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1. A man triumphant is a monstrous sight

First Line:
A man triumphant is a monstrous sight
Last Line:
Who called us into being to be blessed
Author:
Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:
30198

2. A shape alone let others prize

First Line:
A shape alone let others prize
Last Line:
And read them perfect there
Author:
Mark Akenside (Confident)
DMI number:
36938

3. Ah hapless sex who bear no charms

First Line:
Ah hapless sex who bear no charms
Last Line:
After fruition never to be concerned
DMI number:
43647

4. All day I wander over the plains

First Line:
All day I wander over the plains
Last Line:
That earth or sea does treasure
DMI number:
42746

5. Ah Celia arise

First Line:
Ah Celia arise
Last Line:
Such joys to discover
DMI number:
42728

6. 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

7. Although that many hinderances be

First Line:
Although that many hinderances be
Last Line:
Little additions to our hope of heaven
DMI number:
5590

8. As over the varied meads I stray

First Line:
As over the varied meads I stray
Last Line:
And pleasure to devotion turns
DMI number:
28663

9. Away with the causes of riches and cares

First Line:
Away with the causes of riches and cares
Last Line:
And makes every day to be happy and long
Author:
Thomas D'Urfey (Absolute)
DMI number:
6543

10. At Upton on the hill

First Line:
At Upton on the hill
Last Line:
Till life itself shall end
DMI number:
40452

11. Bacchus Iacchus fill our brains

First Line:
Bacchus Iacchus fill our brains
Last Line:
As well as bowls with sprightly strains
DMI number:
44183

12. Be gone I know the vain deceit

First Line:
Be gone I know the vain deceit
Last Line:
Stranger alike to guilt and fear
DMI number:
19664

13. Be thou joyful I am jolly

First Line:
Be thou joyful I am jolly
Last Line:
For I can stay or bid adieu
DMI number:
44148

14. Blessed be the princes who have fought

First Line:
Blessed be the princes who have fought
Last Line:
That happiness is but opinion
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
12389

15. Blessed Epicure of race divine

First Line:
Blessed Epicure of race divine
Last Line:
But solid griefs too long and tedious are
DMI number:
43393

16. Believe me sir he's neither good nor great

First Line:
Believe me sir he's neither good nor great
Last Line:
But this remain when both shall be no more
DMI number:
36283

17. Can you oh man the gift you don't possess

First Line:
Can you oh man the gift you don't possess
Last Line:
Go hand in hand and this should be my choice
DMI number:
30194

18. Bright shines the sun play beggars play

First Line:
Bright shines the sun play beggars play
Last Line:
Bright shines the sun &c
DMI number:
44223

19. Cease to defend your amorous heart

First Line:
Cease to defend your amorous heart
Last Line:
And all his darts receive
DMI number:
43597

20. Come all you humdrums that encumber the earth

First Line:
Come all you humdrums that encumber the earth
Last Line:
The rest are stark dead and may rot when they lift | Derry down down &c
DMI number:
22360

21. Cymon a poor but happy wight

First Line:
Cymon a poor but happy wight
Last Line:
Tis manly never to despair
DMI number:
30081

22. D | Dear child you are but young what make you then

First Line:
D | Dear child you are but young what make you then
Last Line:
I must contented be with pleasing dreams | Exeunt Ambo
DMI number:
44364

23. Dear youth didst thou by sweet experience know

First Line:
Dear youth didst thou by sweet experience know
Last Line:
To be an amorous beau or drunken fool
Author:
Edward Ward (Absolute)
DMI number:
21773

24. Descend sweet peace and gild the year

First Line:
Descend sweet peace and gild the year
Last Line:
Where peace forsakes the mind
DMI number:
34447

25. Diogenes was merry in his tub

First Line:
Diogenes was merry in his tub
Last Line:
For the more we laugh the more we may
Author:
John Playford (Absolute)
DMI number:
44193

26. Fame riches honour birth or wit

First Line:
Fame riches honour birth or wit
Last Line:
There's nought to wish or fear
DMI number:
23292

