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1. A dungeon horrible on all sides round

First Line:
A dungeon horrible on all sides round
Last Line:
That comes to all
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
34236

2. A papist died as twas Jehovah's will

First Line:
A papist died as twas Jehovah's will
Last Line:
Should you come in you'd eat the devil here
DMI number:
4719

3. A miser having set his heart on gold

First Line:
A miser having set his heart on gold
Last Line:
The devil has a reformation wrought
DMI number:
42726

4. A rigorous arch-deacon whilom lived

First Line:
A rigorous arch-deacon whilom lived
Last Line:
So faith Sir Sumner you must go to hell
Author:
J. Markland (Confident)
DMI number:
10497

5. All folks who pretend to religion or grace

First Line:
All folks who pretend to religion or grace
Last Line:
How happy for us that it is not at home
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Absolute)
DMI number:
17403

6. Adieu to cursed whiskey for ever

First Line:
Adieu to cursed whiskey for ever
Last Line:
This whiskey begun to distil
DMI number:
30079

7. Algernon Sidney fills this tomb

First Line:
Algernon Sidney fills this tomb
Last Line:
Where pope and devil have nought to do
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
3660

8. And now the judge with visage all enflamed

First Line:
And now the judge with visage all enflamed
Last Line:
They like those elements could be no more
Author:
George Bally (Absolute)
DMI number:
30187

9. Atheists no more disown that god

First Line:
Atheists no more disown that god
Last Line:
Where hardened souls must ever dwell
DMI number:
23430

10. Ascend Alecto from thy den and come

First Line:
Ascend Alecto from thy den and come
Last Line:
They vanished and Alecto sunk to hell
DMI number:
42999

11. At a court that was called the other day in the air

First Line:
At a court that was called the other day in the air
Last Line:
Gave the devil his body and bid Swift take his soul
DMI number:
18185

12. Behold from the infernal lake I'm come

First Line:
Behold from the infernal lake I'm come
Last Line:
Good night little good Mr Devil's doctor
DMI number:
43064

13. Beyond the grave two states alone remain

First Line:
Beyond the grave two states alone remain
Last Line:
Of endless joy or everlasting pain
DMI number:
34208

14. Behold we are come from gloomy shades below

First Line:
Behold we are come from gloomy shades below
Last Line:
Eternal misery and endless woe
DMI number:
7456

15. Beneath this turf lies Geordie Faichney

First Line:
Beneath this turf lies Geordie Faichney
Last Line:
My ain Geordie welcome here
Author:
Alexander Pennecuik (Confident)
DMI number:
25424

16. But whilst the Christian army laboured hard

First Line:
But whilst the Christian army laboured hard
Last Line:
That fights the battles of our vengeful foe
DMI number:
10239

17. Come brother devils with full bowls

First Line:
Come brother devils with full bowls
Last Line:
Nothing to cool their tongues may here remain
DMI number:
42974

18. Cook Laurel would have the devil his guest

First Line:
Cook Laurel would have the devil his guest
Last Line:
From whence it is called The devil's arse in the peak | with a hey down down a down down
DMI number:
44028

19. Death judgment heaven and hell think christians think

First Line:
Death judgment heaven and hell think christians think
Last Line:
Hear me at last O hear me from my grave
DMI number:
30633

20. Deep to unfathomable spaces deep

First Line:
Deep to unfathomable spaces deep
Last Line:
His pompous creeds and boasted faith has lost
Author:
Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer] (Absolute)
DMI number:
4070

21. Fallen cherub to be weak is miserable

First Line:
Fallen cherub to be weak is miserable
Last Line:
If not what resolution from despair
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
31018

22. Eternity tremendous word

First Line:
Eternity tremendous word
Last Line:
Bring me to blest eternity
DMI number:
4362

23. Expanded now hell's spacious portal lay

First Line:
Expanded now hell's spacious portal lay
Last Line:
Accents confused and a discordant sound
DMI number:
36192

