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1. A prison or an isle are much the same

First Line:
A prison or an isle are much the same
Last Line:
That night is come the only time to rest
DMI number:
5983

2. A prison or the isle are much the same

First Line:
A prison or the isle are much the same
Last Line:
That night is come the only time to rest
DMI number:
43172

3. All hail omnipotence whose outstretched arm

First Line:
All hail omnipotence whose outstretched arm
Last Line:
In amity's soft pleasing gentle bands
DMI number:
40560

4. Among the worst of cowards let him be named

First Line:
Among the worst of cowards let him be named
Last Line:
Who having sinned ashamed to be afraid
DMI number:
33682

5. And did the omnipotent eternal mind

First Line:
And did the omnipotent eternal mind
Last Line:
And merit as before esteem and praise
DMI number:
24379

6. As the eternal and omniscient mind

First Line:
As the eternal and omniscient mind
Last Line:
And from the ruin raise a fairer frame
Author:
Samuel Boyse (Absolute)
DMI number:
30908

7. As from some level country's sheltered ground

First Line:
As from some level country's sheltered ground
Last Line:
And crown the paths of piety with peace
Author:
Samuel Boyse (Absolute)
DMI number:
30911

8. Away away thou ape of solid bliss

First Line:
Away away thou ape of solid bliss
Last Line:
He purchased for himself the overrated ball
DMI number:
43384

9. Be calm dear captain and serene

First Line:
Be calm dear captain and serene
Last Line:
So that we have not lived in vain
DMI number:
19587

10. Begin and half is done yet half undone remains

First Line:
Begin and half is done yet half undone remains
Last Line:
And things half done as good undone half oxen are but calves
DMI number:
49698

11. Behold yon new born infant grieved

First Line:
Behold yon new born infant grieved
Last Line:
What ill though asked deny
Author:
James Merrick (Absolute)
DMI number:
32284

12. Bodies never move till moved as all believe

First Line:
Bodies never move till moved as all believe
Last Line:
But how that mover moves he only knows
DMI number:
24405

13. By the blue taper's trembling light

First Line:
By the blue taper's trembling light
Last Line:
And mingle with the blaze of day
Author:
Thomas Parnell (Absolute)
DMI number:
21305

14. But oh adventurous muse restrain thy flight

First Line:
But oh adventurous muse restrain thy flight
Last Line:
He yields thee only what was thine before
Author:
Samuel Boyse (Absolute)
DMI number:
30913

15. Cease cease aspiring soul cease to extend

First Line:
Cease cease aspiring soul cease to extend
Last Line:
Again the phantom flies their vain embrace
DMI number:
19125

16. Come self reflecting thought

First Line:
Come self reflecting thought
Last Line:
But as supposed deceitful substances
DMI number:
6517

17. 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

18. 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

19. Could we our tempers move like this machine

First Line:
Could we our tempers move like this machine
Last Line:
And everlasting joy when time shall be no more
Author:
John Byrom (Absolute)
DMI number:
18097

20. Ere the foundations of the world were laid

First Line:
Ere the foundations of the world were laid
Last Line:
Ten thousand thousand rolling years are nought
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
8427

21. Death's steps are swift and yet no noise it makes

First Line:
Death's steps are swift and yet no noise it makes
Last Line:
Its hand unseen but yet most surely takes
DMI number:
33653

22. Far hence ye visionary charming maids

First Line:
Far hence ye visionary charming maids
Last Line:
And brave the bolt that lingered round its head
Author:
Samuel Boyse (Absolute)
DMI number:
30909

23. Farewell awhile to mortal things

First Line:
Farewell awhile to mortal things
Last Line:
Shall every grief defy
Author:
Mary Chandler (Absolute)
DMI number:
18302

24. For no man lives who always happy is

First Line:
For no man lives who always happy is
Last Line:
-
DMI number:
33634

25. Happy the former age to which each field

First Line:
Happy the former age to which each field
Last Line:
Where loss of blood and life is all the gain
DMI number:
43249

26. He that would choose a station so secure

First Line:
He that would choose a station so secure
Last Line:
Thou shalt the force of all its rage defeat
DMI number:
43248

27. Is there or do the schoolmen dream

First Line:
Is there or do the schoolmen dream
Last Line:
Whose strength a prosperous state
Author:
Robert Nugent (Absolute)
DMI number:
19675

