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1.
All joy unto that happy pair
First Line:
All joy unto that happy pair
Last Line:
Yet they in heaven do fill a sphere
DMI number:
44002
2.
Alwhyle ye drinke midst age and ache ybent
First Line:
Alwhyle ye drinke midst age and ache ybent
Last Line:
At lyfe's high founte an everlastynge cure
Author:
Dr Henry Harington (Confident)
DMI number:
33619
3.
Approach celestial dove
First Line:
Approach celestial dove
Last Line:
United three eternal one be thine
DMI number:
43283
4.
Awake my glory e'er the rosy morn
First Line:
Awake my glory e'er the rosy morn
Last Line:
They pierce the clouds and reach beyond the sky
DMI number:
43253
5.
Be merry with sorrow why are you so sad
First Line:
Be merry with sorrow why are you so sad
Last Line:
God send them short lives not to live till tomorrow
DMI number:
42909
6.
Can life be a blessing
First Line:
Can life be a blessing
Last Line:
Those heavenly heavenly moments to spend
Author:
John Dryden (Confident)
DMI number:
42782
7.
By disappointments and afflictions sore
First Line:
By disappointments and afflictions sore
Last Line:
Twill safely end in an eternal day
DMI number:
33141
8.
Come lovely queen of endless smiles
First Line:
Come lovely queen of endless smiles
Last Line:
Hope let me live on earth with thee
Author:
John Hawkesworth (Absolute)
DMI number:
28511
9.
Could man his wish obtain
First Line:
Could man his wish obtain
Last Line:
Nor promise any hopes to gain
DMI number:
42797
10.
Fire fire here I burn in such desire
First Line:
Fire fire here I burn in such desire
Last Line:
O drown both me and my desire
DMI number:
43344
11.
Fair hope how much does it behove
First Line:
Fair hope how much does it behove
Last Line:
I'll rest on thee heart cheering power
DMI number:
35601
12.
From heaven at first with Lucifer I fell
First Line:
From heaven at first with Lucifer I fell
Last Line:
Now tell me if you can what is my name
DMI number:
15313
13.
Go treacherous hopes by whose uncertain fire
First Line:
Go treacherous hopes by whose uncertain fire
Last Line:
And such a task to live
DMI number:
44050
14.
Hear Doddington the notes that shepherds sing
First Line:
Hear Doddington the notes that shepherds sing
Last Line:
Propitious Venus on thy altars bleed
Author:
George Lyttelton (Absolute)
DMI number:
22305
15.
Happy the man who shuns the beaten road
First Line:
Happy the man who shuns the beaten road
Last Line:
Refreshed with heavenly dews above
DMI number:
43252
16.
Have you observed the wench in the street
First Line:
Have you observed the wench in the street
Last Line:
We shall find chalk
DMI number:
43859
17.
Have you observed the wench in the street
First Line:
Have you observed the wench in the street
Last Line:
What though we have no money we shall find chalk
DMI number:
43135
18.
He that a happy life would lead
First Line:
He that a happy life would lead
Last Line:
And laugh at the world and its folly
Author:
Alexander Brome (Absolute)
DMI number:
43139
19.
Hope sweetest child of fancy born
First Line:
Hope sweetest child of fancy born
Last Line:
And led by reason shun despair
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
30870
20.
In the grave the wicked cannot oppress
First Line:
In the grave the wicked cannot oppress
Last Line:
Then sorrow and sighing shall flee away
DMI number:
33975
21.
My great redeemer lives I know he lives
First Line:
My great redeemer lives I know he lives
Last Line:
Shall part me from his everlasting love
Author:
Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer] (Absolute)
DMI number:
25992
22.
Lest that the feeble heart of suffering man
First Line:
Lest that the feeble heart of suffering man
Last Line:
Craving thy aid to those who hear me sing
DMI number:
40587
23.
Mankind may rove unvexed by strife
First Line:
Mankind may rove unvexed by strife
Last Line:
I'd never live or quickly die
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
28318
24.
Nature sent us all abroad
First Line:
Nature sent us all abroad
Last Line:
And thus we'll find the way to live
Author:
Thomas Wood (Absolute)
DMI number:
42593
25.
Never trouble thy self at the times or their turnings
First Line:
Never trouble thy self at the times or their turnings
Last Line:
Let us scorn our content from others to borrow
DMI number:
43084
26.
O thou whose sweetly pleasing sway
First Line:
O thou whose sweetly pleasing sway
Last Line:
To realms of endless rest
DMI number:
35604
27.
O hope sweet flatterer whose delusive touch
First Line:
O hope sweet flatterer whose delusive touch
Last Line:
And let me hail thee from that friendly grove
Author:
Richard Glover (Absolute)
DMI number:
30043
28.
O virgin-mother fairer to behold
First Line:
O virgin-mother fairer to behold
Last Line:
Are not so rough so merciless as he
DMI number:
43389
29.
Proud Babylon thou saw us weep
First Line:
Proud Babylon thou saw us weep
Last Line:
And sacred verse no more be mine
DMI number:
43272
30.
Pray why should any man complain
First Line:
Pray why should any man complain
Last Line:
They'll never fight for domination
DMI number:
43099
31.
Pour on my soul sweet hope thy lovely light
First Line:
Pour on my soul sweet hope thy lovely light
Last Line:
And bless his long lost parents friends and me
DMI number:
36677
32.
Should I the language of my heart conceal
First Line:
Should I the language of my heart conceal
Last Line:
Return I write I cannot add farewell
Author:
William Dodd (Absolute)
DMI number:
25327
33.
She fans the youthful lover's flame
First Line:
She fans the youthful lover's flame
Last Line:
Could not return durst not pursue my way
Author:
Aphra Behn (Absolute)
DMI number:
40489
34.
Sweet hope thou pleasing inmate of the breast
First Line:
Sweet hope thou pleasing inmate of the breast
Last Line:
And Miller's voice proclaim the triumph mine
DMI number:
35603
35.
The morning blushed with vivid red
First Line:
The morning blushed with vivid red
Last Line:
And all the joys of earth and air
DMI number:
25314
36.
Three sisters of one heavenly parent born
First Line:
Three sisters of one heavenly parent born
Last Line:
Approved distinguished near the eternal throne
DMI number:
36199
37.
To you who never the willing verse refuse
First Line:
To you who never the willing verse refuse
Last Line:
Makes toil seem pleasant and affliction calm
Author:
Mary Leapor (Absolute)
DMI number:
23739
38.
Welcome sweet peace approach the wishing isle
First Line:
Welcome sweet peace approach the wishing isle
Last Line:
Never never never to depart again
DMI number:
44439
39.
What dreary prospects meets the eye
First Line:
What dreary prospects meets the eye
Last Line:
Till all my days my hours thy livery wears
DMI number:
35605
40.
What if thou sayest the thing thou dost not mean
First Line:
What if thou sayest the thing thou dost not mean
Last Line:
I'le mock my self and hope past hope alas
DMI number:
44531
41.
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
42.
When in the opening of the youthful year
First Line:
When in the opening of the youthful year
Last Line:
Each gloomy thought clears up and I'm all blithe and gay
DMI number:
33600
43.
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
44.
With languid heats while nature burns
First Line:
With languid heats while nature burns
Last Line:
Sings to his sounding chain
DMI number:
37788
45.
Why should a man care or be in despair
First Line:
Why should a man care or be in despair
Last Line:
And I care not however the world go
DMI number:
43138