24. From evening's coffee laced with long argument

First Line:
From evening's coffee laced with long argument
Last Line:
That I awaked and found it but a dream
DMI number:
43039

25. Friar Paul in his cell made his exit of late

First Line:
Friar Paul in his cell made his exit of late
Last Line:
Who above eat his god may below eat the devil
DMI number:
17962

26. From forth the Elysian fields

First Line:
From forth the Elysian fields
Last Line:
And we will both be blithe together
DMI number:
42475

27. From Stygian shade lo my pale ghost doth rise

First Line:
From Stygian shade lo my pale ghost doth rise
Last Line:
And perhaps may then leave purgatory
DMI number:
43008

28. Go set Scotch bagpipes to the briskest notes

First Line:
Go set Scotch bagpipes to the briskest notes
Last Line:
He's grown a wolf by this and worries lambs
DMI number:
43023

29. God prosper long our noble king

First Line:
God prosper long our noble king
Last Line:
And bid them kiss my ---
DMI number:
21861

30. Greatest of men yet man's least friend farewell

First Line:
Greatest of men yet man's least friend farewell
Last Line:
This last association holds for ever
DMI number:
43062

31. Hedged round with vengeance in this dreadful place

First Line:
Hedged round with vengeance in this dreadful place
Last Line:
Languish with pain yet never never die
DMI number:
26527

32. Hell at the noise of Neptune's fury rose

First Line:
Hell at the noise of Neptune's fury rose
Last Line:
Abhorred by men and dreaded even by gods
DMI number:
39933

33. Help father Abraham help for mercies sake

First Line:
Help father Abraham help for mercies sake
Last Line:
The gates of mercy never open more
DMI number:
43239

34. Hear ye sullen powers below

First Line:
Hear ye sullen powers below
Last Line:
Chorus Come away &c
DMI number:
44298

35. Here all alone

First Line:
Here all alone
Last Line:
In going to the devil
Author:
Alexander Pennecuik (Confident)
DMI number:
28178

36. Hark my gay friend that solemn toll

First Line:
Hark my gay friend that solemn toll
Last Line:
Let it my god be happy too
DMI number:
23298

37. Here lieth Menalcas as dead as a log

First Line:
Here lieth Menalcas as dead as a log
Last Line:
Without either book candle or bell
DMI number:
42560

38. Him followed his next mate

First Line:
Him followed his next mate
Last Line:
Not by the sufferance of supernal power
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
31019

39. Hold Stygian sculler what hast brought me here

First Line:
Hold Stygian sculler what hast brought me here
Last Line:
Commutes for Chatham and Amboina too
DMI number:
43059

40. In his holiness name

First Line:
In his holiness name
Last Line:
And so drive away honest carman
DMI number:
42365

41. Is Tapski dead why then the statesman lied

First Line:
Is Tapski dead why then the statesman lied
Last Line:
Is gone a pilgrimage to hell below
DMI number:
43057

42. Jack Bluster a comical jolly old boy

First Line:
Jack Bluster a comical jolly old boy
Last Line:
Your pipes I'd advise you to carry along
DMI number:
33246

43. Long struggling with the agonies of death

First Line:
Long struggling with the agonies of death
Last Line:
Their worth till now I little understood
Author:
Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer] (Absolute)
DMI number:
4065

44. My harbingers the seven archangels bright

First Line:
My harbingers the seven archangels bright
Last Line:
In mine and my great father's arms embraced
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
4095

45. If heaven be pleased when sinners cease to sin

First Line:
If heaven be pleased when sinners cease to sin
Last Line:
Then all are pleased for Coleman's in his grave
DMI number:
4883

46. If heaven's called the place where angels dwell

First Line:
If heaven's called the place where angels dwell
Last Line:
The purse that wants them may be called hell
DMI number:
17091

47. If signing with the twelve to heaven

First Line:
If signing with the twelve to heaven
Last Line:
In hell a house for winter
DMI number:
38561

