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1. All praise to thee my god this night

First Line:
All praise to thee my god this night
Last Line:
Praise father son and holy ghost
Author:
Thomas Ken (Speculation)
DMI number:
26987

2. At midnight tis presumed this pomp will burst

First Line:
At midnight tis presumed this pomp will burst
Last Line:
All nature struggling in the pangs of death
Author:
Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:
30551

3. As when from mountain tops the dusky clouds

First Line:
As when from mountain tops the dusky clouds
Last Line:
Attest their joy that hill and valley rings
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
22821

4. Bright star by Venus fixed above

First Line:
Bright star by Venus fixed above
Last Line:
Who lately stole my heart away
Author:
George Stepney (Absolute)
DMI number:
6577

5. Come heavenly pensive contemplation come

First Line:
Come heavenly pensive contemplation come
Last Line:
Spend and be spent in service so divine
DMI number:
33034

6. Darkness does now the world surround

First Line:
Darkness does now the world surround
Last Line:
I'll haste to slumber in the grave
DMI number:
42764

7. Ere time or place or forms were ushered in

First Line:
Ere time or place or forms were ushered in
Last Line:
And try what of the mystery you can make
DMI number:
22833

8. Fashion a motley nymph of yore

First Line:
Fashion a motley nymph of yore
Last Line:
But damn me into some repute
Author:
Christopher Smart (Absolute)
DMI number:
32332

9. Evening now from purple wings

First Line:
Evening now from purple wings
Last Line:
Lovers all but love disdain
Author:
Samuel Johnson (Absolute)
DMI number:
32595

10. Evening thou nymph divine and holy

First Line:
Evening thou nymph divine and holy
Last Line:
Nor begged a saviour's boon
DMI number:
38649

11. Evening | I am the evening dark as night

First Line:
Evening | I am the evening dark as night
Last Line:
Pond-water shall wet their whistles
DMI number:
43923

12. Fain would I wake thee sweet but fear

First Line:
Fain would I wake thee sweet but fear
Last Line:
To take her special beams
DMI number:
43964

13. For there's no difference twixt the king and clown

First Line:
For there's no difference twixt the king and clown
Last Line:
Reigns over the best and proudest emperors
Author:
Thomas Tomkis [Tomkys] (Absolute)
DMI number:
16838

14. Hail empress of the star-bespangled sky

First Line:
Hail empress of the star-bespangled sky
Last Line:
To plunge into that sea of sin a bustling world
Author:
William Woty (Absolute)
DMI number:
29204

15. Hail evening the skies how calm how bright

First Line:
Hail evening the skies how calm how bright
Last Line:
To unutterable bliss and everlasting light
DMI number:
30512

16. Hail musing midnight let me rove

First Line:
Hail musing midnight let me rove
Last Line:
Overpowered and melting down in each soul raptured kiss
DMI number:
25927

17. Hail reverend night come gloomy goddess come

First Line:
Hail reverend night come gloomy goddess come
Last Line:
And sleeps upon the thorny bed of conscience
DMI number:
5844

18. Hail silver moon whose cheerful radiance warms

First Line:
Hail silver moon whose cheerful radiance warms
Last Line:
And seal those vows while pleased by thee they range
DMI number:
38158

19. 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

20. Hark how the lone departing hour

First Line:
Hark how the lone departing hour
Last Line:
All all a vision all a dream
DMI number:
32944

21. He smoothed the rough cast moon's imperfect mold

First Line:
He smoothed the rough cast moon's imperfect mold
Last Line:
With her they rise with her they set again
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
5567

22. How calm a how sedate from realms of light

First Line:
How calm a how sedate from realms of light
Last Line:
And with profound respect your steps explore
DMI number:
31188

23. How calm how clear and how serene

First Line:
How calm how clear and how serene
Last Line:
And dream of bliss till dawn of day
DMI number:
26265

24. Hold back thy hours dark night till we have done

First Line:
Hold back thy hours dark night till we have done
Last Line:
But help not though she call
Author:
John Fletcher (Absolute) & Francis Beaumont (Absolute)
DMI number:
44239

