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151. From noise and business for a while retired

First Line:
From noise and business for a while retired
Last Line:
And let them thank thee with a heart like mine
Author:
Samuel Whyte (Absolute)
DMI number:
36554

152. From Pisa where the sea his flood receives

First Line:
From Pisa where the sea his flood receives
Last Line:
The art of diving to the river taught
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
27796

153. From servile fear the fancied gods first came

First Line:
From servile fear the fancied gods first came
Last Line:
Invents new gods and aids the pious cheat
DMI number:
10310

154. From Sparta's hospitable shore

First Line:
From Sparta's hospitable shore
Last Line:
And Troy in Grecian flames expire
Author:
Elizabeth Carter (Absolute)
DMI number:
25395

155. From Venus born thy beauty shows

First Line:
From Venus born thy beauty shows
Last Line:
A siege as long as Troy endured
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Absolute)
DMI number:
2008

156. God has a charm that overpowers the mind

First Line:
God has a charm that overpowers the mind
Last Line:
With ample hands shall wear immortal bays
DMI number:
37554

157. Go hunt the whiter ermine and present

First Line:
Go hunt the whiter ermine and present
Last Line:
Give what is oftener heard of than received
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
11226

158. Goddess of woods tremendous in the chase

First Line:
Goddess of woods tremendous in the chase
Last Line:
And choirs of virgins celebrate thy praise
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
13061

159. Goddess presiding over the plains

First Line:
Goddess presiding over the plains
Last Line:
And all be gloom and grief and pain
DMI number:
32388

160. Great god of fierce battles

First Line:
Great god of fierce battles
Last Line:
And from thence roll destruction ashore
DMI number:
44293

161. Great is my power as great my fame

First Line:
Great is my power as great my fame
Last Line:
And mount the sky when I expire
DMI number:
15111

162. Great Pallas born of Jove's immortal brain

First Line:
Great Pallas born of Jove's immortal brain
Last Line:
Improved in arts with greater lustre reigns
DMI number:
2031

163. Great prince and so much greater as more wise

First Line:
Great prince and so much greater as more wise
Last Line:
To woods and groves what once the painter sings
Author:
Andrew Marvell (Confident) & Sir John Denham (Speculation)
DMI number:
3573

164. Grifolia fairest of O'Connor's race

First Line:
Grifolia fairest of O'Connor's race
Last Line:
And thus becomes the edge bestowing Hone
Author:
Samuel Whyte (Absolute)
DMI number:
36559

165. Happy the lot to view with ravished eyes

First Line:
Happy the lot to view with ravished eyes
Last Line:
Which like Eurydice is lost nor found again
DMI number:
21878

166. Great Bacchus born in thunder and in fire

First Line:
Great Bacchus born in thunder and in fire
Last Line:
The moral says mix water with your wine
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
12421

167. Hail sacred sisters who in triple trine

First Line:
Hail sacred sisters who in triple trine
Last Line:
Yet what I cannot reach I must admire
DMI number:
42670

168. Hail tuneful pair say by what wondrous charms

First Line:
Hail tuneful pair say by what wondrous charms
Last Line:
To her shrub H-----s and tall N------m
Author:
Charles Montagu (Absolute)
DMI number:
5015

169. Hail tuneful pair say by what wondrous charms

First Line:
Hail tuneful pair say by what wondrous charms
Last Line:
To her shrub h---s and pine N---m
Author:
Charles Montagu (Absolute)
DMI number:
40428

170. Hale scared Cynthia mutable but chaste

First Line:
Hale scared Cynthia mutable but chaste
Last Line:
And in soft dreams preach honour's funeral
DMI number:
44679

171. Haste sluggish morn why dost thou stay

First Line:
Haste sluggish morn why dost thou stay
Last Line:
To every man and woman that nights dream
DMI number:
44004

172. Hence let us go why waste we time in vain

First Line:
Hence let us go why waste we time in vain
Last Line:
Who honour worth and prize thy valour most
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
12917

173. Hence vain deluding joys

First Line:
Hence vain deluding joys
Last Line:
And I with thee will choose to live
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
3796

174. Her son not heard of and by none descried

First Line:
Her son not heard of and by none descried
Last Line:
Of arrows tipped with fire have a care
DMI number:
4797

