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1. A chronicler should well in diverse tongues be seen

First Line:: A chronicler should well in diverse tongues be seen
Last Line:: And have whereby to recreate the mind
Author:: John Higgins (Absolute)
DMI number:: 15037

2. A country clown called Hodge went up to view

First Line:: A country clown called Hodge went up to view
Last Line:: His body fell out fled his frighted soul
Author:: Andrew Marvell (Speculation)
DMI number:: 3638

3. A noble Christian warrior

First Line:: A noble Christian warrior
Last Line:: Thus for her true love's sake | And all for our saviour Jesus Christ
Author:: Richard Johnson (Speculation)
DMI number:: 12050

4. A sudden darkness hath defaced the sky

First Line:: A sudden darkness hath defaced the sky
Last Line:: Will choke our foes though bullets hit them not
Author:: Thomas Kyd (Speculation) & William Shakespeare (Speculation)
DMI number:: 27107

5. A tale of the grief I must unfold

First Line:: A tale of the grief I must unfold
Last Line:: Of this great Duke of Buckingham
Author:: Richard Johnson (Speculation)
DMI number:: 12053

6. A thousand six and ninety years

First Line:: A thousand six and ninety years
Last Line:: And brought this land to bale
DMI number:: 29744

7. Ah me what is this mortal life I cried

First Line:: Ah me what is this mortal life I cried
Last Line:: But he alone is great who's truly good
Author:: Hew Dalrymple (Absolute)
DMI number:: 32507

8. Accept this humble strain most noble lord

First Line:: Accept this humble strain most noble lord
Last Line:: You'll smile my lord an aldermanic muse
DMI number:: 26971

9. Alas how much in vain my poor eyes gaze

First Line:: Alas how much in vain my poor eyes gaze
Last Line:: Come on my lords here will I host tonight
Author:: Thomas Kyd (Speculation) & William Shakespeare (Speculation)
DMI number:: 27085

10. Against such odds if Edward could succeed

First Line:: Against such odds if Edward could succeed
Last Line:: And future fields with that of Poictiers vie
Author:: William Shirley (Absolute)
DMI number:: 37510

11. Ah be not those most miserable souls

First Line:: Ah be not those most miserable souls
Last Line:: They use not reason beasts have none at all
Author:: William Alexander (Absolute)
DMI number:: 15044

12. An epilogue through custom is your right

First Line:: An epilogue through custom is your right
Last Line:: And cry long live our title to success
Author:: Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:: 37509

13. As late I wandered over the upland lawn

First Line:: As late I wandered over the upland lawn
Last Line:: Oh sound her triumph though the skies
DMI number:: 38687

14. As from Germania's war ensanguined shore

First Line:: As from Germania's war ensanguined shore
Last Line:: The refluent billows in a calm subside
DMI number:: 28133

15. As the armour bearer of great Jove

First Line:: As the armour bearer of great Jove
Last Line:: Clews through the maze of war
Author:: Sir Richard Fanshawe (Absolute)
DMI number:: 42133

16. Attracted by the sapient monarch's fame

First Line:: Attracted by the sapient monarch's fame
Last Line:: She said and sadly silent dropped the lyre
Author:: John Home (Speculation)
DMI number:: 33425

17. Audley the arms of death embrace us round

First Line:: Audley the arms of death embrace us round
Last Line:: To live or die I hold indifferent
Author:: Thomas Kyd (Speculation) & William Shakespeare (Speculation)
DMI number:: 27105

18. As young Aurora with chrystal haile

First Line:: As young Aurora with chrystal haile
Last Line:: Quhair evir I go or ryde
Author:: William Dunbar (Absolute)
DMI number:: 30003

19. Baldwin the king another Macchaby

First Line:: Baldwin the king another Macchaby
Last Line:: O grief within this little tomb doth lie
DMI number:: 29869

20. Bedoun the bents of Banquo brae

First Line:: Bedoun the bents of Banquo brae
Last Line:: That do to heaven aspyre
Author:: Allan Ramsay (Absolute)
DMI number:: 10888

21. Behold fair maid what nature could inspire

First Line:: Behold fair maid what nature could inspire
Last Line:: The last like thee set all the world on fire
Author:: James Macpherson (Absolute)
DMI number:: 25909

22. Betwixt the chief of summer and the said winter

First Line:: Betwixt the chief of summer and the said winter
Last Line:: Though I write as it was wist I it not
Author:: Beid (Speculation)
DMI number:: 7388

23. Betwixt the chief of the summer and the sad winter

First Line:: Betwixt the chief of the summer and the sad winter
Last Line:: Though I write as it was but I wist it nought
Author:: Beid (Absolute)
DMI number:: 29741

24. Bound for holy Palestine

First Line:: Bound for holy Palestine
Last Line:: Our cross with crimson wove and gold
Author:: Thomas Warton (Absolute)
DMI number:: 38694

