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1. A sullen planet frowned upon my birth

First Line:
A sullen planet frowned upon my birth
Last Line:
Of all my sufferings life the greatest wrong
DMI number:
43266

2. Acteon's fortune seems in me renewed

First Line:
Acteon's fortune seems in me renewed
Last Line:
These my soul true emblems are of sin
DMI number:
43265

3. 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

4. Ah endless source of woe ah fatal smart

First Line:
Ah endless source of woe ah fatal smart
Last Line:
Heal heal a broken heart and bid me rise and live
Author:
Richard Daniel (Absolute)
DMI number:
26474

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. Arise my soul on wings seraphic rise

First Line:
Arise my soul on wings seraphic rise
Last Line:
Join men and angels join the exalted lay
Author:
Thomas Blacklock (Absolute)
DMI number:
21781

9. Arise my soul thy sacred ardour prove

First Line:
Arise my soul thy sacred ardour prove
Last Line:
Join men and angels in one chorus join
DMI number:
27255

10. Awake my glory e'er the rosy morn

First Line:
Awake my glory e'er the rosy morn
Last Line:
They pierce the clouds and reach beyond the sky
DMI number:
43253

11. 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

12. Assist me O Jehovah to proclaim

First Line:
Assist me O Jehovah to proclaim
Last Line:
For ever to reflect on heaven for ever lost
DMI number:
10107

13. Begin my lyre the great creator's praise

First Line:
Begin my lyre the great creator's praise
Last Line:
And hallowed raptures sanctify the lyre
Author:
Joseph Trapp (Absolute)
DMI number:
6540

14. 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

15. Behold o God behold the cruel train

First Line:
Behold o God behold the cruel train
Last Line:
The pious hymn while ages roll away
Author:
Elizabeth Tollet (Absolute)
DMI number:
26583

16. Bless thou the Lord my soul o power divine

First Line:
Bless thou the Lord my soul o power divine
Last Line:
With alleluias end the sacred strain
Author:
Elizabeth Tollet (Absolute)
DMI number:
27260

17. 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

18. Buried in darkness and oppressed with care

First Line:
Buried in darkness and oppressed with care
Last Line:
And the glad land shall taste the sweets of peace
Author:
Richard Daniel (Absolute)
DMI number:
26896

19. Charm me ye sacred leaves with nobler themes

First Line:
Charm me ye sacred leaves with nobler themes
Last Line:
Nor gaze on visions from the throne of heaven
Author:
William Broome (Absolute)
DMI number:
30880

20. Declare if heavenly wisdom bless thy tongue

First Line:
Declare if heavenly wisdom bless thy tongue
Last Line:
There bathes her beak in blood companion of the slain
Author:
Thomas Warton (Absolute)
DMI number:
22115

21. 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

22. 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

23. From my full heart bursts forth the bubbling stream

First Line:
From my full heart bursts forth the bubbling stream
Last Line:
Their loud acclaim and echo to thy praise
Author:
Elizabeth Tollet (Absolute)
DMI number:
26490

24. 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

25. 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

26. From the dark dungeon from the lonely cell

First Line:
From the dark dungeon from the lonely cell
Last Line:
Whilst willing worlds bow down and own your dread command
Author:
Richard Daniel (Absolute)
DMI number:
26863

27. Gird up thy loins thou offspring of the clay

First Line:
Gird up thy loins thou offspring of the clay
Last Line:
Shall never be repulsed nor put to shame
DMI number:
22971

28. Give thanks to God the holy one

First Line:
Give thanks to God the holy one
Last Line:
To God who reigns in heaven alone | His mercy is for ever sure | And shall from age to age endure
Author:
Sir John Denham (Absolute)
DMI number:
26917

29. From the profound abyss below

First Line:
From the profound abyss below
Last Line:
And give us liberty again
Author:
Elizabeth Tollet (Absolute)
DMI number:
26898

30. From thee o God begins the sacred song

First Line:
From thee o God begins the sacred song
Last Line:
And over the smiling fields the vocal joys are born
Author:
Elizabeth Tollet (Absolute)
DMI number:
26534

31. God of my fathers stretch thy oft-tried hand

First Line:
God of my fathers stretch thy oft-tried hand
Last Line:
And earth's high sovereign claim my heaven tuned voice
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
17452

32. 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

33. 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

34. Hear mighty God the humble suppliant's cry

First Line:
Hear mighty God the humble suppliant's cry
Last Line:
From God who keeps his vengeance for my foes
Author:
Richard Daniel (Absolute)
DMI number:
27217

