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1. A day an hour of virtuous liberty

First Line:
A day an hour of virtuous liberty
Last Line:
Is worth a whole eternity in bondage
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
19296

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 half famished wolf met a jolly fat dog

First Line:
A half famished wolf met a jolly fat dog
Last Line:
They that will have the fat must submit to the clog
DMI number:
4417

4. A hawk that of yore

First Line:
A hawk that of yore
Last Line:
The praises of free liberty
DMI number:
4404

5. A show of liberty

First Line:
A show of liberty
Last Line:
Which we want power to mend
Author:
Thomas May (Absolute)
DMI number:
16067

6. A sight like this who can unmoved survey

First Line:
A sight like this who can unmoved survey
Last Line:
To break the bonds and set the prisoners free
Author:
Mary Barber (Absolute)
DMI number:
11653

7. A slave thou wert by birth of this I gather

First Line:
A slave thou wert by birth of this I gather
Last Line:
For evermore thou saist my lord my father
Author:
Sir John Harington (Absolute)
DMI number:
13206

8. A prison or an isle are much the same

First Line:
A prison or an isle are much the same
Last Line:
That night is come the only time to rest
DMI number:
5983

9. A prison or the isle are much the same

First Line:
A prison or the isle are much the same
Last Line:
That night is come the only time to rest
DMI number:
43172

10. A tyrant's cursed blood runs in his veins

First Line:
A tyrant's cursed blood runs in his veins
Last Line:
There's none so dull as to mistake the man
DMI number:
36019

11. A land there is as maps do tell

First Line:
A land there is as maps do tell
Last Line:
Still let them be cursed slaves for me
DMI number:
4403

12. Ah liberty now have I learned to know

First Line:
Ah liberty now have I learned to know
Last Line:
My faultring tongue so basheth ought to crave
DMI number:
9072

13. Ah Raleigh when thou didst thy breath resign

First Line:
Ah Raleigh when thou didst thy breath resign
Last Line:
No poisoned tyrants on thy earth shall live
Author:
John Ayloffe (Confident) & Andrew Marvell (Speculation)
DMI number:
3632

14. All hands were piped to them up rose Sir

First Line:
All hands were piped to them up rose Sir
Last Line:
The dire effects of arbitrary power
DMI number:
32035

15. Abhorred abhorrers horribly abhorred

First Line:
Abhorred abhorrers horribly abhorred
Last Line:
Does vote abhorrers all to be abhorred
DMI number:
43028

16. Ah Raleigh when thou didst thy breath resign

First Line:
Ah Raleigh when thou didst thy breath resign
Last Line:
No poisonous serpent on the earth shall live
Author:
John Ayloffe (Confident) & Andrew Marvell (Speculation)
DMI number:
42302

17. Ah Tityrus you can sit beneath a tree

First Line:
Ah Tityrus you can sit beneath a tree
Last Line:
Shadows of hills grow long and the sun low
DMI number:
41828

18. Albion disclose thy drowsy eyes and see

First Line:
Albion disclose thy drowsy eyes and see
Last Line:
That would produce at last such glorious days as these
DMI number:
5912

19. Albion exult thy sons a voice divine have heard

First Line:
Albion exult thy sons a voice divine have heard
Last Line:
Lure his contented heart from the sweet vale of ease
Author:
Joseph Warton (Absolute)
DMI number:
25763

20. 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

21. 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

22. As the other night in bed I thinking lay

First Line:
As the other night in bed I thinking lay
Last Line:
Tis ten to one but I shall dream again
Author:
John Ayloffe (Speculation)
DMI number:
42336

23. As high above the starry sphere

First Line:
As high above the starry sphere
Last Line:
A column of imperishable praise
DMI number:
38683

24. As in a dream our thinking monarch lay

First Line:
As in a dream our thinking monarch lay
Last Line:
Frighted to see himself so much outdone
DMI number:
4561

25. At length I'm freed from tragical parade

First Line:
At length I'm freed from tragical parade
Last Line:
But sure the conqueror is the devil within
Author:
William Whitehead (Absolute)
DMI number:
37496

26. At length the hostile din of war is over

First Line:
At length the hostile din of war is over
Last Line:
Shalt justly boast each glorious toil thine own
DMI number:
21827

