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201. Friday saith he are days of strictest fast

First Line:
Friday saith he are days of strictest fast
Last Line:
As to begin the week with wantonness
DMI number:
7618

202. For kings some services I've done

First Line:
For kings some services I've done
Last Line:
Give mercy to this medley liver
DMI number:
11985

203. For me let wisdom's sacred fountain flow

First Line:
For me let wisdom's sacred fountain flow
Last Line:
Let fools and madmen scramble for the rest
Author:
William of Bangour Hamilton (Absolute)
DMI number:
33129

204. For every prince that hit my fancy

First Line:
For every prince that hit my fancy
Last Line:
Take pity on a gartered sinner
DMI number:
11983

205. For shame ye doting fools for shame be wise

First Line:
For shame ye doting fools for shame be wise
Last Line:
Had not your sovereign stopped the intended doom
DMI number:
8101

206. For this additional declaration

First Line:
For this additional declaration
Last Line:
By the next synod of the nation
DMI number:
6436

207. For tyrants dead no statues we erect

First Line:
For tyrants dead no statues we erect
Last Line:
The bravest people and the happiest king
DMI number:
4571

208. 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

209. For all your noisy zealots but pretend

First Line:
For all your noisy zealots but pretend
Last Line:
The foolish charge of formal and precise
DMI number:
6872

210. From hazy climes and moist Ierne's shores

First Line:
From hazy climes and moist Ierne's shores
Last Line:
And save herself as well as Castle---n
DMI number:
6400

211. From our vestry I come sir a favour to crave

First Line:
From our vestry I come sir a favour to crave
Last Line:
Would remain independent on all you could say
DMI number:
12987

212. 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

213. 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

214. 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

215. From the blessed regions of eternal day

First Line:
From the blessed regions of eternal day
Last Line:
Britain shall be his throne in time to come
DMI number:
3659

216. From the embraces of a harlot flown

First Line:
From the embraces of a harlot flown
Last Line:
Shall curse the writers and deplore the fire
DMI number:
4864

217. Glory is shared in common all unite

First Line:
Glory is shared in common all unite
Last Line:
That saints are happy and unhappy too
DMI number:
6905

218. Gay was the treat and spacious was the board

First Line:
Gay was the treat and spacious was the board
Last Line:
And couchant c---ch was crammed into the cage
DMI number:
7673

219. Gentlemen | Now is the time acquit your selves like men

First Line:
Gentlemen | Now is the time acquit your selves like men
Last Line:
And those unborn to bless or curse us may
DMI number:
42312

220. Gentlemen | Now is the time acquit your selves like men

First Line:
Gentlemen | Now is the time acquit your selves like men
Last Line:
And those unborn too bless or curse us may
DMI number:
4888

221. Gentlemen | When last you were here the house was to be let

First Line:
Gentlemen | When last you were here the house was to be let
Last Line:
Though monsieur and tories and devil stand by you | Faxit Deus
DMI number:
4882

222. Gentlemen | When last you were here the house ways to be let

First Line:
Gentlemen | When last you were here the house ways to be let
Last Line:
Though the monsieur and Tories and devils stand by you
DMI number:
42315

223. From the remotest banks of Northern Tay

First Line:
From the remotest banks of Northern Tay
Last Line:
Spite of the spirit we at night can dream
DMI number:
12884

224. God grant thee thine own wish and grant thee mine

First Line:
God grant thee thine own wish and grant thee mine
Last Line:
God grant thee thine own wish and grant thee mine
DMI number:
9304

225. God grant us grace and courage to defend

First Line:
God grant us grace and courage to defend
Last Line:
And make our selves once more secure and great
DMI number:
11039

226. God hath a controversy with our land

First Line:
God hath a controversy with our land
Last Line:
And leave them helpless who oppressed are
Author:
P. C. (Speculation)
DMI number:
4430

227. Go forth and prosper o thou man of god

First Line:
Go forth and prosper o thou man of god
Last Line:
For his dear sak who my beloved is
DMI number:
26403

