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1. Alas more hours are spent in pleasure

First Line:
Alas more hours are spent in pleasure
Last Line:
So too much beauty makes a w--re
DMI number:
36824

2. As the eternal and omniscient mind

First Line:
As the eternal and omniscient mind
Last Line:
And from the ruin raise a fairer frame
Author:
Samuel Boyse (Absolute)
DMI number:
30908

3. Are all diseases dead or will death say

First Line:
Are all diseases dead or will death say
Last Line:
Nor time nor death could ever celebrate
DMI number:
23931

4. At length the dull winter for spring has made way

First Line:
At length the dull winter for spring has made way
Last Line:
Whose beauty each woman with jealousy fires
DMI number:
12624

5. Autumn succeeds a sober tepid age

First Line:
Autumn succeeds a sober tepid age
Last Line:
When our brown locks repine to mix with odious grey
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
9812

6. Born to instruct just always and sincere

First Line:
Born to instruct just always and sincere
Last Line:
And if you doubt it look into my heart
DMI number:
21065

7. Come lovely nymph the winter now is past

First Line:
Come lovely nymph the winter now is past
Last Line:
Melting in joys the world did never try
DMI number:
42666

8. Could we which we never can

First Line:
Could we which we never can
Last Line:
And our youth before us dies
Author:
Edmund Waller (Absolute)
DMI number:
34320

9. 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

10. Each thing I see hath time which time must try my truth

First Line:
Each thing I see hath time which time must try my truth
Last Line:
Then shall my heart possess in peace the time that I desire
DMI number:
8903

11. Even such is time that takes on trust

First Line:
Even such is time that takes on trust
Last Line:
My God shall raise me up I trust
DMI number:
43371

12. Evening now from purple wings

First Line:
Evening now from purple wings
Last Line:
Love possesses all the breast
Author:
Samuel Johnson (Absolute)
DMI number:
30684

13. Five times ten years your glass has run

First Line:
Five times ten years your glass has run
Last Line:
What must eternally be thine
DMI number:
24409

14. For the future footman not skilled in numbers

First Line:
For the future footman not skilled in numbers
Last Line:
If he be disposed to wager again
DMI number:
7806

15. Go and count her better hours

First Line:
Go and count her better hours
Last Line:
Fair sun that governs me and thee
Author:
William Strode (Speculation)
DMI number:
11218

16. Great God to thee what gratitude I owe

First Line:
Great God to thee what gratitude I owe
Last Line:
New hear new spirit and new life be mine
DMI number:
36272

17. Hail teasing monster tyrant of the town

First Line:
Hail teasing monster tyrant of the town
Last Line:
Defy the vice can or the velvet sleeve
DMI number:
5805

18. How many days in one whole year there be

First Line:
How many days in one whole year there be
Last Line:
Strange tale to tell yet not so strange as true
DMI number:
43813

19. How much the inward charms surpass

First Line:
How much the inward charms surpass
Last Line:
Shall triumph in eternity
DMI number:
33329

20. I am the parent which to time give birth

First Line:
I am the parent which to time give birth
Last Line:
Yet every day I'm born and every day I die
DMI number:
15703

21. In an old church an antique image stood

First Line:
In an old church an antique image stood
Last Line:
Since even time itself in time decays
DMI number:
11098

22. In hopes so pant upon your snowy breast

First Line:
In hopes so pant upon your snowy breast
Last Line:
Time now's too precious for a moment's waste
DMI number:
44362

23. Let vain philosophy hence learn to bind

First Line:
Let vain philosophy hence learn to bind
Last Line:
Till the last pulse shall beat and life stand still
DMI number:
30686

24. More than his name were less twould seem to fear

First Line:
More than his name were less twould seem to fear
Last Line:
And time and Newton's name together die
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
12986

25. My dear Venturana give ear to my rhyme

First Line:
My dear Venturana give ear to my rhyme
Last Line:
Expectation's a jest and reason's a riddle
DMI number:
9657

26. I serve thee here with all my might

First Line:
I serve thee here with all my might
Last Line:
And serve thy God as I serve thee
DMI number:
26767

