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1. A goodly day not to keep house with such

First Line:
A goodly day not to keep house with such
Last Line:
I'll meet you in the valleys
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
35027

2. A clergyman of special note

First Line:
A clergyman of special note
Last Line:
Take care betimes to run him down
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Absolute)
DMI number:
40246

3. A pardon bought with blood with blood divine

First Line:
A pardon bought with blood with blood divine
Author:
Edward Young (Speculation)
DMI number:
35276

4. A parish priest was of the pilgrim train

First Line:
A parish priest was of the pilgrim train
Last Line:
Well may the baser brass contract a rust
DMI number:
40043

5. A verse may find him who a sermon flies

First Line:
A verse may find him who a sermon flies
Last Line:
And turn delight into a sacrifice
Author:
George Herbert (Absolute)
DMI number:
17203

6. A verse may hit him whom a sermon flies

First Line:
A verse may hit him whom a sermon flies
Last Line:
And turn delight into a sacrifice
Author:
George Herbert (Absolute)
DMI number:
6942

7. All are but parts of one stupendous whole

First Line:
All are but parts of one stupendous whole
Last Line:
One truth is clear whatever is is right
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
27024

8. All faiths are to their own believers just

First Line:
All faiths are to their own believers just
Last Line:
For none believe because they will but must
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20584

9. Adieu fond love farewell you wanton powers

First Line:
Adieu fond love farewell you wanton powers
Last Line:
Fond love declines this heavenly love grows higher
Author:
Philip Massinger (Absolute) & John Fletcher (Absolute)
DMI number:
37293

10. All human wisdom to divine is folly

First Line:
All human wisdom to divine is folly
Last Line:
This truth the wisest man made melancholy
DMI number:
41624

11. And with that word she smiled and neretheless

First Line:
And with that word she smiled and neretheless
Last Line:
Over seas and streams till Syria's coast she spied
Author:
Edward Fairfax (Absolute)
DMI number:
13218

12. And ye that seek St James and saints at Rome

First Line:
And ye that seek St James and saints at Rome
Last Line:
Seek Saint Truth for he may save you all
Author:
William Langland (Absolute)
DMI number:
13118

13. Angels and ministers of grace defend us

First Line:
Angels and ministers of grace defend us
Last Line:
With thoughts beyond the reaches of our souls
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
37361

14. An orator of rude but ready tongue

First Line:
An orator of rude but ready tongue
Last Line:
Which yields to laws and now our voice is law
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
13922

15. All under various names adore and love

First Line:
All under various names adore and love
Last Line:
One power immense which ever rules above
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20586

16. And confidence is sin when mixed with zeal

First Line:
And confidence is sin when mixed with zeal
Last Line:
Seems innocence and looks to most as well
DMI number:
40384

17. And feel I death no joy from thought of thee

First Line:
And feel I death no joy from thought of thee
Last Line:
This king of terrors is the prince of peace
Author:
Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:
33037

18. And now on earth the seventh

First Line:
And now on earth the seventh
Last Line:
With hallelujahs thus was sabbath kept
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
33044

19. And thou majestic main

First Line:
And thou majestic main
Last Line:
Or bids you roar or bids your roarings fall
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
29637

20. Ambition is the stamp impressed by heaven

First Line:
Ambition is the stamp impressed by heaven
Last Line:
Conducts the sun and regulates the spheres
Author:
Samuel Johnson (Absolute)
DMI number:
37441

21. As men for fear the stars should sleep and nod

First Line:
As men for fear the stars should sleep and nod
Last Line:
To heaven alone both go and lead
DMI number:
40781

22. Are there divinities below

First Line:
Are there divinities below
Last Line:
That can dispose and check the fate of things
DMI number:
41626

23. Art's card is by their pilot faith refused

First Line:
Art's card is by their pilot faith refused
Last Line:
Than nature ever found or reason sought
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
14687

24. As a cunning prince that useth spies

First Line:
As a cunning prince that useth spies
Last Line:
Where nothing is brought in can nothing see
DMI number:
41124

25. As I went to Walsingham

First Line:
As I went to Walsingham
Last Line:
Oft have I said you nay
DMI number:
37319

26. As in some piece while Luke his skill expressed

First Line:
As in some piece while Luke his skill expressed
Last Line:
And to a miracle improves a tune
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
16353

