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1. A patriot that so firmly stood

First Line:
A patriot that so firmly stood
Last Line:
Took peerage places and a pension
DMI number:
31128

2. After our royal king

First Line:
After our royal king
Last Line:
As you shall plainly read
DMI number:
36972

3. Against our bishops Henley raves

First Line:
Against our bishops Henley raves
Last Line:
A man to good behaviour
DMI number:
11075

4. Agreed we change the male I'm grown

First Line:
Agreed we change the male I'm grown
Last Line:
To lady Jemmy dwindles
DMI number:
24510

5. All Scotland may stare and all England may rail

First Line:
All Scotland may stare and all England may rail
Last Line:
When required in the administration
DMI number:
32174

6. Another patriot claims the votive strain

First Line:
Another patriot claims the votive strain
Last Line:
Breathes the pure aether of eternal day
DMI number:
36034

7. Apollo I will not implore

First Line:
Apollo I will not implore
Last Line:
Nor swallowed his worm powder
DMI number:
2646

8. Among these chiefs of British race

First Line:
Among these chiefs of British race
Last Line:
The structure was his own
Author:
Robert Nugent (Absolute)
DMI number:
22441

9. And now 'tis time for their officious haste

First Line:
And now 'tis time for their officious haste
Last Line:
Where piety and valour jointly go
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
3513

10. Amidst the more important toils of state

First Line:
Amidst the more important toils of state
Last Line:
The poor shall bless the day when Pitt was born
Author:
William Hayward Roberts (Absolute)
DMI number:
31264

11. As mariners that in a storm are tossed

First Line:
As mariners that in a storm are tossed
Last Line:
And all obediently her power own
DMI number:
10915

12. At Marlborough inn obliged to stop

First Line:
At Marlborough inn obliged to stop
Last Line:
Between death and destruction
DMI number:
31368

13. Begone complaints no more be heard

First Line:
Begone complaints no more be heard
Last Line:
And loving nations disunite
DMI number:
8441

14. Both make the public good thier plea

First Line:
Both make the public good thier plea
Last Line:
Both want the loaves and fishes
DMI number:
26966

15. By various paths the great ascend

First Line:
By various paths the great ascend
Last Line:
Restrained from fight he durst resign
DMI number:
18325

16. Britannia was sick for a doctor they sent

First Line:
Britannia was sick for a doctor they sent
Last Line:
And the patient be heard of no more
DMI number:
38123

17. Britons awake your country's cause

First Line:
Britons awake your country's cause
Last Line:
And choose right honest Knightley
DMI number:
24451

18. Britons where is your great magnanimity

First Line:
Britons where is your great magnanimity
Last Line:
And preserve a sinking land
DMI number:
24770

19. Charles's vigilance makes full amends for poor Stephen

First Line:
Charles's vigilance makes full amends for poor Stephen
Last Line:
He has three of them now in the stocks
DMI number:
37954

20. Cleveland thy ashes sure will rise

First Line:
Cleveland thy ashes sure will rise
Last Line:
Beg bread of your presbytery
DMI number:
43051

21. Come hither ye fools of the state

First Line:
Come hither ye fools of the state
Last Line:
Finds all he can wish in his glass
DMI number:
11787

22. Come let a cheerful glass go round

First Line:
Come let a cheerful glass go round
Last Line:
Next to the gods that gave her
DMI number:
5087

23. Corinna virtue's child and chaste

First Line:
Corinna virtue's child and chaste
Last Line:
For better and for worse
DMI number:
31312

24. Damon regardless of his flocks

First Line:
Damon regardless of his flocks
Last Line:
Protected by her charms
DMI number:
43221

25. Defend us from all popish plots

First Line:
Defend us from all popish plots
Last Line:
Find ignoramus too
DMI number:
44326

26. From a black cliff where bold Cornubia's shore

First Line:
From a black cliff where bold Cornubia's shore
Last Line:
Secure defiance from my chosen race
DMI number:
36423

27. Four shillings in the pound we see

First Line:
Four shillings in the pound we see
Last Line:
Thank him for leaving any
DMI number:
35955

28. From orchards of ample extent

First Line:
From orchards of ample extent
Last Line:
They'll loiter no longer behind
Author:
John Cunningham (Absolute)
DMI number:
30293

29. Give ear all good folks to my ditty

First Line:
Give ear all good folks to my ditty
Last Line:
Made way for the grand dr
DMI number:
38379

30. God bless John Calf whom cruel death

First Line:
God bless John Calf whom cruel death
Last Line:
Before John Calf became John Bull
DMI number:
37148

31. Go doleful sheet to every street

First Line:
Go doleful sheet to every street
Last Line:
That he his fact should write-a
DMI number:
10584

32. Full long have I hailed from blithe

First Line:
Full long have I hailed from blithe
Last Line:
And I mean it for worthy Sir John
DMI number:
33338

33. God prosper long our noble king

First Line:
God prosper long our noble king
Last Line:
For they gave me no dinner
DMI number:
35092

34. God prosper long our noble king

First Line:
God prosper long our noble king
Last Line:
The deeds of such a day
DMI number:
32005

