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1.
All animals that be do grovelling lie
First Line:
All animals that be do grovelling lie
Last Line:
Himself he hopes amongst the stars to find
DMI number:
43811
2.
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
3.
All hail to him who sits on high
First Line:
All hail to him who sits on high
Last Line:
Be glory honour love and praise
Author:
Samuel Whyte (Absolute)
DMI number:
33794
4.
Again God said let there be firmament
First Line:
Again God said let there be firmament
Last Line:
And morning chorus sung the second day
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
9784
5.
Again the almighty spake let there be lights
First Line:
Again the almighty spake let there be lights
Last Line:
Glad evening and glad morn crowned the fourth day
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
9788
6.
And God said let the waters generate
First Line:
And God said let the waters generate
Last Line:
Draws in and at his trunk spouts out a sea
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
9789
7.
And saw that it was good and said let the earth
First Line:
And saw that it was good and said let the earth
Last Line:
So even and morn recorded the third day
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
9787
8.
And where all beasts look down with grovelling eye
First Line:
And where all beasts look down with grovelling eye
Last Line:
And bids him with expansed looks to view the sky
DMI number:
43809
9.
Arise my soul thy sacred ardour prove
First Line:
Arise my soul thy sacred ardour prove
Last Line:
Join men and angels in one chorus join
DMI number:
27255
10.
At once came forth whatever creeps the ground
First Line:
At once came forth whatever creeps the ground
Last Line:
Frequent and of the sixth day yet remained
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
9791
11.
Beauty complete and majesty divine
First Line:
Beauty complete and majesty divine
Last Line:
And languish for terrestrial charms no more
Author:
Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer] (Absolute)
DMI number:
23353
12.
Before creating nature willed
First Line:
Before creating nature willed
Last Line:
Read and you'll have me for your pains
DMI number:
22831
13.
Before the eternal mind who dwells on high
First Line:
Before the eternal mind who dwells on high
Last Line:
By wholesome laws and guide the sceptered hand
Author:
Henry Needler (Speculation)
DMI number:
23979
14.
Before the seas and this terrestrial ball
First Line:
Before the seas and this terrestrial ball
Last Line:
And soft with hard and light with heavy mixed
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
1776
15.
Begin my lyre the great creator's praise
First Line:
Begin my lyre the great creator's praise
Last Line:
The harmonious discord which it strives to praise
Author:
Joseph Trapp (Absolute)
DMI number:
6966
16.
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
17.
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
18.
Celestial realms with endless glories bright
First Line:
Celestial realms with endless glories bright
Last Line:
Then lead the frosts of shuddering winter on
DMI number:
1911
19.
Come O my soul excursive rise
First Line:
Come O my soul excursive rise
Last Line:
And then incessantly adore
DMI number:
32855
20.
Ere God the universe began
First Line:
Ere God the universe began
Last Line:
And guardian angels hover round
DMI number:
37518
21.
Eternal wisdom thee we praise
First Line:
Eternal wisdom thee we praise
Last Line:
We see adore and love
Author:
Isaac Watts (Absolute)
DMI number:
23412
22.
Forth from the whirlwind thundering voices broke
First Line:
Forth from the whirlwind thundering voices broke
Last Line:
When pinched by want to providence they cry
DMI number:
24197
23.
For man to tell how human life began
First Line:
For man to tell how human life began
Last Line:
Above or round about thee or beneath
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
27062
24.
For when the seven mouthed Nile the fields forsake
First Line:
For when the seven mouthed Nile the fields forsake
Last Line:
Of sundry shapes in the mud that's left behind
DMI number:
43743
25.
From the Elysian Fields I sing
First Line:
From the Elysian Fields I sing
Last Line:
Then every grace will shine in you
Author:
Mary Chandler (Absolute)
DMI number:
18305
26.
Give to the Lord ye sons of fame
First Line:
Give to the Lord ye sons of fame
Last Line:
Speaks peace and courage to our hearts
Author:
Isaac Watts (Absolute)
DMI number:
26447
27.
God of all worlds source and supreme of things
First Line:
God of all worlds source and supreme of things
Last Line:
And live and sing where time shall be no more
DMI number:
26207
28.
Great parent hear propitious rays diffuse
First Line:
Great parent hear propitious rays diffuse
Last Line:
Can never by human means be told in one
DMI number:
10103
29.
Hail glorious author of creation's frame
First Line:
Hail glorious author of creation's frame
Last Line:
Cries there ye rebels go and meet your God
DMI number:
36274
30.
Hail holy ghost Jehovah third
First Line:
Hail holy ghost Jehovah third
Last Line:
Through all eternity
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
27452
31.
How shall the young secure their hearts
First Line:
How shall the young secure their hearts
Last Line:
And well support our age
Author:
Isaac Watts (Absolute)
DMI number:
26876
32.
Let there be light said God and forthwith light
First Line:
Let there be light said God and forthwith light
Last Line:
Both when first evening was and when first morn
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
9783
33.
My God in whom are all the springs
First Line:
My God in whom are all the springs
Last Line:
And land to land thy wonders tell
Author:
Isaac Watts (Absolute)
DMI number:
26521
34.
Let it be so even the creator spoke
First Line:
Let it be so even the creator spoke
Last Line:
With ease I think you may my name unfold
DMI number:
24023
35.
Meanwhile the tepid caves and fens and shores
First Line:
Meanwhile the tepid caves and fens and shores
Last Line:
Evening and morn solemnized the fifth day
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
9790
36.
No region is without some living thing
First Line:
No region is without some living thing
Last Line:
There wanted much until that man was born
DMI number:
44514
37.
