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1. Ah me how little knows the human heart

First Line:
Ah me how little knows the human heart
Last Line:
And peace and plenty cheer the smiling plains
DMI number:
31937

2. All hail thou pleasing cheerful morn

First Line:
All hail thou pleasing cheerful morn
Last Line:
And bless thy happy reign
DMI number:
33478

3. All hail to him who sits on high

First Line:
All hail to him who sits on high
Last Line:
Be glory honour love and praise
Author:
Samuel Whyte (Absolute)
DMI number:
33794

4. All hail ye curls that ranged in reverend row

First Line:
All hail ye curls that ranged in reverend row
Last Line:
Beneath the liceat of an humble Bob
DMI number:
26592

5. Alas with swift and silent pace

First Line:
Alas with swift and silent pace
Last Line:
And every bliss in wine shall meet
Author:
John Hawkesworth (Absolute) & Samuel Johnson (Speculation)
DMI number:
30679

6. At this unwonted hour behold

First Line:
At this unwonted hour behold
Last Line:
Of heavens free vast benevolence to man
DMI number:
32859

7. Awake awake my silent lyre

First Line:
Awake awake my silent lyre
Last Line:
And spend eternity in praising thee
DMI number:
33089

8. Behold the snow in pompous pride

First Line:
Behold the snow in pompous pride
Last Line:
When where and how to meet again
DMI number:
10023

9. Beneath my humble roof no gold

First Line:
Beneath my humble roof no gold
Last Line:
And endless rest bestows
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25543

10. Caesar like Hercules in Spain

First Line:
Caesar like Hercules in Spain
Last Line:
Nor could I then such treatment bear
DMI number:
25593

11. Bring me nymphs the laughing bowl

First Line:
Bring me nymphs the laughing bowl
Last Line:
Ever can force the heat of love
Author:
Edward Burnaby Greene (Speculation) & Anacreon (Absolute)
DMI number:
31428

12. Come Anacreon drunken priest

First Line:
Come Anacreon drunken priest
Last Line:
Pleasure wafts the notes around
DMI number:
15415

13. Come lovely gentle peace of mind

First Line:
Come lovely gentle peace of mind
Last Line:
The pledge of heaven shall make me blessed
DMI number:
32399

14. Descend sweet peace and gild the year

First Line:
Descend sweet peace and gild the year
Last Line:
Where peace forsakes the mind
DMI number:
34447

15. Enough of raptured fancy's trivial lays

First Line:
Enough of raptured fancy's trivial lays
Last Line:
Who shed for guilty mortals streams of blood
DMI number:
38200

16. Down genius down nor let one glimmering spark

First Line:
Down genius down nor let one glimmering spark
Last Line:
Your praise I scorn your censure O my eye | Betty Martin
DMI number:
26800

17. Delia thou dear coquette attend

First Line:
Delia thou dear coquette attend
Last Line:
And on that bosom to expire
DMI number:
33264

18. Downy peace extend thy pinions

First Line:
Downy peace extend thy pinions
Last Line:
Lest excess should drown the soul
DMI number:
20482

19. Dreaming Sophists learned fools

First Line:
Dreaming Sophists learned fools
Last Line:
Did but glitter and expire
DMI number:
19416

20. Faunus still fond to chase the train

First Line:
Faunus still fond to chase the train
Last Line:
But thrice the ground in gambols treads
DMI number:
25598

21. Fair crystal fount whose peaceful bed

First Line:
Fair crystal fount whose peaceful bed
Last Line:
In silence steals away
DMI number:
32229

22. From all the busy scenes of men retired

First Line:
From all the busy scenes of men retired
Last Line:
To general good all things in nature tend
DMI number:
31179

23. Friendship peculiar boon of heaven

First Line:
Friendship peculiar boon of heaven
Last Line:
Shall aid our happiness above
Author:
Samuel Johnson (Absolute)
DMI number:
32397

24. From mountains of eternal snow

First Line:
From mountains of eternal snow
Last Line:
With unextinguished heat
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
32125

25. Hail fair Ierne parent of the lyre

First Line:
Hail fair Ierne parent of the lyre
Last Line:
And royal beauties grace the ambitious lay
Author:
Samuel Whyte (Speculation)
DMI number:
33795