27. For no man lives who always happy is

First Line:
For no man lives who always happy is
Last Line:
-
DMI number:
33634

28. For danger's sauce gives joy a better taste

First Line:
For danger's sauce gives joy a better taste
Last Line:
-
Author:
Jasper Fisher (Absolute)
DMI number:
15788

29. Go on prepare my bounty for my friends

First Line:
Go on prepare my bounty for my friends
Last Line:
The proverb change be merry but not wise
Author:
David Garrick (Absolute)
DMI number:
38099

30. Gods when we meet how dull was I

First Line:
Gods when we meet how dull was I
Last Line:
Sylvia that death grant heaven and you I die
DMI number:
42672

31. Hail blessed pair whom love and nature joins

First Line:
Hail blessed pair whom love and nature joins
Last Line:
Death that grim tyrant that does all things blast
DMI number:
42777

32. Hail happy day

First Line:
Hail happy day
Last Line:
Submitting to her high command
DMI number:
11901

33. Hail happy little animal

First Line:
Hail happy little animal
Last Line:
And nearly to the gods allied
Author:
Thomas Sheridan (Speculation)
DMI number:
11655

34. Hail mighty prince this poem on you waits

First Line:
Hail mighty prince this poem on you waits
Last Line:
And all the popish interest confound
DMI number:
42343

35. Happy the man like those of old

First Line:
Happy the man like those of old
Last Line:
Looks out for mortgages again
DMI number:
24430

36. Hail social season cries the man of mirth

First Line:
Hail social season cries the man of mirth
Last Line:
Where reason's drowned and man's transformed to beast
DMI number:
36735

37. Happy the man who gives a loose to joy

First Line:
Happy the man who gives a loose to joy
Last Line:
As soft and wanton as she's fair
DMI number:
22744

38. Has God thou fool worked solely for thy good

First Line:
Has God thou fool worked solely for thy good
Last Line:
Who thinks all made for one not one for all
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
29842

39. He who has drunk the ethereal stream

First Line:
He who has drunk the ethereal stream
Last Line:
Dissolved with a dissolving world
DMI number:
36344

40. He that on earth will happy be must use

First Line:
He that on earth will happy be must use
Last Line:
The joys of earth and heaven in our mind
DMI number:
5586

41. Hence anxious care and loathsome pain

First Line:
Hence anxious care and loathsome pain
Last Line:
Smiles succeed to fortunes frown
DMI number:
22338

42. Hence every gloomy care away

First Line:
Hence every gloomy care away
Last Line:
That makes thee ever mine
DMI number:
30201

43. Hence loathed melancholy

First Line:
Hence loathed melancholy
Last Line:
Mirth with thee I mean to live
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
3795

44. Here lie sequestered from the various calamities of life

First Line:
Here lie sequestered from the various calamities of life
Last Line:
May shrug perhaps and cry poor Ben
DMI number:
30117

45. Here lies a man a happy man was he

First Line:
Here lies a man a happy man was he
Last Line:
For worldly joy hath always in it death
Author:
Alexander Pennecuik (Confident)
DMI number:
28183

46. How fine are the pieces of nature's rich loom

First Line:
How fine are the pieces of nature's rich loom
Last Line:
Are diffused in all virtues by me
DMI number:
36330

47. How blessed with whom though lowly born

First Line:
How blessed with whom though lowly born
Last Line:
And sweet benevolence and calm content inspires
Author:
John Langhorne (Absolute)
DMI number:
30523

48. Hither swains who whistling blythe

First Line:
Hither swains who whistling blythe
Last Line:
Hailing Cupid's holy day
DMI number:
28795

49. How happy are lovers

First Line:
How happy are lovers
Last Line:
That with a glance can our passion enslave
DMI number:
42763

50. How happy bright C----r are all thy inventions

First Line:
How happy bright C----r are all thy inventions
Last Line:
And Tom A--ne shall compose what his sister shall sing
DMI number:
15978