O all ye beings which when time was young
First Line:
O all ye beings which when time was young
Last Line:
His glories over all for ever raise
Author:
Elizabeth Tollet (Absolute)
DMI number:
27271
38.
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
39.
O muse unfeigned o true celestial fire
First Line:
O muse unfeigned o true celestial fire
Last Line:
The vast immeasurable thought contain
Author:
John Hughes (Absolute)
DMI number:
2111
40.
Our grandsire Adam ere of Eve possessed
First Line:
Our grandsire Adam ere of Eve possessed
Last Line:
Woman the last best reserve of god
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31556
41.
Praise to the God who arched the sky
First Line:
Praise to the God who arched the sky
Last Line:
But fill the immensity of space
Author:
Thomas Gibbons (Absolute)
DMI number:
27702
42.
Rejoice ye righteous in the Lord
First Line:
Rejoice ye righteous in the Lord
Last Line:
And in full glory shines
Author:
Isaac Watts (Absolute)
DMI number:
26450
43.
Silence coeval with eternity
First Line:
Silence coeval with eternity
Last Line:
All rest in peace at last and sleep eternally
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute) & John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
6012
44.
So high as heaved the tumid hills so low
First Line:
So high as heaved the tumid hills so low
Last Line:
Of congregated waters he called seas
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
9786
45.
That Jove who ever lives and reigns
First Line:
That Jove who ever lives and reigns
Last Line:
This heaven shall own eternity improve
DMI number:
33370
46.
The earth was formed but in the womb as yet
First Line:
The earth was formed but in the womb as yet
Last Line:
Into the clouds their tops ascend the sky
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
9785
47.
The Lord of Sabbath let us praise
First Line:
The Lord of Sabbath let us praise
Last Line:
Twas greater to redeem
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
27450
48.
The lively shining particles of light
First Line:
The lively shining particles of light
Last Line:
Shall ever be the theme of my aspiring muse
Author:
Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer] (Absolute)
DMI number:
29695
49.
The sixth and of creation last arose
First Line:
The sixth and of creation last arose
Last Line:
The river horse and scaly crocodile
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
9826
50.
These are thy glorious works parent of good
First Line:
These are thy glorious works parent of good
Last Line:
Disperse it as now light dispels the dark
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
9815
51.
This spacious earth is all the lord's
First Line:
This spacious earth is all the lord's
Last Line:
Near their redeemer and their God
Author:
Isaac Watts (Absolute)
DMI number:
26022
52.
Through the rude chaos thus the running light
First Line:
Through the rude chaos thus the running light
Last Line:
Illumined heaven and earth and rolled around the year
Author:
John Dryden (Confident)
DMI number:
5632
53.
To you ye pure I form my rising song
First Line:
To you ye pure I form my rising song
Last Line:
Silent by thy tongue attentive be thy ear
DMI number:
1910
54.
To God from whom immortal blessings spring
First Line:
To God from whom immortal blessings spring
Last Line:
And truth triumphant ever shall prevail
DMI number:
26860
55.
To God the almighty sovereign of the skies
First Line:
To God the almighty sovereign of the skies
Last Line:
The heavenly concert men and angels join
DMI number:
27258
56.
Well hath the great creator of the world
First Line:
Well hath the great creator of the world
Last Line:
One darkened understanding
DMI number:
41744
57.
We to Jehovah's altar bring
First Line:
We to Jehovah's altar bring
Last Line:
Unwearied your creator praise
DMI number:
225
58.
Were I a spirit to choose for my own share
First Line:
Were I a spirit to choose for my own share
Last Line:
Rather than live but half so mad as they
DMI number:
43508
59.
When earth's foundation first was laid
First Line:
When earth's foundation first was laid
Last Line:
To learn and our bright paths pursue
DMI number:
28702
60.
When Adam sinned at our expense
First Line:
When Adam sinned at our expense
Last Line:
The certain plague of wife
DMI number:
7209
61.
When God from heaven for disobedience threw
First Line:
When God from heaven for disobedience threw
Last Line:
None's truly wretched but whose heart's his own
DMI number:
4166
62.
When first the architect of all
First Line:
When first the architect of all
Last Line:
But oft the vulgar I affright
DMI number:
21853
63.
When formless and inanimate I lay
First Line:
When formless and inanimate I lay
Last Line:
Bidst me awake and live
DMI number:
5558
64.
When from each thought a seed did spring
First Line:
When from each thought a seed did spring
Last Line:
They were as sweet as they were chaste
DMI number:
44463
65.
When Jove of old the ethereal scepter swayed
First Line:
When Jove of old the ethereal scepter swayed
Last Line:
But yield their title to the modern beau
DMI number:
10566
66.
When infant nature had the world arrayed
First Line:
When infant nature had the world arrayed
Last Line:
In the brass-leaved book of fame which never decays
DMI number:
42774
67.
When Jove at first from nothing called forth all
First Line:
When Jove at first from nothing called forth all
Last Line:
Who shuns and hates him for his father's sake
Author:
John Hawkesworth (Absolute)
DMI number:
28980
68.
Whether Bacchus full of thee
First Line:
Whether Bacchus full of thee
Last Line:
I'll follow thee what danger ever I run
Author:
Horace (Absolute)
DMI number:
41846
69.
When we behold this beauteous lovely frame
First Line:
When we behold this beauteous lovely frame
Last Line:
Made in the image of the deity
DMI number:
35458
70.
Yet when I approach
First Line:
Yet when I approach
Last Line:
About her as a guard angelic placed
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
37217
71.
Ye that delight to serve the Lord
First Line:
Ye that delight to serve the Lord
Last Line:
Let every age advance his fame
Author:
Isaac Watts (Absolute)
DMI number:
26870