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1. A cottage with a steeple nigh

First Line:
A cottage with a steeple nigh
Last Line:
To providence we leave the rest
DMI number:
31596

2. A lofty brazen tower once was built

First Line:
A lofty brazen tower once was built
Last Line:
Sufficient just to answer all his wants
DMI number:
7864

3. Ah happy grove dark and secure retreat

First Line:
Ah happy grove dark and secure retreat
Last Line:
And whilst they live their flames can never die
Author:
Wentworth Dillon (Absolute) & Giovanni Battista Guarini (Absolute)
DMI number:
3417

4. Ambition never me seduced

First Line:
Ambition never me seduced
Last Line:
And all the wild creation dies
DMI number:
23709

5. Arise and soar my towering soul

First Line:
Arise and soar my towering soul
Last Line:
To fix his marriage day
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
169

6. As in a shipwreck some poor sailor tossed

First Line:
As in a shipwreck some poor sailor tossed
Last Line:
And all my life be suited to my theme
Author:
Charles Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
6650

7. Beat on proud billows Boreas blow

First Line:
Beat on proud billows Boreas blow
Last Line:
Disgrace to rebels glory to my king
Author:
Sir Roger L'Estrange (Absolute)
DMI number:
32067

8. Between the smooth descent of yonder hills

First Line:
Between the smooth descent of yonder hills
Last Line:
Till came from heaven the unfeared and unresisted stroke
Author:
John Hoadly (Speculation)
DMI number:
19727

9. Climb at court for me that will

First Line:
Climb at court for me that will
Last Line:
An old honest country-man
Author:
Andrew Marvell (Absolute)
DMI number:
33659

10. Come come my friend to this sweet bower

First Line:
Come come my friend to this sweet bower
Last Line:
Enjoy what princes wish in vain
DMI number:
25809

11. Ere yet my friend approach the evil day

First Line:
Ere yet my friend approach the evil day
Last Line:
The night's unbroken sleep renews them for the day
DMI number:
22195

12. Enough my friend for tis in vain

First Line:
Enough my friend for tis in vain
Last Line:
And make this world a jacks for me
DMI number:
10229

13. Far distant from each object that refines

First Line:
Far distant from each object that refines
Last Line:
And while Florella's mine the power of fate despise
DMI number:
19843

14. From care from noise from every bustle free

First Line:
From care from noise from every bustle free
Last Line:
I'd weave awhile my thoughts of being great
Author:
John Chetwood Eustace (Speculation)
DMI number:
21583

15. For quiet on Newmarket's plain

First Line:
For quiet on Newmarket's plain
Last Line:
Shall guard the laws divine
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25541

16. Give me ye gods a calm retreat

First Line:
Give me ye gods a calm retreat
Last Line:
The power and pomp of pride
DMI number:
22218

17. Full humble is my prayer I ween

First Line:
Full humble is my prayer I ween
Last Line:
For humble I have always been
DMI number:
33632

18. Hail mildly pleasing solitude

First Line:
Hail mildly pleasing solitude
Last Line:
Then shield me in the woods again
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
21780

19. Grant me indulgent heaven a rural seat

First Line:
Grant me indulgent heaven a rural seat
Last Line:
From silent life I'd steal into my grave
Author:
Nahum Tate (Absolute)
DMI number:
8169

20. Hail rural prospects lovely sylvan scenes

First Line:
Hail rural prospects lovely sylvan scenes
Last Line:
Tremble admire be silent and adore
DMI number:
1928

21. Hail sacred solitude in whose calm bay

First Line:
Hail sacred solitude in whose calm bay
Last Line:
Conveys me happy to the better shades
Author:
Anthony Hammond (Confident) & Wentworth Dillon (Speculation)
DMI number:
10524

22. He's no small prince who every day

First Line:
He's no small prince who every day
Last Line:
A journey too might go
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
5649

23. Health to my friend who loves the town so well

First Line:
Health to my friend who loves the town so well
Last Line:
And wanting nothing in the world but thee
DMI number:
954

24. Happy the man to whom kind heaven

First Line:
Happy the man to whom kind heaven
Last Line:
When living loved and mourned when dead
DMI number:
25358

25. Happy thrice the harmless swain

First Line:
Happy thrice the harmless swain
Last Line:
And calmly waits eternal rest
DMI number:
32601

