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1.
A blooming youth lies buried here
First Line:
A blooming youth lies buried here
Last Line:
But death had quicker wings than love
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
27361
2.
A monster in a course of vice grown old
First Line:
A monster in a course of vice grown old
Last Line:
Pity a wretch like him should ever live
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
13487
3.
Accept dear sire this humble tribute paid
First Line:
Accept dear sire this humble tribute paid
Last Line:
Beyond the glimmering spark of our meridian sun
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
27360
4.
Amoret and Strephon lay
First Line:
Amoret and Strephon lay
Last Line:
For a reward shall all be his
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
5623
5.
Arise and soar my towering soul
First Line:
Arise and soar my towering soul
Last Line:
To fix his marriage day
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
169
6.
Author of being source of light
First Line:
Author of being source of light
Last Line:
Nor can we want for thou art all
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
27358
7.
Begin the joyous nuptial sing
First Line:
Begin the joyous nuptial sing
Last Line:
Well this pair knew how to die
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
242
8.
Beneath a sleeping infant lies
First Line:
Beneath a sleeping infant lies
Last Line:
Had been as short as thine
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
139
9.
Charming destroyer whither wilt thou roll
First Line:
Charming destroyer whither wilt thou roll
Last Line:
To all the unnumbered legions revealed there before
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
5647
10.
Dear doctor let me wish you joy
First Line:
Dear doctor let me wish you joy
Last Line:
Who parts the knot of life asunder
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
213
11.
Dear farewell a little while
First Line:
Dear farewell a little while
Last Line:
Vainly mourns for them that play
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
27433
12.
Dear Kitty now my counsel take
First Line:
Dear Kitty now my counsel take
Last Line:
Will make a devil of her
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
16144
13.
Farewell ye gay bubbles fame glory renown
First Line:
Farewell ye gay bubbles fame glory renown
Last Line:
Dropped soft on the straw with a smile I will die
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Confident)
DMI number:
5595
14.
First wheat and barley shall be sown
First Line:
First wheat and barley shall be sown
Last Line:
And I'll for rhyme write under | ---Amen
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
5523
15.
Few and easy in your stay
First Line:
Few and easy in your stay
Last Line:
Well to die and soon to live
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
27440
16.
Freeborn pindarick never does refuse
First Line:
Freeborn pindarick never does refuse
Last Line:
With thy soft ravishing music ever compare
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
5626
17.
For naked truth let others write
First Line:
For naked truth let others write
Last Line:
Since all the world's for lying
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
5619
18.
From whence these dire portents around
First Line:
From whence these dire portents around
Last Line:
Nor bleed nor die in vain
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
16635
19.
Hail christian prelates for your master's name
First Line:
Hail christian prelates for your master's name
Last Line:
He owns the Galilean conqueror
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
154
20.
Hail father whose creating call
First Line:
Hail father whose creating call
Last Line:
And spirit comprehend
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
22941
21.
Hail God the son in glory crowned
First Line:
Hail God the son in glory crowned
Last Line:
Of whole eternity
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
27451
22.
Hail holy ghost Jehovah third
First Line:
Hail holy ghost Jehovah third
Last Line:
Through all eternity
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
27452
23.
Hail holy holy holy Lord
First Line:
Hail holy holy holy Lord
Last Line:
In co-eternal three
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
27453
24.
Hail to thy parents wishes born
First Line:
Hail to thy parents wishes born
Last Line:
And higher place above
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
224
25.
Hail venerable South be honour paid
First Line:
Hail venerable South be honour paid
Last Line:
To all the adorers of the great three one
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
27408
26.
Has David Christ to come foreshowed
First Line:
Has David Christ to come foreshowed
Last Line:
The new one shall inspire
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
155
27.
Here rest I Philip on the Aegean shore
First Line:
Here rest I Philip on the Aegean shore
Last Line:
To me he owes it for he was my son
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
150
28.
Here lie I once a witty fair
First Line:
Here lie I once a witty fair
Last Line:
My noon was penitent
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
27438
29.
Here lies a sceptic long in doubt
First Line:
Here lies a sceptic long in doubt
Last Line:
Convinced but oh the die is cast
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
228
30.
How do they err who throw their love
First Line:
How do they err who throw their love
Last Line:
And makes the best enduring
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
2461
31.
His march whom over main land his navy bears
First Line:
His march whom over main land his navy bears
Last Line:
Obstructs blush blush ye mountains and ye seas
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
149
32.
Hymns ye regents of the lyre
First Line:
Hymns ye regents of the lyre
Last Line:
And Anna's glory dies
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
27435
33.
In the garland bearing spring
First Line:
In the garland bearing spring
Last Line:
Glorious offspring of the thorn
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Confident)
DMI number:
209
34.
In friendly part a well meant gift receive
First Line:
In friendly part a well meant gift receive
Last Line:
Who never saw Dover cliffs or Calais' sand
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
16176
35.