27. Beat on proud billows Boreas blow

First Line:
Beat on proud billows Boreas blow
Last Line:
Disgrace to rebels honour to my king
Author:
Sir Roger L'Estrange (Absolute)
DMI number:
5450

28. Beauty like kingdoms not for one was made

First Line:
Beauty like kingdoms not for one was made
Last Line:
Which else would die without that influence
DMI number:
44404

29. 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

30. Behold O stranger new from foreign lands

First Line:
Behold O stranger new from foreign lands
Last Line:
Thy Queen declare for truth and liberty
DMI number:
19454

31. Behold the image of a favourite peer

First Line:
Behold the image of a favourite peer
Last Line:
As did the patriots of the Roman name
DMI number:
18285

32. Better we all were in our graves

First Line:
Better we all were in our graves
Last Line:
And like Domitian leap at flies
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Absolute)
DMI number:
25166

33. Born under kings our fathers freedom sought

First Line:
Born under kings our fathers freedom sought
Last Line:
And born to freedom for our tyrants fight
DMI number:
6002

34. Beneath an aged oak whose verdant head

First Line:
Beneath an aged oak whose verdant head
Last Line:
Reason is too strong for love
Author:
Samuel Whyte (Speculation)
DMI number:
36301

35. Caesar thou hast o'ercome to thy great fame

First Line:
Caesar thou hast o'ercome to thy great fame
Last Line:
Cato will die unconquered and free
Author:
Francis Davison (Absolute)
DMI number:
49758

36. Cambray whilst of seraphic love you set

First Line:
Cambray whilst of seraphic love you set
Last Line:
The execrable phantom disappeared
DMI number:
5719

37. Bute loves arbitrary rule

First Line:
Bute loves arbitrary rule
Last Line:
Which kings pretend to reign
DMI number:
36006

38. But reason sworn in general to sense

First Line:
But reason sworn in general to sense
Last Line:
Where good men catched in nets of duty are
Author:
Fulke Greville (Absolute)
DMI number:
16061

39. Britannia look down and complacently smile

First Line:
Britannia look down and complacently smile
Last Line:
From lordy dominion they want to be free
DMI number:
33343

40. Britons awake your country's cause

First Line:
Britons awake your country's cause
Last Line:
And choose right honest Knightley
DMI number:
24451

41. Britons take care before it be too late

First Line:
Britons take care before it be too late
Last Line:
The cause from whence their welfare did arise
DMI number:
7462

42. Britons this night presents a state distressed

First Line:
Britons this night presents a state distressed
Last Line:
Ye sons of freedom save the friend of man
Author:
Henry Brooke (Absolute)
DMI number:
37514

43. Britons where is your great magnanimity

First Line:
Britons where is your great magnanimity
Last Line:
And preserve a sinking land
DMI number:
24770

44. Certain it is man was not born

First Line:
Certain it is man was not born
Last Line:
And this my friend is liberty
DMI number:
11283

45. Clito the wise the generous and good

First Line:
Clito the wise the generous and good
Last Line:
I to my study to his garden he
DMI number:
4450

46. 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

47. Come all ye brave boys who obey Wilkes's nod

First Line:
Come all ye brave boys who obey Wilkes's nod
Last Line:
That Wilkes be elect and the devil kiss our ae
DMI number:
31945

48. Come all ye free Britons whom liberty charms

First Line:
Come all ye free Britons whom liberty charms
Last Line:
Huzza with loud voices for Astley and Coke
DMI number:
31959

49. Come all ye good friends to your country's cause

First Line:
Come all ye good friends to your country's cause
Last Line:
Chuse the first greatest man for the first greatest city | Chuse Wilkes &c
DMI number:
31935

50. Come cheer up my lads to our country be firm

First Line:
Come cheer up my lads to our country be firm
Last Line:
And a toast give the world here's to those dare be free
DMI number:
32880

51. Come liberty's sons and hear what I propose

First Line:
Come liberty's sons and hear what I propose
Last Line:
Cry long live George the third our defender and king
DMI number:
36135

52. Come listen my cocks to a brother and friend

First Line:
Come listen my cocks to a brother and friend
Last Line:
Be put in the bilboes and brought to the jeers
DMI number:
35999

