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1. Absent from her in whom alone we live

First Line:
Absent from her in whom alone we live
Last Line:
That sense breaks short and while we taste we die
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
1030

2. All your strong arguments no proof produce

First Line:
All your strong arguments no proof produce
Last Line:
And lose the unfriendly terms of mine and thine
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
17474

3. As lamps burn silent with unconscious light

First Line:
As lamps burn silent with unconscious light
Last Line:
And she who means no mischief does it all
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
24817

4. Can forms like yours want ornament of dress

First Line:
Can forms like yours want ornament of dress
Last Line:
You put off nothing but what veiled a charm
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
1012

5. Can forms like yours want ornaments of dress

First Line:
Can forms like yours want ornaments of dress
Last Line:
You put off nothing but what veiled a charm
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
12757

6. Cautious ye fated who frequent the fair

First Line:
Cautious ye fated who frequent the fair
Last Line:
And the sick bosom throbs with aching pain
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
1023

7. Come Daphne to Miranda's breast retire

First Line:
Come Daphne to Miranda's breast retire
Last Line:
Says nothing of his sting
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
17505

8. Curse on all wealth till gold begot offence

First Line:
Curse on all wealth till gold begot offence
Last Line:
Nor waste thy life in love of slippery gain
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
17468

9. Damon I love thee and thy welfare seek

First Line:
Damon I love thee and thy welfare seek
Last Line:
Not all his other gifts can make him blest
Author:
Aaron Hill (Confident)
DMI number:
17471

10. From every muse and every art thy own

First Line:
From every muse and every art thy own
Last Line:
And long and lovely as thy walks thy days
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
25748

11. From thy loose lines I turn my eyes away

First Line:
From thy loose lines I turn my eyes away
Last Line:
And rival Faustus to the shades below
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
1003

12. God of my fathers stretch thy oft-tried hand

First Line:
God of my fathers stretch thy oft-tried hand
Last Line:
And earth's high sovereign claim my heaven tuned voice
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
17452

13. Go happy book

First Line:
Go happy book
Last Line:
To bid her in a whisper think on me
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
17507

14. Gold is I own the origin and source

First Line:
Gold is I own the origin and source
Last Line:
That stain affixing foe to virtue's tribe
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
17470

15. Gold thou gay quintessence of earth refined

First Line:
Gold thou gay quintessence of earth refined
Last Line:
For joys are goods which only wealth can give
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
17469

16. Great Capitolian Jove thou god to whom

First Line:
Great Capitolian Jove thou god to whom
Last Line:
Caesar himself can grant what's fit for me
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
13488

17. How is the world deceived by noise and show

First Line:
How is the world deceived by noise and show
Last Line:
Silently strong and its deep bottom hides
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
24957

18. High over the winding of a cliffy shore

First Line:
High over the winding of a cliffy shore
Last Line:
And sweetly conscious hugs his happier state
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
1043

19. Hopeless abandoned aimless and oppressed

First Line:
Hopeless abandoned aimless and oppressed
Last Line:
And when she pities who can be distressed
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
1017

20. Hold 'tis too much for thought decide no more

First Line:
Hold 'tis too much for thought decide no more
Last Line:
That he who knows God right must first be He
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
24859

21. In ancient times when honour bore the bell

First Line:
In ancient times when honour bore the bell
Last Line:
And heroes rise and fall like stocks in trade
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
24789

22. In youth when modesty and merit meet

First Line:
In youth when modesty and merit meet
Last Line:
And the sweet saddening influence never die
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
38999

23. Love is a passion by no rules confined

First Line:
Love is a passion by no rules confined
Last Line:
Close at sweet ambush in Miranda's eyes
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
17491

24. Musing betimes what theme my verse might find

First Line:
Musing betimes what theme my verse might find
Last Line:
A restless plaything for the whistling wind
DMI number:
17455

25. 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

26. I'm glad with all my heart I've scaped my wedding

First Line:
I'm glad with all my heart I've scaped my wedding
Last Line:
And leaves behind ten thousand madmen like him
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
38136