27. As is the fable of the lady fair

First Line:
As is the fable of the lady fair
Last Line:
As she retires and shrinks for shame and fear
DMI number:
41114

28. As wind in hypochondria pent

First Line:
As wind in hypochondria pent
Last Line:
And vents itself in prophecies
Author:
Samuel Butler (Absolute)
DMI number:
18407

29. Beware what earth calls happiness beware

First Line:
Beware what earth calls happiness beware
Last Line:
Fond as he seems condemns his joys to death
Author:
Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:
34251

30. Bound every heart and every bosom burn

First Line:
Bound every heart and every bosom burn
Last Line:
Will give thee leave my praise for ever flow
Author:
Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:
26327

31. Blissful paradise

First Line:
Blissful paradise
Last Line:
Of living creatures new to sight and strange
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
37099

32. Can prayers to all alike so gentle be

First Line:
Can prayers to all alike so gentle be
Last Line:
Are little more than curses for the rest
Author:
Sir Robert Howard (Absolute)
DMI number:
17297

33. Carus by hardy Epicurus taught

First Line:
Carus by hardy Epicurus taught
Last Line:
Such generous minds are formed where blessed religion reigns
Author:
Sir Richard Blackmore (Absolute)
DMI number:
36341

34. By reason man a godhead can discern

First Line:
By reason man a godhead can discern
Last Line:
But how he would be worshipped cannot learn
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20589

35. By the waters of Babylon we sat down and wept when we remembered thee o Sion

First Line:
By the waters of Babylon we sat down and wept when we remembered thee o Sion
Last Line:
Blessed shall he be that taketh thy children and throweth them against the stones
DMI number:
10422

36. But as a prudent monarch seems alone

First Line:
But as a prudent monarch seems alone
Last Line:
By telling more of god than she can see
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
14685

37. But bloated with ambition pride and avarice

First Line:
But bloated with ambition pride and avarice
Last Line:
And you like Archimedes toss the globe
DMI number:
40049

38. But few among the carnal wise

First Line:
But few among the carnal wise
Last Line:
Almighty king of grace
Author:
Isaac Watts (Absolute)
DMI number:
26410

39. By education most have been misled

First Line:
By education most have been misled
Last Line:
And thus the child imposes on the man
DMI number:
40064

40. But high perfection to the soul it brings

First Line:
But high perfection to the soul it brings
Last Line:
They do not hurt but rather clear the eye
DMI number:
41122

41. But hope the best true love will pass a veil

First Line:
But hope the best true love will pass a veil
Last Line:
That is true faith what's more's credulity
Author:
Sir Francis Fane (Absolute)
DMI number:
14688

42. But how shall we this union well express

First Line:
But how shall we this union well express
Last Line:
Though in the body she her powers do show
DMI number:
41121

43. But leave we not the gentle Isabel

First Line:
But leave we not the gentle Isabel
Last Line:
When all thy triumphs beauty are no more
Author:
James Hurdis (Absolute)
DMI number:
38558

44. But many shapes

First Line:
But many shapes
Last Line:
A space till firmer thoughts restrained excess
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
33043

45. But o my soul the amazing theme forbear

First Line:
But o my soul the amazing theme forbear
Last Line:
Be thine my hopes and all my powers be thine
Author:
John Ogilvie (Absolute)
DMI number:
32879

46. Bring me quoth he a trowel quickly quick

First Line:
Bring me quoth he a trowel quickly quick
Last Line:
They bring the first a stone the last an axe
DMI number:
43713

47. Carus by hardy Epicurus taught

First Line:
Carus by hardy Epicurus taught
Last Line:
Then own and praise the artificer divine
Author:
Sir Richard Blackmore (Absolute)
DMI number:
9816

48. Carus we grant no man is blessed but he

First Line:
Carus we grant no man is blessed but he
Last Line:
Where ravished minds enjoy what here they owned a God
Author:
Sir Richard Blackmore (Absolute)
DMI number:
36342

49. Come pensive nun devout and pure

First Line:
Come pensive nun devout and pure
Last Line:
Spare fast that oft with gods doth diet
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
31005

50. Christian is the highest style of man

First Line:
Christian is the highest style of man
Author:
Edward Young (Speculation)
DMI number:
34185