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1. Exalted on her cliffs Britannia's plain

First Line:
Exalted on her cliffs Britannia's plain
Last Line:
And without danger rule the golden day
Author:
Thomas Clerke (Absolute)
DMI number:
40424

2. God's and thy right made thee our hope before

First Line:
God's and thy right made thee our hope before
Last Line:
And the wide globe surveyed submit it self to thee
DMI number:
6600

3. Hear Britain hear a rough unpractised tongue

First Line:
Hear Britain hear a rough unpractised tongue
Last Line:
And the world's birthday was a jubilee
Author:
John Hughes (Absolute)
DMI number:
5981

4. Heroes of old of an unequal make

First Line:
Heroes of old of an unequal make
Last Line:
And heaven approves and verifies my song
DMI number:
8925

5. How will the grateful senate praise

First Line:
How will the grateful senate praise
Last Line:
Or any charm of Sunderland
DMI number:
5882

6. I kissed the present thrice and thrice I said

First Line:
I kissed the present thrice and thrice I said
Last Line:
Brighter than Venus from a stormy wave
Author:
Thomas Brown (Confident)
DMI number:
41824

7. In dull commanded strains the royal boy

First Line:
In dull commanded strains the royal boy
Last Line:
To know their country's fortune and their own
DMI number:
42875

8. If Greece with so much mirth did entertain

First Line:
If Greece with so much mirth did entertain
Last Line:
Their course about the world ours a world make
Author:
John Locke (Absolute)
DMI number:
6374

9. Madam | With no less reverence did we wait

First Line:
Madam | With no less reverence did we wait
Last Line:
The son shall conquer in the father's right
DMI number:
42853

10. Now to our grief we find there is no joy

First Line:
Now to our grief we find there is no joy
Last Line:
Stand but this shock unmoved and the great work is done
DMI number:
42899

11. O my Maecanas sprung of royal race

First Line:
O my Maecanas sprung of royal race
Last Line:
Shall pass like active Rhone the lake Lemane
Author:
Edward Vernon (Absolute)
DMI number:
33678

12. Once Hymen abused for the matches he made

First Line:
Once Hymen abused for the matches he made
Last Line:
For once he has shown that his godship has eyes
DMI number:
18322

13. So poor Leander viewed the Sestian shore

First Line:
So poor Leander viewed the Sestian shore
Last Line:
Whilst you the first and storms the last deny
Author:
George Farquhar (Absolute)
DMI number:
5779

14. So the fair goddess first approached the shore

First Line:
So the fair goddess first approached the shore
Last Line:
To be so blessed for one short happy hour
DMI number:
3870

15. So when the sun melts stormy clouds to dew

First Line:
So when the sun melts stormy clouds to dew
Last Line:
To conquer him that conquers all but you
DMI number:
42873

16. So Ceres lovely and divine

First Line:
So Ceres lovely and divine
Last Line:
Happy as we were yesterday
Author:
Mary Barber (Absolute)
DMI number:
11541

17. The Ionian quarter of the Cyprian shore

First Line:
The Ionian quarter of the Cyprian shore
Last Line:
But the rich balm distills over all the field
Author:
Jabez Hughes (Absolute)
DMI number:
33614

18. We are all tainted with the Athenian itch

First Line:
We are all tainted with the Athenian itch
Last Line:
That so his echo round the tower may go
Author:
Robert Wild (Absolute)
DMI number:
43016

19. When Daphne from her fond Apollo flew

First Line:
When Daphne from her fond Apollo flew
Last Line:
And grasped a shadow which she took for gold
DMI number:
16736

20. When angry heaven to punish all the rest

First Line:
When angry heaven to punish all the rest
Last Line:
And liberty and George shall swell the sounding song
Author:
Philip Bennet (Confident)
DMI number:
40423