48. If yet thou any memory retain

First Line:
If yet thou any memory retain
Last Line:
Dear faithless youth oh think what will thou do
DMI number:
12615

49. Misers make money all their god

First Line:
Misers make money all their god
Last Line:
For ruin in the end
DMI number:
36807

50. Nature her bravest efforts broke

First Line:
Nature her bravest efforts broke
Last Line:
And boundless wrath is there
DMI number:
26163

51. Near the wild deep where restless atoms fight

First Line:
Near the wild deep where restless atoms fight
Last Line:
And bear the guilt and punishment of hell
Author:
Sir Richard Blackmore (Absolute)
DMI number:
9649

52. Nymphs of the flood how truly blessed are you

First Line:
Nymphs of the flood how truly blessed are you
Last Line:
Till all my sins were in that deluge drowned
DMI number:
43262

53. Of Februar the fiftein nicht

First Line:
Of Februar the fiftein nicht
Last Line:
He smorit them all with smuke
Author:
William Dunbar (Absolute)
DMI number:
10902

54. O who would not this strict tribunal dread

First Line:
O who would not this strict tribunal dread
Last Line:
How shall such shrubs as we maintain the field
DMI number:
43264

55. O murder murder let this shriek fly round

First Line:
O murder murder let this shriek fly round
Last Line:
Revenge thy martyrs and thine own
DMI number:
42985

56. Once on a time as ancient stories tell

First Line:
Once on a time as ancient stories tell
Last Line:
And heard no more of devil or of don
DMI number:
8585

57. Orpheus a one-eyed limping Thracian

First Line:
Orpheus a one-eyed limping Thracian
Last Line:
Since spouse is damned I will be merry
Author:
John Dennis (Absolute)
DMI number:
6525

58. Orpheus of old as poets tell

First Line:
Orpheus of old as poets tell
Last Line:
Has most prodigious luck indeed
DMI number:
21904

59. Satan with hideous ruin thus suppressed

First Line:
Satan with hideous ruin thus suppressed
Last Line:
Might have it in our choice to be or not to be
Author:
Daniel Defoe (Speculation)
DMI number:
12219

60. Short syne there was a wretched miser

First Line:
Short syne there was a wretched miser
Last Line:
What use his friends make of his gear
Author:
Allan Ramsay (Absolute)
DMI number:
15366

61. Since Virgil hath great sirs ye know

First Line:
Since Virgil hath great sirs ye know
Last Line:
Much less a sly South-sea director
DMI number:
17819

62. Stern winter clad in frost and snow

First Line:
Stern winter clad in frost and snow
Last Line:
His convert launched beneath the ice
DMI number:
36802

63. Sure Cerberus a lawyer first must be

First Line:
Sure Cerberus a lawyer first must be
Last Line:
Instead of coin the growling puppy's fee
Author:
Edward Ward (Confident)
DMI number:
6762

64. Tell me abandoned miscreant prithee tell

First Line:
Tell me abandoned miscreant prithee tell
Last Line:
And so thy book it self turn sodomite
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation) & John Oldham (Absolute)
DMI number:
5426

65. That day when Meg fair taste got

First Line:
That day when Meg fair taste got
Last Line:
I dinnae mind a word I spake | When in the teather
Author:
Alexander Pennecuik (Confident)
DMI number:
28036

66. That day when Meg fair taste got

First Line:
That day when Meg fair taste got
Last Line:
I do nae mind a word I spake | when in the teather
Author:
Alexander Pennecuik (Confident)
DMI number:
27863

67. The devils were brawling at Burnet's descending

First Line:
The devils were brawling at Burnet's descending
Last Line:
Let G----- reign for ever amen cried all hell
DMI number:
24767

68. The restless rage of deep devouring hell

First Line:
The restless rage of deep devouring hell
Last Line:
As her untruth my heart hath all to rent
DMI number:
8872

