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1. A muse expiring who with earliest voice

First Line:
A muse expiring who with earliest voice
Last Line:
With Carolina's praise and then expired
Author:
George Granville (Absolute)
DMI number:
17412

2. A Protestant muse yet a lover of kings

First Line:
A Protestant muse yet a lover of kings
Last Line:
The Dutch had never ventured to fish in our seas | Then curse of popery pox o' popery plague o' popery | Oh senseless popery oh
DMI number:
42334

3. Accept O Duck the muse's grateful lay

First Line:
Accept O Duck the muse's grateful lay
Last Line:
Where their great parent sits enthroned above
Author:
Elizabeth Carter (Absolute)
DMI number:
33828

4. As the late character of god-like men

First Line:
As the late character of god-like men
Last Line:
Here lies the only Prince who left all evil ways
DMI number:
6446

5. Awake my muse awake and speak

First Line:
Awake my muse awake and speak
Last Line:
To make the tories fine
DMI number:
37146

6. Bacchus whither hurriest thou me

First Line:
Bacchus whither hurriest thou me
Last Line:
Thou with a garland crownest thy poet's brow
Author:
Alexander Brome (Absolute)
DMI number:
42124

7. Cambray whilst of seraphic love you write

First Line:
Cambray whilst of seraphic love you write
Last Line:
The execrable phantom disappeared
Author:
William Cavendish (Speculation) & William Cavendish (Confident)
DMI number:
6755

8. Cease sir to conquer or I cease to write

First Line:
Cease sir to conquer or I cease to write
Last Line:
I stop at once admire and hold my tongue
DMI number:
8969

9. Come poetry and with thee bring along

First Line:
Come poetry and with thee bring along
Last Line:
To sing my words when she but speaks her own
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
3944

10. Could I great bard o could I share

First Line:
Could I great bard o could I share
Last Line:
Are enemies to you
DMI number:
3196

11. Divine Thalia charmer of my breast

First Line:
Divine Thalia charmer of my breast
Last Line:
And Phoebus rose and smiled to see the lover blessed
Author:
John Froud (Absolute)
DMI number:
5979

12. From henceforth ever sing

First Line:
From henceforth ever sing
Last Line:
By brethren of the royal art
DMI number:
28678

13. Great prince for from this hour I'll call you great

First Line:
Great prince for from this hour I'll call you great
Last Line:
From belly back from haunches and from head
Author:
Isaac Littlebury (Confident)
DMI number:
39956

14. Great queen | While all the heroes of your line

First Line:
Great queen | While all the heroes of your line
Last Line:
A nobler prince and more renowned then he
DMI number:
42851

15. Great sir till now I with impatience stayed

First Line:
Great sir till now I with impatience stayed
Last Line:
His country's lasting best security
DMI number:
43163

16. How justly now might I aspire

First Line:
How justly now might I aspire
Last Line:
To be in sighs expressed
Author:
Nahum Tate (Absolute)
DMI number:
5911

17. How still the sea behold how calm the sky

First Line:
How still the sea behold how calm the sky
Last Line:
And see the boys their flocks to shelter drive
Author:
Ambrose Philips (Absolute)
DMI number:
6964

18. I grant that from some mossy idol oak

First Line:
I grant that from some mossy idol oak
Last Line:
As bards began so monks rung on the chimes
Author:
Wentworth Dillon (Absolute)
DMI number:
10826

19. In dull commanded strains the royal boy

First Line:
In dull commanded strains the royal boy
Last Line:
To know their country's fortune and their own
DMI number:
42875

20. In vain great sir keen satire I disown

First Line:
In vain great sir keen satire I disown
Last Line:
But both the poem and the fact are true
DMI number:
8962

21. Must I with patience ever silent sit

First Line:
Must I with patience ever silent sit
Last Line:
Or who'd be safe and senseless like Tom Thynne
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
5431

