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1. A being darkly wise and rudely great

First Line:
A being darkly wise and rudely great
Last Line:
The glory jest and riddle of the world
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28217

2. And yet the wholesome herb neglected dies

First Line:
And yet the wholesome herb neglected dies
Last Line:
From stage to stage the vital scale ascends
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
33732

3. Behold the foremost band of slender thought

First Line:
Behold the foremost band of slender thought
Last Line:
As to the lettered sage's curious eye
Author:
Mark Akenside (Absolute)
DMI number:
31460

4. By what fine ties hath God connected things

First Line:
By what fine ties hath God connected things
Last Line:
Cheers his long labours and renews his frame
Author:
Mark Akenside (Absolute)
DMI number:
31461

5. But errs not nature from this gracious end

First Line:
But errs not nature from this gracious end
Last Line:
And nature deviates how can man do less
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28216

6. Climb at court for me that will

First Line:
Climb at court for me that will
Last Line:
An old honest country-man
Author:
Andrew Marvell (Absolute)
DMI number:
33659

7. Cold death my heart invades my life doth fly

First Line:
Cold death my heart invades my life doth fly
Last Line:
Therefore with joy resign thy dying breath
DMI number:
33635

8. Count all the advantage prosperous vice attains

First Line:
Count all the advantage prosperous vice attains
Last Line:
Tis but what virtue flies from and disdains
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
33766

9. Ere the radiant sun

First Line:
Ere the radiant sun
Last Line:
To lead the train of Phoebus and the spring
Author:
Mark Akenside (Absolute)
DMI number:
31456

10. For him alone hope leads from goal to goal

First Line:
For him alone hope leads from goal to goal
Last Line:
Are given in vain but what they seek they find
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28212

11. For what one likes if others like as well

First Line:
For what one likes if others like as well
Last Line:
All join to guard what each desires to gain
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28238

12. For since the course

First Line:
For since the course
Last Line:
Stole first into the mind
Author:
Mark Akenside (Absolute)
DMI number:
31459

13. Go wondrous creature mount where science guides

First Line:
Go wondrous creature mount where science guides
Last Line:
Then drop into thyself and be a fool
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28218

14. God is that spring of good supreme and best

First Line:
God is that spring of good supreme and best
Last Line:
The bad meet punishment the good reward
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
28214

15. Grant that the powerful still the weak control

First Line:
Grant that the powerful still the weak control
Last Line:
For more his pleasure yet for more his pride
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28231

16. Heaven from all creatures hides the book of fate

First Line:
Heaven from all creatures hides the book of fate
Last Line:
Or who could suffer being here below
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
33629

17. Heaven to mankind impartial we confess

First Line:
Heaven to mankind impartial we confess
Last Line:
One common blessing as one common soul
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28352

18. In times overgrown with rust and ignorance

First Line:
In times overgrown with rust and ignorance
Last Line:
And saved himself as cheap as ever he could
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
28237

19. In reasoning pride my friend our error lies

First Line:
In reasoning pride my friend our error lies
Last Line:
The whispering zephyr and the purling rill
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28206

20. Inhabitant of earth to whom is given

First Line:
Inhabitant of earth to whom is given
Last Line:
For ever nearer to the life divine
Author:
Mark Akenside (Absolute)
DMI number:
31458

21. Long night will over all its darkness spread

First Line:
Long night will over all its darkness spread
Last Line:
And from the stroke of death there's none can fly
DMI number:
33630

22. More powerful each as needful to the rest

First Line:
More powerful each as needful to the rest
Last Line:
Beast man or angel servant lord or king
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28240

23. If justice now requires

First Line:
If justice now requires
Last Line:
And give to every man his due reward
DMI number:
33696

24. If fate so ordain

First Line:
If fate so ordain
Last Line:
Both good and bad are found amongst the great
DMI number:
33638

25. Man shall not quite be lost but saved who will

First Line:
Man shall not quite be lost but saved who will
Last Line:
And none but such from mercy I exclude
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
32720

