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1.
A blooming youth lies buried here
First Line:
A blooming youth lies buried here
Last Line:
But death had quicker wings than love
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
27361
2.
A monster in a course of vice grown old
First Line:
A monster in a course of vice grown old
Last Line:
Pity a wretch like him should ever live
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
13487
3.
Accept dear sire this humble tribute paid
First Line:
Accept dear sire this humble tribute paid
Last Line:
Beyond the glimmering spark of our meridian sun
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
27360
4.
Amoret and Strephon lay
First Line:
Amoret and Strephon lay
Last Line:
For a reward shall all be his
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
5623
5.
Author of being source of light
First Line:
Author of being source of light
Last Line:
Nor can we want for thou art all
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
27358
6.
Dear farewell a little while
First Line:
Dear farewell a little while
Last Line:
Vainly mourns for them that play
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
27433
7.
Farewell ye gay bubbles fame glory renown
First Line:
Farewell ye gay bubbles fame glory renown
Last Line:
Dropped soft on the straw with a smile I will die
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Confident)
DMI number:
5595
8.
First wheat and barley shall be sown
First Line:
First wheat and barley shall be sown
Last Line:
And I'll for rhyme write under | ---Amen
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
5523
9.
Few and easy in your stay
First Line:
Few and easy in your stay
Last Line:
Well to die and soon to live
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
27440
10.
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
11.
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
12.
Here rest I Philip on the Aegean shore
First Line:
Here rest I Philip on the Aegean shore
Last Line:
To me he owes it for he was my son
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
150
13.
Here lies a sceptic long in doubt
First Line:
Here lies a sceptic long in doubt
Last Line:
Convinced but oh the die is cast
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
228
14.
Hymns ye regents of the lyre
First Line:
Hymns ye regents of the lyre
Last Line:
And Anna's glory dies
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
27435
15.
In friendly part a well meant gift receive
First Line:
In friendly part a well meant gift receive
Last Line:
Who never saw Dover cliffs or Calais' sand
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
16176
16.
Let the knight on beauty lour
First Line:
Let the knight on beauty lour
Last Line:
Why ah why should you be there
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Speculation)
DMI number:
35070
17.
My harbingers the seven archangels bright
First Line:
My harbingers the seven archangels bright
Last Line:
In mine and my great father's arms embraced
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
4095
18.
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
19.
If aught beneath them happy souls attend
First Line:
If aught beneath them happy souls attend
Last Line:
Adjourning to the time that never came
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
27403
20.
If friend a wife you mean to wed
First Line:
If friend a wife you mean to wed
Last Line:
Worthy of your board and bed
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Speculation)
DMI number:
16455
21.
If you mind but the moral my tale does unfold
First Line:
If you mind but the moral my tale does unfold
Last Line:
Would have scarce had me whipped for the calling him so
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Speculation)
DMI number:
16459
22.
Let arms and warriors other poets fire
First Line:
Let arms and warriors other poets fire
Last Line:
From death's tyrannic chain and earth's dark prison freed
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
27406
23.
Let playhouse actors crowded seats desire
First Line:
Let playhouse actors crowded seats desire
Last Line:
Our years excuse us tis our time to play
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
16656
24.
Lysippus' art can brass with life inspire
First Line:
Lysippus' art can brass with life inspire
Last Line:
Be thou O Jove contented with thy sky
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
151
25.
No fabling song my mournful heart assay
First Line:
No fabling song my mournful heart assay
Last Line:
And rise triumphant to the last great bar
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
27430
26.
Never tempt me to caress
First Line:
Never tempt me to caress
Last Line:
Say my answer is a rose
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
27431
27.
O thou released from fears and perils now
First Line:
O thou released from fears and perils now
Last Line:
Her best memorial is your silence there
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
27437
28.
O thou that high thy head dost bear
First Line:
O thou that high thy head dost bear
Last Line:
And when I'm drunk then thou art dry
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
13512
29.
O rare Ben Jonson what a turncoat grown
First Line:
O rare Ben Jonson what a turncoat grown
Last Line:
Another age shall set thy buttons right
DMI number:
12736
30.
On Stygian banks Diogenes the wise
First Line:
On Stygian banks Diogenes the wise
Last Line:
Thou Croesus rich on earth hast nothing here
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
13485
31.
