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1. A fifth reason is when she labours to shine

First Line:
A fifth reason is when she labours to shine
Last Line:
Then we might have them new every month in the year
DMI number:
25093

2. A glimpse of moonshine streaked with red

First Line:
A glimpse of moonshine streaked with red
Last Line:
That dances through the clouds and shuts again
DMI number:
20086

3. A merry young lady enquired of me

First Line:
A merry young lady enquired of me
Last Line:
That we reckon her full when she's only half gone
DMI number:
25092

4. A way there is in heaven's expanded plain

First Line:
A way there is in heaven's expanded plain
Last Line:
Lies open to the thunderer's abode
DMI number:
39851

5. All are but parts of one stupendous whole

First Line:
All are but parts of one stupendous whole
Last Line:
He fills he bounds connects and equals all
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
29843

6. All hail majestic queen of night

First Line:
All hail majestic queen of night
Last Line:
And mixes with the buzz of days
Author:
Robert Lloyd (Absolute)
DMI number:
32640

7. After death nothing is and nothing death

First Line:
After death nothing is and nothing death
Last Line:
Dreams whimsies and no more
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
4140

8. Again the almighty spake let there be lights

First Line:
Again the almighty spake let there be lights
Last Line:
Glad evening and glad morn crowned the fourth day
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
9788

9. Among the ancients we may read

First Line:
Among the ancients we may read
Last Line:
Your first enig let him that can sir
DMI number:
7702

10. As glorious as the sun at noon

First Line:
As glorious as the sun at noon
Last Line:
And sails upon the bosom of the air
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
20974

11. Art when in full perfection is designed

First Line:
Art when in full perfection is designed
Last Line:
Move to its sound and into measures fall
Author:
Thomas Yalden (Absolute)
DMI number:
6615

12. As Ariana young and fair

First Line:
As Ariana young and fair
Last Line:
Let Strephon's only fate suffice
Author:
Charles Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
3770

13. Awake my St John leave all meaner things

First Line:
Awake my St John leave all meaner things
Last Line:
One truth is clear whatever is is right
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
26668

14. As when the labouring sun hath wrought his track

First Line:
As when the labouring sun hath wrought his track
Last Line:
Whose earthly fumes crack my devout aspires
DMI number:
43504

15. As when the moon refulgent lamp of night

First Line:
As when the moon refulgent lamp of night
Last Line:
Eye the blue vault and bless the useful light
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
32743

16. Ascend my soul and elevate thy thought

First Line:
Ascend my soul and elevate thy thought
Last Line:
While worlds shall perish and revive again
Author:
Elizabeth Tollet (Absolute)
DMI number:
36432

17. Bid meteors keep their lustre

First Line:
Bid meteors keep their lustre
Last Line:
That fed their short lived glory
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
18466

18. Bright Hesperus that leads the starry train

First Line:
Bright Hesperus that leads the starry train
Last Line:
Twixt day and night
DMI number:
40199

19. Behold the regions of the heavens surveyed

First Line:
Behold the regions of the heavens surveyed
Last Line:
The nice barrier twixt human and divine
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
35703

20. Beneath this stone the world's wonder lies

First Line:
Beneath this stone the world's wonder lies
Last Line:
He came saw vanquished wept returned and died
Author:
Christopher Pitt (Absolute)
DMI number:
23193

21. By what fine ties hath God connected things

First Line:
By what fine ties hath God connected things
Last Line:
Cheers his long labours and renews his frame
Author:
Mark Akenside (Absolute)
DMI number:
31461

22. Bright Phoebus ruler of the day

First Line:
Bright Phoebus ruler of the day
Last Line:
The heavenly thrones among
DMI number:
10281

23. Bright Phosper guider of the purple morn

First Line:
Bright Phosper guider of the purple morn
Last Line:
Gilds the brown visage of the dusky night
DMI number:
6235

24. Bright Sol he rises in the east

First Line:
Bright Sol he rises in the east
Last Line:
Thy praise will I record
DMI number:
26472

25. Bright star by Venus fixed above

First Line:
Bright star by Venus fixed above
Last Line:
Who lately stole my heart away
Author:
George Stepney (Absolute)
DMI number:
6577