25. Bold is the man who in these factious times

First Line:: Bold is the man who in these factious times
Last Line:: Till time and age shall moulder into clay
DMI number:: 11302

26. Brutus unmoved heard how his Portia fell

First Line:: Brutus unmoved heard how his Portia fell
Last Line:: Should Jack's wife die he would behave as well
DMI number:: 25155

27. But by his heralds first he pardons sent

First Line:: But by his heralds first he pardons sent
Last Line:: The bravest glory to the conqueror
Author:: Charles Aleyn (Absolute)
DMI number:: 17007

28. But seeing causes are the chiefest things

First Line:: But seeing causes are the chiefest things
Last Line:: Of reading stories standeth in the suit
DMI number:: 15035

29. But story writers ought for neither glory

First Line:: But story writers ought for neither glory
Last Line:: Do cause that stories never can be true
DMI number:: 15033

30. Chronologers many of them are so fantastic

First Line:: Chronologers many of them are so fantastic
Last Line:: He strikes
DMI number:: 15049

31. Close to the confines of the silent grave

First Line:: Close to the confines of the silent grave
Last Line:: In all the studies grace and dignity of phrase
DMI number:: 28714

32. Cloyed with successes and released from care

First Line:: Cloyed with successes and released from care
Last Line:: The greatest hero and the brightest eyes
Author:: William Walsh (Confident)
DMI number:: 5934

33. Come let our voices join to sing

First Line:: Come let our voices join to sing
Last Line:: Embrace and practice his commands
DMI number:: 36333

34. Dark was the night and wild the storm

First Line:: Dark was the night and wild the storm
Last Line:: All worthy of their name
DMI number:: 33068

35. Did Longshanks purchase with his conquering hand

First Line:: Did Longshanks purchase with his conquering hand
Last Line:: Should give away all that his father won
Author:: Michael Drayton (Absolute)
DMI number:: 41919

36. Diogenes surly and proud who snarled at the Macedon youth

First Line:: Diogenes surly and proud who snarled at the Macedon youth
Last Line:: Without it we never should have had philosophers poets or kings
Author:: Edward Ward (Confident)
DMI number:: 11835

37. Eight Henrys twice three Edwards and one Stephen

First Line:: Eight Henrys twice three Edwards and one Stephen
Last Line:: All deemed the best of princes to a man
DMI number:: 12981

38. Eighth Henry ruling in this land

First Line:: Eighth Henry ruling in this land
Last Line:: In London lost her life
DMI number:: 12056

39. Enough of Chloris and our loves

First Line:: Enough of Chloris and our loves
Last Line:: Thy Chloris and thy loves again
DMI number:: 3133

40. Dothane deils son and dragon dispytous

First Line:: Dothane deils son and dragon dispytous
Last Line:: Spink sink with stink ad tartara termagorum
Author:: Walter Kennedy (Absolute)
DMI number:: 10927

41. Early in infant learning's rising day

First Line:: Early in infant learning's rising day
Last Line:: A monument of these yon stately pile shall stand
DMI number:: 25287

42. Dissenting bigots boast no more

First Line:: Dissenting bigots boast no more
Last Line:: And blessings when abused oft turn into a curse
DMI number:: 43168

43. Do you not wonder sirs in these poor days

First Line:: Do you not wonder sirs in these poor days
Last Line:: But let for once a tragedy succeed
Author:: Charles Hopkins (Absolute)
DMI number:: 39567

44. Draw the wine

First Line:: Draw the wine
Last Line:: In the pockets argent in their faces gules
DMI number:: 43353

45. Dryden in never dying verse

First Line:: Dryden in never dying verse
Last Line:: All other subjects I refuse
DMI number:: 44689

46. Far from the busy cares of life

First Line:: Far from the busy cares of life
Last Line:: Is sure it never can be worse
Author:: Samuel Whyte (Speculation)
DMI number:: 33791

47. Ethelbert clept the hely king of Kent

First Line:: Ethelbert clept the hely king of Kent
Last Line:: And after Edbald his son regne gan ther
DMI number:: 28915

48. Farewell a long farewell to all my greatness

First Line:: Farewell a long farewell to all my greatness
Last Line:: Have left me naked to mine enemies
Author:: William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:: 27045

49. Farewell a long farewell to all my greatness

First Line:: Farewell a long farewell to all my greatness
Last Line:: The hopes of court my hopes in heaven do dwell
Author:: William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:: 35233

50. Fair golden age not because rivers purled

First Line:: Fair golden age not because rivers purled
Last Line:: Eternal sleep and night succeeds our sun
DMI number:: 43418

51. Fair golden age not because rivers purled

First Line:: Fair golden age not because rivers purled
Last Line:: Then whilst we live let's undisturbed love on
DMI number:: 44374

52. Fair mirror of foul times whose fragile sheen

First Line:: Fair mirror of foul times whose fragile sheen
Last Line:: He sent him war or plague or famine sore
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 30442

