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1. A fryar next to every female dear

First Line:
A fryar next to every female dear
Last Line:
A useful fryar and Hubert was his name
Author:
Thomas Betterton (Absolute)
DMI number:
18338

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 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

4. A Pardon-Monger last brought up the rear

First Line:
A Pardon-Monger last brought up the rear
Last Line:
Therefore he sung so cheerful and so loud
Author:
Thomas Betterton (Absolute)
DMI number:
18353

5. A parish priest was of the pilgrim train

First Line:
A parish priest was of the pilgrim train
Last Line:
And his new work as in Creation blessed
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
25487

6. A rigorous archdeacon whilom lived

First Line:
A rigorous archdeacon whilom lived
Last Line:
So faith sir Sumner you may go to hell
DMI number:
18410

7. 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

8. 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

9. Ardalio jeers and in his comic strains

First Line:
Ardalio jeers and in his comic strains
Last Line:
Strike courteous tyrant and conclude the play
Author:
Isaac Watts (Absolute)
DMI number:
25979

10. 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

11. Around on all at the narration gazed

First Line:
Around on all at the narration gazed
Last Line:
Small store of learned lumber fills my head
Author:
George Ogle (Absolute)
DMI number:
18361

12. Bacchus whither hurriest thou me

First Line:
Bacchus whither hurriest thou me
Last Line:
Thou with a garland crownest thy poet's brow
Author:
Alexander Brome (Absolute)
DMI number:
42124

13. Between the smooth descent of yonder hills

First Line:
Between the smooth descent of yonder hills
Last Line:
Till came from heaven the unfeared and unresisted stroke
Author:
John Hoadly (Speculation)
DMI number:
19727

14. 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

15. Both sin and death to our exceeding loss

First Line:
Both sin and death to our exceeding loss
Last Line:
Justice and life whereby we ransom find
DMI number:
41898

16. But while to bring about their great intent

First Line:
But while to bring about their great intent
Last Line:
Confound their army sink the cursed design
Author:
Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer] (Absolute)
DMI number:
4219

17. Come mighty father mighty lord

First Line:
Come mighty father mighty lord
Last Line:
Christ the great centre of our souls
Author:
Simon Patrick (Absolute)
DMI number:
10090

18. Come companions come away

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

19. Creator spirit by whose aid

First Line:
Creator spirit by whose aid
Last Line:
Eternal Paraclite to thee
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4110

20. Complain no more the soul where love's a guest

First Line:
Complain no more the soul where love's a guest
Last Line:
Blessed pledge of all the glorious things on high
DMI number:
7181

21. Equivocation of infernal kind

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

22. Enough my muse of earthly things

First Line:
Enough my muse of earthly things
Last Line:
That he will still require some waters to his blood
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Confident)
DMI number:
4105

23. Dismas the happy to repent though late

First Line:
Dismas the happy to repent though late
Last Line:
Was the unhappy that no mercy knew
DMI number:
42012

24. Famed father Adams learned to high degree

First Line:
Famed father Adams learned to high degree
Last Line:
A top divine card-and-inal was he
DMI number:
24147

25. 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

26. 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

27. 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

28. For Christ his spouse his cause and at Christ's tide

First Line:
For Christ his spouse his cause and at Christ's tide
Last Line:
Within Christ's temple Christ's true lover died
DMI number:
41953

29. 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

30. From slavish fear the dreadful gods arose

First Line:
From slavish fear the dreadful gods arose
Last Line:
Contend to multiply the brood of spurious deities
Author:
John Ayloffe (Confident)
DMI number:
9678

31. Gentle Diana goddess bright

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

32. Gentle river gentle river

First Line:
Gentle river gentle river
Last Line:
And without a groan expired
DMI number:
36922

33. Gibbons and wilt thou longer stay

First Line:
Gibbons and wilt thou longer stay
Last Line:
On starry plume to mortals given
DMI number:
26218

34. 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

35. Full of the godhead in his breast inshrined

First Line:
Full of the godhead in his breast inshrined
Last Line:
And these inspiring sounds to roman actions call
Author:
John Dennis (Absolute)
DMI number:
7139

36. Great God thy judgements we confess

First Line:
Great God thy judgements we confess
Last Line:
Of Jesus Christ thy son
DMI number:
14307

37. Great Jove this one petition

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

38. Grace rules below and sits enthroned above

First Line:
Grace rules below and sits enthroned above
Last Line:
Tinged in the vital stream of my redeemer's blood
Author:
Isaac Watts (Absolute)
DMI number:
25499

39. 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

40. 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

41. Here paused the friar to laugh at his own wit

First Line:
Here paused the friar to laugh at his own wit
Last Line:
But as you took my prologue take my tale
Author:
George Ogle (Absolute)
DMI number:
18366

42. Henry thy fame I here deplore

First Line:
Henry thy fame I here deplore
Last Line:
Your Henry was the church's head
DMI number:
17120

43. Here lies Aretine that poisonous toad

First Line:
Here lies Aretine that poisonous toad
Last Line:
And said for his excuse I do not know him
DMI number:
32153

44. How doubly sweet is Baville's air

First Line:
How doubly sweet is Baville's air
Last Line:
Nay what is worse a Jansenist
DMI number:
8980

45. 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

46. In thunder now the god his silence broke

First Line:
In thunder now the god his silence broke
Last Line:
And that thy one right hand can succour thee
Author:
Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer] (Absolute)
DMI number:
7193

47. 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

48. In doubt I lived

First Line:
In doubt I lived
Last Line:
What faith I lived or died in
DMI number:
11988

49. Joy man or maid to thee

First Line:
Joy man or maid to thee
Last Line:
Death where's thy sting
DMI number:
32405

50. Jenny having been defiled

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