35. 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

36. He only knows my grief whose eyes can dart

First Line:
He only knows my grief whose eyes can dart
Last Line:
We two can only tell and we suffice
DMI number:
43260

37. 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

38. How happy is the man how calm his breast

First Line:
How happy is the man how calm his breast
Last Line:
Bless your good God and clap your hands for joy
Author:
Richard Daniel (Absolute)
DMI number:
26449

39. 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

40. In halleluias all your voices join

First Line:
In halleluias all your voices join
Last Line:
And with your alleluias end the song
Author:
Elizabeth Tollet (Absolute)
DMI number:
26866

41. 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

42. Mount mount my soul unto the realms of light

First Line:
Mount mount my soul unto the realms of light
Last Line:
And lies like darkness flee the mighty blaze
DMI number:
26532

43. 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

44. My ravished soul great God thy praises sings

First Line:
My ravished soul great God thy praises sings
Last Line:
You saints and angels halleluiah sing
Author:
George Sandys (Absolute)
DMI number:
27259

45. 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

46. My life's a sea now raging now at rest

First Line:
My life's a sea now raging now at rest
Last Line:
Passed sight of shore - thy tempests then will rise
DMI number:
43263

47. 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

48. If to a cottage majesty resort

First Line:
If to a cottage majesty resort
Last Line:
Impatient till they heard his embassy's success
DMI number:
8154

49. Let God arise while all in dire dismay

First Line:
Let God arise while all in dire dismay
Last Line:
Adorns his tribes tis ours his name to bless
Author:
Elizabeth Tollet (Absolute)
DMI number:
26535

50. Let Israel now the votive trophies raise

First Line:
Let Israel now the votive trophies raise
Last Line:
Strong as his rays and glorious as his light
DMI number:
24447

51. Let others sing the loves of nymphs and swains

First Line:
Let others sing the loves of nymphs and swains
Last Line:
Whose power unchanged through every age remains
DMI number:
33124

52. 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

53. 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

54. Nymphs of the flood how truly blessed are you

First Line:
Nymphs of the flood how truly blessed are you
Last Line:
Till all my sins were in that deluge drowned
DMI number:
43262

55. O celebrate the Lord invoke his name

First Line:
O celebrate the Lord invoke his name
Last Line:
They keep his statutes and observe his law
Author:
Elizabeth Tollet (Absolute)
DMI number:
26865

56. O God how glorious is thy name

First Line:
O God how glorious is thy name
Last Line:
And distant earth resounds the same
DMI number:
16634

57. O God of my salvation all the day

First Line:
O God of my salvation all the day
Last Line:
For universal darkness hides them all
Author:
Elizabeth Tollet (Absolute)
DMI number:
26850

58. O God whose all exploring eye surveys

First Line:
O God whose all exploring eye surveys
Last Line:
Thy glorious name I will for ever praise
Author:
Henry Dell (Confident)
DMI number:
26931

59. O Lord my God my songs to thee

First Line:
O Lord my God my songs to thee
Last Line:
And all who live shall bless his name
Author:
Sir John Denham (Absolute)
DMI number:
26939

60. O who would not this strict tribunal dread

First Line:
O who would not this strict tribunal dread
Last Line:
How shall such shrubs as we maintain the field
DMI number:
43264

61. 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

62. On God securely I rely

First Line:
On God securely I rely
Last Line:
The just will with his favour bless
Author:
James Gibbs (Absolute)
DMI number:
25994

63. 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

64. On the high place bright wisdom takes her stand

First Line:
On the high place bright wisdom takes her stand
Last Line:
Whom mercy wins not vengeance shall subdue
Author:
James Ward (Confident)
DMI number:
11849

65. One only God the world's foundation laid

First Line:
One only God the world's foundation laid
Last Line:
And all in number weight and measure made
DMI number:
4247

66. 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

67. Say o ye senators do you pursue

First Line:
Say o ye senators do you pursue
Last Line:
Dispenses justice through this earthly ball
Author:
Elizabeth Tollet (Absolute)
DMI number:
26525

68. Shall I complain or silently depart

First Line:
Shall I complain or silently depart
Last Line:
Who art the great physician of the soul
DMI number:
43261

69. See manly grief see tears incessant flow

First Line:
See manly grief see tears incessant flow
Last Line:
And funeral honours paid with drops divine
DMI number:
36193

70. 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

71. The earth with universal darkness veiled

First Line:
The earth with universal darkness veiled
Last Line:
Let every breathing creature praise the lord
DMI number:
33106