228. Go little babe respected by the just

First Line:
Go little babe respected by the just
Last Line:
To grace a gallows and hang under it
DMI number:
8034

229. Go little brat respected by the just

First Line:
Go little brat respected by the just
Last Line:
To grace a gallows and hang under it
DMI number:
4909

230. God's gifts are various some for learning tall

First Line:
God's gifts are various some for learning tall
Last Line:
Another Robinson may Woolnoth gain
DMI number:
29468

231. Good morrow to thee how dost do

First Line:
Good morrow to thee how dost do
Last Line:
And praise the L--d for half an hour
Author:
Samuel Butler (Speculation)
DMI number:
1104

232. Great God of hosts attending the complaints

First Line:
Great God of hosts attending the complaints
Last Line:
For triumphs oft - but oftener for a beating
DMI number:
18078

233. Great god we own thy sovereign power

First Line:
Great god we own thy sovereign power
Last Line:
When signs shall all be done away
DMI number:
26354

234. Great god who from my early youth

First Line:
Great god who from my early youth
Last Line:
Thee mighty Lord for ever more
DMI number:
32946

235. Great god whose goodness shines through boundless space

First Line:
Great god whose goodness shines through boundless space
Last Line:
And sing his mercy infinite his grace divine
DMI number:
26268

236. Great Jove this one petition

First Line:
Great Jove this one petition
Last Line:
What's evil to our prayers deny
DMI number:
33000

237. Great knowing hero who dares boast

First Line:
Great knowing hero who dares boast
Last Line:
To dies for man that will an infidel remain
DMI number:
44565

238. Great sir how shall I to your worth aspire

First Line:
Great sir how shall I to your worth aspire
Last Line:
Immortal work and whom you conquer save
DMI number:
42857

239. Hail christian prelates for your master's name

First Line:
Hail christian prelates for your master's name
Last Line:
He owns the Galilean conqueror
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
154

240. Hail evening the skies how calm how bright

First Line:
Hail evening the skies how calm how bright
Last Line:
To unutterable bliss and everlasting light
DMI number:
30512

241. 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

242. Hail glorious senate welcome as the day

First Line:
Hail glorious senate welcome as the day
Last Line:
Long live our king long sit our parliament
DMI number:
43029

243. Hail happy hour wherein that hellish plot

First Line:
Hail happy hour wherein that hellish plot
Last Line:
From schism in tubs and popery in barrels
DMI number:
42983

244. Hail happy light propitious morn

First Line:
Hail happy light propitious morn
Last Line:
His glory though the universe
DMI number:
10110

245. 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

246. Great truckling soul whose stubborn honesty

First Line:
Great truckling soul whose stubborn honesty
Last Line:
So Jack of all faiths and of none adieu
DMI number:
4503

247. Gripe's a good churchman but he keeps his bed

First Line:
Gripe's a good churchman but he keeps his bed
Last Line:
Gratis without a force of doing good
DMI number:
6096

248. Hail mighty art gracious gift of heaven

First Line:
Hail mighty art gracious gift of heaven
Last Line:
Free masons prize more solid joys
DMI number:
29598

249. Hail mighty prince this poem on you waits

First Line:
Hail mighty prince this poem on you waits
Last Line:
And with his impious blood Lutetia's plains manure
DMI number:
4930

250. Hail pious days thou most propitious time

First Line:
Hail pious days thou most propitious time
Last Line:
And pisses on the wretch he scorns to tear
DMI number:
7459

251. Great Charles who full of mercy wouldst command

First Line:
Great Charles who full of mercy wouldst command
Last Line:
Till the stroke's struck which they can never retrieve
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
3634

252. Had the late famed Lord Rochester survived

First Line:
Had the late famed Lord Rochester survived
Last Line:
To see those more prodigious ----- there
DMI number:
6494

253. Hail sacred day for thought most glorious theme

First Line:
Hail sacred day for thought most glorious theme
Last Line:
To teach them all the certain way to heaven
DMI number:
2036

