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1.
A day an hour of virtuous liberty
First Line:
A day an hour of virtuous liberty
Last Line:
Is worth a whole eternity in bondage
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
19296
2.
As the fair vestal to the fountain came
First Line:
As the fair vestal to the fountain came
Last Line:
Swelled with the founder of immortal Rome
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
10661
3.
At length I've acted my severest part
First Line:
At length I've acted my severest part
Last Line:
And so thy dearest youth farewell
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
40410
4.
Behold the African
First Line:
Behold the African
Last Line:
Blesses his stars and thinks it luxury
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
14178
5.
Believe me Portius in my Lucia's absence
First Line:
Believe me Portius in my Lucia's absence
Last Line:
And with variety of pain distract me
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
14142
6.
But o my muse what numbers wilt thou find
First Line:
But o my muse what numbers wilt thou find
Last Line:
Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
28481
7.
Fathers we once again are met in council
First Line:
Fathers we once again are met in council
Last Line:
All Rome will be in tears
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
34094
8.
Grown old in rhyme twas barbarous to discard
First Line:
Grown old in rhyme twas barbarous to discard
Last Line:
Nor force him to be damned to get his living
Author:
Joseph Addison (Confident) & Anne Finch [nee Kingsmill] (Speculation) & Sir Richard Steele (Confident) & Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
13373
9.
Grown old in rhyme twere barbarous to discard
First Line:
Grown old in rhyme twere barbarous to discard
Last Line:
Nor force him to be damned to get his living
Author:
Joseph Addison (Confident) & Anne Finch [nee Kingsmill] (Speculation) & Sir Richard Steele (Confident) & Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
1970
10.
How are thy servants blessed O lord
First Line:
How are thy servants blessed O lord
Last Line:
Shall join my soul to thee
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
11673
11.
Honour's a sacred tie the law of kings
First Line:
Honour's a sacred tie the law of kings
Last Line:
It ought not to be sported with
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
25238
12.
Honour's sacred tie the law of kings
First Line:
Honour's sacred tie the law of kings
Last Line:
It ought not to be sported with
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
35737
13.
In this grave age when comedies are few
First Line:
In this grave age when comedies are few
Last Line:
We never think this house is too much haunted
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
35902
14.
It must be so Plato thou reasonest well
First Line:
It must be so Plato thou reasonest well
Last Line:
And that which he delights in must be happy
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
27042
15.
It must be so Plato thou reasonst well
First Line:
It must be so Plato thou reasonst well
Last Line:
Indifferent in his choice to sleep or die
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
12927
16.
It must be so Plato thou reasonst well
First Line:
It must be so Plato thou reasonst well
Last Line:
The wreck of matter and the crush of worlds
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
35133
17.
My love was fickle once and changing
First Line:
My love was fickle once and changing
Last Line:
And finds variety in one
DMI number:
17755
18.
Kneller with silence and surprise
First Line:
Kneller with silence and surprise
Last Line:
Had drawn a George or carved a Jove
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
9310
19.
Near to the Rose where punks in numbers flock
First Line:
Near to the Rose where punks in numbers flock
Last Line:
And is in Statu quo himself again
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
3903
20.
O Portius is there not some chosen curse
First Line:
O Portius is there not some chosen curse
Last Line:
Who owes his greatness to his country's ruin
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
30905
21.
O liberty thou goddess heavenly bright
First Line:
O liberty thou goddess heavenly bright
Last Line:
Givest beauty to the sun and pleasure to the day
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
30196
22.
O Lyria Lyria in thy absence
First Line:
O Lyria Lyria in thy absence
Last Line:
Were but my Lyria kind
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
40408
23.
Of wondrous art my muse delighted sings
First Line:
Of wondrous art my muse delighted sings
Last Line:
And squeaks his part in language not his own
Author:
Thomas Fitzgerald (Absolute)
DMI number:
16154
24.
Oh liberty thou goddess heavenly bright
First Line:
Oh liberty thou goddess heavenly bright
Last Line:
Givest beauty to ye sun and pleasure to ye day
Author:
Joseph Addison (Confident)
DMI number:
1735
25.
