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1. A monument on stable base

First Line:
A monument on stable base
Last Line:
The laurel wreath that decks Apollo's head
DMI number:
25609

2. A pleasant spring doth rise within my grove

First Line:
A pleasant spring doth rise within my grove
Last Line:
That none but lovers and the muses know
DMI number:
42112

3. All gloomy thoughts and pining care

First Line:
All gloomy thoughts and pining care
Last Line:
In sacred harmony combine
DMI number:
21069

4. Alas how swift the crowding minutes pass

First Line:
Alas how swift the crowding minutes pass
Last Line:
Of glutton priests when they their solemn feasts profess
DMI number:
3900

5. Ah friend the posting years how fast they fly

First Line:
Ah friend the posting years how fast they fly
Last Line:
Shall flow and make the drunken pavement shine
Author:
John Potenger (Absolute)
DMI number:
917

6. As the young eagle that Joves thunder bears

First Line:
As the young eagle that Joves thunder bears
Last Line:
Their prudence will an easy triumph gain
DMI number:
41851

7. As Paris ploughed the watery plain

First Line:
As Paris ploughed the watery plain
Last Line:
And then thy flames of love shall end in flames of fire
DMI number:
893

8. As faithless Paris ploughed his liquid way

First Line:
As faithless Paris ploughed his liquid way
Last Line:
And Ilium whelmed beneath a flood of fire
DMI number:
16966

9. Away away fond fool what dost thou sigh

First Line:
Away away fond fool what dost thou sigh
Last Line:
Between their banks 'tis such a one is fit for me
DMI number:
42067

10. Be calm my Delius and serene

First Line:
Be calm my Delius and serene
Last Line:
Never never more
DMI number:
904

11. Blessed be those powers above those deities

First Line:
Blessed be those powers above those deities
Last Line:
And give him thousand kisses for his welcome home
DMI number:
42071

12. Blessed is the man whose virtuous care

First Line:
Blessed is the man whose virtuous care
Last Line:
And spite of all the world is truly great
DMI number:
6545

13. Bounteous Maecenas royal by descent

First Line:
Bounteous Maecenas royal by descent
Last Line:
I'll soar above the breath of vulgar praise
Author:
Philip Horneck (Confident)
DMI number:
881

14. Boy take away my gown I hate those shows

First Line:
Boy take away my gown I hate those shows
Last Line:
About with it while a catch we sing
DMI number:
42073

15. 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

16. Behold yon mountain's hoary height

First Line:
Behold yon mountain's hoary height
Last Line:
These these are joys the gods for youth ordain
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
890

17. Bright Venus Covent Garden's queen

First Line:
Bright Venus Covent Garden's queen
Last Line:
Is but a power to tease
DMI number:
33084

18. Caught in a storm the frightened merchant prays

First Line:
Caught in a storm the frightened merchant prays
Last Line:
Not fearing censure if you deign to praise
DMI number:
38436

19. Conquered with soft and pleasing charms

First Line:
Conquered with soft and pleasing charms
Last Line:
Shall lie like us despised
DMI number:
884

20. Dear Jenny to confess my mind

First Line:
Dear Jenny to confess my mind
Last Line:
As love and I desire
DMI number:
33104

21. Descended of an ancient line

First Line:
Descended of an ancient line
Last Line:
And see the storm ashore
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
935

22. Eternally from clouds the rain

First Line:
Eternally from clouds the rain
Last Line:
And Caesar's prowess own
DMI number:
31200

23. Excellent poetry whose noble flight

First Line:
Excellent poetry whose noble flight
Last Line:
Read an hic iacet corpus or an o rare Ben
DMI number:
42097

24. Fit for the girls in Venus' cause

First Line:
Fit for the girls in Venus' cause
Last Line:
Once tap proud Chloe with up-lifted wand
DMI number:
25606

25. Friend Will never think it to thy shame

First Line:
Friend Will never think it to thy shame
Last Line:
Am turned of forty four
DMI number:
1536

