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1. A certain maid too prudishly inclined

First Line:
A certain maid too prudishly inclined
Last Line:
And then lead apes in hell
DMI number:
33503

2. A stranger from Hibernia came

First Line:
A stranger from Hibernia came
Last Line:
Remember 'tis a Dorset sways
Author:
Mary Barber (Absolute)
DMI number:
967

3. A moment's space a transient span

First Line:
A moment's space a transient span
Last Line:
So short is life so frail is man
DMI number:
34207

4. All fly the unhappy and I all would fly

First Line:
All fly the unhappy and I all would fly
Last Line:
For sure the soul his wisdom made his power continues still
Author:
Anne Finch [nee Kingsmill] (Speculation) & Anne Wharton [nee Lee] (Absolute)
DMI number:
3879

5. Alas to this we come why why is life

First Line:
Alas to this we come why why is life
Last Line:
Alas so long their art so short their day
DMI number:
16657

6. Ah Death thou pleasing end to human woe

First Line:
Ah Death thou pleasing end to human woe
Last Line:
And thy soft slumbers only bless the brave
DMI number:
18102

7. Are these the effects is this then all I gain

First Line:
Are these the effects is this then all I gain
Last Line:
Which the first chaos did but typify
DMI number:
42576

8. As all alone I slowly tread

First Line:
As all alone I slowly tread
Last Line:
Man dies to live and lives to die no more
DMI number:
35270

9. Believe me sir he's neither good nor great

First Line:
Believe me sir he's neither good nor great
Last Line:
But this remain when both shall be no more
DMI number:
36283

10. Careless besotted man whose baffled mind

First Line:
Careless besotted man whose baffled mind
Last Line:
And more than all the dearest things but thee
Author:
Edmund Arwaker (Absolute)
DMI number:
30618

11. Busy curious thirsty fly

First Line:
Busy curious thirsty fly
Last Line:
Will appear as short as one
DMI number:
3256

12. Come hither and behold the fruits

First Line:
Come hither and behold the fruits
Last Line:
Olympus trembling as he nods
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Absolute)
DMI number:
23980

13. Dear child these words which briefly I declare

First Line:
Dear child these words which briefly I declare
Last Line:
Where sin and sorrow shall for ever cease
DMI number:
30362

14. Dear saviour oh what ails this heart

First Line:
Dear saviour oh what ails this heart
Last Line:
Cleave this obdurate heart in sunder
DMI number:
43240

15. Deluded mortal turn and view my store

First Line:
Deluded mortal turn and view my store
Last Line:
Where peace and love and endless pleasures reign
Author:
Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer] (Absolute)
DMI number:
4076

16. Ere the foundations of the world were laid

First Line:
Ere the foundations of the world were laid
Last Line:
Ten thousand thousand rolling years are nought
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
8427

17. From finished prayer the flock disperse apace

First Line:
From finished prayer the flock disperse apace
Last Line:
And own though styled a God thou art still a man
Author:
John Dart (Absolute)
DMI number:
36276

18. From rosy fingers morning shook the dew

First Line:
From rosy fingers morning shook the dew
Last Line:
With guiltless mirth to crown the happy day
Author:
John Hawkesworth (Absolute)
DMI number:
25320

19. From Utrecht's silent walks by winds I send

First Line:
From Utrecht's silent walks by winds I send
Last Line:
And dying finds too late he lived in vain
Author:
Ambrose Philips (Absolute)
DMI number:
11777

20. Great source of bliss send down a gracious beam

First Line:
Great source of bliss send down a gracious beam
Last Line:
Most discontented for thy discontent
DMI number:
36222

21. Hail pensive virgin ever hail

First Line:
Hail pensive virgin ever hail
Last Line:
Sweet nun I long to visit thee
Author:
Joseph Cockfield (Absolute)
DMI number:
30397

22. Ha not a breath of wind no gentle breeze

First Line:
Ha not a breath of wind no gentle breeze
Last Line:
Tis virtue only blossoms in the dust
DMI number:
25331

23. Hail aged remains of what thou once hast been

First Line:
Hail aged remains of what thou once hast been
Last Line:
But by time's stronger hand subdued at last
DMI number:
35406

24. Good people quit all earthly glory

First Line:
Good people quit all earthly glory
Last Line:
We can't enjoy or call our own
DMI number:
25078