Pleasantest companion this
First Line:
Pleasantest companion this
Last Line:
Dying neither wish nor fear
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
16147
32.
Say shall I try your growing sense to improve
First Line:
Say shall I try your growing sense to improve
Last Line:
To scour a kettle knows or set a diamond
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
27402
33.
See the springing day from far
First Line:
See the springing day from far
Last Line:
God of peace and god of love
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
16631
34.
See the springing day from far
First Line:
See the springing day from far
Last Line:
Only purer than our own
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
27407
35.
Some husbands on a winter day
First Line:
Some husbands on a winter day
Last Line:
Between a sovereign and a slave
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
32313
36.
Some husbands on a winter's day
First Line:
Some husbands on a winter's day
Last Line:
Between a sovereign and a slave
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
12290
37.
Taught by long miseries we find
First Line:
Taught by long miseries we find
Last Line:
And pain like pleasure is but dream
Author:
William Meston (Speculation) & Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
12284
38.
The Lydian prince is blamed for wealth alone
First Line:
The Lydian prince is blamed for wealth alone
Last Line:
Such crowds are envious and so few are kings
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
13486
39.
Thenot good day sure thou art bent to thrive
First Line:
Thenot good day sure thou art bent to thrive
Last Line:
At least if business can agree with love
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
16164
40.
There flourished in a market town
First Line:
There flourished in a market town
Last Line:
Run fly ye wives and pin the basket
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
230
41.
These cups by Piso to his friends were given
First Line:
These cups by Piso to his friends were given
Last Line:
Who would not wish to learn astronomy
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Confident)
DMI number:
147
42.
There once lived in repute a substantial freeholder
First Line:
There once lived in repute a substantial freeholder
Last Line:
You must own I'm the honester rogue of the two
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
176
43.
Thou who didst round Cecropian pastures rove
First Line:
Thou who didst round Cecropian pastures rove
Last Line:
Let any say hur cow is hurs that dare
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
5501
44.
Tis justly thought to praise is ever hard
First Line:
Tis justly thought to praise is ever hard
Last Line:
No not a Cowley's nor a Mulgrave's song
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
15918
45.
To save a scoundrel Scotch and English meet
First Line:
To save a scoundrel Scotch and English meet
Last Line:
And bid the exiled Or- - -d die in Spain
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Speculation)
DMI number:
285
46.
Too charming maid whose viznomy divine
First Line:
Too charming maid whose viznomy divine
Last Line:
Lie with her coin and get her bags with child
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
5624
47.
What path of life by man is trod | without rejoicing at the road
First Line:
What path of life by man is trod | without rejoicing at the road
Last Line:
The wise this choice would never try | or not to live or soon to die
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
15930
48.
What path of life by man is trod | without repenting at the road
First Line:
What path of life by man is trod | without repenting at the road
Last Line:
The wise this only choice would try | or not to live or soon to die
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
15928
49.
What makes you write at this odd rate
First Line:
What makes you write at this odd rate
Last Line:
Why that's the very thing I mean
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
2744
50.
When Butler needy wretch was still alive
First Line:
When Butler needy wretch was still alive
Last Line:
He asked for bread and he received a stone
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
32440
51.
When Radcliff fell afflicted physic cried
First Line:
When Radcliff fell afflicted physic cried
Last Line:
She mourns with Radcliffe but she dies with Friend
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
192
52.
While the full breast swells with unuttered woe
First Line:
While the full breast swells with unuttered woe
Last Line:
In endless glory meet to part no more
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
27434
53.
Whilst Butler needy wretch was still alive
First Line:
Whilst Butler needy wretch was still alive
Last Line:
He asked for bread and he received a stone
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
24090
54.
While Butler needy wretch was still alive
First Line:
While Butler needy wretch was still alive
Last Line:
He asked for bread and he received a stone
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
13489
55.
You dare not marry friend you own
First Line:
You dare not marry friend you own
Last Line:
Husband to one and wife to the other
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Speculation)
DMI number:
182
56.
Your sage and moralist can show
First Line:
Your sage and moralist can show
Last Line:
Regained the health he never lost
Author:
William Meston (Speculation) & Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
12283