Jehovah sovereign God and Lord
First Line:
Jehovah sovereign God and Lord
Last Line:
How great how excellent thy name
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
27454
36.
Let the knight on beauty lour
First Line:
Let the knight on beauty lour
Last Line:
Why ah why should you be there
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Speculation)
DMI number:
35070
37.
Let various seasons boast their pride
First Line:
Let various seasons boast their pride
Last Line:
For no December will be there
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
27432
38.
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
39.
I sing a prelate good unbodied now
First Line:
I sing a prelate good unbodied now
Last Line:
Till then to battle and but there to die
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
27404
40.
I said when vigorous health was flown
First Line:
I said when vigorous health was flown
Last Line:
And yield my lengthened life a sacrifice of praise
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
27455
41.
I plucked this morn these beauteous flowers
First Line:
I plucked this morn these beauteous flowers
Last Line:
So my odour be as sweet
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
27405
42.
If aught beneath them happy souls attend
First Line:
If aught beneath them happy souls attend
Last Line:
Adjourning to the time that never came
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
27403
43.
If ever to writing you pretend
First Line:
If ever to writing you pretend
Last Line:
Or Sternhold in his verses
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
16658
44.
If friend a wife you mean to wed
First Line:
If friend a wife you mean to wed
Last Line:
Worthy of your board and bed
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Speculation)
DMI number:
16455
45.
If you mind but the moral my tale does unfold
First Line:
If you mind but the moral my tale does unfold
Last Line:
Would have scarce had me whipped for the calling him so
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Speculation)
DMI number:
16459
46.
If youth and beauty fade my dear
First Line:
If youth and beauty fade my dear
Last Line:
To give what none can give away
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
13508
47.
If youth and beauty fade my dear
First Line:
If youth and beauty fade my dear
Last Line:
To give what none can take away
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
14782
48.
Let arms and warriors other poets fire
First Line:
Let arms and warriors other poets fire
Last Line:
From death's tyrannic chain and earth's dark prison freed
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
27406
49.
Let lofty Greek and Latin go
First Line:
Let lofty Greek and Latin go
Last Line:
You're welcome gentlemen and so | Good-buy-t'y'
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
5628
50.
Let others write for by designs
First Line:
Let others write for by designs
Last Line:
And sunshine end your April day
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
256
51.
Let others write with vain designs
First Line:
Let others write with vain designs
Last Line:
For love is but an April day
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
32122
52.
Let playhouse actors crowded seats desire
First Line:
Let playhouse actors crowded seats desire
Last Line:
Our years excuse us tis our time to play
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
16656
53.
Lysippus' art can brass with life inspire
First Line:
Lysippus' art can brass with life inspire
Last Line:
Be thou O Jove contented with thy sky
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
151
54.
No colours laid by pen on
First Line:
No colours laid by pen on
Last Line:
May paint the beauty of the fair
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
31053
55.
No colours laid by pencil on
First Line:
No colours laid by pencil on
Last Line:
May paint the splendor of the fair
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Speculation)
DMI number:
148
56.
No fabling song my mournful heart assay
First Line:
No fabling song my mournful heart assay
Last Line:
And rise triumphant to the last great bar
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
27430
57.
Never tempt me to caress
First Line:
Never tempt me to caress
Last Line:
Say my answer is a rose
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
27431
58.
No not for those of women born
First Line:
No not for those of women born
Last Line:
And one has nothing more to fear
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
190
59.
No not through envious time's continued course
First Line:
No not through envious time's continued course
Last Line:
Thou Pope through sympathy assume the lyre
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
27436
60.
O thou released from fears and perils now
First Line:
O thou released from fears and perils now
Last Line:
Her best memorial is your silence there
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
27437
61.
O thou that high thy head dost bear
First Line:
O thou that high thy head dost bear
Last Line:
And when I'm drunk then thou art dry
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
13512
62.
O rare Ben Jonson what a turncoat grown
First Line:
O rare Ben Jonson what a turncoat grown
Last Line:
Another age shall set thy buttons right
DMI number:
12736
63.
On Stygian banks Diogenes the wise
First Line:
On Stygian banks Diogenes the wise
Last Line:
Thou Croesus rich on earth hast nothing here
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
13485
64.
Pleasantest companion this
First Line:
Pleasantest companion this
Last Line:
Dying neither wish nor fear
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
16147
65.
Say shall I try your growing sense to improve
First Line:
Say shall I try your growing sense to improve
Last Line:
To scour a kettle knows or set a diamond
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
27402
66.
See the springing day from far
First Line:
See the springing day from far
Last Line:
God of peace and god of love
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
16631
67.
See the springing day from far
First Line:
See the springing day from far
Last Line:
Only purer than our own
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
27407
68.
Some husbands on a winter day
First Line:
Some husbands on a winter day
Last Line:
Between a sovereign and a slave
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
32313
69.