26. For quiet Yorke the sailor cries

First Line:
For quiet Yorke the sailor cries
Last Line:
I mean that aren't freeholders
Author:
Soame Jenyns (Absolute)
DMI number:
20407

27. Fond lad who in thy youthful bloom

First Line:
Fond lad who in thy youthful bloom
Last Line:
Or being now old couldst but be young again
DMI number:
42142

28. God whose revenge for boasts the crew

First Line:
God whose revenge for boasts the crew
Last Line:
Did feasts reduce
Author:
Barten Holyday (Speculation)
DMI number:
42135

29. Hail gentle cask whose venerable head

First Line:
Hail gentle cask whose venerable head
Last Line:
Your beams shall yield to none but his who brings the day
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
3829

30. He on whose birth the lyric queen

First Line:
He on whose birth the lyric queen
Last Line:
O Goddess is thy gift alone
Author:
Francis Atterbury (Absolute)
DMI number:
15913

31. He that in verse would to the world declare

First Line:
He that in verse would to the world declare
Last Line:
New life to him that was a-dying just before
DMI number:
42087

32. Hence slavish fear thy Stygian wings display

First Line:
Hence slavish fear thy Stygian wings display
Last Line:
And guarded by the gods of love and poetry
Author:
John Hughes (Absolute)
DMI number:
898

33. Hence ye prophane I hate ye all

First Line:
Hence ye prophane I hate ye all
Last Line:
Much will be wanting still and much will be amiss
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
24459

34. How long deluded Albion wilt thou lie

First Line:
How long deluded Albion wilt thou lie
Last Line:
And Europe is redeemed and William reigns
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
8377

35. How shall the senate how the people's care

First Line:
How shall the senate how the people's care
Last Line:
While thirst of blood no more his savage vengeance charms
DMI number:
25631

36. Long have my prayers slow heaven assailed

First Line:
Long have my prayers slow heaven assailed
Last Line:
End with a stink at last and vanish into night
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
943

37. Licinius if you would obtain

First Line:
Licinius if you would obtain
Last Line:
Too fondly court the prosperous gale
DMI number:
22100

38. Licinius would you learn from me

First Line:
Licinius would you learn from me
Last Line:
The prudent pilot show
DMI number:
913

39. Much will always wanting be

First Line:
Much will always wanting be
Last Line:
With sparing hand enough but just enough has given
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
6026

40. 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

41. My lord great commoner no more

First Line:
My lord great commoner no more
Last Line:
The Pitt and upper gallery
DMI number:
31127

42. I pray sir with me to my chamber go

First Line:
I pray sir with me to my chamber go
Last Line:
Come go and we'll be merry
DMI number:
42050

43. I that have seldom worshipped heaven

First Line:
I that have seldom worshipped heaven
Last Line:
Yet this blind mortals fortune call
Author:
Sir Richard Fanshawe (Absolute)
DMI number:
42068

44. Iccius thou now the Arabs dost envy

First Line:
Iccius thou now the Arabs dost envy
Last Line:
With promise to thyself of better state
DMI number:
42062

45. Let mercenary souls with endless pain

First Line:
Let mercenary souls with endless pain
Last Line:
Glanced at the feathered or the footed game
DMI number:
22143

46. Lyce at length my vows are heard

First Line:
Lyce at length my vows are heard
Last Line:
Still lives the public scorn
Author:
Richard Roderick (Absolute)
DMI number:
23511

47. Lyce the gods have heard my prayer

First Line:
Lyce the gods have heard my prayer
Last Line:
Shot such resistless flames to ashes turned
DMI number:
3951

48. Never dear Faz torment thy brain

First Line:
Never dear Faz torment thy brain
Last Line:
God send them all much wiser
Author:
Sir Charles Hanbury Williams (Speculation) & William Pulteney (Absolute)
DMI number:
19525

49. O born to do thy country good

First Line:
O born to do thy country good
Last Line:
And may thy fortune know no end
DMI number:
48