175. Here leaning on his club Alcides stands

First Line:
Here leaning on his club Alcides stands
Last Line:
Behold his rising up and lying down
DMI number:
11099

176. How different from that Niobe whose pride

First Line:
How different from that Niobe whose pride
Last Line:
Might melt to tears the most obdurate foe
DMI number:
40571

177. How art thou envied let Pygmalion prove

First Line:
How art thou envied let Pygmalion prove
Last Line:
Or how at first hope any more than me
DMI number:
7375

178. Hippomanes alone with hope inspired

First Line:
Hippomanes alone with hope inspired
Last Line:
Who if they knew thee would be surely thine
Author:
Charles Hopkins (Confident)
DMI number:
7364

179. Homer describing the divine abodes

First Line:
Homer describing the divine abodes
Last Line:
The Vulcan and Thersites of the group
Author:
Jonathan Smedley (Confident)
DMI number:
16078

180. Hit him under the wynge

First Line:
Hit him under the wynge
Last Line:
And put it on a spere
DMI number:
37625

181. How happy are these skins that licence have

First Line:
How happy are these skins that licence have
Last Line:
As those do clip your hands let him your waist
DMI number:
42637

182. Here underneath this little stone

First Line:
Here underneath this little stone
Last Line:
And offer for his soul your prayers
DMI number:
29933

183. Heroes of old by rapine and by spoil

First Line:
Heroes of old by rapine and by spoil
Last Line:
And Britain's king is all the gods in one
Author:
George Granville (Absolute)
DMI number:
4829

184. High on a bough that trembled over a spring

First Line:
High on a bough that trembled over a spring
Last Line:
Nymphs take my life since you despise my song
Author:
Philip Ayres (Absolute)
DMI number:
3120

185. How thou art envied let Pigmalion prove

First Line:
How thou art envied let Pigmalion prove
Last Line:
Or how at first hope any more than me
Author:
Charles Hopkins (Confident)
DMI number:
7363

186. How will the grateful senate praise

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

187. How wretched does Prometheus' state appear

First Line:
How wretched does Prometheus' state appear
Last Line:
The flames he once stole from thee grant him now
DMI number:
12225

188. I grant that ever since the world began

First Line:
I grant that ever since the world began
Last Line:
For him the cock for him the pigeons broil
Author:
Samuel Croxall (Absolute)
DMI number:
23861

189. In Tempe's shades the living lyre was strung

First Line:
In Tempe's shades the living lyre was strung
Last Line:
Says harmony itself inhabits here
DMI number:
35378

190. In the cooling grotto's shade

First Line:
In the cooling grotto's shade
Last Line:
To the God who rules the sea
DMI number:
25384

191. In the piazza where tall poplars grow

First Line:
In the piazza where tall poplars grow
Last Line:
Found bears could sting and marble could destroy
DMI number:
12562

192. In Albion's isle ere hoary time grew old

First Line:
In Albion's isle ere hoary time grew old
Last Line:
By all regretted and by all admired
DMI number:
33504

193. In ancient days as authors speak

First Line:
In ancient days as authors speak
Last Line:
Joined as they should be hand in hand
DMI number:
3359

194. In ancient times as story tells

First Line:
In ancient times as story tells
Last Line:
So the next parson stubbed and burnt it
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Absolute)
DMI number:
1951

195. In anger puffed you say I prove

First Line:
In anger puffed you say I prove
Last Line:
No such will love but all thy wealth
DMI number:
41924

196. In angry mood Jove once they say

First Line:
In angry mood Jove once they say
Last Line:
A mercy on the poet's skin
Author:
Charles Denis (Absolute)
DMI number:
27621

197. In antient mountains stands whose friendly shade

First Line:
In antient mountains stands whose friendly shade
Last Line:
By rising conduits thickening to a hell
DMI number:
44373

198. In Babylon where ramparts rose on high

First Line:
In Babylon where ramparts rose on high
Last Line:
And in one urn still keep their mixed remains
DMI number:
10297

199. Imperial Juno gave her matchless grace

First Line:
Imperial Juno gave her matchless grace
Last Line:
Brudenell precedes the glory of the toast
DMI number:
4268

200. Imperial prince king of the seas and isles

First Line:
Imperial prince king of the seas and isles
Last Line:
Kings are but cards in war they're gods in peace
Author:
Andrew Marvell (Confident) & Sir John Denham (Speculation)
DMI number:
3571