53. Cynthia what means this distant air

First Line:
Cynthia what means this distant air
Last Line:
Only a slave to liberty
DMI number:
19473

54. Cyriac this three years day these eyes though clear

First Line:
Cyriac this three years day these eyes though clear
Last Line:
Content though blind had I no other guide
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
21268

55. Could I but soar above the sky

First Line:
Could I but soar above the sky
Last Line:
I'd triumph in my liberty
Author:
William le Tans'ur (Speculation)
DMI number:
36448

56. Daughter of him at whose command

First Line:
Daughter of him at whose command
Last Line:
That wealth and peace may speak a George's reign
DMI number:
21821

57. Dear liberty thou sacred name

First Line:
Dear liberty thou sacred name
Last Line:
Vengeance with courage still combine
DMI number:
32181

58. Ere old Rome's city could corrupted be

First Line:
Ere old Rome's city could corrupted be
Last Line:
These civic honours give a real fame
DMI number:
17984

59. Escaped a race whose vanity never raised

First Line:
Escaped a race whose vanity never raised
Last Line:
And like a god shall say let there be liberty
Author:
Horace Walpole (Absolute)
DMI number:
33080

60. Did I in France a prisoner lie

First Line:
Did I in France a prisoner lie
Last Line:
Though I could hardly go
DMI number:
7561

61. Did power and liberty agree

First Line:
Did power and liberty agree
Last Line:
Been charged on me who gave you station
DMI number:
20836

62. Enjoy thy bondage make thy prison know

First Line:
Enjoy thy bondage make thy prison know
Last Line:
Stout Felton England's ransom here does lie
Author:
Zouch Townley (Absolute)
DMI number:
1119

63. Far from her hallowed grot where mildly bright

First Line:
Far from her hallowed grot where mildly bright
Last Line:
And pleased prefer oblivion to disgrace
Author:
William Mason (Absolute)
DMI number:
20469

64. Five days I told you I from town should stay

First Line:
Five days I told you I from town should stay
Last Line:
That the best station which best suits our mind
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25753

65. Fair hope I thank thee twas no idle dream

First Line:
Fair hope I thank thee twas no idle dream
Last Line:
And set the long imprisoned captive free
DMI number:
28635

66. Fair liberty sits goddess of our isle

First Line:
Fair liberty sits goddess of our isle
Last Line:
And truth and virtue grow beneath her eye
Author:
Samuel Bowden (Absolute)
DMI number:
30195

67. Fair patroness of wit and liberty

First Line:
Fair patroness of wit and liberty
Last Line:
And foes top Walpole emulate their toast
DMI number:
12155

68. Fairest and latest of the beauteous race

First Line:
Fairest and latest of the beauteous race
Last Line:
Her eyes alone that liberty retain
Author:
Charles Montagu (Absolute)
DMI number:
5309

69. From a black cliff where bold Cornubia's shore

First Line:
From a black cliff where bold Cornubia's shore
Last Line:
Secure defiance from my chosen race
DMI number:
36423

70. From coachmen and from chairmen free

First Line:
From coachmen and from chairmen free
Last Line:
It never breaks his rest
DMI number:
20701

71. From envy and ambition free

First Line:
From envy and ambition free
Last Line:
It never breaks his rest
DMI number:
20700

72. Freedom the first delight of human kind

First Line:
Freedom the first delight of human kind
DMI number:
39624

73. Freedom with virtue takes her seat

First Line:
Freedom with virtue takes her seat
Last Line:
But cares do swarm there too and those have stings
DMI number:
39625

74. Freedom with virtue takes her seat

First Line:
Freedom with virtue takes her seat
Last Line:
To kites and meaner birds he leaves the mangled prey
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
22903

75. Freedom's charms alike engage

First Line:
Freedom's charms alike engage
Last Line:
Bliss is born of liberty
DMI number:
33568

76. French power and weak allies and war and want

First Line:
French power and weak allies and war and want
Last Line:
Control each storm and bid the roar be still
Author:
Sneyd Davies (Absolute)
DMI number:
30473

77. French power and weak allies and war and want

First Line:
French power and weak allies and war and want
Last Line:
Is then obeyed and I shall know myself
Author:
Sneyd Davies (Absolute)
DMI number:
23466