50. O born when heavens propitious deigned to smile

First Line:
O born when heavens propitious deigned to smile
Last Line:
And these our sunset vows when we full bumpers take
Author:
William Pittis (Speculation)
DMI number:
5472

51. Now ice forming winter is melted away

First Line:
Now ice forming winter is melted away
Last Line:
When we're dead we shall drink no such liquor as this
DMI number:
25930

52. No more the feeble lyre persuade

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

53. Observe how calmly warm my friend

First Line:
Observe how calmly warm my friend
Last Line:
Be gay in private with applause
DMI number:
25630

54. O ship shall new waves again bear thee to sea

First Line:
O ship shall new waves again bear thee to sea
Last Line:
Of the changeable shoals where the Rhine meets the Main
Author:
Isaac Hawkins Browne (Absolute)
DMI number:
22480

55. O whither am I hurried god of wine

First Line:
O whither am I hurried god of wine
Last Line:
We follow wheresoever thy inspiration leads
DMI number:
3837

56. Oh my dear flask of mine own year

First Line:
Oh my dear flask of mine own year
Last Line:
Till morning sun shall come himself and shine
DMI number:
41844

57. Once more the queen of love invades my breast

First Line:
Once more the queen of love invades my breast
Last Line:
Over woods and plains and seas the scornful maid pursue
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
3830

58. Pyrrha what slender youth reclined

First Line:
Pyrrha what slender youth reclined
Last Line:
To the great power that rules the main
DMI number:
31194

59. 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

60. See with precipitated course

First Line:
See with precipitated course
Last Line:
By thy triumphant worthier son
DMI number:
31514

61. 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

62. See madam see how your poor lover lies

First Line:
See madam see how your poor lover lies
Last Line:
These heats and colds of love for ever thus endure
DMI number:
42109

63. So sweetly seated is my country farm

First Line:
So sweetly seated is my country farm
Last Line:
The noise and quarrels which in taverns are
DMI number:
42047

64. Since my own artless and unpracticed muse

First Line:
Since my own artless and unpracticed muse
Last Line:
Of the Venusian never dying swain
DMI number:
3836

65. So you my friend at last are caught

First Line:
So you my friend at last are caught
Last Line:
For Drury Lane St Mary's
DMI number:
26625

66. Sleep is a god too proud to wait in palaces

First Line:
Sleep is a god too proud to wait in palaces
Last Line:
Tis not enough he must find quiet too
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
5654

67. Strive not Leuconoe to know what end

First Line:
Strive not Leuconoe to know what end
Last Line:
This day's thine own the next may be denied
Author:
Sir Thomas Hawkins (Absolute)
DMI number:
8558

68. The cruel mother of desire

First Line:
The cruel mother of desire
Last Line:
I'll sacrifice and get the fair
DMI number:
11822

69. The man resolved and steady to his trust

First Line:
The man resolved and steady to his trust
Last Line:
And stand secure amidst a falling world
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
25256

70. The man resolved and steady to his trust

First Line:
The man resolved and steady to his trust
Last Line:
And stand secure amidst the falling world
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
25222

71. The man resolved and steady to his trust

First Line:
The man resolved and steady to his trust
Last Line:
Forget their majesty and lose their sound
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
925

72. The man that dares his word maintain

First Line:
The man that dares his word maintain
Last Line:
And spoil a subject far above thy reach
DMI number:
41836

73. The man that's resolute and just

First Line:
The man that's resolute and just
Last Line:
By mean ignoble verse
Author:
William Walsh (Absolute)
DMI number:
5497

74. The man with generous obstinacy warmed

First Line:
The man with generous obstinacy warmed
Last Line:
The sacred councils of the gods rehearse
DMI number:
31519

75. The minister that's brave and just

First Line:
The minister that's brave and just
Last Line:
At best is but profaning
DMI number:
23449

76. Then heaven has heard my prayers at last

First Line:
Then heaven has heard my prayers at last
Last Line:
Laugh at her snuff and triumph in her shame
DMI number:
44596

