Poem Genre / Form: Couplet / Poem Theme: Religion and Virtue / vice

1. A priest there was who with a silver sound

First Line:: A priest there was who with a silver sound
Last Line:: The sermon edifies the example spoils
DMI number:: 22584

2. Alas what has this poor animal done

First Line:: Alas what has this poor animal done
Last Line:: The direful operations of your ungodly hate
DMI number:: 42984

3. An abbot rich whose taste was good

First Line:: An abbot rich whose taste was good
Last Line:: First mend the faults they find in others
Author:: John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:: 21903

4. And is he gone to his eternal rest

First Line:: And is he gone to his eternal rest
Last Line:: And as the righteous live and as the righteous die
Author:: Charles Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:: 27465

5. Ascend Alecto from thy den and come

First Line:: Ascend Alecto from thy den and come
Last Line:: They vanished and Alecto sunk to hell
DMI number:: 42999

6. Begin my muse the dire adventure tell

First Line:: Begin my muse the dire adventure tell
Last Line:: And in a moment up the chimney flew
Author:: Abel Evans (Absolute)
DMI number:: 22236

7. Behold we flowers that bloom from hour to hour

First Line:: Behold we flowers that bloom from hour to hour
Last Line:: Adhere to him and all his goodness prove
DMI number:: 36853

8. Celestial wisdom in a virtuous soul

First Line:: Celestial wisdom in a virtuous soul
Last Line:: And waft them gently to the blissful plains
DMI number:: 18149

9. Chloe a country vicar's daughter

First Line:: Chloe a country vicar's daughter
Last Line:: And drowns her senses intellectual
DMI number:: 9684

10. Chloe a country vicar's daughter

First Line:: Chloe a country vicar's daughter
Last Line:: And lies with every man she meets
DMI number:: 21912

11. Come painter you and I you know dare do

First Line:: Come painter you and I you know dare do
Last Line:: Then Asaph's song shall be like Doeg's rhyme
DMI number:: 41823

12. Come children come and learn your father's trade

First Line:: Come children come and learn your father's trade
Last Line:: And with their money drink and drab and whore
DMI number:: 43022

13. Cursed be the timorous fool whose feeble mind

First Line:: Cursed be the timorous fool whose feeble mind
Last Line:: A steady resolute heroic soul
DMI number:: 3655

14. Conscience thou home-felt friend or innate foe

First Line:: Conscience thou home-felt friend or innate foe
Last Line:: And heaven is half obtained before we die
Author:: George Sewell (Speculation)
DMI number:: 12001

15. Death dost thou difficult us now to know

First Line:: Death dost thou difficult us now to know
Last Line:: She quickly clap her wings and soar away
Author:: Ralph Erskine (Absolute)
DMI number:: 15285

16. Deep in the bosom of a vale

First Line:: Deep in the bosom of a vale
Last Line:: They never shall reach my furthest link
DMI number:: 36032

17. Father of lights what glories in that name

First Line:: Father of lights what glories in that name
Last Line:: Day without night and raptures without end
DMI number:: 36346

18. Experience out of observation says

First Line:: Experience out of observation says
Last Line:: The righteous man to punish sinful folly
DMI number:: 43712

19. 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

20. For various trials from our birth designed

First Line:: For various trials from our birth designed
Last Line:: And consecrates this trophy to thy praise
DMI number:: 36200

21. From Rome's infallibility take a grain

First Line:: From Rome's infallibility take a grain
Last Line:: And tis the true Catholic cordial posset
DMI number:: 44341

22. From Stygian shade lo my pale ghost doth rise

First Line:: From Stygian shade lo my pale ghost doth rise
Last Line:: And perhaps may then leave purgatory
DMI number:: 43008

23. Hail glorious author of creation's frame

First Line:: Hail glorious author of creation's frame
Last Line:: Cries there ye rebels go and meet your God
DMI number:: 36274

24. Hail venerable South be honour paid

First Line:: Hail venerable South be honour paid
Last Line:: To all the adorers of the great three one
Author:: Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:: 27408

25. Hear all ye deaf no more be hopeless sad

First Line:: Hear all ye deaf no more be hopeless sad
Last Line:: Eternal happiness shall crown their end
DMI number:: 36281

26. Have angels sinned and shall not men beware

First Line:: Have angels sinned and shall not men beware
Last Line:: His joys are joys of conquest not of peace
Author:: Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:: 33142

27. Have you no words but what are only good

First Line:: Have you no words but what are only good
Last Line:: To hear of absolution when you die
Author:: Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:: 17010

28. He names me and comes to me I whisper God

First Line:: He names me and comes to me I whisper God
Last Line:: Some of the stocks are their fruits bastard all
Author:: John Donne (Absolute)
DMI number:: 28032

29. He who has drunk the ethereal stream

First Line:: He who has drunk the ethereal stream
Last Line:: Dissolved with a dissolving world
DMI number:: 36344

30. How dead and no presaging star to show

First Line:: How dead and no presaging star to show
Last Line:: And in so doing bless our late posterity
DMI number:: 42884

31. How solemn is the pile how still the scenes

First Line:: How solemn is the pile how still the scenes
Last Line:: That honour is virtue and that great is good
Author:: Thomas Drummond (Absolute)
DMI number:: 36216

