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1. A grasshopper once while the winter prevailed

First Line:
A grasshopper once while the winter prevailed
Last Line:
All idlers shall suffer the woes they deserve
DMI number:
36291

2. A certain maid too prudishly inclined

First Line:
A certain maid too prudishly inclined
Last Line:
And then lead apes in hell
DMI number:
33503

3. A virtuous daughter thus consoled

First Line:
A virtuous daughter thus consoled
Last Line:
Who're forced to drag a double chain
DMI number:
8321

4. Ah gentle shepherd thine the lot to tend

First Line:
Ah gentle shepherd thine the lot to tend
Last Line:
And charitable habits learn in sport
Author:
John Dyer (Absolute)
DMI number:
30180

5. Accept dear miss these fine essays

First Line:
Accept dear miss these fine essays
Last Line:
And lead to eternal joys
DMI number:
36340

6. An humble dervise lived of yore

First Line:
An humble dervise lived of yore
Last Line:
You'll sink to endless woe
Author:
Samuel Whyte (Absolute)
DMI number:
34005

7. All you who leap religion's sacred fence

First Line:
All you who leap religion's sacred fence
Last Line:
That God though injured is not deaf nor blind
DMI number:
36217

8. All you who leap religion's sacred fence

First Line:
All you who leap religion's sacred fence
Last Line:
That the injured god is neither deaf nor blind
DMI number:
4094

9. Auspicious youths since partly for your sake

First Line:
Auspicious youths since partly for your sake
Last Line:
And sweetest sing when nearest to the sky
DMI number:
8131

10. Blessed babe who stranger to all worldly strife

First Line:
Blessed babe who stranger to all worldly strife
Last Line:
Soon see its follies and dares scorn its joys
DMI number:
36198

11. By the river's peaceful stream

First Line:
By the river's peaceful stream
Last Line:
And my portion when I die
DMI number:
36290

12. Britons take care before it be too late

First Line:
Britons take care before it be too late
Last Line:
The cause from whence their welfare did arise
DMI number:
7462

13. Children and youth to God present

First Line:
Children and youth to God present
Last Line:
And will with heaven's avail
DMI number:
36338

14. Come let our voices join to sing

First Line:
Come let our voices join to sing
Last Line:
Embrace and practice his commands
DMI number:
36333

15. Content's a treasure sought by all mankind

First Line:
Content's a treasure sought by all mankind
Last Line:
And bring the golden hours again in view
DMI number:
8139

16. Dismiss your parasites who praise for hire

First Line:
Dismiss your parasites who praise for hire
Last Line:
Without one hour of sickness or disgust
Author:
John Armstrong (Absolute)
DMI number:
30896

17. Far in a wild unknown to public view

First Line:
Far in a wild unknown to public view
Last Line:
And passed a life of piety and peace
Author:
Thomas Parnell (Absolute)
DMI number:
12340

18. Happy the former age to which each field

First Line:
Happy the former age to which each field
Last Line:
Where loss of blood and life is all the gain
DMI number:
43249

19. Hark how the wakeful cheerful cock

First Line:
Hark how the wakeful cheerful cock
Last Line:
Tis just we act our own who caused his tragedy
DMI number:
43238

20. He that would choose a station so secure

First Line:
He that would choose a station so secure
Last Line:
Thou shalt the force of all its rage defeat
DMI number:
43248

21. He who has drunk the ethereal stream

First Line:
He who has drunk the ethereal stream
Last Line:
Dissolved with a dissolving world
DMI number:
36344

22. How blithe secure and brisk and gay

First Line:
How blithe secure and brisk and gay
Last Line:
Whose fear you never had
DMI number:
4352

23. It was as learned traditions say

First Line:
It was as learned traditions say
Last Line:
And sighing to himself withdrew
Author:
Henry Brooke (Absolute)
DMI number:
33440

24. It is not the silver nor gold of it self

First Line:
It is not the silver nor gold of it self
Last Line:
Whilst beggared honesty runs by their side
DMI number:
44424

25. It is not the silver or gold of its self

First Line:
It is not the silver or gold of its self
Last Line:
This makes you as merry as we that do sing
DMI number:
43296

26. Now while thy blooming spring with balmy sweets

First Line:
Now while thy blooming spring with balmy sweets
Last Line:
Thou mayst alas but barely mayst repent
DMI number:
8138