35. God prosper long our noble king

First Line:
God prosper long our noble king
Last Line:
To b--th and m-rit cease
DMI number:
31343

36. Great Stanhope the glory of Britannia's nation

First Line:
Great Stanhope the glory of Britannia's nation
Last Line:
When they've nothing but mud in their brains
DMI number:
7355

37. Guardian of the British Isle

First Line:
Guardian of the British Isle
Last Line:
This is all we ask of heaven
DMI number:
19915

38. Hark hark the hostile band I hear

First Line:
Hark hark the hostile band I hear
Last Line:
She'll not suspend in vain
DMI number:
36054

39. Here Mercury this present take

First Line:
Here Mercury this present take
Last Line:
And for it I'll take care of you
DMI number:
19271

40. Her majesty sure was in a surprise

First Line:
Her majesty sure was in a surprise
Last Line:
And the mountebank Read was knighted
DMI number:
16786

41. His holiness has three grand friends

First Line:
His holiness has three grand friends
Last Line:
It rules both church and state
Author:
Stephen College (Confident)
DMI number:
4872

42. Hold fast thy sword and scepter Charles

First Line:
Hold fast thy sword and scepter Charles
Last Line:
And raising civil war
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
4874

43. Hold fast thy sword and sceptre Charles

First Line:
Hold fast thy sword and sceptre Charles
Last Line:
That killed the best of kings
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
42294

44. How strangely things do turn about

First Line:
How strangely things do turn about
Last Line:
The patriot now Lord Chalkstone is
DMI number:
31138

45. How things do strangely turn about

First Line:
How things do strangely turn about
Last Line:
Gives up the people for a peerage
DMI number:
31115

46. 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

47. I know full well your works of old

First Line:
I know full well your works of old
Last Line:
Resolve to be spewed out no more
Author:
John Hall-Stevenson (Absolute)
DMI number:
30569

48. In ancient days when birds could speak

First Line:
In ancient days when birds could speak
Last Line:
And hung his pensive head
DMI number:
9863

49. In thriving arts long time had Holland grown

First Line:
In thriving arts long time had Holland grown
Last Line:
And gently lay us on the spicy shore
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4916

50. In Lewis see the fate of kings

First Line:
In Lewis see the fate of kings
Last Line:
The young one's a sheep stealer
DMI number:
18087

51. In merry old England when princes did rule

First Line:
In merry old England when princes did rule
Last Line:
And take them from thence to the devil
DMI number:
36822

52. In former days I've heard it said

First Line:
In former days I've heard it said
Last Line:
And Wilkes again be free
DMI number:
32081

53. In Oxford bards there are most sad ones

First Line:
In Oxford bards there are most sad ones
Last Line:
And stamping damns the revolution
DMI number:
12010

54. In parliament a Burgess Cole was placed

First Line:
In parliament a Burgess Cole was placed
Last Line:
And lives a Burgess with heaven's royal peers
DMI number:
33879

55. Is this the wondrous matchless fair

First Line:
Is this the wondrous matchless fair
Last Line:
Than Sol's or Cynthia's nobler light
DMI number:
6387

56. Isgrim with hunger pressed one day

First Line:
Isgrim with hunger pressed one day
Last Line:
Shall find they've caught a tartar
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
7137

57. In vain was ministerial breath

First Line:
In vain was ministerial breath
Last Line:
And Queensberry in Polly
DMI number:
35068

58. Judge not in haste but wait and see

First Line:
Judge not in haste but wait and see
Last Line:
If not why then's the time to hiss
DMI number:
31124

59. Jack reckons up the A-----ls we have

First Line:
Jack reckons up the A-----ls we have
Last Line:
But twice as many cowards are too few
DMI number:
19837

60. Long have the men triumphant reigned

First Line:
Long have the men triumphant reigned
Last Line:
Will calm this frantic nation
DMI number:
38572

61. Live there composed of earthly frame

First Line:
Live there composed of earthly frame
Last Line:
To lurk accountable to none
DMI number:
16180

62. Let's joy in the medal with James the Third's face

First Line:
Let's joy in the medal with James the Third's face
Last Line:
Good Princess Sophia adieu to ye | la la &c
DMI number:
13323

63. Let's sing the brave hero whom heaven did ordain

First Line:
Let's sing the brave hero whom heaven did ordain
Last Line:
While Hanover's nearest her Majesty's heart | Hero hero sing the brave hero | William the glorious the gallant Nassau | Who that he might save us from those who'd enslave ye | Hanover succession established by law
DMI number:
13324

64. Let's sing to the ministry's praise

First Line:
Let's sing to the ministry's praise
Last Line:
And give to the devil the pope
DMI number:
13320

65. Like Pulteney P-- a peerage takes

First Line:
Like Pulteney P-- a peerage takes
Last Line:
Sure he'll return our boxes
DMI number:
31106

66. My reward is power | An outward trifle bought with inward peace

First Line:
My reward is power | An outward trifle bought with inward peace
Last Line:
When feverish love the people's fit shall cease
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
17253

67. Most happy times are now foretold

First Line:
Most happy times are now foretold
Last Line:
And Woolston pray to Jesus
DMI number:
13

