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1. A new years gift present I here to you

First Line:
A new years gift present I here to you
Last Line:
And new delights adorn the encircling year
DMI number:
7463

2. Accept great son of art this faint effect

First Line:
Accept great son of art this faint effect
Last Line:
And skilled in nature canst not fail in art
Author:
Nahum Tate (Absolute)
DMI number:
4708

3. As mariners that in a storm are tossed

First Line:
As mariners that in a storm are tossed
Last Line:
And all obediently her power own
DMI number:
10915

4. As bards of old in nobler lays could sing

First Line:
As bards of old in nobler lays could sing
Last Line:
Accept the pauper though you scorn the muse
Author:
George Waldron (Absolute)
DMI number:
15504

5. As I've been at such great expense

First Line:
As I've been at such great expense
Last Line:
I'll sing their everlasting praise
DMI number:
11235

6. As when Apollo with his artful hand

First Line:
As when Apollo with his artful hand
Last Line:
Than 'twas to conquer the whole land before
DMI number:
43422

7. By nature formed to rule embarrassed states

First Line:
By nature formed to rule embarrassed states
Last Line:
Under the covert of a fictitious tale
DMI number:
6421

8. Contending kings and fields of death too long

First Line:
Contending kings and fields of death too long
Last Line:
And more be hastened by this short delay
Author:
Thomas Tickell (Absolute)
DMI number:
2109

9. Dear Philomela oft you condescend

First Line:
Dear Philomela oft you condescend
Last Line:
Wise as your converse rapturous as your voice
Author:
Mary Barber (Absolute)
DMI number:
11585

10. Deign worthy Lady England's happy Muse

First Line:
Deign worthy Lady England's happy Muse
Last Line:
So shall they live by thee and thou by them
Author:
Richard More (Absolute)
DMI number:
44935

11. For vain applause while others tune their lays

First Line:
For vain applause while others tune their lays
Last Line:
And hide the source from whence such favours flow
DMI number:
19756

12. Gentle Diana goddess bright

First Line:
Gentle Diana goddess bright
Last Line:
The blood of swine
Author:
Thomas Flatman (Absolute)
DMI number:
42121

13. From this auspicious day three kingdoms date

First Line:
From this auspicious day three kingdoms date
Last Line:
And golden plenty covers all the plain
Author:
Elijah Fenton (Absolute)
DMI number:
11994

14. Go happy book and let Mirtilla see

First Line:
Go happy book and let Mirtilla see
Last Line:
But still as charming and much happier live
Author:
William Worts (Absolute)
DMI number:
7018

15. Hail beauteous prophetess in whom alone

First Line:
Hail beauteous prophetess in whom alone
Last Line:
You wave your pen and lo the dead arise
DMI number:
43587

16. H---y would you know the passion

First Line:
H---y would you know the passion
Last Line:
All the power of your own
Author:
Francois-Marie Arouet de Voltaire (Absolute)
DMI number:
25788

17. Here every line and meaning page

First Line:
Here every line and meaning page
Last Line:
The author then can't fail to vend it
DMI number:
19183

18. Here old Sarum lies

First Line:
Here old Sarum lies
Last Line:
There may be room | For ---
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
27936

19. In moving lines these few epistles tell

First Line:
In moving lines these few epistles tell
Last Line:
And every star its fading fire resigns
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
6130

20. Long may the laurel flourish on your brow

First Line:
Long may the laurel flourish on your brow
Last Line:
But such as join with Shimei and with Saul
DMI number:
43286

21. My Lord | Indulge this offering nor the vow disown

First Line:
My Lord | Indulge this offering nor the vow disown
Last Line:
And win the fairest laurel from the brow of France
DMI number:
11550

22. My lord | Our poet's rules in easy numbers tell

First Line:
My lord | Our poet's rules in easy numbers tell
Last Line:
And be the Juliana of the age
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
7041

23. I'll not fatigue Belinda's ear

First Line:
I'll not fatigue Belinda's ear
Last Line:
But makes it please the more
Author:
Mary Chandler (Absolute)
DMI number:
18307

24. If yet your thoughts are loose from state affairs

First Line:
If yet your thoughts are loose from state affairs
Last Line:
For next to what you write is what you praise
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
6744

25. Ladies | To you I take the liberty

First Line:
Ladies | To you I take the liberty
Last Line:
As it does often cherish you
DMI number:
7157