25. How loathes my soul this sorrowful abode

First Line:
How loathes my soul this sorrowful abode
Last Line:
Yet but unquiet rest if Canaan we obtain
DMI number:
23291

26. Hopeless abandoned aimless and oppressed

First Line:
Hopeless abandoned aimless and oppressed
Last Line:
And when she pities who can be distressed
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
1017

27. How vain are all things here below

First Line:
How vain are all things here below
Last Line:
Who was both saint and queen
DMI number:
11196

28. How vain are mortal man's endeavours

First Line:
How vain are mortal man's endeavours
Last Line:
Runs the same track it went before
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Speculation) & John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
2003

29. How vain are mortal man's endeavours

First Line:
How vain are mortal man's endeavours
Last Line:
Runs the same tract it went before
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Speculation) & John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
15422

30. How vain is man how fluttering are his joys

First Line:
How vain is man how fluttering are his joys
Last Line:
Or never hope to meet with happy days
DMI number:
40583

31. How various are the cares which man surround

First Line:
How various are the cares which man surround
Last Line:
Too prone to change too knowing to be told
DMI number:
12842

32. How weak how vain is human pride

First Line:
How weak how vain is human pride
Last Line:
For different tastes please different vermin
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
23349

33. How wouldst thou shake at Britain's modish tribe

First Line:
How wouldst thou shake at Britain's modish tribe
Last Line:
To rust on medals or on stones decay
Author:
Samuel Johnson (Absolute)
DMI number:
23587

34. I dreamed when buried by my fellow clay

First Line:
I dreamed when buried by my fellow clay
Last Line:
This is my rotting place and that is thine
DMI number:
17601

35. Impatient man why do I grieve and mourn

First Line:
Impatient man why do I grieve and mourn
Last Line:
If none my grief is fruitless and in vain
DMI number:
4351

36. Is this alas our boasted mortal's state

First Line:
Is this alas our boasted mortal's state
Last Line:
Thus poise you turn you and wonder at the view
DMI number:
30661

37. In various courses busy mortals move

First Line:
In various courses busy mortals move
Last Line:
And calmly bear the griefs we cannot shun
DMI number:
8144

38. In vain dear madam yes in vain you strive

First Line:
In vain dear madam yes in vain you strive
Last Line:
Thousands may enter through the gates of death
Author:
Mary Leapor (Absolute)
DMI number:
23734

39. Lord if our days be few why do we spend

First Line:
Lord if our days be few why do we spend
Last Line:
We make them evil and thou makest them few
Author:
Francis Quarles (Absolute)
DMI number:
17397

40. Like to the falling of a star

First Line:
Like to the falling of a star
Last Line:
The flight is past and man forgot
Author:
Henry King (Absolute)
DMI number:
16124

41. Life like a plaything humours us a while

First Line:
Life like a plaything humours us a while
Last Line:
A life celestial and begun in this
DMI number:
36202

42. Life recounting all its gains

First Line:
Life recounting all its gains
Last Line:
Than your siren arts can bring
DMI number:
23388

43. Life the dear precarious boon

First Line:
Life the dear precarious boon
Last Line:
Awful period who can tell
Author:
John Hawkesworth (Absolute)
DMI number:
22984

44. Move faster life thou tiresome guest away

First Line:
Move faster life thou tiresome guest away
Last Line:
Tis better once to die then welcome death
DMI number:
6157

45. My swelling griefs intending to allay

First Line:
My swelling griefs intending to allay
Last Line:
Twill shroud me safer than a sheet of lead
DMI number:
7169

46. Mortality behold and fear

First Line:
Mortality behold and fear
Last Line:
Buried in dust once dead by fate
Author:
Francis Beaumont (Confident)
DMI number:
15794

47. Mortality behold and fear

First Line:
Mortality behold and fear
Last Line:
Yet to this shape all must be brought
DMI number:
41955

48. I pity the aspiring cheel

First Line:
I pity the aspiring cheel
Last Line:
That a mankind's ae Sisyphus
DMI number:
25157

49. I'll sing you a sonnet that never was in print

First Line:
I'll sing you a sonnet that never was in print
Last Line:
For writing of nothing I comprehend all
DMI number:
44222

50. I'll sing you a sonnet that never was in print

First Line:
I'll sing you a sonnet that never was in print
Last Line:
If the vintner should cry there is nothing to pay
DMI number:
42937