25. How mild the evening how serene the sky

First Line:
How mild the evening how serene the sky
Last Line:
Tis I am wretched she's a spotless name
DMI number:
27130

26. I dreamed we both were in a bed

First Line:
I dreamed we both were in a bed
Last Line:
Love give me more such nights as these
DMI number:
44049

27. In Albion's isle ere hoary time grew old

First Line:
In Albion's isle ere hoary time grew old
Last Line:
By all regretted and by all admired
DMI number:
33504

28. In mercy lord look down on my sad soul

First Line:
In mercy lord look down on my sad soul
Last Line:
Which filled my heart with joy and bid my griefs remove
DMI number:
26240

29. In ebon chariot sable night descends

First Line:
In ebon chariot sable night descends
Last Line:
And trace the regions of eternal light
DMI number:
32370

30. It was the time when witty poets tell

First Line:
It was the time when witty poets tell
Last Line:
And drew the modest curtains of the night
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
5568

31. Let timid guilt with dastard dread

First Line:
Let timid guilt with dastard dread
Last Line:
Though thunders roll around
DMI number:
31178

32. Light thickens and the crow

First Line:
Light thickens and the crow
Last Line:
And to their prey the night black agents rouse
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
18782

33. Light thou bright efflux from the ethereal world

First Line:
Light thou bright efflux from the ethereal world
Last Line:
And all the horrors of the night confound
DMI number:
15160

34. My god now I from sleep awake

First Line:
My god now I from sleep awake
Last Line:
Praise father son and holy ghost
Author:
Thomas Ken (Confident)
DMI number:
27079

35. Let coward guilt with pallid fear

First Line:
Let coward guilt with pallid fear
Last Line:
Of everlasting day
Author:
Elizabeth Carter (Absolute)
DMI number:
32291

36. Kind night and day both nature's offsprings are

First Line:
Kind night and day both nature's offsprings are
Last Line:
And all their beauties spotted with disdain
DMI number:
44375

37. Last night my Celia did appear

First Line:
Last night my Celia did appear
Last Line:
A light more prevalent than his so near
Author:
Vincent Voiture (Absolute)
DMI number:
7222

38. Nor equal light th'unequal morn adorns

First Line:
Nor equal light th'unequal morn adorns
Last Line:
But gath'ring into globe she fattens at increase
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
5569

39. Night sable goddess from her ebon throne

First Line:
Night sable goddess from her ebon throne
Last Line:
An awful pause prophetic of her end
Author:
Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:
30491

40. Night that doth basely keep the door of sin

First Line:
Night that doth basely keep the door of sin
Last Line:
The black intent but night and her black eye
Author:
Robert Armin (Confident)
DMI number:
16837

41. Now Cynthia shone serene with silver light

First Line:
Now Cynthia shone serene with silver light
Last Line:
And tender pity is a kin to love
DMI number:
27127

42. Now flames the western sun with golden beams

First Line:
Now flames the western sun with golden beams
Last Line:
And gathering vapour from the heath ascends
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
29811

43. Now all is calm and through the ambient air

First Line:
Now all is calm and through the ambient air
Last Line:
To plunge into that sea of sin a bustling world
DMI number:
37705

44. Now all is calm and through the ambient air

First Line:
Now all is calm and through the ambient air
Last Line:
Whatever is to him be endless praise
DMI number:
38697

45. Now the cock doth cry cock a doodle doo

First Line:
Now the cock doth cry cock a doodle doo
Last Line:
To all who beauty love and business hate
DMI number:
44146

46. O thou who formed this earth from naught

First Line:
O thou who formed this earth from naught
Last Line:
When moon and stars dec and died
DMI number:
26162

47. O night dark night wrapped round with Stygian gloom

First Line:
O night dark night wrapped round with Stygian gloom
Last Line:
Fools banter heaven itself O Young and thee
Author:
Samuel Derrick (Speculation) & William Whitehead (Absolute)
DMI number:
20451

48. O solemn midnight sacred hour

First Line:
O solemn midnight sacred hour
Last Line:
They shock each listening ear
DMI number:
31189