32. I am not high church nor low church nor tory nor whig

First Line:: I am not high church nor low church nor tory nor whig
Last Line:: I submit to the will of an infinite god
DMI number:: 15338

33. Immortal God whom men and angels own

First Line:: Immortal God whom men and angels own
Last Line:: But thou in thine excellst them every one
DMI number:: 36219

34. In crowds the Ladies throng where pleasure calls

First Line:: In crowds the Ladies throng where pleasure calls
Last Line:: They've nothing else to do but mind their souls
DMI number:: 25188

35. Is this the man that's now the object made

First Line:: Is this the man that's now the object made
Last Line:: 'Gainst him the prey they greedily devour
DMI number:: 8095

36. It comes the wished the long expected morn

First Line:: It comes the wished the long expected morn
Last Line:: Filled with our god and with our god indued
Author:: Henry Brooke (Absolute)
DMI number:: 36195

37. In what a maze of error here I stray

First Line:: In what a maze of error here I stray
Last Line:: Make me the polished shaft to obey thy will
Author:: Edmund Arwaker (Absolute)
DMI number:: 36205

38. Lo now confused heaps only stand

First Line:: Lo now confused heaps only stand
Last Line:: Yield us more blessings unto those before
DMI number:: 42979

39. Like Noah's ark the spacious room is filled

First Line:: Like Noah's ark the spacious room is filled
Last Line:: Wanted the righteous eight that saved us all
DMI number:: 17430

40. I sing a prelate good unbodied now

First Line:: I sing a prelate good unbodied now
Last Line:: Till then to battle and but there to die
Author:: Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:: 27404

41. I pray you all that receive bread and pence

First Line:: I pray you all that receive bread and pence
Last Line:: To say the Lord's Prayer before you go hence
DMI number:: 33802

42. If virtue in a medium does consist

First Line:: If virtue in a medium does consist
Last Line:: If ever it did in medio consist
DMI number:: 6059

43. If rural Phidile at the moon's arise

First Line:: If rural Phidile at the moon's arise
Last Line:: As if thou vows with costly victims seal
Author:: Sir Thomas Hawkins (Absolute)
DMI number:: 42122

44. Know then this truth enough for man to know

First Line:: Know then this truth enough for man to know
Last Line:: All end in love of god and love of man
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 12217

45. Know then this truth enough for man to know

First Line:: Know then this truth enough for man to know
Last Line:: And heaven beholds its image in his breast
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 31284

46. Know thou this truth enough for man to know

First Line:: Know thou this truth enough for man to know
Last Line:: And heaven beholds its image in his breast
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 35197

47. Modes of self love the passions we may call

First Line:: Modes of self love the passions we may call
Last Line:: Tis this though man's a fool yet God is wise
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 37176

48. Men may amuse themselves with knavish tricks

First Line:: Men may amuse themselves with knavish tricks
Last Line:: Distrusted in this life and punished in the next
DMI number:: 24979

49. Near Isis spring the muses poor retreat

First Line:: Near Isis spring the muses poor retreat
Last Line:: The palace has already had its due
Author:: Nahum Tate (Absolute)
DMI number:: 5918

50. No fears by which our sceptics are distressed

First Line:: No fears by which our sceptics are distressed
Last Line:: Her soul would start to hear a word profane
Author:: Robert Gould (Absolute)
DMI number:: 6855

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1. A priest there was who with a silver sound

2. Alas what has this poor animal done

3. An abbot rich whose taste was good

4. And is he gone to his eternal rest

5. Ascend Alecto from thy den and come

6. Begin my muse the dire adventure tell

7. Behold we flowers that bloom from hour to hour

8. Celestial wisdom in a virtuous soul

9. Chloe a country vicar's daughter

10. Chloe a country vicar's daughter

11. Come painter you and I you know dare do

12. Come children come and learn your father's trade

13. Cursed be the timorous fool whose feeble mind

14. Conscience thou home-felt friend or innate foe

15. Death dost thou difficult us now to know

16. Deep in the bosom of a vale

17. Father of lights what glories in that name

18. Experience out of observation says

19. Fret not thyself when wicked men prevail

20. For various trials from our birth designed

21. From Rome's infallibility take a grain

22. From Stygian shade lo my pale ghost doth rise

23. Hail glorious author of creation's frame

24. Hail venerable South be honour paid

25. Hear all ye deaf no more be hopeless sad

26. Have angels sinned and shall not men beware

27. Have you no words but what are only good

28. He names me and comes to me I whisper God

29. He who has drunk the ethereal stream

30. How dead and no presaging star to show

31. How solemn is the pile how still the scenes

32. I am not high church nor low church nor tory nor whig

33. Immortal God whom men and angels own

34. In crowds the Ladies throng where pleasure calls

35. Is this the man that's now the object made

36. It comes the wished the long expected morn

37. In what a maze of error here I stray

38. Lo now confused heaps only stand

39. Like Noah's ark the spacious room is filled

40. I sing a prelate good unbodied now

41. I pray you all that receive bread and pence

42. If virtue in a medium does consist

43. If rural Phidile at the moon's arise

44. Know then this truth enough for man to know

45. Know then this truth enough for man to know

46. Know thou this truth enough for man to know

47. Modes of self love the passions we may call

48. Men may amuse themselves with knavish tricks

49. Near Isis spring the muses poor retreat

50. No fears by which our sceptics are distressed