69. The souls that lacked grace

First Line:
The souls that lacked grace
Last Line:
My perfect earthly bliss
DMI number:
9032

70. The Stygian council thus dissolved and forth

First Line:
The Stygian council thus dissolved and forth
Last Line:
With deafening shout returned them loud acclaim
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
30995

71. Thence more at ease their minds somewhat raised

First Line:
Thence more at ease their minds somewhat raised
Last Line:
Gorgons and Hydras and Chimaeras dire
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
30996

72. There is a wretch the greatest wretch alive

First Line:
There is a wretch the greatest wretch alive
Last Line:
Nor doth he sink to meet with adverse fate
Author:
Alexander Pennecuik (Confident)
DMI number:
27877

73. Think not I write my innocence to prove

First Line:
Think not I write my innocence to prove
Last Line:
Be any curse my punishment but thee
Author:
John Hervey (Absolute)
DMI number:
24433

74. Think not to die and in the senseless tomb

First Line:
Think not to die and in the senseless tomb
Last Line:
His wisdom cannot threaten what his power can't do
DMI number:
12215

75. There was a monarch whose imperial sway

First Line:
There was a monarch whose imperial sway
Last Line:
Who trusts a devil or a crafty priest
DMI number:
4421

76. Thus Satan talking to his nearest mate

First Line:
Thus Satan talking to his nearest mate
Last Line:
Over the burning marl
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
40455

77. Three furies H--ll before had now one more

First Line:
Three furies H--ll before had now one more
Last Line:
Is added and old S------ll makes four
DMI number:
17929

78. To speak the truth is criminal now

First Line:
To speak the truth is criminal now
Last Line:
And our distressed land surround
DMI number:
7478

79. To sing the great avenger's praise

First Line:
To sing the great avenger's praise
Last Line:
Struggling in vain to rise for ever bound below
DMI number:
8051

80. To call you devil though I dare

First Line:
To call you devil though I dare
Last Line:
That you're an angel still
Author:
Samuel Whyte (Speculation)
DMI number:
34435

81. Welcome my lord unto these Stygian plains

First Line:
Welcome my lord unto these Stygian plains
Last Line:
Find his estate entailed upon their soul
DMI number:
43058

82. We have pursued those plots thou didst invent

First Line:
We have pursued those plots thou didst invent
Last Line:
I'll make you presidents judges or juries
DMI number:
43108

83. When God almighty had his palace framed

First Line:
When God almighty had his palace framed
Last Line:
To add a place wanting in God's creation
DMI number:
6492

84. What's life a rough and dangerous sea

First Line:
What's life a rough and dangerous sea
Last Line:
Expect no more from one of my age
DMI number:
23400

85. When the almighty did his palace frame

First Line:
When the almighty did his palace frame
Last Line:
To add a place wanting in God's creation
DMI number:
4717

86. When the almighty first his palace framed

First Line:
When the almighty first his palace framed
Last Line:
To add a place wanting in God's creation
DMI number:
42368

87. When the charming news had passed Charing Cross

First Line:
When the charming news had passed Charing Cross
Last Line:
Then I awaked and all was but a dream
DMI number:
43107

88. Where wilt thou lead me speak I'll go no further

First Line:
Where wilt thou lead me speak I'll go no further
Last Line:
It is adieu adieu remember me | I've sworn it
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
40520

89. Where's now that thundering arm that lately shook

First Line:
Where's now that thundering arm that lately shook
Last Line:
In rubbish buried with thy own disgrace
DMI number:
10263

90. Why does the sun with constant glory burn

First Line:
Why does the sun with constant glory burn
Last Line:
Presaging darkness gathers in the skies
Author:
Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer] (Absolute)
DMI number:
26101

91. Ye furies cursed inhabitants of hell

First Line:
Ye furies cursed inhabitants of hell
Last Line:
Which friendly here I now expose to you
DMI number:
23986