26. Lycaeus' son Praxagoras bestowed

First Line:
Lycaeus' son Praxagoras bestowed
Last Line:
The finished work of Anaxagoras
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
27517

27. No there's nothing nothing here

First Line:
No there's nothing nothing here
Last Line:
And fill the whole soul with the harmonious strain
DMI number:
10916

28. O dearest master father friend

First Line:
O dearest master father friend
Last Line:
In thee he lives without thee dies
Author:
Adrian Drift (Absolute)
DMI number:
15509

29. O Johnson famed for elegance and sense

First Line:
O Johnson famed for elegance and sense
Last Line:
To you inscribes what from your genius came
Author:
Anne Penny (Absolute)
DMI number:
30291

30. O matchless genius whose exalted lays

First Line:
O matchless genius whose exalted lays
Last Line:
Charm and compose the moral world to peace
DMI number:
5897

31. O morall Gower this boke I directe

First Line:
O morall Gower this boke I directe
Last Line:
Of your benignitees and zeles good
Author:
Geoffrey Chaucer (Absolute)
DMI number:
13124

32. Oft have I thought great bard in my poor cell

First Line:
Oft have I thought great bard in my poor cell
Last Line:
And judgment grown maturer greatly rise
Author:
Francis Peck (Absolute)
DMI number:
15506

33. Read here the pangs of unsuccessful love

First Line:
Read here the pangs of unsuccessful love
Last Line:
And happier Hammonds shall record your name
DMI number:
36601

34. Receive great bard thanks from the meanest muse

First Line:
Receive great bard thanks from the meanest muse
Last Line:
To build the house of god be Prior's praise
Author:
J. Newcome (Absolute)
DMI number:
15505

35. Reader this book which I prefer to you

First Line:
Reader this book which I prefer to you
Last Line:
Is filled with pleasant mirth and profit too
DMI number:
8319

36. Shepherds on other banks your flocks may play

First Line:
Shepherds on other banks your flocks may play
Last Line:
Till the pale crescent shed her trembling ray
DMI number:
36939

37. Sir | My childish muse is in her spring and yet

First Line:
Sir | My childish muse is in her spring and yet
Last Line:
The earliest offering of her grateful pen
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
7756

38. Such were the notes thy once-loved poet sung

First Line:
Such were the notes thy once-loved poet sung
Last Line:
Nor fears to tell that Mortimer is he
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
7447

39. The first great man who made the world his own

First Line:
The first great man who made the world his own
Last Line:
Till he had strung another age's song
DMI number:
15487

40. The piercing cold the stormy winds

First Line:
The piercing cold the stormy winds
Last Line:
Remember time is on the wing
Author:
Mary Chandler (Absolute)
DMI number:
18300

41. The nymph whose virgin heart thy charms have taught

First Line:
The nymph whose virgin heart thy charms have taught
Last Line:
Too happy should I meet the same return
Author:
Anne Finch [nee Kingsmill] (Speculation)
DMI number:
15490

42. These various strains where every talent charms

First Line:
These various strains where every talent charms
Last Line:
Thus Chaucer is and Fenton thus shall be
Author:
Walter Harte (Absolute)
DMI number:
36654

43. This lamp which Prior to his Harley gave

First Line:
This lamp which Prior to his Harley gave
Last Line:
Before the muse to burn with purer flame
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
16971

44. This latter age the lees of time hath known

First Line:
This latter age the lees of time hath known
Last Line:
The birch which crowned her then is grown a bay
DMI number:
7796

45. This verse be thine my friend nor thou refuse

First Line:
This verse be thine my friend nor thou refuse
Last Line:
Thou but preservest a face and I a name
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
12292

46. Through various climes of censure and applause

First Line:
Through various climes of censure and applause
Last Line:
Excuse his agent and encourage him
DMI number:
6553

47. To that clear majesty which in the north

First Line:
To that clear majesty which in the north
Last Line:
Which makst each place a heaven wherein thou art
Author:
Sir John Davies (Absolute)
DMI number:
27113

48. To whom should I but to Cornelius make

First Line:
To whom should I but to Cornelius make
Last Line:
Beyond an age that are inscribed to thee
DMI number:
8594

49. To you right worshipful the brewers

First Line:
To you right worshipful the brewers
Last Line:
So gentry of the dray adieu
DMI number:
10706

50. Two shining maids this happy work displays

First Line:
Two shining maids this happy work displays
Last Line:
And Roman muses sung her beauty's charms
Author:
John Hughes (Absolute)
DMI number:
8339