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1. As when some merchant on the stormy main

First Line:
As when some merchant on the stormy main
Last Line:
Remembring Gloucester and beholding you
Author:
George Jeffreys (Absolute)
DMI number:
3864

2. But neither Median groves whose happy soil

First Line:
But neither Median groves whose happy soil
Last Line:
And your just praise in lasting numbers sing
Author:
Knightly Chetwood (Absolute)
DMI number:
3708

3. Could Agamemnon from the dead return

First Line:
Could Agamemnon from the dead return
Last Line:
As when to chaos God shall shake the world
DMI number:
6418

4. Ere old Rome's city could corrupted be

First Line:
Ere old Rome's city could corrupted be
Last Line:
These civic honours give a real fame
DMI number:
17984

5. How glorious Marlbrough shall we sing thy praise

First Line:
How glorious Marlbrough shall we sing thy praise
Last Line:
As Tyber is by Thames or Rome's best sons by thee
DMI number:
6003

6. How will the grateful senate praise

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

7. In Roman days once Cato the severe

First Line:
In Roman days once Cato the severe
Last Line:
And in the matchless actor own the God
DMI number:
27148

8. It's true Tallard when fickle chance denied

First Line:
It's true Tallard when fickle chance denied
Last Line:
In British Queens at least the attribute is wrong
DMI number:
5881

9. I sing no triumphs nor such empty things

First Line:
I sing no triumphs nor such empty things
Last Line:
To place the queen on an unrivalled throne
Author:
Sir George Mackenzie (Confident)
DMI number:
4631

10. Let mighty Caesar not disdain to view

First Line:
Let mighty Caesar not disdain to view
Last Line:
And crowned with palm I will condemn the bays
DMI number:
4579

11. Not mighty Caesar did from Gallia come

First Line:
Not mighty Caesar did from Gallia come
Last Line:
Less honour Caesar sir deserves than you
DMI number:
11975

12. Once more a father and a son falls out

First Line:
Once more a father and a son falls out
Last Line:
To free a nation and uncrown a king
Author:
Robert Wolseley (Absolute)
DMI number:
3673

13. The longest tyranny that ever swayed

First Line:
The longest tyranny that ever swayed
Last Line:
But he restored tis now become a throne
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4152

14. The rising sun complies with our weak sight

First Line:
The rising sun complies with our weak sight
Last Line:
Their sacred judge their guard and argument
Author:
Edmund Waller (Absolute)
DMI number:
4728

15. The youth whose fortune the vast globe obeyed

First Line:
The youth whose fortune the vast globe obeyed
Last Line:
And lets the good the just and brave prevail
Author:
George Stepney (Confident) & Charles Sackville (Confident)
DMI number:
3460

16. Thou H----t guardian of the British laws

First Line:
Thou H----t guardian of the British laws
Last Line:
And at thy nod it rises or descends
Author:
John Oldmixon (Confident)
DMI number:
7700

17. Though poets praise those most who need it least

First Line:
Though poets praise those most who need it least
Last Line:
As poor Tom Double fairly hanged or starved
DMI number:
4987

18. What mighty god or what unusual fire

First Line:
What mighty god or what unusual fire
Last Line:
Clouds cannot gather when the sun's so near
DMI number:
42850

19. What to begin would have been madness thought

First Line:
What to begin would have been madness thought
Last Line:
Preserved the mighty work that now we see
Author:
Richard Duke (Absolute)
DMI number:
3779

20. When the proud Gaul invaded infant Rome

First Line:
When the proud Gaul invaded infant Rome
Last Line:
Camillus blest thy youth and Churchill doubly blest thy age
DMI number:
5088