254. 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

255. Good God what means this sudden alteration

First Line:
Good God what means this sudden alteration
Last Line:
For if he rise he'll gaol us all for treason
DMI number:
43063

256. Good Halifax and pious Wharton cry

First Line:
Good Halifax and pious Wharton cry
Last Line:
First stop her mouth and then deflower the dame
DMI number:
36257

257. Good people all both low and high

First Line:
Good people all both low and high
Last Line:
Pray ask himself he comes in view
DMI number:
7479

258. Heaven knows the weakness of his roving mind

First Line:
Heaven knows the weakness of his roving mind
Last Line:
The priest could not out-preach you at St Roach
DMI number:
39953

259. Happy the man who not from virtue swerves

First Line:
Happy the man who not from virtue swerves
Last Line:
THe wicked perish and their memories end
DMI number:
22177

260. Happy the people where no priest gives rules

First Line:
Happy the people where no priest gives rules
Last Line:
If these warmed snakes at home abuse our native right
DMI number:
4591

261. Happy thy thoughts dear sir which young approve

First Line:
Happy thy thoughts dear sir which young approve
Last Line:
He chooses once who chooses best at first
DMI number:
8041

262. 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

263. Hark how the tuneful Bradley charms the throng

First Line:
Hark how the tuneful Bradley charms the throng
Last Line:
But his eye gushes and his heart throbs woe
DMI number:
26424

264. Has not kind heaven regarding human woe

First Line:
Has not kind heaven regarding human woe
Last Line:
And my last breath shall bless thee for my peace
Author:
Samuel Boyse (Confident)
DMI number:
1824

265. Hast thou at last that mother church too quitted

First Line:
Hast thou at last that mother church too quitted
Last Line:
And have no hope of heaven but his word
DMI number:
44337

266. He was for self-denial eminent

First Line:
He was for self-denial eminent
Last Line:
Christ was his wish and him he hath
DMI number:
9719

267. He who beneath thy sheltering wing resides

First Line:
He who beneath thy sheltering wing resides
Last Line:
To him reveal my joys and open all my skies
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
8279

268. 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

269. He that owns with his heart and will help with his hand

First Line:
He that owns with his heart and will help with his hand
Last Line:
Whose health I will drink and whose friendship I'll own
DMI number:
5339

270. Here is to be sold the true water of light

First Line:
Here is to be sold the true water of light
Last Line:
And being quite out of danger by all be adored
DMI number:
7480

271. Here lies a babe that only cried

First Line:
Here lies a babe that only cried
Last Line:
In baptism to be washed for sin and died
DMI number:
33895

272. Here lies a round woman who thought mighty odd

First Line:
Here lies a round woman who thought mighty odd
Last Line:
And now she's in the other she thinks it but queer
Author:
John Gay (Speculation) & Alexander Pope (Confident) & Jonathan Swift (Speculation)
DMI number:
13476

273. Here lies a true maid deformed and old

First Line:
Here lies a true maid deformed and old
Last Line:
Believing she lost not her soul with her breath
Author:
Mary Chandler (Absolute)
DMI number:
18303

274. Here lies an old man of seventy seven

First Line:
Here lies an old man of seventy seven
Last Line:
For George of Great Britain will manage you all
DMI number:
11973

275. Here lies the fleshly prison but the saint

First Line:
Here lies the fleshly prison but the saint
Last Line:
He lived by faith and did with transport die
DMI number:
3895

276. Here lies Joan of arc the which

First Line:
Here lies Joan of arc the which
Last Line:
Whether saint witch man maid or whore
DMI number:
17727

277. Here lies one strange no pagan turk nor jew

First Line:
Here lies one strange no pagan turk nor jew
Last Line:
It's strange but not so strange as it is true
DMI number:
29338

278. Here lies wise and valiant dust

First Line:
Here lies wise and valiant dust
Last Line:
Speechless still and never cry
Author:
John Cleveland (Confident)
DMI number:
4726