77. The snow is gone again the ground

First Line:
The snow is gone again the ground
Last Line:
To break Pirithous' adamantine chain
Author:
Elizabeth Tollet (Absolute)
DMI number:
2155

78. The snow is gone the grass returns

First Line:
The snow is gone the grass returns
Last Line:
From cold forgetfulness and death
DMI number:
42137

79. The snow with elemental chain

First Line:
The snow with elemental chain
Last Line:
And burst the solid chain
DMI number:
31518

80. Thee gentle spring I ever will praise

First Line:
Thee gentle spring I ever will praise
Last Line:
With equal years and wisdom crowned
DMI number:
17827

81. The weary sailor calls for ease

First Line:
The weary sailor calls for ease
Last Line:
And eye the great with careless eyes
Author:
James Macpherson (Absolute)
DMI number:
25904

82. The wicked men a journey make

First Line:
The wicked men a journey make
Last Line:
One part of the world shall bear Europa's name
DMI number:
41850

83. The winter melts away the spring takes place

First Line:
The winter melts away the spring takes place
Last Line:
For whom a thousand virgins soon shall pine
Author:
William Oldisworth (Speculation)
DMI number:
12111

84. Thou wife of Ibycus the poor

First Line:
Thou wife of Ibycus the poor
Last Line:
Grown old and bending to the tomb
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25594

85. 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

86. Thou sweet-tongued god the son of Jove and May

First Line:
Thou sweet-tongued god the son of Jove and May
Last Line:
Officious both to gods above and devils in hell
DMI number:
42040

87. Tis done I tower to that degree

First Line:
Tis done I tower to that degree
Last Line:
And deck with hood my shoulders
Author:
Christopher Smart (Absolute)
DMI number:
25610

88. Thy miss alas is yet too young

First Line:
Thy miss alas is yet too young
Last Line:
For beauty he could nothing be to her
DMI number:
42078

89. To sing of wars when I aspire

First Line:
To sing of wars when I aspire
Last Line:
Of beauty's queen our songs shall grace
Author:
William Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25632

90. We barbarously call those blessed

First Line:
We barbarously call those blessed
Last Line:
And seal their country's love with their departing breath
Author:
George Stepney (Absolute)
DMI number:
5939

91. We must all live and we would all live well

First Line:
We must all live and we would all live well
Last Line:
To use good fortune and to bear our ill
DMI number:
912

92. What boys are ye mad is the Dutch devil in ye

First Line:
What boys are ye mad is the Dutch devil in ye
Last Line:
Use thy freedom to night man let the punk reign tomorrow
Author:
Thomas Brown (Confident)
DMI number:
42598

93. What essenced youth of beds of roses laid

First Line:
What essenced youth of beds of roses laid
Last Line:
My bliss secure and peace restored again
DMI number:
22084

94. What flood O Deva may with thine compare

First Line:
What flood O Deva may with thine compare
Last Line:
Through seas Vergivian to immortal fame
DMI number:
24442

95. What honours Lyde shall we pay

First Line:
What honours Lyde shall we pay
Last Line:
Revives and favouring night shall close our strain
DMI number:
25608

96. When blurred the canopy of night

First Line:
When blurred the canopy of night
Last Line:
The rabble and the knave of state
DMI number:
31515

97. When faithless Paris through the yielding sea

First Line:
When faithless Paris through the yielding sea
Last Line:
The Grecian's haughty rage and murdering steel
DMI number:
5467

98. When loud the blustering tempest roars

First Line:
When loud the blustering tempest roars
Last Line:
With soul superior to the crowd
DMI number:
24555

99. When Paris with the spartan bride

First Line:
When Paris with the spartan bride
Last Line:
And Troy shall burn with grecian flames
DMI number:
26719

100. When stormy winds begin to rise

First Line:
When stormy winds begin to rise
Last Line:
Either the vulgars' hatred or their love
DMI number:
920