28. In working well if travel you sustain

First Line:
In working well if travel you sustain
Last Line:
And noble virtues fair renown pursue
Author:
Nicholas Grimald (Absolute)
DMI number:
9085

29. It is not the silver or gold of its self

First Line:
It is not the silver or gold of its self
Last Line:
This makes you as merry as we that do sing
DMI number:
43296

30. 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

31. Look round thee man observe the planets roll

First Line:
Look round thee man observe the planets roll
Last Line:
Then be the boasted atheist if you can
DMI number:
38150

32. Love is a bauble

First Line:
Love is a bauble
Last Line:
They hang him and so let him go
DMI number:
44033

33. I shunned with caution the officious tale

First Line:
I shunned with caution the officious tale
Last Line:
False facts nor did I those I knew relate
DMI number:
33684

34. If justice now requires

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

35. If what you seek be rightly understood

First Line:
If what you seek be rightly understood
Last Line:
How envy can with such perfections dwell
DMI number:
19718

36. If fate so ordain

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

37. Let that arithmetician come

First Line:
Let that arithmetician come
Last Line:
Eternity still lives and still does but begin
DMI number:
23418

38. Man's rich with little were his judgment true

First Line:
Man's rich with little were his judgment true
Last Line:
On joys too thin to keep the soul alive
Author:
Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:
33714

39. Mistaken man 'tis all a cheat

First Line:
Mistaken man 'tis all a cheat
Last Line:
And fix thee above the reach of fate
DMI number:
19555

40. None lives in this tumultuous state of things

First Line:
None lives in this tumultuous state of things
Last Line:
Relieves the anguish or rewards the pain
Author:
John Pomfret (Absolute)
DMI number:
11803

41. Nature's extravaganzas I admire

First Line:
Nature's extravaganzas I admire
Last Line:
Wrecked and bewildered on an unknown shore
DMI number:
26749

42. 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

43. 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

44. Now the declining sun did downward bend

First Line:
Now the declining sun did downward bend
Last Line:
Struck with a virtuous Emulation
DMI number:
33652

45. No muses I implore their aid to bring

First Line:
No muses I implore their aid to bring
Last Line:
The world from nothing sprang from nothing started all
Author:
James Belsham (Absolute)
DMI number:
19655

46. O thou who when the almighty formed this all

First Line:
O thou who when the almighty formed this all
Last Line:
O grant me wisdom and I ask no more
Author:
Samuel Boyse (Absolute)
DMI number:
30910

47. O thou whose all creating hands sustain

First Line:
O thou whose all creating hands sustain
Last Line:
Our utmost bound and our eternal stay
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
8281

48. O solitude my sweetest choice

First Line:
O solitude my sweetest choice
Last Line:
From seeing and from serving thee
Author:
Katherine Philips (Absolute)
DMI number:
3819

49. O trifling toys that toss the brains

First Line:
O trifling toys that toss the brains
Last Line:
We loath the soul to save
DMI number:
49704

50. Of thick and thin light heavy dark and clear

First Line:
Of thick and thin light heavy dark and clear
Last Line:
He hallowed that and therein took his rest
DMI number:
44760

51. Pardon grave sages natures treasures

First Line:
Pardon grave sages natures treasures
Last Line:
Of nothing's nothing something for to make
DMI number:
5610

52. Returning morn composed my pensive lay

First Line:
Returning morn composed my pensive lay
Last Line:
Perfecting nature moral and divine
DMI number:
21769

53. Riot and guilt and wasting care

First Line:
Riot and guilt and wasting care
Last Line:
The calmness of his soul
DMI number:
33717

54. Since all mankind to happiness

First Line:
Since all mankind to happiness
Last Line:
The self same distance keeps
DMI number:
16174

55. Since all must certainly to death resign

First Line:
Since all must certainly to death resign
Last Line:
To reach the haven of eternal light
Author:
Sir Robert Howard (Absolute)
DMI number:
3854

56. Since earth and water more dilated air

First Line:
Since earth and water more dilated air
Last Line:
And falling floods proclaimed prevailing powers
Author:
Sir Robert Howard (Confident)
DMI number:
4036

57. The solitary bird of night

First Line:
The solitary bird of night
Last Line:
Is vanity and woe
Author:
Elizabeth Carter (Absolute)
DMI number:
21802

