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1. Advance my soul and all thy powers incline

First Line:
Advance my soul and all thy powers incline
Last Line:
The mighty works that by thy God are wrought
DMI number:
43206

2. All ye whom summer's life consuming heat

First Line:
All ye whom summer's life consuming heat
Last Line:
Which life nor death nor time can ever destroy
DMI number:
22930

3. Already from before the sacred throne

First Line:
Already from before the sacred throne
Last Line:
And hovering souls their former mansion take
Author:
Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer] (Absolute)
DMI number:
25431

4. Already from before the sacred throne

First Line:
Already from before the sacred throne
Last Line:
And hovering souls their former mansions take
Author:
Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer] (Absolute)
DMI number:
23846

5. Although the fig tree should deny its food

First Line:
Although the fig tree should deny its food
Last Line:
While my full heart exalt in heavenly joys
DMI number:
26242

6. At Israel's call the almighty's thunder hurled

First Line:
At Israel's call the almighty's thunder hurled
Last Line:
And my bones crumble with ideal awe
DMI number:
38627

7. As when the flower to every breeze of prey

First Line:
As when the flower to every breeze of prey
Last Line:
Nor hope relief till death shall close thy eyes
DMI number:
22922

8. Before the altar the devoted maid

First Line:
Before the altar the devoted maid
Last Line:
I bear the double load of guilt and grief
Author:
Nahum Tate (Absolute)
DMI number:
5008

9. Begin my lyre the great creator's praise

First Line:
Begin my lyre the great creator's praise
Last Line:
The harmonious discord which it strives to praise
Author:
Joseph Trapp (Absolute)
DMI number:
6966

10. Behold the man inhuman Pilate No

First Line:
Behold the man inhuman Pilate No
Last Line:
Towards him alike thy pity and thy love
DMI number:
43246

11. Celestial wisdom in a virtuous soul

First Line:
Celestial wisdom in a virtuous soul
Last Line:
And waft them gently to the blissful plains
DMI number:
18149

12. Cursed be the time I left my peaceful gloom

First Line:
Cursed be the time I left my peaceful gloom
Last Line:
Lost in a long variety of woe
Author:
William Bowman (Confident)
DMI number:
1398

13. Damon whilst thus we nightly watches keep

First Line:
Damon whilst thus we nightly watches keep
Last Line:
The season shan't be cold nor shall it then be long
Author:
Anne Finch [nee Kingsmill] (Absolute)
DMI number:
3842

14. Did sweeter sounds adorn my flowing tongue

First Line:
Did sweeter sounds adorn my flowing tongue
Last Line:
For ever blessing and for ever blessed
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
4184

15. Firm is my faith in god whose word gave birth

First Line:
Firm is my faith in god whose word gave birth
Last Line:
Hear me my god and guide me to thy rest
Author:
William Dodd (Confident)
DMI number:
33126

16. Fret not thyself when wicked men prevail

First Line:
Fret not thyself when wicked men prevail
Last Line:
For none ever trusted in the Lord in vain
Author:
Mary Masters (Absolute)
DMI number:
23775

17. From Sion's lofty palaces on high

First Line:
From Sion's lofty palaces on high
Last Line:
Enjoy the bright reward and reign in bliss with me
DMI number:
7443

18. From the blest seats of everlasting day

First Line:
From the blest seats of everlasting day
Last Line:
And the spheres danced while tuneful angels sung
Author:
William Broome (Speculation)
DMI number:
8052

19. Great God with conscious blushes lo I come

First Line:
Great God with conscious blushes lo I come
Last Line:
And future worlds like me shall bless the lord
Author:
Richard Daniel (Absolute)
DMI number:
7444

20. Great sovereign of the world thy glorious name

First Line:
Great sovereign of the world thy glorious name
Last Line:
Thy perfect laws and worship at thy throne
Author:
Henry Needler (Absolute)
DMI number:
22896

21. Happy the man who not from virtue swerves

First Line:
Happy the man who not from virtue swerves
Last Line:
THe wicked perish and their memories end
DMI number:
22177

22. Has not kind heaven regarding human woe

First Line:
Has not kind heaven regarding human woe
Last Line:
And Job's last breath shall bless thee for his peace
Author:
Samuel Boyse (Confident)
DMI number:
22921

23. How doth the mournful widowed city bow

First Line:
How doth the mournful widowed city bow
Last Line:
Grieved and despised distracted and undone
Author:
Anne Wharton [nee Lee] (Absolute)
DMI number:
2159

24. How doth the mournful widowed city bow

First Line:
How doth the mournful widowed city bow
Last Line:
My sighs are many and my heart is faint
Author:
Anne Wharton [nee Lee] (Absolute)
DMI number:
3483