26. Not prudence can defend or virtue save

First Line:
Not prudence can defend or virtue save
Last Line:
And sighs might sooner fail than cause to sigh
Author:
Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:
33599

27. O blest of heaven whom not the languid songs

First Line:
O blest of heaven whom not the languid songs
Last Line:
And form to his the relish of their souls
Author:
Mark Akenside (Absolute)
DMI number:
35229

28. Of man what see we but his station here

First Line:
Of man what see we but his station here
Last Line:
And drawn supports upheld by God or thee
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28204

29. Oh blest of heaven whom not the languid songs

First Line:
Oh blest of heaven whom not the languid songs
Last Line:
And form to his the relish of their souls
Author:
Mark Akenside (Absolute)
DMI number:
36951

30. Opinion gilds with varying rays

First Line:
Opinion gilds with varying rays
Last Line:
And not a vanity is given in vain
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28228

31. On their own axis as the planets run

First Line:
On their own axis as the planets run
Last Line:
And one regards itself and one the whole
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28244

32. Place me ye powers in some obscure retreat

First Line:
Place me ye powers in some obscure retreat
Last Line:
Worse is an evil fame much worse than none
Author:
George Granville (Absolute)
DMI number:
33660

33. Pleasures are ever in our hands or eyes

First Line:
Pleasures are ever in our hands or eyes
Last Line:
And all alike find reason on their side
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28221

34. Say what is taste but the internal powers

First Line:
Say what is taste but the internal powers
Last Line:
Such and so various are the tastes of men
Author:
Mark Akenside (Absolute)
DMI number:
34988

35. See anger zeal and fortitude supply

First Line:
See anger zeal and fortitude supply
Last Line:
But what will grow on pride or grow on shame
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28222

36. See him from nature rising slow to art

First Line:
See him from nature rising slow to art
Last Line:
A prince the father of a people made
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
37177

37. See him from nature rising slow to art

First Line:
See him from nature rising slow to art
Last Line:
Be crowned as monarchs or as gods adored
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28234

38. See matter next with various life endued

First Line:
See matter next with various life endued
Last Line:
They rise they break and to that sea return
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28230

39. Superior beings when of late they saw

First Line:
Superior beings when of late they saw
Last Line:
What reason weaves by passion is undone
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28219

40. Some few whose lamp shone brighter have been led

First Line:
Some few whose lamp shone brighter have been led
Last Line:
For what could fathom God were more than he
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
28205

41. Such is the world's great harmony that springs

First Line:
Such is the world's great harmony that springs
Last Line:
To serve not suffer strengthen not invade
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28213

42. The attentive mind | By this harmonious action on her powers

First Line:
The attentive mind | By this harmonious action on her powers
Last Line:
A chaster milder more attractive mien
Author:
Mark Akenside (Absolute)
DMI number:
36695

43. That counterworks each folly and caprice

First Line:
That counterworks each folly and caprice
Last Line:
To kings' presumption and to crowds' belief
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28226

44. That if the Gentiles whom no law inspired

First Line:
That if the Gentiles whom no law inspired
Last Line:
And by their conscience be condemned or freed
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
28224

45. The learned are happy nature to explore

First Line:
The learned are happy nature to explore
Last Line:
Supremely blessed the poet in his muse
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28229

46. Thou first great cause least understood

First Line:
Thou first great cause least understood
Last Line:
Let free the human will
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28618

47. Thus nature gives us let it check our pride

First Line:
Thus nature gives us let it check our pride
Last Line:
And makes a patriot as it makes a knave
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28038

48. Thus with a faithful aim have we presumed

First Line:
Thus with a faithful aim have we presumed
Last Line:
To guard the sacred volume of the law
Author:
Mark Akenside (Absolute)
DMI number:
31457

49. Tis liberty alone that gives the flower

First Line:
Tis liberty alone that gives the flower
Last Line:
The undiscoverable secret sleeps
Author:
William Cowper (Absolute)
DMI number:
38562

50. Tis thus the mercury of man is fixed

First Line:
Tis thus the mercury of man is fixed
Last Line:
And in one interest body acts with mind
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28223