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1. A dungeon horrible on all sides round

First Line:
A dungeon horrible on all sides round
Last Line:
That comes to all
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
34236

2. Again God said let there be firmament

First Line:
Again God said let there be firmament
Last Line:
And morning chorus sung the second day
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
9784

3. 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

4. And God said let the waters generate

First Line:
And God said let the waters generate
Last Line:
Draws in and at his trunk spouts out a sea
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
9789

5. And saw that it was good and said let the earth

First Line:
And saw that it was good and said let the earth
Last Line:
So even and morn recorded the third day
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
9787

6. At last a soft and solemn breathing sound

First Line:
At last a soft and solemn breathing sound
Last Line:
Under the ribs of death
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
30886

7. At once came forth whatever creeps the ground

First Line:
At once came forth whatever creeps the ground
Last Line:
Frequent and of the sixth day yet remained
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
9791

8. As when from mountain tops the dusky clouds

First Line:
As when from mountain tops the dusky clouds
Last Line:
Attest their joy that hill and valley rings
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
22821

9. Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould

First Line:
Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould
Last Line:
I never heard till now
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
29844

10. Echo sweet nymph that livest unseen

First Line:
Echo sweet nymph that livest unseen
Last Line:
And give resound to heavenly harmonies
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
42709

11. Fallen cherub to be weak is miserable

First Line:
Fallen cherub to be weak is miserable
Last Line:
If not what resolution from despair
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
31018

12. For man to tell how human life began

First Line:
For man to tell how human life began
Last Line:
Above or round about thee or beneath
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
27062

13. Hail dreary shades hail melancholy gloom

First Line:
Hail dreary shades hail melancholy gloom
Last Line:
And death is swallowed up in victory
Author:
William Bowman (Confident)
DMI number:
1392

14. Hail holy light offspring of heaven first born

First Line:
Hail holy light offspring of heaven first born
Last Line:
Of things invisible to mortal sight
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
9801

15. Hail son of god saviour of men thy name

First Line:
Hail son of god saviour of men thy name
Last Line:
Forget nor from thy father's praise disjoin
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
34243

16. Hail wedded love mysterious law true source

First Line:
Hail wedded love mysterious law true source
Last Line:
And dares the fury of the waves and tides
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
30401

17. Heaven | Is as the book of god before thee set

First Line:
Heaven | Is as the book of god before thee set
Last Line:
His seasons hours or days or months or years
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
34234

18. Have you not in a chimney seen

First Line:
Have you not in a chimney seen
Last Line:
Cracks and rejoices in the flame
Author:
John Milton (Speculation) & John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
5669

19. Hence loathed melancholy

First Line:
Hence loathed melancholy
Last Line:
In sad Cimmerian darkness ever dwell
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
42649

20. Hence loathed melancholy

First Line:
Hence loathed melancholy
Last Line:
Mirth with thee I mean to live
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
3795

21. Hence vain deluding joys

First Line:
Hence vain deluding joys
Last Line:
And I with thee will choose to live
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
3796

22. Here lies old Hobson death hath broke his girt

First Line:
Here lies old Hobson death hath broke his girt
Last Line:
Hobson has supped and newly's gone to bed
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
21840

23. Him followed his next mate

First Line:
Him followed his next mate
Last Line:
Not by the sufferance of supernal power
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
31019

24. In heaps | chariot and charioteer lay overturned

First Line:
In heaps | chariot and charioteer lay overturned
Last Line:
Defensive scarce or with pale fear surprised | fled ignominious
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
32716

25. Into their inmost bower

First Line:
Into their inmost bower
Last Line:
Mysterious of congenial love refused
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
26128

26. Let there be light said God and forthwith light

First Line:
Let there be light said God and forthwith light
Last Line:
Both when first evening was and when first morn
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
9783

27. Man hath his daily work of body or mind

First Line:
Man hath his daily work of body or mind
Last Line:
And of their doings god takes no account
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
34224

28. Meanwhile the tepid caves and fens and shores

First Line:
Meanwhile the tepid caves and fens and shores
Last Line:
Evening and morn solemnized the fifth day
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
9790

29. Nor gentle purpose nor endearing smiles

First Line:
Nor gentle purpose nor endearing smiles
Last Line:
Alone as they
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
26126

30. Not distant far from thence a murmuring sound

First Line:
Not distant far from thence a murmuring sound
Last Line:
Of sympathy and love
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
26344

31. Now morn her rosy steps in the eastern climb

First Line:
Now morn her rosy steps in the eastern climb
Last Line:
Sits on the bloom extracting liquid sweet
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
31008

32. Not to know at large of things remote

First Line:
Not to know at large of things remote
Last Line:
Unpractised unprepared and still to seek
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
22166

33. Of man's first disobedience and the fruit

First Line:
Of man's first disobedience and the fruit
Last Line:
Sing heavenly muse
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
10476

34. Of man's important business and his work

First Line:
Of man's important business and his work
Last Line:
Still kind to me propitious to my verse
DMI number:
11610

35. So on he fares and to the border comes

First Line:
So on he fares and to the border comes
Last Line:
Cheered with the grateful smell old ocean smiles
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
31013

36. So spake our general mother and with eyes

First Line:
So spake our general mother and with eyes
Last Line:
Of her loose tresses hid
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
26127

37. So spake the son and into terror changed

First Line:
So spake the son and into terror changed
Last Line:
Exhausted spiritless afflicted fallen
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
28421

38. So high as heaved the tumid hills so low

First Line:
So high as heaved the tumid hills so low
Last Line:
Of congregated waters he called seas
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
9786

39. The earth was formed but in the womb as yet

First Line:
The earth was formed but in the womb as yet
Last Line:
Into the clouds their tops ascend the sky
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
9785

40. Their golden harps they take

First Line:
Their golden harps they take
Last Line:
Their sacred song and waken raptures high
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
21412

41. Then from the mountain hewing timber tall

First Line:
Then from the mountain hewing timber tall
Last Line:
With their four wives and God made fast the door
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
9750

42. The sixth and of creation last arose

First Line:
The sixth and of creation last arose
Last Line:
The river horse and scaly crocodile
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
9826

43. The Stygian council thus dissolved and forth

First Line:
The Stygian council thus dissolved and forth
Last Line:
With deafening shout returned them loud acclaim
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
30995

44. These are thy glorious work parent of good

First Line:
These are thy glorious work parent of good
Last Line:
Disperse it as now light dispels the dark
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
30709

45. These are thy glorious works parent of good

First Line:
These are thy glorious works parent of good
Last Line:
Disperse it as now light dispels the dark
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
9815

46. Thence more at ease their minds somewhat raised

First Line:
Thence more at ease their minds somewhat raised
Last Line:
Gorgons and Hydras and Chimaeras dire
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
30996

47. This is true liberty where freeborn men

First Line:
This is true liberty where freeborn men
Last Line:
What can be juster in a state than this
Author:
John Milton (Absolute) & Euripides (Confident)
DMI number:
33232

48. Thus Satan talking to his nearest mate

First Line:
Thus Satan talking to his nearest mate
Last Line:
Over the burning marl
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
40455

49. Three poets in three distant ages born

First Line:
Three poets in three distant ages born
Last Line:
To make a third she joined the former two
Author:
John Dryden (Confident)
DMI number:
1759

50. What need my Shakespeare for his honoured bones

First Line:
What need my Shakespeare for his honoured bones
Last Line:
That kings for such a tomb would wish to die
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
17690