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1. A nun there was as primrose gay

First Line:
A nun there was as primrose gay
Last Line:
When we as righteous Jane have done
DMI number:
19987

2. A weasel once who long had been

First Line:
A weasel once who long had been
Last Line:
Lays waste mankind for their souls good
DMI number:
19559

3. Arms and the priest I sing whose martial soul

First Line:
Arms and the priest I sing whose martial soul
Last Line:
With shame oppressed young Cicero plunges down
Author:
John Ozell (Absolute)
DMI number:
8776

4. Blessed is the man yea doubly blessed is he

First Line:
Blessed is the man yea doubly blessed is he
Last Line:
To rot the scorn of earth and curse of heaven
DMI number:
13781

5. Come companions come away

First Line:
Come companions come away
Last Line:
But in those of Egypt's queen
DMI number:
10020

6. Equivocation of infernal kind

First Line:
Equivocation of infernal kind
Last Line:
And summon Phoebus to their monthly bar
DMI number:
8913

7. Forth from the whirlwind thundering voices broke

First Line:
Forth from the whirlwind thundering voices broke
Last Line:
When pinched by want to providence they cry
DMI number:
24197

8. For kings some services I've done

First Line:
For kings some services I've done
Last Line:
Give mercy to this medley liver
DMI number:
11985

9. For every prince that hit my fancy

First Line:
For every prince that hit my fancy
Last Line:
Take pity on a gartered sinner
DMI number:
11983

10. From servile fear the fancied gods first came

First Line:
From servile fear the fancied gods first came
Last Line:
Invents new gods and aids the pious cheat
DMI number:
10310

11. God grant thee thine own wish and grant thee mine

First Line:
God grant thee thine own wish and grant thee mine
Last Line:
God grant thee thine own wish and grant thee mine
DMI number:
9304

12. Great Jove this one petition

First Line:
Great Jove this one petition
Last Line:
What's evil to our prayers deny
DMI number:
33000

13. Heaven knows the weakness of his roving mind

First Line:
Heaven knows the weakness of his roving mind
Last Line:
The priest could not out-preach you at St Roach
DMI number:
39953

14. He who beneath thy sheltering wing resides

First Line:
He who beneath thy sheltering wing resides
Last Line:
To him reveal my joys and open all my skies
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
8279

15. I grant that ever since the world began

First Line:
I grant that ever since the world began
Last Line:
For him the cock for him the pigeons broil
Author:
Samuel Croxall (Absolute)
DMI number:
23861

16. In Hobbes and St John deply read

First Line:
In Hobbes and St John deply read
Last Line:
Overthrow like Lisbon your Augusta's walls
DMI number:
26125

17. Jenny having been defiled

First Line:
Jenny having been defiled
Last Line:
As sober when we've done as she
DMI number:
17816

18. My friend Bilain as yesterday

First Line:
My friend Bilain as yesterday
Last Line:
I have 'em all they're lasting ware
DMI number:
9441

19. If at my years said he I turn one page

First Line:
If at my years said he I turn one page
Last Line:
So fortified we'll knock the monster down
DMI number:
27913

20. If each new moon my rustic maid

First Line:
If each new moon my rustic maid
Last Line:
More grateful than a hecatomb
Author:
William Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25603

21. If in the morn the chanter dares destroy

First Line:
If in the morn the chanter dares destroy
Last Line:
With uplift palms the very chanter bless
DMI number:
27914

22. If happiness with wisdom has its seat

First Line:
If happiness with wisdom has its seat
Last Line:
The way to bliss tis all I want to know
DMI number:
26802

23. Learned sir you're right for all engaged in sin

First Line:
Learned sir you're right for all engaged in sin
Last Line:
This doctrine to refute and strike me dumb
DMI number:
8973

24. Mistake not fathers read it once again

First Line:
Mistake not fathers read it once again
Last Line:
With sparks of lust the punished sinners breast
DMI number:
8919

25. Loved by and loving the best youth of Rome

First Line:
Loved by and loving the best youth of Rome
Last Line:
I'll come to thee if thou canst not return
DMI number:
35934

26. Of the gay Sylvan god that widely roves

First Line:
Of the gay Sylvan god that widely roves
Last Line:
The body those perused but these the mind
Author:
Samuel Croxall (Absolute)
DMI number:
23862

27. Replete with right great god thy judgments are

First Line:
Replete with right great god thy judgments are
Last Line:
Which by Christ's blood is not secured from all
DMI number:
26177

28. Sith both our age our sex and all do move

First Line:
Sith both our age our sex and all do move
Last Line:
To which I overcome subscribe with gladness
DMI number:
42023

29. That famed cross block at which the Jews did stumble

First Line:
That famed cross block at which the Jews did stumble
Last Line:
Then trembling sneaked away and hanged himself
DMI number:
40611

30. The pencil's glowing lines the painter's care

First Line:
The pencil's glowing lines the painter's care
Last Line:
The spiry flames which shoot through rolling smoke
Author:
Nicholas Amhurst (Confident)
DMI number:
24332

31. The prelate saw their fall with ghastful eyes

First Line:
The prelate saw their fall with ghastful eyes
Last Line:
Through the thronged doors at once both mauled and blest
DMI number:
27915

32. Those ills your ancestors have done

First Line:
Those ills your ancestors have done
Last Line:
With all the pains we take have skill enough to be
Author:
Wentworth Dillon (Absolute)
DMI number:
927

33. Three kings three things present the king of kings

First Line:
Three kings three things present the king of kings
Last Line:
By christ's good grace from falling sickness free
DMI number:
25067

34. To this come all the doctor's pious cares

First Line:
To this come all the doctor's pious cares
Last Line:
In paradise the joys of hell they taste
DMI number:
39958

35. What should I ask my friends which best would be

First Line:
What should I ask my friends which best would be
Last Line:
He left scorned Hamon to the vulgar rout
DMI number:
3658

36. When crowds each night are scorched in Naevia's fire

First Line:
When crowds each night are scorched in Naevia's fire
Last Line:
Pressed with that passion with that ardor kissed
DMI number:
17123

37. While in his double elbow chair

First Line:
While in his double elbow chair
Last Line:
His words are articles of faith
DMI number:
9440

38. Where charming airs from senseless stones rebound

First Line:
Where charming airs from senseless stones rebound
Last Line:
Had wished the author near Charibdis drowned
DMI number:
6414

39. Where Humber's streams divide the fruitful plain

First Line:
Where Humber's streams divide the fruitful plain
Last Line:
And that the churl was neither fool nor mad
Author:
Eustace Budgell (Confident)
DMI number:
18367

40. Whilst to the god my purple clusters flow

First Line:
Whilst to the god my purple clusters flow
Last Line:
Still may thy heavenly fire within this bosom glow
DMI number:
11733

41. Whoever thou art whom this fair statue charms

First Line:
Whoever thou art whom this fair statue charms
Last Line:
Whose shining scene with rich Hesperia vies
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
8278

42. With breasts laid out why should I shambles tempt

First Line:
With breasts laid out why should I shambles tempt
Last Line:
It's held unlawful to buy flesh in lent
DMI number:
5643

43. Ye nymphs of Solyma begin the song

First Line:
Ye nymphs of Solyma begin the song
Last Line:
Thy realm for ever lasts thy own messiah reigns
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
7154

44. Ye sons of Israel once Heaven's favourite care

First Line:
Ye sons of Israel once Heaven's favourite care
Last Line:
How perished these dread thunderbolts of war
DMI number:
24331