26. 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

27. Fallen is that comet which on high

First Line:
Fallen is that comet which on high
Last Line:
And shall distract the world with fears no more
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
18468

28. Far as creation's ample range extends

First Line:
Far as creation's ample range extends
Last Line:
One truth is clear whatever is is right
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
37174

29. Far as creation's ample range extends

First Line:
Far as creation's ample range extends
Last Line:
The great directing mind of all ordains
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31035

30. Far hence ye visionary charming maids

First Line:
Far hence ye visionary charming maids
Last Line:
And brave the bolt that lingered round its head
Author:
Samuel Boyse (Absolute)
DMI number:
30909

31. Eternity no parent does admit

First Line:
Eternity no parent does admit
Last Line:
Is still the same and still to be begun
DMI number:
39525

32. Firstborn of chaos who so fair didst come

First Line:
Firstborn of chaos who so fair didst come
Last Line:
From thence first took their rise thither at last must flow
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
5633

33. Fairest of stars last in the train of night

First Line:
Fairest of stars last in the train of night
Last Line:
With thy bright circlet
DMI number:
40197

34. For like a blazing meteor hence he shot

First Line:
For like a blazing meteor hence he shot
Last Line:
And drew a sweeping train of fire along
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute) & Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
18467

35. For in the world all things so hanged are

First Line:
For in the world all things so hanged are
Last Line:
But still God keep him far enough from me
Author:
John Taylor (Confident)
DMI number:
5518

36. From harmony from heavenly harmony

First Line:
From harmony from heavenly harmony
Last Line:
And music shall untune the sky
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4500

37. Great has your pleasure doctor been

First Line:
Great has your pleasure doctor been
Last Line:
And seldom seen but great men fall
Author:
William Pattison (Absolute)
DMI number:
3087

38. Hail soft resplendent majesty of night

First Line:
Hail soft resplendent majesty of night
Last Line:
They climb the channel and overflow the mead
Author:
William Dawson (Absolute)
DMI number:
11290

39. Happy the man whose mind is fraught

First Line:
Happy the man whose mind is fraught
Last Line:
Though bustling to supply their wants
DMI number:
25043

40. He smoothed the rough cast moon's imperfect mold

First Line:
He smoothed the rough cast moon's imperfect mold
Last Line:
With her they rise with her they set again
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
5567

41. He spread the pure cerulean fields on high

First Line:
He spread the pure cerulean fields on high
Last Line:
He turned their orbs and polished all the stars
DMI number:
40196

42. Here on light fancy's saily wings I rise

First Line:
Here on light fancy's saily wings I rise
Last Line:
And form in solemn silence day and night
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
1067

43. His marshalled clouds to intercept the light

First Line:
His marshalled clouds to intercept the light
Last Line:
Seal up the stars the twinkling eyes of night
DMI number:
40194

44. In northern sphere where disaffection

First Line:
In northern sphere where disaffection
Last Line:
Some ignis fatuous or a comet
DMI number:
21754

45. Lo where in full-orbed glory bright

First Line:
Lo where in full-orbed glory bright
Last Line:
And cloud the brightest day
DMI number:
36013

46. Look round thee man observe the planets roll

First Line:
Look round thee man observe the planets roll
Last Line:
Then be the boasted atheist if you can
DMI number:
38150

47. Light of the world and ruler of the year

First Line:
Light of the world and ruler of the year
Last Line:
Till thou shalt shine no more
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
6645

48. My harbingers the seven archangels bright

First Line:
My harbingers the seven archangels bright
Last Line:
In mine and my great father's arms embraced
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
4095

49. More powerful each as needful to the rest

First Line:
More powerful each as needful to the rest
Last Line:
Beast man or angel servant lord or king
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28240

50. Let no presuming impious railer tax

First Line:
Let no presuming impious railer tax
Last Line:
As on our smiling eyes his servant sun
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
31291

51. Mark how the lusty sun salutes the spring

First Line:
Mark how the lusty sun salutes the spring
Last Line:
He runs the day and walks the year
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
22816