27. Of all the nauseous complicated crimes

First Line:
Of all the nauseous complicated crimes
Last Line:
Is liar boaster coward fool and rude
DMI number:
8137

28. Oh my love how happy am I

First Line:
Oh my love how happy am I
Last Line:
Since hearts are joyned we'll quickly joyn our Hands
DMI number:
43186

29. Protect our state and let our Marlborough thrive

First Line:
Protect our state and let our Marlborough thrive
Last Line:
To see one man or the whole race in love
Author:
Anne Finch [nee Kingsmill] (Absolute)
DMI number:
6000

30. Say why are you of late so drowsy grown

First Line:
Say why are you of late so drowsy grown
Last Line:
Whilst both our hearts as if in one agree
DMI number:
43187

31. Say ye whose heads decline with weight of years

First Line:
Say ye whose heads decline with weight of years
Last Line:
And ermined honours dwindle to a shroud
DMI number:
36229

32. See Chloe yonder glowing bed

First Line:
See Chloe yonder glowing bed
Last Line:
Unfading through eternity
DMI number:
33063

33. See on his labouring pinions rise

First Line:
See on his labouring pinions rise
Last Line:
Till life arrives its end
DMI number:
36292

34. See the busy insect train

First Line:
See the busy insect train
Last Line:
Some moral lesson to improve your mind
DMI number:
33452

35. See where she comes transcending human praise

First Line:
See where she comes transcending human praise
Last Line:
And weep to touch the hem | Of thy celestial stole
Author:
William Woty (Absolute)
DMI number:
33055

36. Since now all scruples cast away

First Line:
Since now all scruples cast away
Last Line:
Shall fill another pipe to thee
Author:
Robert Lloyd (Absolute)
DMI number:
32357

37. The fable is of tragedy the end

First Line:
The fable is of tragedy the end
Last Line:
In vain with learned scenes he fills his plays
DMI number:
31565

38. The jasper green the sapphire blue

First Line:
The jasper green the sapphire blue
Last Line:
And rubby's ruddy gleam
DMI number:
36294

39. The poet still must look within to find

First Line:
The poet still must look within to find
Last Line:
If he would have just sentiments appear
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
31567

40. The sanguine causeth cheerfulness

First Line:
The sanguine causeth cheerfulness
Last Line:
The phlegmatic is fair
DMI number:
41995

41. The seeing light and colours doth descry

First Line:
The seeing light and colours doth descry
Last Line:
Through these five windows doth the soul behold
DMI number:
41911

42. They that enjoy and joy in their own love

First Line:
They that enjoy and joy in their own love
Last Line:
And lawful is at last delightful found
DMI number:
8164

43. Trust god distrust thy self do good and pray

First Line:
Trust god distrust thy self do good and pray
Last Line:
Your soul shall feast on joys immense
DMI number:
33049

44. Well brother Will how sped

First Line:
Well brother Will how sped
Last Line:
And if I'm freed I'll never be caught again
DMI number:
43188

45. When from our mighty maker's hand we came

First Line:
When from our mighty maker's hand we came
Last Line:
Thou shalt diffuse eternal happiness
DMI number:
33447

46. What's innocence - A brighter gem

First Line:
What's innocence - A brighter gem
Last Line:
This gem 'Tis life for death and heaven for hell
DMI number:
43231

47. Who has not bread more than he needs he must

First Line:
Who has not bread more than he needs he must
Last Line:
Forbear to keep a dog to eat the crust
Author:
Rowland Watkyns (Absolute)
DMI number:
16958

48. Wise nature by variety does please

First Line:
Wise nature by variety does please
Last Line:
Come not from hearts that are in sadness drowned
DMI number:
31568

49. Why my old friend are you so proud

First Line:
Why my old friend are you so proud
Last Line:
Whose father to the devil goes
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
7983

50. Ye sons of men lift up your eyes

First Line:
Ye sons of men lift up your eyes
Last Line:
Own and adore a deity
DMI number:
36337

51. You must take care and use quite different words

First Line:
You must take care and use quite different words
Last Line:
A Greek or Asian bred at court or town
Author:
Thomas Creech (Absolute)
DMI number:
31554

52. Young pupil who to learning are inclined

First Line:
Young pupil who to learning are inclined
Last Line:
Offends your master and incurs his blame
DMI number:
36286