertines my feet
Last Line:
To a jealous drunken scold
DMI number:
9338

24. Cursed with a conscious feeling mind

First Line:
Cursed with a conscious feeling mind
Last Line:
God cannot be unjust
Author:
J Robertson (Absolute)
DMI number:
37074

25. Could I display the characters of woe

First Line:
Could I display the characters of woe
Last Line:
And rules with mildness all that are his own
DMI number:
9367

26. Dear sister I want words for to express

First Line:
Dear sister I want words for to express
Last Line:
To be our sacred just and lawful k
DMI number:
28272

27. Dear prisoner whom fate has hither sent

First Line:
Dear prisoner whom fate has hither sent
Last Line:
Thou mayst enjoy a perfect freedom here
DMI number:
5092

28. Dost thou use me as fond children do

First Line:
Dost thou use me as fond children do
Last Line:
Me back again to languish in my cage
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
15621

29. E'er Phillis with her looks did kill

First Line:
E'er Phillis with her looks did kill
Last Line:
And I endure a death of pains
DMI number:
44419

30. For as these towers our bodies do enclose

First Line:
For as these towers our bodies do enclose
Last Line:
And us at blessed liberty doth set
Author:
Michael Drayton (Absolute)
DMI number:
15611

31. From me dear Charles inspired with ale

First Line:
From me dear Charles inspired with ale
Last Line:
The cart would drive and I be hanged | With a fa la la &c
Author:
William Tunstall (Absolute)
DMI number:
9332

32. Great monarch of the world from whose arm springs

First Line:
Great monarch of the world from whose arm springs
Last Line:
Yet though we perish bless this church and state
DMI number:
43147

33. Great monarch of the world from whose power springs

First Line:
Great monarch of the world from whose power springs
Last Line:
Yet though we perish bless this church and state
DMI number:
10333

34. Good unexpected evil unforeseen

First Line:
Good unexpected evil unforeseen
Last Line:
And innocence my liberty
Author:
George Granville (Absolute)
DMI number:
11725

35. Good God what means this sudden alteration

First Line:
Good God what means this sudden alteration
Last Line:
For if he rise he'll gaol us all for treason
DMI number:
43063

36. Happy the man whose constant thought

First Line:
Happy the man whose constant thought
Last Line:
And gives the helm to mad despair
Author:
John Hoadly (Absolute)
DMI number:
27740

37. He who could factions tame and peace restore

First Line:
He who could factions tame and peace restore
Last Line:
Since in him live both Verulam and Hale
DMI number:
10067

38. Her sweetness is imprisoned now

First Line:
Her sweetness is imprisoned now
Last Line:
Like them ordained to last by dissolution
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Confident)
DMI number:
15622

39. How can you tune your words to wanton notes

First Line:
How can you tune your words to wanton notes
Last Line:
With thee I'd sing but now to sing's too late
DMI number:
9364

40. How like | A prison's to a grave when dead we are

First Line:
How like | A prison's to a grave when dead we are
Last Line:
So entered into a prison
Author:
Philip Massinger (Absolute)
DMI number:
15613

41. How shall the muse in prison sing

First Line:
How shall the muse in prison sing
Last Line:
Those beauties never to neglect
DMI number:
32018

42. I always resolved to be free from the charms

First Line:
I always resolved to be free from the charms
Last Line:
To add to my bonds I'm resolved to die
DMI number:
44062

43. In vain oppressors do themselves perplex

First Line:
In vain oppressors do themselves perplex
Last Line:
The martyred souls with whom he cries how long
DMI number:
9734

44. Let them fear bondage who are slaves to fear

First Line:
Let them fear bondage who are slaves to fear
Last Line:
The sweetest freedom is an honest heart
Author:
John Ford (Absolute)
DMI number:
15617

45. Like as the bird within the cage enclosed

First Line:
Like as the bird within the cage enclosed
Last Line:
By loss of life liberty or life by prison
Author:
Sir Thomas Wyatt (Absolute)
DMI number:
49513

46. Like as the bird within the cage luclosed

First Line:
Like as the bird within the cage luclosed
Last Line:
By loss of life liberty or life by prison
Author:
Sir Thomas Wyatt (Absolute)
DMI number:
8846

47. My Coat is green and I can prate

First Line:
My Coat is green and I can prate
Last Line:
That hath more trap holes than a net
DMI number:
43790

48. Let arms and warriors other poets fire

First Line:
Let arms and warriors other poets fire
Last Line:
From death's tyrannic chain and earth's dark prison freed
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
27406

49. Kind porter who unworthily does bear

First Line:
Kind porter who unworthily does bear
Last Line:
Ah farewell cruel gate and porter too
DMI number:
43403

50. Nature in spite of fortune gave us minds

First Line:
Nature in spite of fortune gave us minds
Last Line:
That cannot like our bodies be enthralled
Author:
Sir Ralph Freeman (Absolute)
DMI number:
15620