Oh the charming month of May
First Line:
Oh the charming month of May
Last Line:
Who on her skimming dish carves her name | Who on &c
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
17756
26.
Oh the charming month of may
First Line:
Oh the charming month of may
Last Line:
Who on her skimming dish carves his name | Who on &c
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
23611
27.
Remember o my friends the laws the rights
First Line:
Remember o my friends the laws the rights
Last Line:
But piously transmit them to your children
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
32176
28.
Remember o my friends the laws the rights
First Line:
Remember o my friends the laws the rights
Last Line:
Or our deaths glorious in thy just defence
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
19298
29.
So the pure limpid stream when foul with stains
First Line:
So the pure limpid stream when foul with stains
Last Line:
And a new heaven in its fair bosom shows
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
12989
30.
Syphax I joy to meet thee thus alone
First Line:
Syphax I joy to meet thee thus alone
Last Line:
How does your tongue grow wanton in her praise
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
35132
31.
The feathered warriors and the pygmy state
First Line:
The feathered warriors and the pygmy state
Last Line:
And in the fairy name the pygmy dies
Author:
Thomas Newcomb (Confident) & Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
11552
32.
The lord my pasture shall prepare
First Line:
The lord my pasture shall prepare
Last Line:
And streams shall murmur all around
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
11675
33.
The man resolved and steady to his trust
First Line:
The man resolved and steady to his trust
Last Line:
And stand secure amidst a falling world
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
25256
34.
The man resolved and steady to his trust
First Line:
The man resolved and steady to his trust
Last Line:
And stand secure amidst the falling world
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
25222
35.
The man resolved and steady to his trust
First Line:
The man resolved and steady to his trust
Last Line:
Forget their majesty and lose their sound
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
925
36.
The pencil's glowing lines the painter's care
First Line:
The pencil's glowing lines the painter's care
Last Line:
The spiry flames which shoot through rolling smoke
Author:
Nicholas Amhurst (Confident)
DMI number:
24332
37.
The muse that oft with sacred raptures fired
First Line:
The muse that oft with sacred raptures fired
Last Line:
And see your beauty with their fathers' eyes
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
9309
38.
The spacious firmament on high
First Line:
The spacious firmament on high
Last Line:
The hand that made us is divine
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
11669
39.
Tis not a set of features or complexion
First Line:
Tis not a set of features or complexion
Last Line:
And sanctity of manners
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
30300
40.
Tis not a set of features or complexion
First Line:
Tis not a set of features or complexion
Last Line:
Soften the rigor of her father's virtues
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
14241
41.
To night the poet's advocate I stand
First Line:
To night the poet's advocate I stand
Last Line:
Though they turned conjurers to take you tripping
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
35903
42.
What is life tis not to stalk and draw fresh air
First Line:
What is life tis not to stalk and draw fresh air
Last Line:
Life grows insipid and has lost its relish
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
19297
43.
When all thy mercies O my God
First Line:
When all thy mercies O my God
Last Line:
To utter all thy praise
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
11670
44.
When rising from the bed of death
First Line:
When rising from the bed of death
Last Line:
To make her pardon sure
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
12944
45.
When rising from the bed of death
First Line:
When rising from the bed of death
Last Line:
To make that pardon sure
Author:
Joseph Addison (Confident)
DMI number:
11674
46.
When Telephus his youthful charms
First Line:
When Telephus his youthful charms
Last Line:
And melt my very soul away
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
25239
47.
While haughty Gallia's dames that spread
First Line:
While haughty Gallia's dames that spread
Last Line:
And with unborrowed blushes glowed
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
4295
48.
Which daily swells not in a troubled flood
First Line:
Which daily swells not in a troubled flood
Last Line:
Of rising spirits and fermenting blood
Author:
Joseph Addison (Speculation)
DMI number:
29739
49.
While you my lord the rural shades admire
First Line:
While you my lord the rural shades admire
Last Line:
And lines like Virgil's or like yours should praise
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
2108
50.
Whilst haughty Gallia's dames that spread
First Line:
Whilst haughty Gallia's dames that spread
Last Line:
And with unborrowed blushes glowed
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
15350