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1. A bard there dwelt more fat than bard beseems

First Line:
A bard there dwelt more fat than bard beseems
Last Line:
He loathed much to write ne cared to repeat
Author:
George Lyttelton (Absolute) & James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
32267

2. Ah little think the gay licentious proud

First Line:
Ah little think the gay licentious proud
Last Line:
Refining still the social passions work
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
33690

3. All conquering heat oh intermit thy wrath

First Line:
All conquering heat oh intermit thy wrath
Last Line:
Unsatisfied and sick tosses in noon
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
29847

4. Affliction is the wholesome soil of virtue

First Line:
Affliction is the wholesome soil of virtue
Last Line:
Poisons the soil and its best product kills
Author:
David Mallet (Absolute) & James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
28406

5. And yet the wholesome herb neglected dies

First Line:
And yet the wholesome herb neglected dies
Last Line:
From stage to stage the vital scale ascends
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
33732

6. And yet the wholesome herb neglected dies

First Line:
And yet the wholesome herb neglected dies
Last Line:
That must not yet to pure perfection rise
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
28208

7. All ye whose hearts to tender pity formed

First Line:
All ye whose hearts to tender pity formed
Last Line:
For ever silent and for ever sad
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
27020

8. And the plain ox

First Line:
And the plain ox
Last Line:
Even of the clowns he feeds
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
30097

9. And thou majestic main

First Line:
And thou majestic main
Last Line:
Or bids you roar or bids your roarings fall
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
29637

10. As those we love decay we die in part

First Line:
As those we love decay we die in part
Last Line:
Till dying all he can resign is breath
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
25104

11. As thus the snows arise and foul and fierce

First Line:
As thus the snows arise and foul and fierce
Last Line:
And all the sad variety of pain
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
30140

12. As thus the snows arise and foul and fierce

First Line:
As thus the snows arise and foul and fierce
Last Line:
Refining still the social passions work
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
31298

13. As nearer to this farm you made approach

First Line:
As nearer to this farm you made approach
Last Line:
An happy place
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
37852

14. As rising from the vegetable world

First Line:
As rising from the vegetable world
Last Line:
And once rejoicing never know them more
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
37204

15. As rising from the vegetable world

First Line:
As rising from the vegetable world
Last Line:
Sigh to her song and with her wail resound
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
31287

16. As yet tis midnight deep the weary clouds

First Line:
As yet tis midnight deep the weary clouds
Last Line:
Sacred substantial never fading bliss
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
30139

17. Be gracious Heaven for now laborious man

First Line:
Be gracious Heaven for now laborious man
Last Line:
The plough and greatly independent lived
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
30133

18. Behold slow settling over the lurid grove

First Line:
Behold slow settling over the lurid grove
Last Line:
And Thule bellows through her utmost isles
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
27037

19. Behold slow settling over the lurid grove

First Line:
Behold slow settling over the lurid grove
Last Line:
Effuses on the pleased spectators round
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
28399

20. Behold slow settling over the lurid grove

First Line:
Behold slow settling over the lurid grove
Last Line:
For ever silent and for ever sad
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
30137

21. Bold is the man who in this nicer age

First Line:
Bold is the man who in this nicer age
Last Line:
If cold they wither all the muse's bays
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
31716

22. Beside the dewy border let me sit

First Line:
Beside the dewy border let me sit
Last Line:
Deep sounding seize the enthusiastic ear
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
30883

23. By Rufus' hall where Thames polluted flows

First Line:
By Rufus' hall where Thames polluted flows
Last Line:
White over his head the circling waters foam
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
23577

24. But yonder comes the powerful king of day

First Line:
But yonder comes the powerful king of day
Last Line:
Shines out thy maker may I sing of thee
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
27035

25. But come ye generous minds in whose wide thought

First Line:
But come ye generous minds in whose wide thought
Last Line:
The lonely heart with unexpected good
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
28525

26. But happy they the happiest of their kind

First Line:
But happy they the happiest of their kind
Last Line:
Can answer love and render bliss secure
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
27703

27. But happy they the happiest of their kind

First Line:
But happy they the happiest of their kind
Last Line:
To scenes where love and bliss immortal reign
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
31289

28. Close in the covert of an hazel copse

First Line:
Close in the covert of an hazel copse
Last Line:
Discreet the time may come you need not fly
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
38354

29. Come gentle Spring ethereal mildness come

First Line:
Come gentle Spring ethereal mildness come
Last Line:
All this innumerous coloured scene of things
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
25123

30. Curse on the coward and perfidious tongue

First Line:
Curse on the coward and perfidious tongue
Last Line:
That sweeps these fogs away with all their vermin
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
30930

31. Crammed to the throat with wholesome moral stuff

First Line:
Crammed to the throat with wholesome moral stuff
Last Line:
Nor idly lose it for a wretched jest
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
31717

32. Crowned with the sickle and the wheaten sheaf

First Line:
Crowned with the sickle and the wheaten sheaf
Last Line:
The desolated prospect thrills the soul
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
25258

33. Delightful task to rear the tender thought

First Line:
Delightful task to rear the tender thought
Last Line:
The generous purpose in the glowing breast
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
30093

34. Each sound too here to languishment inclined

First Line:
Each sound too here to languishment inclined
Last Line:
Wild warbling nature all above the reach of art
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
30784

35. Defeating oft the labours of the year

First Line:
Defeating oft the labours of the year
Last Line:
And all involving winds have swept away
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
31294

36. Falsely luxurious will not man awake

First Line:
Falsely luxurious will not man awake
Last Line:
Shines out thy maker may I sing of thee
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
40459

37. Falsely luxurious will not man awake

First Line:
Falsely luxurious will not man awake
Last Line:
To bless the wildly devious morning walk
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
27065

38. Father of light and life said my transported mind

First Line:
Father of light and life said my transported mind
Last Line:
Sacred substantial never fading bliss
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
26290

39. Father of light and life thou good supreme

First Line:
Father of light and life thou good supreme
Last Line:
Sacred substantial never fading bliss
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
22904

40. Ethereal race inhabitants of air

First Line:
Ethereal race inhabitants of air
Last Line:
For till you cease my muse forgets to sing
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
23571

41. First elder sculpture taught her sister art

First Line:
First elder sculpture taught her sister art
Last Line:
And friends conversed by death divided long
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
30496

42. From brightening fields of ether fair disclosed

First Line:
From brightening fields of ether fair disclosed
Last Line:
So night struck fancy dreams the yelling ghost
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
25257

43. Give ye Britons then

First Line:
Give ye Britons then
Last Line:
This be the female dignity and praise
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
31296

44. Hail ever pleasing solitude

First Line:
Hail ever pleasing solitude
Last Line:
A Lycidas or Lycon be
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
15502

45. Hail ever pleasing solitude

First Line:
Hail ever pleasing solitude
Last Line:
For ever from the world retired
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
23432

46. Hail independence hail heaven's next best gift

First Line:
Hail independence hail heaven's next best gift
Last Line:
That flits aerial from the spreading eye
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
34114

47. 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

48. Heavens what a goodly prospect spreads around

First Line:
Heavens what a goodly prospect spreads around
Last Line:
Still labours glorious with some great design
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
28321

49. He's not the happy man to whom is given

First Line:
He's not the happy man to whom is given
Last Line:
Thine is the fortune and the mind is thine
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
15501

50. Happy they the happiest of their kind

First Line:
Happy they the happiest of their kind
Last Line:
To scenes where love and bliss immortal reign
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
35687