72. The lord is my defence and guide

First Line:
The lord is my defence and guide
Last Line:
And in his temple spend my days
Author:
Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer] (Absolute)
DMI number:
26017

73. Then from his bright aereal abode

First Line:
Then from his bright aereal abode
Last Line:
Demands the fight and rushes on the foe
Author:
William Broome (Absolute)
DMI number:
7301

74. 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

75. Thou Lord hast been our sure repose

First Line:
Thou Lord hast been our sure repose
Last Line:
By thy auspicious aid be done
Author:
Elizabeth Tollet (Absolute)
DMI number:
26852

76. Though the ungodly senate has decreed

First Line:
Though the ungodly senate has decreed
Last Line:
He'll hear our plaints as thou hast heard his own
DMI number:
22541

77. 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

78. 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

79. 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

80. 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

81. Thus spoke the sovereign Lord his mandate run

First Line:
Thus spoke the sovereign Lord his mandate run
Last Line:
The saving power of God shall bless his sight
Author:
Elizabeth Tollet (Absolute)
DMI number:
26511

82. Tis certain God to Israel does approve

First Line:
Tis certain God to Israel does approve
Last Line:
His noble acts in Sion's lofty gate
Author:
Elizabeth Tollet (Absolute)
DMI number:
26577

83. 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

84. To God from whom immortal blessings spring

First Line:
To God from whom immortal blessings spring
Last Line:
And truth triumphant ever shall prevail
DMI number:
26860

85. To God my muse address your loftiest song

First Line:
To God my muse address your loftiest song
Last Line:
The rolling thunders fly and fate is in the blow
DMI number:
18116

86. To God our strength your voices raise

First Line:
To God our strength your voices raise
Last Line:
From breaches of the rock distilled
Author:
George Sandys (Absolute)
DMI number:
26585

87. To God the almighty sovereign of the skies

First Line:
To God the almighty sovereign of the skies
Last Line:
The heavenly concert men and angels join
DMI number:
27258

88. Vouchsafe my God to lend a listening ear

First Line:
Vouchsafe my God to lend a listening ear
Last Line:
And strengthen thou the arm which strikes for thee
Author:
Richard Daniel (Absolute)
DMI number:
26936

89. View not with envy fretting in thy breast

First Line:
View not with envy fretting in thy breast
Last Line:
I never saw constrained to beg their bread
Author:
Thomas Fitzgerald (Absolute)
DMI number:
16142

90. Upon the banks which famed Euphrates laves

First Line:
Upon the banks which famed Euphrates laves
Last Line:
And daubs the rugged flints with clotted brains and gore
Author:
Joseph Trapp (Confident)
DMI number:
6519

91. What means this mighty uproar whence arise

First Line:
What means this mighty uproar whence arise
Last Line:
Repose in him their trust and confidence
Author:
Sir Richard Blackmore (Absolute)
DMI number:
4068

92. Whatever of good or excellent is found

First Line:
Whatever of good or excellent is found
Last Line:
And in his awful work the sacred founder guide
Author:
Henry Needler (Confident)
DMI number:
8366

93. When the blest seed of Terah's faithful son

First Line:
When the blest seed of Terah's faithful son
Last Line:
And make soft rills from fiery flint stones gush
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
22928

94. Wherever my solitary steps I bend

First Line:
Wherever my solitary steps I bend
Last Line:
Whilst crowding angels meet and hail their king
DMI number:
7442

95. Where shall I find a close concealed abode

First Line:
Where shall I find a close concealed abode
Last Line:
For all is full of thee and all is thine
DMI number:
43561

96. Who in retirement of the highest dwells

First Line:
Who in retirement of the highest dwells
Last Line:
With long extended days and peaceful rest
Author:
Elizabeth Tollet (Absolute)
DMI number:
26855

97. Who gives his tongue a loose so bold and vain

First Line:
Who gives his tongue a loose so bold and vain
Last Line:
And holds dominion over the sons of pride
Author:
Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:
26696

98. With quick vibrations of aetherial flame

First Line:
With quick vibrations of aetherial flame
Last Line:
And nature's lord over nature's works preside
Author:
James Sterling (Absolute)
DMI number:
11868

99. With double pleasure sprung the cheerful dawn

First Line:
With double pleasure sprung the cheerful dawn
Last Line:
Shall in the temple then refound my praise
DMI number:
43258

100. Why Lord so long from us dost thou retire

First Line:
Why Lord so long from us dost thou retire
Last Line:
Nor the rude tumult of the gathering crowd
Author:
Elizabeth Tollet (Absolute)
DMI number:
26579