26. Happy man the gods outvying

First Line:
Happy man the gods outvying
Last Line:
Now I pant oh now expire
Author:
George Jeffreys (Absolute)
DMI number:
15453

27. Happy the man whose wish and care

First Line:
Happy the man whose wish and care
Last Line:
Tell where I lie
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
17617

28. Happy the place whose peaceful plains

First Line:
Happy the place whose peaceful plains
Last Line:
And wish to live and die unknown
DMI number:
26154

29. He comes he comes in every vein

First Line:
He comes he comes in every vein
Last Line:
These kind physicians quell
Author:
Edward Burnaby Greene (Speculation)
DMI number:
31465

30. How happy he who free from care

First Line:
How happy he who free from care
Last Line:
Steal from the world and not a stone | Tell where I lie
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
8253

31. How vain are guards when guilty fear

First Line:
How vain are guards when guilty fear
Last Line:
Still waits upon the guilty head
DMI number:
31357

32. I envy not the proud their wealth

First Line:
I envy not the proud their wealth
Last Line:
And crown with peace my hours
DMI number:
22985

33. Lo the rich casket's attic dome

First Line:
Lo the rich casket's attic dome
Last Line:
With Bladud's healing streams
Author:
Richard Graves (Absolute)
DMI number:
22188

34. Let timid guilt with dastard dread

First Line:
Let timid guilt with dastard dread
Last Line:
Though thunders roll around
DMI number:
31178

35. My friend through life's uneven tide

First Line:
My friend through life's uneven tide
Last Line:
When fortune breaths her kindest gale
DMI number:
32237

36. Kind friend with whom I sip and smoke

First Line:
Kind friend with whom I sip and smoke
Last Line:
Procure a nap though never so tipsy
DMI number:
5942

37. Now Bacchus rushes in my breast

First Line:
Now Bacchus rushes in my breast
Last Line:
The stroke be given by wine
Author:
Edward Burnaby Greene (Speculation)
DMI number:
31432

38. Now see my goddess earthly born

First Line:
Now see my goddess earthly born
Last Line:
I'll scorn the scorn of all the wise
DMI number:
29008

39. No more the feeble lyre persuade

First Line:
No more the feeble lyre persuade
Last Line:
The easy ravished bliss
DMI number:
16632

40. O thou whose power does all events control

First Line:
O thou whose power does all events control
Last Line:
Since thou the great vicegerent art of god
DMI number:
31174

41. O solemn midnight sacred hour

First Line:
O solemn midnight sacred hour
Last Line:
They shock each listening ear
DMI number:
31189

42. Of woods and mountains guardian-maid

First Line:
Of woods and mountains guardian-maid
Last Line:
Of a young boar that aims a sidelong wound
DMI number:
25602

43. Oh what meaneth my sorrowful heart

First Line:
Oh what meaneth my sorrowful heart
Last Line:
And reproach which you cannot forego
DMI number:
35364

44. Parent of blooming flowers and gay desires

First Line:
Parent of blooming flowers and gay desires
Last Line:
Can warm my heart to gladness and to love
Author:
George Lyttelton (Absolute)
DMI number:
22314

45. Painter thy matchless art prepare

First Line:
Painter thy matchless art prepare
Last Line:
For sure the living draught will speak
DMI number:
32240

46. Say fair content loved goddess say

First Line:
Say fair content loved goddess say
Last Line:
Can greet it with a smile
DMI number:
27098

47. Rome your forefathers sins you'll rue

First Line:
Rome your forefathers sins you'll rue
Last Line:
And shall yet leave a more degenerate breed
DMI number:
41839

48. Silence thou gentle nurse of thought

First Line:
Silence thou gentle nurse of thought
Last Line:
And only hear and learn
DMI number:
32398

49. Shook from the evening's fragrant wings

First Line:
Shook from the evening's fragrant wings
Last Line:
Soon each gay form decays
Author:
James Beattie (Absolute)
DMI number:
33706

50. See see my friend the fleeting years

First Line:
See see my friend the fleeting years
Last Line:
Shall riot over our grave
DMI number:
22140