Some husbands on a winter's day
First Line:
Some husbands on a winter's day
Last Line:
Between a sovereign and a slave
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
12290
70.
Taught by long miseries we find
First Line:
Taught by long miseries we find
Last Line:
And pain like pleasure is but dream
Author:
William Meston (Speculation) & Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
12284
71.
The Lord of Sabbath let us praise
First Line:
The Lord of Sabbath let us praise
Last Line:
Twas greater to redeem
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
27450
72.
The Lydian prince is blamed for wealth alone
First Line:
The Lydian prince is blamed for wealth alone
Last Line:
Such crowds are envious and so few are kings
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
13486
73.
The morning flowers display their sweets
First Line:
The morning flowers display their sweets
Last Line:
If firm the word of god remains
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Speculation)
DMI number:
16141
74.
The son of righteousness appears
First Line:
The son of righteousness appears
Last Line:
And opens paradise
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
27447
75.
Thenot good day sure thou art bent to thrive
First Line:
Thenot good day sure thou art bent to thrive
Last Line:
At least if business can agree with love
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
16164
76.
There flourished in a market town
First Line:
There flourished in a market town
Last Line:
Run fly ye wives and pin the basket
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
230
77.
These cups by Piso to his friends were given
First Line:
These cups by Piso to his friends were given
Last Line:
Who would not wish to learn astronomy
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Confident)
DMI number:
147
78.
There once lived in repute a substantial freeholder
First Line:
There once lived in repute a substantial freeholder
Last Line:
You must own I'm the honester rogue of the two
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
176
79.
Thou who didst round Cecropian pastures rove
First Line:
Thou who didst round Cecropian pastures rove
Last Line:
Let any say hur cow is hurs that dare
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
5501
80.
This would be still my wish could I
First Line:
This would be still my wish could I
Last Line:
With fortunes that are low
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Speculation)
DMI number:
16451
81.
Thou for whose view these numbers are designed
First Line:
Thou for whose view these numbers are designed
Last Line:
Wars with the world begun with that alone shall end
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
22622
82.
Tis justly thought to praise is ever hard
First Line:
Tis justly thought to praise is ever hard
Last Line:
No not a Cowley's nor a Mulgrave's song
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
15918
83.
Tis not because I sprung from nought
First Line:
Tis not because I sprung from nought
Last Line:
Tis there I sink tis wholly there
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
27444
84.
To save a scoundrel Scotch and English meet
First Line:
To save a scoundrel Scotch and English meet
Last Line:
And bid the exiled Or- - -d die in Spain
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Speculation)
DMI number:
285
85.
Too charming maid whose viznomy divine
First Line:
Too charming maid whose viznomy divine
Last Line:
Lie with her coin and get her bags with child
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
5624
86.
Twice when Hippocrates and Galen died
First Line:
Twice when Hippocrates and Galen died
Last Line:
Ashamed with mortals longer to appear
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
191
87.
What path of life by man is trod | without rejoicing at the road
First Line:
What path of life by man is trod | without rejoicing at the road
Last Line:
The wise this choice would never try | or not to live or soon to die
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
15930
88.
What path of life by man is trod | without repenting at the road
First Line:
What path of life by man is trod | without repenting at the road
Last Line:
The wise this only choice would try | or not to live or soon to die
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
15928
89.
What makes you write at this odd rate
First Line:
What makes you write at this odd rate
Last Line:
Why that's the very thing I mean
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
2744
90.
What man in his wits had not rather be poor
First Line:
What man in his wits had not rather be poor
Last Line:
Let not even mine enemy die
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Speculation)
DMI number:
15892
91.
When Cowley to his native isle
First Line:
When Cowley to his native isle
Last Line:
And great as their forgotten pain
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
27429
92.
When Butler needy wretch was still alive
First Line:
When Butler needy wretch was still alive
Last Line:
He asked for bread and he received a stone
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
32440
93.
When Radcliff fell afflicted physic cried
First Line:
When Radcliff fell afflicted physic cried
Last Line:
She mourns with Radcliffe but she dies with Friend
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
192
94.
While the full breast swells with unuttered woe
First Line:
While the full breast swells with unuttered woe
Last Line:
In endless glory meet to part no more
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
27434
95.
Whilst Butler needy wretch was still alive
First Line:
Whilst Butler needy wretch was still alive
Last Line:
He asked for bread and he received a stone
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
24090
96.
While Butler needy wretch was still alive
First Line:
While Butler needy wretch was still alive
Last Line:
He asked for bread and he received a stone
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
13489
97.
You dare not marry friend you own
First Line:
You dare not marry friend you own
Last Line:
Husband to one and wife to the other
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Speculation)
DMI number:
182
98.
Your sage and moralist can show
First Line:
Your sage and moralist can show
Last Line:
Regained the health he never lost
Author:
William Meston (Speculation) & Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
12283