25. How dares my flattering muse my humble song

First Line:
How dares my flattering muse my humble song
Last Line:
But free the just nor go beyond thy chain
DMI number:
10099

26. His lecture to the sad young prophets done

First Line:
His lecture to the sad young prophets done
Last Line:
The glorious saint and his arrival great
Author:
Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer] (Absolute)
DMI number:
4074

27. How weak is man that would himself persuade

First Line:
How weak is man that would himself persuade
Last Line:
Which Israel's wisest prince describes of old
DMI number:
43273

28. I am the lord of all one god supreme

First Line:
I am the lord of all one god supreme
Last Line:
Thy neighbour's property of any kind
DMI number:
24990

29. In thunder now the God his silence broke

First Line:
In thunder now the God his silence broke
Last Line:
And that thy own right hand can succour thee
Author:
Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer] (Absolute)
DMI number:
4077

30. In vain ye murmur we have served the lord

First Line:
In vain ye murmur we have served the lord
Last Line:
Whilst angels them with loud applauses greet
Author:
Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer] (Confident)
DMI number:
4085

31. Let the night perish cursed be the morn

First Line:
Let the night perish cursed be the morn
Last Line:
Within the silent chambers of the grave
DMI number:
43236

32. My barren soul like this unfruitful tree

First Line:
My barren soul like this unfruitful tree
Last Line:
And speak the wonders of thy fertile care
DMI number:
36183

33. 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

34. I said I will with strictest caution tread

First Line:
I said I will with strictest caution tread
Last Line:
Lost to my friends and hid from every eye
Author:
Mary Masters (Absolute)
DMI number:
23773

35. Let not that day in circling moments run

First Line:
Let not that day in circling moments run
Last Line:
Mature and open to omniscience lie
Author:
Mary Leapor (Absolute)
DMI number:
23752

36. No sooner time sprung out his destined way

First Line:
No sooner time sprung out his destined way
Last Line:
Where reigns and smiles a dear incarnate god
DMI number:
26159

37. No forms of beauty in that more than man

First Line:
No forms of beauty in that more than man
Last Line:
And own him lovely altogether fair
DMI number:
36166

38. O wondrous condescension of a god

First Line:
O wondrous condescension of a god
Last Line:
To kings on earth and to our God in heaven | Amen
Author:
Aphra Behn (Confident)
DMI number:
41842

39. Oppressed with sorrow and with sickness faint

First Line:
Oppressed with sorrow and with sickness faint
Last Line:
And a new sun breaks forth in Judah's skies
DMI number:
32235

40. On ship board went the church at heaven's command

First Line:
On ship board went the church at heaven's command
Last Line:
And pilot us into the port of heaven
DMI number:
28139

41. Prepare the voice and tune the joyful lyre

First Line:
Prepare the voice and tune the joyful lyre
Last Line:
And his dominion shall no period see
Author:
Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer] (Absolute)
DMI number:
23347

42. Some mighty things these awful signs portend

First Line:
Some mighty things these awful signs portend
Last Line:
And fill the desolations of the sky
Author:
Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer] (Absolute)
DMI number:
4057

43. That man is blessed whose fixed and solid mind

First Line:
That man is blessed whose fixed and solid mind
Last Line:
And shall all perish by avoidless fate
DMI number:
14069

44. Tell me some pitying angel quickly say

First Line:
Tell me some pitying angel quickly say
Last Line:
I trust the God- but oh I fear the child
DMI number:
43245

45. Then Job a man who had been much dismayed

First Line:
Then Job a man who had been much dismayed
Last Line:
In things that's wrong he never can delight
DMI number:
26395

46. Though in Judea's mead the verdant blade

First Line:
Though in Judea's mead the verdant blade
Last Line:
And lead through life's untrodden wilds to rest
Author:
Joseph Cockfield (Absolute)
DMI number:
32654

47. Thrice happy he whom thy paternal love

First Line:
Thrice happy he whom thy paternal love
Last Line:
With sweet harmonious notes their gracious king
Author:
William of Bangour Hamilton (Absolute)
DMI number:
38210

48. Thrice happy Job long lived in regal state

First Line:
Thrice happy Job long lived in regal state
Last Line:
Man was not made to question but adore
Author:
Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:
22923

49. Thus Job began cursed be the fatal morn

First Line:
Thus Job began cursed be the fatal morn
Last Line:
On me has its collected vengeance poured
Author:
Samuel Boyse (Absolute)
DMI number:
22920

50. To shew the matchless worth of truth divine

First Line:
To shew the matchless worth of truth divine
Last Line:
Who live the subjects of redeeming grace
DMI number:
36271