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1. A shepherd boy all in an evening fair

First Line:
A shepherd boy all in an evening fair
Last Line:
To slumbers soft his sorrowing breast invite
Author:
Ambrose Philips (Confident)
DMI number:
6478

2. Ah say my soul why so overwhelmed with grief

First Line:
Ah say my soul why so overwhelmed with grief
Last Line:
Lord I'm resigned O let thy will be done
DMI number:
26973

3. Ah when shall I arrive

First Line:
Ah when shall I arrive
Last Line:
To ruin human souls
DMI number:
26241

4. As some poor squire to country quarters sent

First Line:
As some poor squire to country quarters sent
Last Line:
They may get one but lord knows where get actors
DMI number:
27121

5. Close in her hallowed grot where mildly bright

First Line:
Close in her hallowed grot where mildly bright
Last Line:
And calm prefer oblivion to disgrace
Author:
William Mason (Absolute)
DMI number:
24462

6. Come honest sexton take thy spade

First Line:
Come honest sexton take thy spade
Last Line:
Farewell my loving friends farewell
DMI number:
5005

7. Forth from my sad and darksome cell

First Line:
Forth from my sad and darksome cell
Last Line:
Will fire the bushe at his backe
DMI number:
37473

8. From folly to vice and from vice to the grave

First Line:
From folly to vice and from vice to the grave
Last Line:
I wait for the passport of death to the devil
DMI number:
25470

9. From Stygian shade lo my pale ghost doth rise

First Line:
From Stygian shade lo my pale ghost doth rise
Last Line:
And perhaps may then leave purgatory
DMI number:
43008

10. Hirry hary hobbilschow

First Line:
Hirry hary hobbilschow
Last Line:
Skink first to me the kan
Author:
William Dunbar (Speculation)
DMI number:
10906

11. It must be so Plato thou reasonst well

First Line:
It must be so Plato thou reasonst well
Last Line:
Indifferent in his choice to sleep or die
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
12927

12. Look up base croaking zealots of the age

First Line:
Look up base croaking zealots of the age
Last Line:
Set whom he pleases on an earthly throne
DMI number:
43173

13. Let dull platonic sots court aery treasures

First Line:
Let dull platonic sots court aery treasures
Last Line:
Tis happy life love rapture ecstasies
DMI number:
6408

14. Rise Nevil rise and do not punish me

First Line:
Rise Nevil rise and do not punish me
Last Line:
And without mercy you may name your place
DMI number:
43010

15. Soon as his worship well had set

First Line:
Soon as his worship well had set
Last Line:
You do respect my charity
DMI number:
6041

16. That man is blessed who void of care

First Line:
That man is blessed who void of care
Last Line:
Next wisely put it out again
DMI number:
42151

17. This rise is made yet and we now stand ranked

First Line:
This rise is made yet and we now stand ranked
Last Line:
As usurers rob or our physicians kill
Author:
Benjamin Jonson (Confident)
DMI number:
8123

18. To wed or not to wed that is the question

First Line:
To wed or not to wed that is the question
Last Line:
And damns the name of husband
DMI number:
33317

19. To spout or not to spout's the question now

First Line:
To spout or not to spout's the question now
Last Line:
And lose the name of spouters in a day
DMI number:
33762

20. To stand or not to stand that is the question

First Line:
To stand or not to stand that is the question
Last Line:
Ambition thus makes c-rt-rs of us all
DMI number:
24425

21. To be or not to be that is the question

First Line:
To be or not to be that is the question
Last Line:
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
24426

22. To learn or not to learn that is the question

First Line:
To learn or not to learn that is the question
Last Line:
We turn away with hate
DMI number:
23557

23. Trust not false man the experienced Prisca cries

First Line:
Trust not false man the experienced Prisca cries
Last Line:
But they by firm pursuing gain the prize
Author:
Sir Richard Steele (Speculation)
DMI number:
6131

24. Under five hundred kings three kingdoms groan

First Line:
Under five hundred kings three kingdoms groan
Last Line:
Making the people happy monarch great
DMI number:
43044

25. What could a cursed ungrateful age do more

First Line:
What could a cursed ungrateful age do more
Last Line:
Though I lied living dying I'll speak true
DMI number:
43170

26. What fury did these sudden broils engage

First Line:
What fury did these sudden broils engage
Last Line:
And dangers of the angry waves increase
Author:
William Burnaby (Speculation)
DMI number:
6765

27. When faint and sinking to the shades of death

First Line:
When faint and sinking to the shades of death
Last Line:
My dying breath shall mount to heaven in praise
Author:
Isaac Watts (Absolute)
DMI number:
23431

28. While I exalted by my prince's grace

First Line:
While I exalted by my prince's grace
Last Line:
For those who bend the neck and court the chain
DMI number:
20846

29. Where am I now my head turns round

First Line:
Where am I now my head turns round
Last Line:
But to mark out your road to heaven
DMI number:
27057

30. Young and unpractised in dramatic rules

First Line:
Young and unpractised in dramatic rules
Last Line:
Since twas to please you ladies we intended
DMI number:
17826