52. Men are the world in small you say

First Line:
Men are the world in small you say
Last Line:
And wagtails in a proper place
DMI number:
16334

53. Nor think in nature's state they blindly trod

First Line:
Nor think in nature's state they blindly trod
Last Line:
And turned on man a fiercer savage man
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
30489

54. Never puzzle thy noddle Dick Flams----d to know

First Line:
Never puzzle thy noddle Dick Flams----d to know
Last Line:
So wives are the lightest their husbands at distance
DMI number:
10069

55. O come let all created force conspire

First Line:
O come let all created force conspire
Last Line:
Tis manna this for angel's food is praise
Author:
John Norris (Absolute)
DMI number:
4089

56. Now Minos landed on the Cretan shore

First Line:
Now Minos landed on the Cretan shore
Last Line:
Between Alcides and the dragon blaze
Author:
Samuel Croxall (Confident)
DMI number:
11661

57. O happy souls who first aspired to climb

First Line:
O happy souls who first aspired to climb
Last Line:
Tis thus that science can the heavens obtain
Author:
Elizabeth Tollet (Absolute)
DMI number:
36428

58. Now Phoebus mounts triumphant in the skies

First Line:
Now Phoebus mounts triumphant in the skies
Last Line:
And all around is gay and all around is bright
Author:
George Granville (Absolute)
DMI number:
20971

59. O eternal providence whose course

First Line:
O eternal providence whose course
Last Line:
And of thy rising goodness is no end
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
30524

60. O thou who when the almighty formed this all

First Line:
O thou who when the almighty formed this all
Last Line:
O grant me wisdom and I ask no more
Author:
Samuel Boyse (Absolute)
DMI number:
30910

61. Of late what a pother

First Line:
Of late what a pother
Last Line:
That suffers a total eclipse sir
DMI number:
26836

62. Of planetary motions and aspects

First Line:
Of planetary motions and aspects
Last Line:
Their influence malignant when to shower
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
38248

63. On their own axis as the planets run

First Line:
On their own axis as the planets run
Last Line:
And one regards itself and one the whole
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28244

64. One night when fumes of charming bottle

First Line:
One night when fumes of charming bottle
Last Line:
Roar frolics scours
DMI number:
6943

65. One night when fumes of charming bottle

First Line:
One night when fumes of charming bottle
Last Line:
Roars swaggers scours
DMI number:
5485

66. Proteus had sent his scaly herd to feed

First Line:
Proteus had sent his scaly herd to feed
Last Line:
When ruddy to the waves sunk the declining day
Author:
William Diaper (Absolute)
DMI number:
36355

67. Queen of the silver bow by thy pale beam

First Line:
Queen of the silver bow by thy pale beam
Last Line:
Poor wearied pilgrim in this toiling scene
Author:
Charlotte Smith [nee Turner] (Absolute)
DMI number:
35696

68. Say first of God above or man below

First Line:
Say first of God above or man below
Last Line:
As who began a thousand years ago
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31032

69. Should the whole art of growing numbers stand

First Line:
Should the whole art of growing numbers stand
Last Line:
Thee O eternity then friend be wise
DMI number:
3908

70. See Selima the evening sky

First Line:
See Selima the evening sky
Last Line:
We feel the united power of all
Author:
Mary Goddard (Speculation)
DMI number:
21951

71. Shall I pull down the full orbed moon

First Line:
Shall I pull down the full orbed moon
Last Line:
As to recall my heart again
Author:
Mary Goddard (Speculation)
DMI number:
21952

72. So shows the blushing discontented sun

First Line:
So shows the blushing discontented sun
Last Line:
Of his bright passage to the occident
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
20968

73. So from the seas exerts his radiant head

First Line:
So from the seas exerts his radiant head
Last Line:
Dispels the darkness and the day renews
DMI number:
40198

74. So when from western hills the burning sun

First Line:
So when from western hills the burning sun
Last Line:
Or their pale fires are lost in floods of day
Author:
Charles Johnson (Absolute)
DMI number:
20970

75. So bright a track still leave the setting suns

First Line:
So bright a track still leave the setting suns
Last Line:
That vanish in a glory
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20972