27. I praise dear swain the use of gold tis true

First Line:
I praise dear swain the use of gold tis true
Last Line:
He more who wanting gold enjoys content
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
17475

28. If on the towering Alps amazing height

First Line:
If on the towering Alps amazing height
Last Line:
And all but thee once loved will love again
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
16985

29. If fixed on yours my eyes in prayer you see

First Line:
If fixed on yours my eyes in prayer you see
Last Line:
I look most near him when I look on you
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
24866

30. Kindly suppressed your voice rolls swift within

First Line:
Kindly suppressed your voice rolls swift within
Last Line:
We die beneath the lustre we desire
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
24854

31. Let him whose present fortune gives him pain

First Line:
Let him whose present fortune gives him pain
Last Line:
Or silent bear those chains 'tis poor to shake
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
24853

32. Let it not move thy wonder that I place

First Line:
Let it not move thy wonder that I place
Last Line:
Disdains to wear the prize she loves to win
DMI number:
13497

33. Night's silent influence hushing care to rest

First Line:
Night's silent influence hushing care to rest
Last Line:
And echoing plaudits the wide region shook
DMI number:
17496

34. Near the soft solitudes of Chelsea-plain

First Line:
Near the soft solitudes of Chelsea-plain
Last Line:
And sad Augusta strove but could not be content
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
11785

35. No thou best soul that ever this body knew

First Line:
No thou best soul that ever this body knew
Last Line:
Till fired for thee whole kingdoms catch my flame
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
17512

36. O born to pity woes yet formed to give

First Line:
O born to pity woes yet formed to give
Last Line:
Then the form quickens and the figure glows
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
11720

37. O gentlemen I'm come but was not sent ye

First Line:
O gentlemen I'm come but was not sent ye
Last Line:
And full as fit no doubt to serve and charm ye
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
39068

38. Oh greatly blessed who can as fate requires

First Line:
Oh greatly blessed who can as fate requires
Last Line:
Lie hid for leisure and grow rich to give
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
1013

39. Oh cried Arsenia long in wedlock blessed

First Line:
Oh cried Arsenia long in wedlock blessed
Last Line:
But in the third alas became a bride
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
1066

40. Over nature's law God cast the veil of night

First Line:
Over nature's law God cast the veil of night
Last Line:
Out blazed a Newton's soul and all was light
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
23944

41. Over nature's law god cast the veil of night

First Line:
Over nature's law god cast the veil of night
Last Line:
So may your loss be grieved so may your death be late
Author:
Aaron Hill (Confident)
DMI number:
34276

42. Philemon's lines do gold so far outshine

First Line:
Philemon's lines do gold so far outshine
Last Line:
And dangerous flights attained but tempt us higher
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
17472

43. Sick of the worthless world and courting rest

First Line:
Sick of the worthless world and courting rest
Last Line:
Were to describe what I can only feel
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
17184

44. Shall my own sovereign's praise enrich my lines

First Line:
Shall my own sovereign's praise enrich my lines
Last Line:
To say to angels heaven is all divine
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
12109

45. Shall then Vulcanus unlamented go

First Line:
Shall then Vulcanus unlamented go
Last Line:
Lie unmolested in this quiet urn
DMI number:
9835

46. Slow rising night had her black flag unfurled

First Line:
Slow rising night had her black flag unfurled
Last Line:
Truth always triumphs when she serves the dead
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
2259

47. Soul of your honoured art what man can do

First Line:
Soul of your honoured art what man can do
Last Line:
And mount the painter to the maker's place
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
17179

48. Such is the attractive Clio's magic skill

First Line:
Such is the attractive Clio's magic skill
Last Line:
And but in death's dark shade its hold forsakes
DMI number:
24818

49. Stretched on the grassy margin of a brook

First Line:
Stretched on the grassy margin of a brook
Last Line:
Ardella joys worth living for can give
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
24398

50. Sweet enslaver can you tell

First Line:
Sweet enslaver can you tell
Last Line:
Who that sleeps thus would wake again
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
1060