68. I'm no more to converse with the swains

First Line:
I'm no more to converse with the swains
Last Line:
Pray my Lord how much money will do
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
35065

69. I pray god bless our gracious Queen

First Line:
I pray god bless our gracious Queen
Last Line:
Awake o Queen awake
DMI number:
13248

70. I'll tell you a story now listen and hear

First Line:
I'll tell you a story now listen and hear
Last Line:
To taste of the halter they are fully bent | Rebellious Jacobites nonjuring Jacobites | Perjured Jacobites all
DMI number:
12028

71. I'll trust not to a bending bow

First Line:
I'll trust not to a bending bow
Last Line:
To Charon's boat are chained
Author:
John Wilkes (Speculation)
DMI number:
36899

72. If what the tower of London holds

First Line:
If what the tower of London holds
Last Line:
Shine glorious bright out of the tower
DMI number:
13322

73. If you my sentiments will hear

First Line:
If you my sentiments will hear
Last Line:
And turn out honest D-dsw-ll
DMI number:
31114

74. Let Amherst fall corruption said

First Line:
Let Amherst fall corruption said
Last Line:
Pronounce our Amherst's name
DMI number:
31654

75. Let Amhurst go his sovereign said

First Line:
Let Amhurst go his sovereign said
Last Line:
All generals boast the same
DMI number:
31655

76. Let envy malice falshood join

First Line:
Let envy malice falshood join
Last Line:
And truth at last his virtue crown
DMI number:
31147

77. Make way we are of room bereft

First Line:
Make way we are of room bereft
Last Line:
To let the members in
DMI number:
36910

78. Nature to six short days was bound

First Line:
Nature to six short days was bound
Last Line:
And give her back her eggs
DMI number:
32183

79. Never before did fate dispense

First Line:
Never before did fate dispense
Last Line:
And Philip's trust is Charles's fleet
DMI number:
12363

80. Now York again shines in our sphere

First Line:
Now York again shines in our sphere
Last Line:
You are nowhere safe but in the Tower
DMI number:
43052

81. O libel born to endless shame

First Line:
O libel born to endless shame
Last Line:
Agree in hating you
DMI number:
18257

82. Offspring of British kings of yore

First Line:
Offspring of British kings of yore
Last Line:
Take to my boat and leave the wreck
Author:
John Hall-Stevenson (Absolute)
DMI number:
33861

83. Of old folks confess from their sins to be free

First Line:
Of old folks confess from their sins to be free
Last Line:
And P--- leapt into the B-th
DMI number:
21707

84. Of outs and ins the common sins

First Line:
Of outs and ins the common sins
Last Line:
Of each man's elevation
DMI number:
38563

85. Oh at a lucky hour for Britain born

First Line:
Oh at a lucky hour for Britain born
Last Line:
At morn when sober and at night when mellow
DMI number:
27097

86. Pardon old friend if at thy death

First Line:
Pardon old friend if at thy death
Last Line:
But that you can't tell tales
DMI number:
17936

87. Our silver gone and eke our gold

First Line:
Our silver gone and eke our gold
Last Line:
Affirms 'fore God he'll buy all
DMI number:
14

88. Proud with the spoils of royal cully

First Line:
Proud with the spoils of royal cully
Last Line:
The devil and Sir David take her
Author:
Charles Sackville (Absolute)
DMI number:
2241

89. Peace to thy royal shade illustrious king

First Line:
Peace to thy royal shade illustrious king
Last Line:
And thou be happy in thy people's love
DMI number:
35980

90. Pressed with a sense of gratitude

First Line:
Pressed with a sense of gratitude
Last Line:
For twill irradiate british ground
DMI number:
31150

91. Pretender in the isle of egg

First Line:
Pretender in the isle of egg
Last Line:
And crush it in the shell
DMI number:
35146

92. Pox take you foolish jacobites

First Line:
Pox take you foolish jacobites
Last Line:
Amen amen amen | Then to tyburn they must go &c
DMI number:
12019

93. Quoth Dick to Tom this act appears

First Line:
Quoth Dick to Tom this act appears
Last Line:
A kingdom than a wife
DMI number:
33872

94. R H they say is gone to sea

First Line:
R H they say is gone to sea
Last Line:
That wears a roman nose
DMI number:
3674

95. R H they say is gone to see

First Line:
R H they say is gone to see
Last Line:
The plot is still a driving
DMI number:
42311

96. Say when will England be from faction freed

First Line:
Say when will England be from faction freed
Last Line:
Here lies the man that made the peace
DMI number:
31350

97. Say when will England be from faction freed

First Line:
Say when will England be from faction freed
Last Line:
Here lies the man who made the peace
DMI number:
31327

98. Redhot with zeal for interest new

First Line:
Redhot with zeal for interest new
Last Line:
Get home and pull thy boots on
DMI number:
24483

99. Regardless of a factious roar

First Line:
Regardless of a factious roar
Last Line:
Is lashed unhurt by raging waves
DMI number:
31164

100. She-land the praise of all the earth

First Line:
She-land the praise of all the earth
Last Line:
Of that base sort of vermin
DMI number:
13318