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1. All you that for parliament members do stand

First Line:
All you that for parliament members do stand
Last Line:
They'll conspire against horse and man
Author:
Alexander Brome (Absolute)
DMI number:
1703

2. Come gentle herdman sit by me

First Line:
Come gentle herdman sit by me
Last Line:
fly from thy careful head
DMI number:
49581

3. Come gentle herdman sit by me

First Line:
Come gentle herdman sit by me
Last Line:
Fly from thy carefull head
DMI number:
49886

4. Four shillings in the pound we see

First Line:
Four shillings in the pound we see
Last Line:
Thank him for leaving any
DMI number:
35955

5. For once ye muses chaste as fair

First Line:
For once ye muses chaste as fair
Last Line:
Than Bacchus or than Ceres
DMI number:
33663

6. God works in a mysterious way

First Line:
God works in a mysterious way
Last Line:
And he shall make it plain
Author:
William Cowper (Absolute)
DMI number:
33473

7. Great Stanhope the glory of Britannia's nation

First Line:
Great Stanhope the glory of Britannia's nation
Last Line:
When they've nothing but mud in their brains
DMI number:
7355

8. How cruel was Alonzo's fate

First Line:
How cruel was Alonzo's fate
Last Line:
What can be innocence
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
3807

9. Hold out sweet heart hold out

First Line:
Hold out sweet heart hold out
Last Line:
Sweet Robin thou hast lost thy fiddle
DMI number:
33265

10. How shall I sing that majesty

First Line:
How shall I sing that majesty
Last Line:
To land at Canaan's rest
Author:
John Mason (Confident)
DMI number:
4100

11. In peascod time when hound to horn

First Line:
In peascod time when hound to horn
Last Line:
dooth spring from lack of sleep
DMI number:
44918

12. Lord if one distant glimpse of thee

First Line:
Lord if one distant glimpse of thee
Last Line:
Would break her hated chain
Author:
Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer] (Confident)
DMI number:
4107

13. May the ambitious ever find

First Line:
May the ambitious ever find
Last Line:
Her arms much softer nights
Author:
Charles Sackville (Absolute)
DMI number:
4205

14. O cruel heart with falsehood infect of force I must complain

First Line:
O cruel heart with falsehood infect of force I must complain
Last Line:
Whose often change I may well like two months within the
DMI number:
49164

15. Of the fals fyre of purgatorie

First Line:
Of the fals fyre of purgatorie
Last Line:
The mair it dois misthryve
Author:
John Wedderburn (Confident)
DMI number:
10958

16. The loss of wealth I much lament

First Line:
The loss of wealth I much lament
Last Line:
But never length of days
DMI number:
4344

17. The loss of wealth I much lament

First Line:
The loss of wealth I much lament
Last Line:
But never loss of days
DMI number:
41917

18. Thy dull request my friend give over

First Line:
Thy dull request my friend give over
Last Line:
And beauty's banished now
DMI number:
35066

19. Three things who seeks for praise must fly

First Line:
Three things who seeks for praise must fly
Last Line:
Repentence doth ensue
DMI number:
49172

20. Too feeble is the thread

First Line:
Too feeble is the thread
Last Line:
And you shall have your will
DMI number:
49143

21. Twixt Death and Schomberg the other day

First Line:
Twixt Death and Schomberg the other day
Last Line:
And fledged it with his quill
Author:
Paul Whitehead (Confident)
DMI number:
33558

22. What cheerful sounds salute our ears

First Line:
What cheerful sounds salute our ears
Last Line:
But harvest crowns his toil
Author:
Richard Graves (Confident)
DMI number:
33633

23. When all was wrapped in sable night

First Line:
When all was wrapped in sable night
Last Line:
Farewell remember me
DMI number:
37069

24. You graves of grisly ghosts

First Line:
You graves of grisly ghosts
Last Line:
Let me example be
DMI number:
49142

25. Would god I had never seen

First Line:
Would god I had never seen
Last Line:
It was mine own poor lot
DMI number:
49135

26. Young Damon was the blithest lad

First Line:
Young Damon was the blithest lad
Last Line:
For Damon was not there
DMI number:
37067