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1. A cottage with a steeple nigh

First Line:
A cottage with a steeple nigh
Last Line:
To providence we leave the rest
DMI number:
31596

2. A hermit or if chance you hold

First Line:
A hermit or if chance you hold
Last Line:
Either too early or too late
Author:
William Cowper (Absolute)
DMI number:
36963

3. 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

4. A second age in wars we waste away

First Line:
A second age in wars we waste away
Last Line:
Your bard thus warns you to retire
DMI number:
25651

5. A little farm you purchase near the town

First Line:
A little farm you purchase near the town
Last Line:
The lawyer got which now the farmer buys
DMI number:
28265

6. Ah happy grove dark and secure retreat

First Line:
Ah happy grove dark and secure retreat
Last Line:
And whilst they live their flames can never die
Author:
Wentworth Dillon (Absolute) & Giovanni Battista Guarini (Absolute)
DMI number:
3417

7. Adieu awhile forsaken flood

First Line:
Adieu awhile forsaken flood
Last Line:
A woman wise men canonize
Author:
Matthew Green (Absolute)
DMI number:
27711

8. An humble muse from long-kept silence breaks

First Line:
An humble muse from long-kept silence breaks
Last Line:
For Barber's name shall make their glory rise
DMI number:
18812

9. An humble station is a safe retreat

First Line:
An humble station is a safe retreat
Last Line:
While reason bounds and answers his desires
Author:
Edmund Arwaker (Absolute)
DMI number:
7736

10. And thou great father of the British floods

First Line:
And thou great father of the British floods
Last Line:
And on his willows hung each muse's lyre
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28304

11. As Pedro stalked around his house

First Line:
As Pedro stalked around his house
Last Line:
But for the sake of solitude
DMI number:
32990

12. As in a shipwreck some poor sailor tossed

First Line:
As in a shipwreck some poor sailor tossed
Last Line:
And all my life be suited to my theme
Author:
Charles Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
6650

13. Blessed as our sires of old is he

First Line:
Blessed as our sires of old is he
Last Line:
Next week he put it out again
DMI number:
25636

14. Blessed queen of Easton's happy bowers ah hear

First Line:
Blessed queen of Easton's happy bowers ah hear
Last Line:
Nor ever delights of town like your's endear
DMI number:
35616

15. Boy bring an ounce of freeman's best

First Line:
Boy bring an ounce of freeman's best
Last Line:
Where tobacco loves to grow
Author:
Isaac Hawkins Browne (Absolute)
DMI number:
9708

16. Believe me Harry you're mistaken quite

First Line:
Believe me Harry you're mistaken quite
Last Line:
Nor envy Jove his sunshine nor his skies
DMI number:
11167

17. Beneath a tree ae shining day

First Line:
Beneath a tree ae shining day
Last Line:
But sae's our cares and dangers too
Author:
Allan Ramsay (Absolute)
DMI number:
15373

18. By what offences could the world undo

First Line:
By what offences could the world undo
Last Line:
What never was done by these and all the rest
DMI number:
5372

19. But blessed is he who exercised in cares

First Line:
But blessed is he who exercised in cares
Last Line:
Fair olives bloom or verdant laurels rise
Author:
George Lyttelton (Absolute)
DMI number:
30558

20. Britannia long her hapless fate had mourned

First Line:
Britannia long her hapless fate had mourned
Last Line:
Thus saved his country triumphed and retired
DMI number:
33236