76. Star gazing wretch thy fooleries give over

First Line:
Star gazing wretch thy fooleries give over
Last Line:
Look downward and you'll see 'em all below
DMI number:
5778

77. Struggling in dark eclipse and shooting day

First Line:
Struggling in dark eclipse and shooting day
Last Line:
On either side of the black orb that veiled him
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
18722

78. Swift as a shooting star that thwarts the night

First Line:
Swift as a shooting star that thwarts the night
Last Line:
-
DMI number:
40236

79. Swift as exploded lightning from the skies

First Line:
Swift as exploded lightning from the skies
Last Line:
-
DMI number:
40237

80. Stars in their rising little show

First Line:
Stars in their rising little show
Last Line:
May only be thy paralys
Author:
John Hall (Absolute)
DMI number:
36594

81. The heavens declare the glory of God

First Line:
The heavens declare the glory of God
Last Line:
Can be hid from his bright influence
DMI number:
43458

82. The heavens so framed are

First Line:
The heavens so framed are
Last Line:
And language of the skies &c
DMI number:
43810

83. The constellations shine at god's command

First Line:
The constellations shine at god's command
Last Line:
As might preserve an everlasting course
Author:
Sir Richard Blackmore (Absolute)
DMI number:
24406

84. The golden sun in splendour likest heaven

First Line:
The golden sun in splendour likest heaven
Last Line:
Shoots invisible virtue even to the deep
DMI number:
40226

85. The gems of heaven that gild night's sable throne

First Line:
The gems of heaven that gild night's sable throne
Last Line:
The moon's starry train
DMI number:
40193

86. The glory comes hail to thy rising ray

First Line:
The glory comes hail to thy rising ray
Last Line:
Treat every sense and beam creating love
DMI number:
26342

87. The disk of Phoebus when he climbs on high

First Line:
The disk of Phoebus when he climbs on high
Last Line:
All bright he shines and with a better face
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
5977

88. The dismal regions which no sun beholds

First Line:
The dismal regions which no sun beholds
Last Line:
From the bright object which your pleasure heeds
Author:
William Walsh (Absolute)
DMI number:
13054

89. The lover whose devotion flies

First Line:
The lover whose devotion flies
Last Line:
Makes burning glasses of his eyes
DMI number:
43805

90. The moon wants a gown and her tailor must make it

First Line:
The moon wants a gown and her tailor must make it
Last Line:
And now madam how can a tailor take measure
DMI number:
6213

91. The queen of night

First Line:
The queen of night
Last Line:
Shines fair with all her virgin stars about her
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
20085

92. The radiant galaxies of blended stars

First Line:
The radiant galaxies of blended stars
Last Line:
Whose influence govern mortals here below
Author:
Bevil Higgons (Absolute)
DMI number:
20925

93. The parting sun

First Line:
The parting sun
Last Line:
Hesperean sets
DMI number:
40228

94. The plan of Ptolemy and Ticho's scheme

First Line:
The plan of Ptolemy and Ticho's scheme
Last Line:
How little all appear and he how great
DMI number:
2022

95. The plan of Ptolemy and Tycho's scheme

First Line:
The plan of Ptolemy and Tycho's scheme
Last Line:
How little all appears and he how great
DMI number:
1851

96. The moon was full so was my heart

First Line:
The moon was full so was my heart
Last Line:
Long as the sun and moon endure
DMI number:
22087

97. The moon | Rising in clouded majesty at length

First Line:
The moon | Rising in clouded majesty at length
Last Line:
And in her pale dominion checked the night
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
22822

98. The moon | Rising in clouded majesty at length

First Line:
The moon | Rising in clouded majesty at length
Last Line:
And over the dark her silver mantle threw
DMI number:
39866

99. The lively shining particles of light

First Line:
The lively shining particles of light
Last Line:
Shall ever be the theme of my aspiring muse
Author:
Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer] (Absolute)
DMI number:
29695

100. Then muse look up for here you must essay

First Line:
Then muse look up for here you must essay
Last Line:
And conscious of the event they view the altered skies
DMI number:
6928