279. Here lives a man who by relation

First Line:
Here lives a man who by relation
Last Line:
But that alas it was decreed
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
12485

280. Here lives the wolf justice a butcherly knave

First Line:
Here lives the wolf justice a butcherly knave
Last Line:
We'll die at our doors ere in Smithfield we'll burn
Author:
Stephen College (Confident)
DMI number:
4871

281. Here lives the wolf justice and butcherly knave

First Line:
Here lives the wolf justice and butcherly knave
Last Line:
We'll die at our doors ere in Smithfield we'll burn
Author:
Stephen College (Confident)
DMI number:
42318

282. Here lyes Mess Andrew Gray

First Line:
Here lyes Mess Andrew Gray
Last Line:
For which God damned him when he died
DMI number:
25418

283. How comes it doctor you are grown a jest

First Line:
How comes it doctor you are grown a jest
Last Line:
For those that pay you will be always right
DMI number:
21064

284. How does it consist with the oath of allegiance

First Line:
How does it consist with the oath of allegiance
Last Line:
As now this combustion and late toleration
DMI number:
8059

285. How easy tis to sail with wind and tide

First Line:
How easy tis to sail with wind and tide
Last Line:
But then the nation will be truly blessed
Author:
Edmund Hickeringill (Speculation) & Samuel Pordage (Speculation) & Elkanah Settle (Confident)
DMI number:
5985

286. How dares my flattering muse my humble song

First Line:
How dares my flattering muse my humble song
Last Line:
But free the just nor go beyond thy chain
DMI number:
10099

287. How liberty of conscience that's a change

First Line:
How liberty of conscience that's a change
Last Line:
Jure Divino whip and spur again
DMI number:
4447

288. How lovely sacred portraiture appears

First Line:
How lovely sacred portraiture appears
Last Line:
Inform the heart and teach the soul to live
DMI number:
11798

289. His calling's peace and yet his name sounds war

First Line:
His calling's peace and yet his name sounds war
Last Line:
For such a war becomes a man of peace
DMI number:
6057

290. His G---- of ------ begun this union

First Line:
His G---- of ------ begun this union
Last Line:
That now the church admits the army
DMI number:
20852

291. His lecture to the sad young prophets done

First Line:
His lecture to the sad young prophets done
Last Line:
The glorious saint and his arrival great
Author:
Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer] (Absolute)
DMI number:
4074

292. Hold sirs pray stop advancing now more near

First Line:
Hold sirs pray stop advancing now more near
Last Line:
Here our loved Rector lies dear Doctor Brett
DMI number:
30126

293. How dark is reason in itself

First Line:
How dark is reason in itself
Last Line:
Then let those truths prevail
DMI number:
3306

294. How free and happy was the state of man

First Line:
How free and happy was the state of man
Last Line:
Nor Jove himself shall more unbounded live
DMI number:
6416

295. How happy is the blameless vestal's lot

First Line:
How happy is the blameless vestal's lot
Last Line:
And melts in visions of eternal day
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
1380

296. Here tracing duty's path redeemed from care

First Line:
Here tracing duty's path redeemed from care
Last Line:
Embosom anguish and resist relief
DMI number:
1014

297. High church exert thy rage I'm not dismayed

First Line:
High church exert thy rage I'm not dismayed
Last Line:
Art thou not sure to get a dispensation
DMI number:
3030

298. How shall I do to fix my doubtful love

First Line:
How shall I do to fix my doubtful love
Last Line:
Can take them off but he who put them on
Author:
Edmund Arwaker (Absolute)
DMI number:
36221

299. How soon gay scenes of wanton pleasure cloy

First Line:
How soon gay scenes of wanton pleasure cloy
Last Line:
And wondering worlds adore the eternal god
DMI number:
32893

300. How weak is man that would himself persuade

First Line:
How weak is man that would himself persuade
Last Line:
Which Israel's wisest prince describes of old
DMI number:
43273