49. Past are the glories of the gorgeous day

First Line:
Past are the glories of the gorgeous day
Last Line:
With sable curtains shrouds the starry pole
DMI number:
31187

50. One night when all the village slept

First Line:
One night when all the village slept
Last Line:
But never rose again
DMI number:
23678

51. Say matchless charmers what ill fated stars

First Line:
Say matchless charmers what ill fated stars
Last Line:
Since you over earth and sea mankind and all control
DMI number:
10042

52. Silently musing on the ills of life

First Line:
Silently musing on the ills of life
Last Line:
Waking I found I'd dreamt away the night
DMI number:
11116

53. Selinda never appears till night

First Line:
Selinda never appears till night
Last Line:
Her presence may supply the day
DMI number:
12609

54. See Sylvia see the sparkling lamp of day

First Line:
See Sylvia see the sparkling lamp of day
Last Line:
The charms Sylvia shall eternal shine
Author:
Mary Leapor (Absolute)
DMI number:
24381

55. Shall man alone whose fate whose final fate

First Line:
Shall man alone whose fate whose final fate
Last Line:
Inexorable all and all extreme
Author:
Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:
30555

56. See Nerissa the young and the fair

First Line:
See Nerissa the young and the fair
Last Line:
Whose presence enlivens the May
DMI number:
33588

57. Sing and rejoice the day is gone

First Line:
Sing and rejoice the day is gone
Last Line:
A like black Pluto princes of the night
DMI number:
44486

58. Some say for ever against that season comes

First Line:
Some say for ever against that season comes
Last Line:
So sacred and so hallowed is that tune
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
42005

59. The air was calm the sky serene and clear

First Line:
The air was calm the sky serene and clear
Last Line:
A better prospect of the sun's strong light
DMI number:
43567

60. Surrounded with the horrors of thy reign

First Line:
Surrounded with the horrors of thy reign
Last Line:
Or blot thy memory from my saddened breast
DMI number:
36763

61. The curfew tolls the knell of parting day

First Line:
The curfew tolls the knell of parting day
Last Line:
Molest her ancient solitary reign
Author:
Thomas Gray (Absolute)
DMI number:
29810

62. The busy cares of day are done

First Line:
The busy cares of day are done
Last Line:
Nor change thy festive hours for sunshine and the day
Author:
Charles Parrott (Absolute)
DMI number:
26685

63. The bread is all baked

First Line:
The bread is all baked
Last Line:
The chimney is their church the oven is their quire
DMI number:
44145

64. The queen of night whose vast command

First Line:
The queen of night whose vast command
Last Line:
In high spring tides at midnight reigns
Author:
Samuel Butler (Absolute)
DMI number:
22824

65. The sable night had spread around

First Line:
The sable night had spread around
Last Line:
But what a wretch I've made of thee
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
27141

66. The sun far sunk in his descent

First Line:
The sun far sunk in his descent
Last Line:
Her conquest over the flowers proclaims
Author:
Nahum Tate (Absolute)
DMI number:
5775

67. The sun was sinking to the western hills

First Line:
The sun was sinking to the western hills
Last Line:
To light me homewards on my cheerless way
DMI number:
25892

68. There is a black and sullen hour

First Line:
There is a black and sullen hour
Last Line:
Loved worse loved worse for being true
Author:
Thomas D'Urfey (Absolute)
DMI number:
24763

69. This evening from a lofty Hill

First Line:
This evening from a lofty Hill
Last Line:
And climb a fairer sky
DMI number:
36327

70. Thou tranquil daughter of the day

First Line:
Thou tranquil daughter of the day
Last Line:
For dust thou wert and shalt to dust return
Author:
William Woty (Absolute)
DMI number:
29235

71. This night is the day I speak it with sorrow

First Line:
This night is the day I speak it with sorrow
Last Line:
I am your servant Paddy Wack
DMI number:
36885

72. Thus puppies that adore the dark

First Line:
Thus puppies that adore the dark
Last Line:
Like us is gay with borrowed light
DMI number:
37819

73. Thus the great lamp by which the globe is blest

First Line:
Thus the great lamp by which the globe is blest
Last Line:
Relieves his lustre with a milder light
Author:
George Stepney (Absolute)
DMI number:
5566

