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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:
James Thomson (Absolute) & George Lyttelton (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. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. Hail ever pleasing solitude

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

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. Have I then no tears for thee my father

First Line:
Have I then no tears for thee my father
Last Line:
Be nobly wretched but her father happy
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
29831

20. He comes he comes in every breeze the power

First Line:
He comes he comes in every breeze the power
Last Line:
With all the social offspring of the heart
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
34082

21. I hate the clamours of the smoky towns

First Line:
I hate the clamours of the smoky towns
Last Line:
To live in peace from noisy towns remote
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
10282

22. Moore goes two years and then alas produces

First Line:
Moore goes two years and then alas produces
Last Line:
At last delivered but of what of Wind
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
2746

23. Madam the flower that I received from you

First Line:
Madam the flower that I received from you
Last Line:
And new sprung life exults in every vein
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
10285

24. Now I surveyed my native faculties

First Line:
Now I surveyed my native faculties
Last Line:
The mysteries I must not comprehend
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
1031

25. Now just heaven forbid

First Line:
Now just heaven forbid
Last Line:
And humbly born the true heart makes us noble
Author:
David Mallet (Absolute) & James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
30031

26. 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

27. O let me strike my softest lyre

First Line:
O let me strike my softest lyre
Last Line:
Again the poet lives
Author:
James Thomson (Speculation)
DMI number:
26700

28. Oh may their eyes no miserable sight

First Line:
Oh may their eyes no miserable sight
Last Line:
This be the female dignity and praise
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
22119

29. On mere indifferent objects common bounty

First Line:
On mere indifferent objects common bounty
Last Line:
To triumph over him is heroic goodness
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
28958

30. On virtue can alone my kingdom stand

First Line:
On virtue can alone my kingdom stand
Last Line:
Hide in their savage haunts no beast so fell
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
30940

31. Sweet sleeky doctor dear pacific soul

First Line:
Sweet sleeky doctor dear pacific soul
Last Line:
The fields all thunder and they bound away
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
15500

32. The redbreast sacred to the household gods

First Line:
The redbreast sacred to the household gods
Last Line:
Attract his slender feet
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
30547

33. The stag too singled from the herd where long

First Line:
The stag too singled from the herd where long
Last Line:
And mark his beauteous chequered sides with gore
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
30069

34. These as they change almighty father these

First Line:
These as they change almighty father these
Last Line:
Come then expressive silence muse his praise
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
21779

35. There breathes a felt divinity in virtue

First Line:
There breathes a felt divinity in virtue
Last Line:
Of mean injurious vice
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
30936

36. True genuine honour its large patent holds

First Line:
True genuine honour its large patent holds
Last Line:
And even of God himself sole perfect judge
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
30036

37. Unless corruption first deject the pride

First Line:
Unless corruption first deject the pride
Last Line:
Till the whole state unnerved in slavery sinks
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
28965

38. Unchained Bellona from her temple rushes

First Line:
Unchained Bellona from her temple rushes
Last Line:
To dwell with beasts of prey in woods and deserts
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
30960

39. Well gentlemen and are you still so vain

First Line:
Well gentlemen and are you still so vain
Last Line:
That you with candour treat this orphan play
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
39080

40. Warned by the summer sun's meridian ray

First Line:
Warned by the summer sun's meridian ray
Last Line:
And to my vision put an hasty end
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
10283

41. Unworthy joys that wasteful leave behind

First Line:
Unworthy joys that wasteful leave behind
Last Line:
Destroys the nobler faculties of bliss
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
30203

42. Up springs the lark

First Line:
Up springs the lark
Last Line:
A melancholy murmur through the whole
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
27063

43. What dreadful havock in the human breast

First Line:
What dreadful havock in the human breast
Last Line:
Are gentle to the tempest of the mind
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
30499

44. What a helpless creature by himself

First Line:
What a helpless creature by himself
Last Line:
To taste thy comforts thy protected joys
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
30891

45. What though not theirs the power in dungeon glooms

First Line:
What though not theirs the power in dungeon glooms
Last Line:
Boundless and absolute in God alone
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
30096

46. When Britain first by heaven's command

First Line:
When Britain first by heaven's command
Last Line:
And manly hearts to guard the fair
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
24722

47. When to his glorious first essay in war

First Line:
When to his glorious first essay in war
Last Line:
Admiring nations to the Romans gained
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
30879

48. When my breast labours with oppressive care

First Line:
When my breast labours with oppressive care
Last Line:
Is he unwise or are ye less than they
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
15499