27. If neither brass nor marble can withstand

First Line:
If neither brass nor marble can withstand
Last Line:
Is out at elbows why should I repine
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Absolute)
DMI number:
16328

28. Let others brittle beauties of a year

First Line:
Let others brittle beauties of a year
Last Line:
On thy own heart my vows must be engraved
DMI number:
11631

29. Let him to morrow love that never has loved

First Line:
Let him to morrow love that never has loved
Last Line:
Let him to morrow that love's joys has proved
DMI number:
8587

30. Let that arithmetician come

First Line:
Let that arithmetician come
Last Line:
Eternity still lives and still does but begin
DMI number:
23418

31. Last of all the months severest of them all

First Line:
Last of all the months severest of them all
Last Line:
And like her mind free open and serene
DMI number:
32123

32. Lyce the gods have heard my prayer

First Line:
Lyce the gods have heard my prayer
Last Line:
Shot such restless flames to ashes turned
DMI number:
44577

33. Madam to you this tale I send

First Line:
Madam to you this tale I send
Last Line:
Regard the lay beware of time
DMI number:
31915

34. Mira this machine you'll find

First Line:
Mira this machine you'll find
Last Line:
Wins the christian crown on high
DMI number:
32366

35. No marble pomp no monumental praise

First Line:
No marble pomp no monumental praise
Last Line:
Employ that well for that's within thy power
Author:
Samuel Bowden (Absolute)
DMI number:
24029

36. Now when grey time in his impartial course

First Line:
Now when grey time in his impartial course
Last Line:
Eleven Lustra and two years has shed
DMI number:
39957

37. Of all the burdens man must bear

First Line:
Of all the burdens man must bear
Last Line:
Is the most precious earthly good
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
23530

38. Old time when thou hast thrown thy scythe aside

First Line:
Old time when thou hast thrown thy scythe aside
Last Line:
More wit or virtue than lies here below
DMI number:
22990

39. Oh time with wings thou well may painted be

First Line:
Oh time with wings thou well may painted be
Last Line:
And all our faculties in transport raise
DMI number:
43495

40. Past eight o'clock O christians meditate

First Line:
Past eight o'clock O christians meditate
Last Line:
Now brethren watch yourselves for your salvation
DMI number:
30630

41. Past eight o'clock o Herrnhuth do thou ponder

First Line:
Past eight o'clock o Herrnhuth do thou ponder
Last Line:
Now brethren watch yourselves for your salvation
DMI number:
33303

42. On Januarys sixth nine and twenty five

First Line:
On Januarys sixth nine and twenty five
Last Line:
Novembers third and twelfth bring happiness
DMI number:
23500

43. One day as I was in a musing vein

First Line:
One day as I was in a musing vein
Last Line:
And seconds fifty six nor less nor more
DMI number:
7857

44. Perceivest thou not the process of the year

First Line:
Perceivest thou not the process of the year
Last Line:
Infirm the stalks unsolid are the leaves
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute) & Ovid (Absolute)
DMI number:
9810

45. Proceeding onward whence the year began

First Line:
Proceeding onward whence the year began
Last Line:
With kindly moisture and prolific heat
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
9811

46. Raised from the earthly secret mine

First Line:
Raised from the earthly secret mine
Last Line:
Kept safe you've got sixty more behind
DMI number:
36870

47. Rashness and haste make all things unsecure

First Line:
Rashness and haste make all things unsecure
Last Line:
In sure destruction shall his portion have
Author:
Sir John Denham (Confident)
DMI number:
30083

48. See from the year are all its honours fled

First Line:
See from the year are all its honours fled
Last Line:
Joys scarce exceeded by the blooming spring
Author:
Thomas Fitzgerald (Absolute)
DMI number:
23868

49. See see dear friend the purple spring appear

First Line:
See see dear friend the purple spring appear
Last Line:
Urania's name ye sing and heaven approves your choice
DMI number:
19847

50. See where the fair Salinda sleeping lies

First Line:
See where the fair Salinda sleeping lies
Last Line:
And summer next with heat of love would glow
DMI number:
11128