53. From all popish treasons and the gunpowder plot

First Line:: From all popish treasons and the gunpowder plot
Last Line:: And from such as again would blow up three nations | Libera &c
DMI number:: 42360

54. From ancient Thespis to the present age

First Line:: From ancient Thespis to the present age
Last Line:: And turn to happier scenes and brighter skies
Author:: Richard Cumberland (Absolute)
DMI number:: 38481

55. From deepest dungeons of eternal night

First Line:: From deepest dungeons of eternal night
Last Line:: If you believe seducers more than me
Author:: Wentworth Dillon (Confident)
DMI number:: 2234

56. Frae Dunideir as I cam throuch

First Line:: Frae Dunideir as I cam throuch
Last Line:: The brim battil of the Harlaw
DMI number:: 10857

57. Friend of the moss grown spire and crumbling arch

First Line:: Friend of the moss grown spire and crumbling arch
Last Line:: Deep from thy eyes profane her gothic charms
DMI number:: 26593

58. For know great prince when you shall come to know

First Line:: For know great prince when you shall come to know
Last Line:: T' have writers than have actors of renown
Author:: Samuel Daniel (Absolute)
DMI number:: 15041

59. For hitherto sly writers wily wits

First Line:: For hitherto sly writers wily wits
Last Line:: In rueful means the shortest form is sweetest
DMI number:: 15036

60. From guarded walls her ensigns which contain

First Line:: From guarded walls her ensigns which contain
Last Line:: That you were prisoner there you are truly great
DMI number:: 28756

61. From lofty themes from thoughts that soared on high

First Line:: From lofty themes from thoughts that soared on high
Last Line:: And fierce Maria pitied her too late
Author:: Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:: 38526

62. Gil's history appears to me

First Line:: Gil's history appears to me
Last Line:: Whose fathers were Gil's skeletons
Author:: Matthew Green (Confident)
DMI number:: 21893

63. Genius of Britain who with ancient brute

First Line:: Genius of Britain who with ancient brute
Last Line:: That noblest gift of heaven a patriot king
DMI number:: 28447

64. George thy giant race is run

First Line:: George thy giant race is run
Last Line:: And share alike his smiles and guard alike his state
DMI number:: 28498

65. From the Romish whore with her triple crown

First Line:: From the Romish whore with her triple crown
Last Line:: And quit us all from that cloud which appears | Quesimus te domine
DMI number:: 42986

66. From these lone shades and ever-gloomy bowers

First Line:: From these lone shades and ever-gloomy bowers
Last Line:: Fly on the wings of love and conquest to her arms
Author:: William Pattison (Absolute)
DMI number:: 28670

67. Gone with a vengeance had he twenty lives

First Line:: Gone with a vengeance had he twenty lives
Last Line:: The wrath of heaven and the prey of hell
DMI number:: 43357

68. Great Saladine the conqueror of the east

First Line:: Great Saladine the conqueror of the east
Last Line:: Hath borne away but that poor shirt he wore
DMI number:: 29855

69. Hail fair Ierne parent of the lyre

First Line:: Hail fair Ierne parent of the lyre
Last Line:: And royal beauties grace the ambitious lay
Author:: Samuel Whyte (Speculation)
DMI number:: 33795

70. Gutron the king of Denmark that was tho

First Line:: Gutron the king of Denmark that was tho
Last Line:: Sevente and viii as Flores doth approve
DMI number:: 29036

71. Hard is the task in modern days to choose

First Line:: Hard is the task in modern days to choose
Last Line:: The hands which twinned will still preserve the wreath
Author:: Robert Jephson (Absolute)
DMI number:: 38466

72. Hark heard you not yon footstep dread

First Line:: Hark heard you not yon footstep dread
Last Line:: Again for freedom fights again for freedom dies
DMI number:: 37662

73. Hence empty joys fantastic pleasures hence

First Line:: Hence empty joys fantastic pleasures hence
Last Line:: Thy sire and grandsire both revived in thee
DMI number:: 28591

74. Hence sons of avarice hence away

First Line:: Hence sons of avarice hence away
Last Line:: So great a monarch and so bright a queen
DMI number:: 28124

75. Henry the Prince fell by his trembling sire

First Line:: Henry the Prince fell by his trembling sire
Last Line:: And tyrants never die a civil death
DMI number:: 4892

76. Here lies the famous Godfrey of Bulloigne

First Line:: Here lies the famous Godfrey of Bulloigne
Last Line:: O may his soul rest in peace amen
DMI number:: 29760

77. Here lies William de Valence

First Line:: Here lies William de Valence
Last Line:: The prentice for the maid
DMI number:: 4996

78. Here lieth the renowned Godfrey of Bulloigne who won all this land

First Line:: Here lieth the renowned Godfrey of Bulloigne who won all this land
Last Line:: To the worship of christ rest may his soul in peace amen
DMI number:: 29868