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1. Above that bridge which lofty turrets crown

First Line:
Above that bridge which lofty turrets crown
Last Line:
Boast safely challenge either Rome or Greece
Author:
Charles Hopkins (Confident)
DMI number:
4047

2. Apollo touch your lyre and golden strings

First Line:
Apollo touch your lyre and golden strings
Last Line:
To make our hero like the gods divine
DMI number:
11942

3. Art come sweet prince wilt once more deign to cheer

First Line:
Art come sweet prince wilt once more deign to cheer
Last Line:
And all but regicides thy praise resound
DMI number:
43166

4. Auspicious prince | Blessed be the hour and sacred be the light

First Line:
Auspicious prince | Blessed be the hour and sacred be the light
Last Line:
Mayst thou augment the number of the blessed
DMI number:
42845

5. Break sacred morn on our expecting isle

First Line:
Break sacred morn on our expecting isle
Last Line:
As flints are struck before they show their fires
Author:
Edmund Waller (Speculation)
DMI number:
43018

6. Come then at last while anxious nations weep

First Line:
Come then at last while anxious nations weep
Last Line:
He dares to hazard both his life and crown
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
3718

7. Clad with the infant glories of the spring

First Line:
Clad with the infant glories of the spring
Last Line:
Whilst with two godlike souls our Albion's blessed
DMI number:
43164

8. Dread sir | Whose hand three mighty kingdoms sways

First Line:
Dread sir | Whose hand three mighty kingdoms sways
Last Line:
Gave him his niece and kept him for his guard
DMI number:
42818

9. Fly envious time why dost our bliss delay

First Line:
Fly envious time why dost our bliss delay
Last Line:
And thought on even to convert rebellion
Author:
John Phillips (Absolute)
DMI number:
43185

10. Folly and vice are easy to describe

First Line:
Folly and vice are easy to describe
Last Line:
But from the uncorrupted blood of kings
Author:
Wentworth Dillon (Absolute)
DMI number:
4153

11. From this auspicious day three kingdoms date

First Line:
From this auspicious day three kingdoms date
Last Line:
And golden plenty covers all the plain
Author:
Elijah Fenton (Absolute)
DMI number:
11994

12. Go best in all that's good we cannot bear

First Line:
Go best in all that's good we cannot bear
Last Line:
And all men sing vive le roi
DMI number:
43165

13. Great hero not of their low rank and name

First Line:
Great hero not of their low rank and name
Last Line:
Or that to its wished prize led on by you
DMI number:
42866

14. Great prince and so much greater as more wise

First Line:
Great prince and so much greater as more wise
Last Line:
To woods and groves what once the painter sings
Author:
Sir John Denham (Speculation) & Andrew Marvell (Confident)
DMI number:
3573

15. Great prince what glories does thy name deserve

First Line:
Great prince what glories does thy name deserve
Last Line:
And think it great enough in thee to have a share
DMI number:
42861

16. Great sir how shall I to your worth aspire

First Line:
Great sir how shall I to your worth aspire
Last Line:
Immortal work and whom you conquer save
DMI number:
42857

17. Great sir till now I with impatience stayed

First Line:
Great sir till now I with impatience stayed
Last Line:
His country's lasting best security
DMI number:
43163

18. Hail happy William thou art truly great

First Line:
Hail happy William thou art truly great
Last Line:
Those that oppose his reign must damn their souls
DMI number:
4962

19. Hail mighty prince this poem on you waits

First Line:
Hail mighty prince this poem on you waits
Last Line:
And with his impious blood Lutetia's plains manure
DMI number:
4930

20. Hail mighty prince whom heaven has designed

First Line:
Hail mighty prince whom heaven has designed
Last Line:
To herd with him that taught them their design
DMI number:
42214