74. Tis night and storms the forest shake

First Line:
Tis night and storms the forest shake
Last Line:
And lose my sorrow in your arms
Author:
James Macpherson (Absolute)
DMI number:
25917

75. Tis night dead night and now no busy sound

First Line:
Tis night dead night and now no busy sound
Last Line:
Here not my sorrow but my muse must rest
Author:
Samuel Whyte (Speculation)
DMI number:
33790

76. Tis night dead night and over the plain

First Line:
Tis night dead night and over the plain
Last Line:
And bid the muse's labour cease
Author:
Samuel Whyte (Speculation)
DMI number:
29211

77. Thy size bright taper doth so quickly waste

First Line:
Thy size bright taper doth so quickly waste
Last Line:
Then where's the difference betwixt thee and me
DMI number:
36914

78. Tired nature's sweet restorer balmy sleep

First Line:
Tired nature's sweet restorer balmy sleep
Last Line:
And the lark listen to my midnight song
Author:
Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:
27354

79. Tired nature's sweet restorer balmy sleep

First Line:
Tired nature's sweet restorer balmy sleep
Last Line:
I roll their raptures but not catch their flames
Author:
Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:
30915

80. To thee all glorious ever blessed power

First Line:
To thee all glorious ever blessed power
Last Line:
Shine on my soul and influence my dreams
DMI number:
23389

81. Tis now the dreary hour of night

First Line:
Tis now the dreary hour of night
Last Line:
And changes darkness into day
Author:
William Woty (Absolute)
DMI number:
27629

82. To nations far remote the lord of day

First Line:
To nations far remote the lord of day
Last Line:
And all you footsteps reverently adore
DMI number:
25865

83. Twas night and lazy sleep my eyes confined

First Line:
Twas night and lazy sleep my eyes confined
Last Line:
I waked and all around stood deepest night
DMI number:
41877

84. Twas night and sleep had closed my wearied eyes

First Line:
Twas night and sleep had closed my wearied eyes
Last Line:
Kindly dissolved into the shades of night
Author:
Henry Cromwell (Absolute)
DMI number:
41869

85. Twas when the veil of night overspread the plain

First Line:
Twas when the veil of night overspread the plain
Last Line:
This moral learn to move within their sphere
DMI number:
33485

86. Twas at an hour when busy nature lay

First Line:
Twas at an hour when busy nature lay
Last Line:
But sense returned and daylight did appear
DMI number:
6449

87. Venus dallying with Mars as goes the old story

First Line:
Venus dallying with Mars as goes the old story
Last Line:
Where next will you hide when the shade shows you clearer
DMI number:
17394

88. When chaos with imperial might

First Line:
When chaos with imperial might
Last Line:
Reluctant holds alternate sway
DMI number:
36927

89. When evening gales allay the summer's heat

First Line:
When evening gales allay the summer's heat
Last Line:
And glow-worms over the lawn a glimmering light diffuse
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
30867

90. When now the twinkling stars essay

First Line:
When now the twinkling stars essay
Last Line:
Their practice virtue and their god their trust
Author:
Nahum Tate (Confident)
DMI number:
30407

91. When Phoebus had dressed his course to the west

First Line:
When Phoebus had dressed his course to the west
Last Line:
For now I am prepared to die
DMI number:
43095

92. When Sol descended to the deep

First Line:
When Sol descended to the deep
Last Line:
And often we did meet
DMI number:
44405

93. Whether amidst the gloom of night I stray

First Line:
Whether amidst the gloom of night I stray
Last Line:
But thou oh God for ever shine the same
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
8469

94. While active thought unseals my eye

First Line:
While active thought unseals my eye
Last Line:
And guide me till I come to thee
DMI number:
32369

95. While at this solemn hour the prostrate world

First Line:
While at this solemn hour the prostrate world
Last Line:
And all your footsteps reverently adore
DMI number:
30644

96. Within a lonely gallery's awful gloom

First Line:
Within a lonely gallery's awful gloom
Last Line:
And save her from the assaults of love
DMI number:
29925