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1. All fly the unhappy and I all would fly

First Line:
All fly the unhappy and I all would fly
Last Line:
For sure the soul his wisdom made his power continues still
Author:
Anne Finch [nee Kingsmill] (Speculation) & Anne Wharton [nee Lee] (Absolute)
DMI number:
3879

2. Alas my aching heart

First Line:
Alas my aching heart
Last Line:
And sounded grace on all their strings
Author:
Isaac Watts (Absolute)
DMI number:
27273

3. Both day and night O God my sighs

First Line:
Both day and night O God my sighs
Last Line:
Hast veiled in endless night
DMI number:
19425

4. Beneath a reverend gloomy shade

First Line:
Beneath a reverend gloomy shade
Last Line:
One hallelujah more but ever silent lie
Author:
John Norris (Absolute)
DMI number:
4092

5. Dear sir | from horror's realms lands of umbracious dread

First Line:
Dear sir | from horror's realms lands of umbracious dread
Last Line:
O amice dabit deus his turbis quoque finem
DMI number:
26176

6. Hear gracious Lord my fervent prayer

First Line:
Hear gracious Lord my fervent prayer
Last Line:
To celebrate thy praise
DMI number:
26935

7. He only knows my grief whose eyes can dart

First Line:
He only knows my grief whose eyes can dart
Last Line:
We two can only tell and we suffice
DMI number:
43260

8. How loathes my soul this sorrowful abode

First Line:
How loathes my soul this sorrowful abode
Last Line:
Yet but unquiet rest if Canaan we obtain
DMI number:
23291

9. How shall I do to fix my doubtful love

First Line:
How shall I do to fix my doubtful love
Last Line:
Can take them off but he who put them on
Author:
Edmund Arwaker (Absolute)
DMI number:
36221

10. In dead of night when happy mortals take

First Line:
In dead of night when happy mortals take
Last Line:
One comfortable day
DMI number:
8147

11. In past distress my God was near

First Line:
In past distress my God was near
Last Line:
They have all recourse to arms
DMI number:
26878

12. In vain the dusky night retires

First Line:
In vain the dusky night retires
Last Line:
A near approach to thee
Author:
Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer] (Absolute)
DMI number:
4053

13. Mourn not this hopeful youth so soon is dead

First Line:
Mourn not this hopeful youth so soon is dead
Last Line:
With those who have endured the heat of the day
DMI number:
17140

14. My barren soul like this unfruitful tree

First Line:
My barren soul like this unfruitful tree
Last Line:
And speak the wonders of thy fertile care
DMI number:
36183

15. My prime of youth is but a frost of cares

First Line:
My prime of youth is but a frost of cares
Last Line:
And now I live and now my life is done
DMI number:
43369

16. I love the Lord he heard my cries

First Line:
I love the Lord he heard my cries
Last Line:
And my remaining years
Author:
Isaac Watts (Absolute)
DMI number:
26872

17. O God my refuge hear my cries

First Line:
O God my refuge hear my cries
Last Line:
Scarce live out half their days
Author:
Isaac Watts (Absolute)
DMI number:
26514

18. O thou whose grace and justice reign

First Line:
O thou whose grace and justice reign
Last Line:
That God will not despise
Author:
Isaac Watts (Absolute)
DMI number:
26883

19. Out of the deep of sad distress

First Line:
Out of the deep of sad distress
Last Line:
From all their guilt and all their cares
DMI number:
26894

20. Oppressed with sorrow and with sickness faint

First Line:
Oppressed with sorrow and with sickness faint
Last Line:
And a new sun breaks forth in Judah's skies
DMI number:
32235

21. Silent and lonesome while I lie

First Line:
Silent and lonesome while I lie
Last Line:
And where o death thy sting
DMI number:
16175

22. See manly grief see tears incessant flow

First Line:
See manly grief see tears incessant flow
Last Line:
And funeral honours paid with drops divine
DMI number:
36193

23. Thou God for ever blessed

First Line:
Thou God for ever blessed
Last Line:
And save me from the gulf of black despair
DMI number:
43257

24. Tis done the darling idol I resign

First Line:
Tis done the darling idol I resign
Last Line:
But what derived its gentle source from thee
Author:
Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer] (Absolute)
DMI number:
23531

25. To God I cried with mournful voice

First Line:
To God I cried with mournful voice
Last Line:
Home to the promised land
Author:
Isaac Watts (Absolute)
DMI number:
26581

26. To God I raise my humble cry

First Line:
To God I raise my humble cry
Last Line:
Thy kind indulgence to proclaim
DMI number:
26934

27. Twas at his house in old Gabaa built

First Line:
Twas at his house in old Gabaa built
Last Line:
And did an angel charm
DMI number:
11470

28. Up to the hills I lift mine eyes

First Line:
Up to the hills I lift mine eyes
Last Line:
Shall bear thee homeward to thy God
Author:
Isaac Watts (Absolute)
DMI number:
26879

29. Upon the banks which famed Euphrates laves

First Line:
Upon the banks which famed Euphrates laves
Last Line:
And daubs the rugged flints with clotted brains and gore
Author:
Joseph Trapp (Confident)
DMI number:
6519

30. Who will arise and plead my right

First Line:
Who will arise and plead my right
Last Line:
And cut the sinners off
Author:
Isaac Watts (Absolute)
DMI number:
26859

31. Who would have thought there could have been

First Line:
Who would have thought there could have been
Last Line:
This is my state thy grace is this
DMI number:
43368

32. With woes overborne abandoned by relief

First Line:
With woes overborne abandoned by relief
Last Line:
And woe's pale eve brought on the thickening shades of night
DMI number:
33147