26. Haste my Mecenas haste away

First Line:
Haste my Mecenas haste away
Last Line:
Nor think on all I leave behind
DMI number:
15474

27. High over the winding of a cliffy shore

First Line:
High over the winding of a cliffy shore
Last Line:
And sweetly conscious hugs his happier state
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
1043

28. How happy is the man whom heaven has blessed

First Line:
How happy is the man whom heaven has blessed
Last Line:
For his own winter and his end prepare
DMI number:
7225

29. How happy's the man who does take off his can

First Line:
How happy's the man who does take off his can
Last Line:
What living with this can compare
DMI number:
356

30. I envy not the proud their wealth

First Line:
I envy not the proud their wealth
Last Line:
And crown with peace my hours
DMI number:
22985

31. In days my lord when mother time

First Line:
In days my lord when mother time
Last Line:
Clean girls backgammon and the vicar
Author:
Soame Jenyns (Absolute)
DMI number:
22530

32. In health and peace my friend to live

First Line:
In health and peace my friend to live
Last Line:
I scorn the crowd and am at peace
DMI number:
18832

33. Let the pale miser view with eager eyes

First Line:
Let the pale miser view with eager eyes
Last Line:
Kind heaven can add no more to make my bliss complete
Author:
Tibullus (Absolute)
DMI number:
22048

34. If I live to grow old as I find I go down

First Line:
If I live to grow old as I find I go down
Last Line:
Without gout or stone by a gentle decay
Author:
Walter Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
4964

35. If heaven the grateful liberty would give

First Line:
If heaven the grateful liberty would give
Last Line:
All men would wish to live and die like me
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation) & John Pomfret (Absolute)
DMI number:
10636

36. Lovely lasting peace of mind

First Line:
Lovely lasting peace of mind
Last Line:
Or own the next begun in this
Author:
Thomas Parnell (Absolute)
DMI number:
8398

37. No too officious muse

First Line:
No too officious muse
Last Line:
And death's approaches neither wish nor fear
DMI number:
17862

38. Now my comates and brothers in exile

First Line:
Now my comates and brothers in exile
Last Line:
Sermons in stones and good in every thing
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
20894

39. O thou whose friendship is my joy and pride

First Line:
O thou whose friendship is my joy and pride
Last Line:
That happiness is near allied to love
Author:
George Lyttelton (Absolute)
DMI number:
18980

40. Oh how I abhor

First Line:
Oh how I abhor
Last Line:
This this is the man who is truly called great
Author:
Thomas Shadwell (Absolute)
DMI number:
4460

41. Pleasantest companion this

First Line:
Pleasantest companion this
Last Line:
Dying neither wish nor fear
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
16147

42. Since you whom all the world admires

First Line:
Since you whom all the world admires
Last Line:
Still stay behind and rot in town
DMI number:
1403

43. So sweetly seated is my country farm

First Line:
So sweetly seated is my country farm
Last Line:
The noise and quarrels which in taverns are
DMI number:
42047

44. Sincerest critic of my prose or rhyme

First Line:
Sincerest critic of my prose or rhyme
Last Line:
And all the golden age is but a dream
Author:
William Congreve (Absolute)
DMI number:
22145

45. Superfluous pomps and wealth I don't desire

First Line:
Superfluous pomps and wealth I don't desire
Last Line:
But what content and decency require
DMI number:
5650

46. Strife hurry and noise that fills the lewd town

First Line:
Strife hurry and noise that fills the lewd town
Last Line:
Already is come to an end on it
DMI number:
42712

47. Strife hurry and noise that fills the lewd town

First Line:
Strife hurry and noise that fills the lewd town
Last Line:
Already is come to the end on it
DMI number:
42787

48. That life's unhappy with content not blessed

First Line:
That life's unhappy with content not blessed
Last Line:
Pleased more than art can please and beyond language blessed
DMI number:
16572

49. Sweet solitude when life's gay hours are past

First Line:
Sweet solitude when life's gay hours are past
Last Line:
Trust future ages and contented die
Author:
Thomas Tickell (Absolute)
DMI number:
21872

50. The clouds grew big the thunder rolled on high

First Line:
The clouds grew big the thunder rolled on high
Last Line:
From fading joys below to endless joys above
DMI number:
22053