58. The winged fancies of the learned quill

First Line:
The winged fancies of the learned quill
Last Line:
At those delightful rivers to be stayed
Author:
Robert Chamberlain (Confident)
DMI number:
16608

59. Theron amongst his travels found

First Line:
Theron amongst his travels found
Last Line:
And tread on Caesars in the dirt
Author:
Isaac Watts (Speculation)
DMI number:
12094

60. This motley piece to you I send

First Line:
This motley piece to you I send
Last Line:
Life's voyage to the world unknown
Author:
Matthew Green (Absolute)
DMI number:
21318

61. Though time in haste for ever glides along

First Line:
Though time in haste for ever glides along
Last Line:
We may be negligent but we must die
DMI number:
33487

62. Though Madam Money look both brisk and gay

First Line:
Though Madam Money look both brisk and gay
Last Line:
But that pecuniae obediunt omnia
DMI number:
43297

63. Through the unmeasurable tracts of space

First Line:
Through the unmeasurable tracts of space
Last Line:
Whose sight pervades whose knowledge fills the whole
Author:
Samuel Boyse (Absolute)
DMI number:
30907

64. Thus like a sailor by a tempest hurled

First Line:
Thus like a sailor by a tempest hurled
Last Line:
And nature's lavish hand supplies their wants
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
5562

65. 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

66. Tis best the middle way to keep

First Line:
Tis best the middle way to keep
Last Line:
Contract your sails nor trust the wind
Author:
William Oldisworth (Speculation)
DMI number:
12103

67. Tis but a little space we have

First Line:
Tis but a little space we have
Last Line:
Bemoan his loss who pities us
DMI number:
44602

68. Tired nature's sweet restorer balmy sleep

First Line:
Tired nature's sweet restorer balmy sleep
Last Line:
I roll their raptures but not catch their flames
Author:
Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:
30915

69. Tis pleasant safely to behold from shore

First Line:
Tis pleasant safely to behold from shore
Last Line:
Their beams abroad and bring the darksome soul to day
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
3958

70. Virtue's a joy that will for ever last

First Line:
Virtue's a joy that will for ever last
Last Line:
For then they urge our terrors and increase our pain
DMI number:
33718

71. Wearied with hopes and vain complaints

First Line:
Wearied with hopes and vain complaints
Last Line:
But calmly for it wait
DMI number:
33692

72. What signifies to man that he from heaven

First Line:
What signifies to man that he from heaven
Last Line:
If like the brutes irrational he acts
DMI number:
33657

73. What path of life by man is trod | without rejoicing at the road

First Line:
What path of life by man is trod | without rejoicing at the road
Last Line:
The wise this choice would never try | or not to live or soon to die
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
15930

74. What path of life by man is trod | without repenting at the road

First Line:
What path of life by man is trod | without repenting at the road
Last Line:
The wise this only choice would try | or not to live or soon to die
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
15928

75. What has this bugbear death to frighten man

First Line:
What has this bugbear death to frighten man
Last Line:
As he who died a thousand years ago
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
3914

76. What's soon obtained we nauseously receive

First Line:
What's soon obtained we nauseously receive
Last Line:
And absent pleasures only do admire
Author:
William Burnaby (Speculation)
DMI number:
9679

77. When love with unconfined wings

First Line:
When love with unconfined wings
Last Line:
Enjoy such libertie
Author:
Richard Lovelace (Absolute)
DMI number:
37469

78. When real blessings are to men denied

First Line:
When real blessings are to men denied
Last Line:
And when death strikes despise the transient blow
Author:
Nicholas Amhurst (Absolute)
DMI number:
22542

79. Where wit is over-ruled by will

First Line:
Where wit is over-ruled by will
Last Line:
Where fond desire as king doth reign
DMI number:
49680

80. Whilst anxious mortals strive in vain

First Line:
Whilst anxious mortals strive in vain
Last Line:
The fountain and the stream
DMI number:
11273

81. Who that from Alpine heights his labouring eye

First Line:
Who that from Alpine heights his labouring eye
Last Line:
That murmurs at his feet
Author:
Mark Akenside (Absolute)
DMI number:
36696

82. Ye seraphs who God's throne incircling still

First Line:
Ye seraphs who God's throne incircling still
Last Line:
Death shall expire and sin defile no more
Author:
Samuel Boyse (Absolute)
DMI number:
30912