78. For like a lion that escapes his bound

First Line:
For like a lion that escapes his bound
Last Line:
That less should list that may do what it will
Author:
Samuel Daniel (Absolute)
DMI number:
39151

79. For what one likes if others like as well

First Line:
For what one likes if others like as well
Last Line:
All join to guard what each desires to gain
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28238

80. For subjects getting liberty

First Line:
For subjects getting liberty
Last Line:
Is but proud strutting in a chain
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
16071

81. Fly fly Varanes fly this sacred place

First Line:
Fly fly Varanes fly this sacred place
Last Line:
Though thy loud vices should resound to heaven
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
19300

82. From horrid mountains ever hid in snow

First Line:
From horrid mountains ever hid in snow
Last Line:
For know it is my interest to be free
Author:
Joseph Spence (Absolute)
DMI number:
22488

83. From the blessed regions of eternal day

First Line:
From the blessed regions of eternal day
Last Line:
Britain shall be his throne in time to come
DMI number:
3659

84. From the dark regions of eternal night

First Line:
From the dark regions of eternal night
Last Line:
He vanished straight and went to purgatory
DMI number:
12032

85. Gilding with brighter beams the vernal skies

First Line:
Gilding with brighter beams the vernal skies
Last Line:
Fancy ever fair and free
Author:
James Marriott (Absolute)
DMI number:
26659

86. Gentle idle trifling boy

First Line:
Gentle idle trifling boy
Last Line:
Trifles please the truly wise
Author:
Robert Nugent (Absolute)
DMI number:
22429

87. From the lawless dominion of mitre and crown

First Line:
From the lawless dominion of mitre and crown
Last Line:
From the king of France and from the French king
DMI number:
4885

88. From the ocean emerged bright Phoebus's ray

First Line:
From the ocean emerged bright Phoebus's ray
Last Line:
And defied the power of England's king to alter their laws
Author:
G Wilson (Absolute)
DMI number:
37009

89. From whom should peace sincerer vows receive

First Line:
From whom should peace sincerer vows receive
Last Line:
Toil forms the limbs but liberty the soul
Author:
William Whitehead (Absolute)
DMI number:
21826

90. Go sprightly Rolles go travel earth and sea

First Line:
Go sprightly Rolles go travel earth and sea
Last Line:
Where not a W-- shall approach thee more
DMI number:
12159

91. Go last of Britons who hast dared be free

First Line:
Go last of Britons who hast dared be free
Last Line:
Though never a coronet thy brow has known
DMI number:
24429

92. Great hero not of their low rank and name

First Line:
Great hero not of their low rank and name
Last Line:
Or that to its wished prize led on by you
DMI number:
42866

93. Great liberty each Britons chief delight

First Line:
Great liberty each Britons chief delight
Last Line:
He'd own you fought beyond what he could write
DMI number:
25556

94. Great pity that cities so renowned for their wit

First Line:
Great pity that cities so renowned for their wit
Last Line:
They'd have saved all their boxes of oak and of gold
DMI number:
31103

95. Great sirs I humbly sue to ye

First Line:
Great sirs I humbly sue to ye
Last Line:
Who make us pay for peeping
DMI number:
36850

96. Hail happy W------ thou art strangely great

First Line:
Hail happy W------ thou art strangely great
Last Line:
Must serve their masters though they damn their souls
Author:
Henry Hall (Speculation) & John Grobham [Jack] Howe (Speculation)
DMI number:
4578

97. Great soul of nature source of all our joys

First Line:
Great soul of nature source of all our joys
Last Line:
The seas their empire bound their fame the skies
DMI number:
5032

98. Hail happy William thou art truly great

First Line:
Hail happy William thou art truly great
Last Line:
Those that oppose his reign must damn their souls
DMI number:
4962

99. Hail independence hail heaven's next best gift

First Line:
Hail independence hail heaven's next best gift
Last Line:
That flits aerial from the spreading eye
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
34114

100. Hail liberty thou physic of the soul

First Line:
Hail liberty thou physic of the soul
Last Line:
Hail liberty thou physic of the soul
Author:
Daniel Defoe (Absolute)
DMI number:
9359