22. My muse by Phoebus was rebuked of late

First Line:
My muse by Phoebus was rebuked of late
Last Line:
And brave Aeneas Cytheraea's son
Author:
Sir Thomas Hawkins (Absolute)
DMI number:
42148

23. My mind with lowering heavy clouds depressed

First Line:
My mind with lowering heavy clouds depressed
Last Line:
I rose and penned this vision of the night
DMI number:
38686

24. Mongst all the rules the ancients had in vogue

First Line:
Mongst all the rules the ancients had in vogue
Last Line:
They only could inspire what you alone could do
Author:
Colley Cibber (Absolute)
DMI number:
38266

25. I who from drinking never could spare an hour

First Line:
I who from drinking never could spare an hour
Last Line:
Does the king's bastards starve to keep his own
DMI number:
4753

26. Let Britain now at last no more complain

First Line:
Let Britain now at last no more complain
Last Line:
And bard and heroes equally admire
Author:
George Sewell (Absolute)
DMI number:
15489

27. Kings raised to heaven by an unskilful pen

First Line:
Kings raised to heaven by an unskilful pen
Last Line:
Scarce look when made ill gods so well as men
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
15957

28. Let P---n and C---r pump their brains

First Line:
Let P---n and C---r pump their brains
Last Line:
In hopes of future favours as for past
DMI number:
19526

29. Let Pope or Prior in immortal verse

First Line:
Let Pope or Prior in immortal verse
Last Line:
To sing those wars that all the brave admire
DMI number:
10017

30. Laurus was nature's masterpiece begun

First Line:
Laurus was nature's masterpiece begun
Last Line:
But find my lays unequal to the theme
DMI number:
35339

31. Me too the meanest of the tuneful train

First Line:
Me too the meanest of the tuneful train
Last Line:
And with your prince's name immortalize your own
DMI number:
21825

32. Mary the wise the pious and the just

First Line:
Mary the wise the pious and the just
Last Line:
You flourished like yourself in ninety five
DMI number:
16411

33. Madam | Tis not the splendour of Great Britain's crown

First Line:
Madam | Tis not the splendour of Great Britain's crown
Last Line:
And worthy prove of Anna's sacred reign
DMI number:
39988

34. Near fame's bright shrine see wise Octavius placed

First Line:
Near fame's bright shrine see wise Octavius placed
Last Line:
Than if in Virgil's sacred lines expressed
DMI number:
17864

35. Noblest asserter of the noblest cause

First Line:
Noblest asserter of the noblest cause
Last Line:
Do but enlarge his rising globe of light
DMI number:
42859

36. Now first with bolder sails I tempt the main

First Line:
Now first with bolder sails I tempt the main
Last Line:
And all the gods sunk to their watry bed
DMI number:
3948

37. Now to be silent or to write in prose

First Line:
Now to be silent or to write in prose
Last Line:
My verses may have end but not our joy
Author:
Robert Gomersall (Speculation)
DMI number:
43161

38. Of Albion's splendid court unmoved I hear

First Line:
Of Albion's splendid court unmoved I hear
Last Line:
Our Albion too should of her Daciers boast
Author:
Catharine Cockburn [nee Trotter] (Absolute)
DMI number:
23539

39. Old Aesop so famous was certainly right

First Line:
Old Aesop so famous was certainly right
Last Line:
That your majesty's grace should not understand trap
Author:
John Byrom (Absolute)
DMI number:
33393

40. Oh who to mighty Charles his name

First Line:
Oh who to mighty Charles his name
Last Line:
Such matchless sons as thy great father left behind
DMI number:
42827

41. Once more my muse resume thy lyre

First Line:
Once more my muse resume thy lyre
Last Line:
And all your reign one coronation day
DMI number:
42877

42. Our tears we paid to Charles his royal hearse

First Line:
Our tears we paid to Charles his royal hearse
Last Line:
May flow a race of heroes and of kings
DMI number:
42843

43. Once Felix said which was full bad

First Line:
Once Felix said which was full bad
Last Line:
Learning in thee will never do it
DMI number:
26785

44. Pindar in bold licentious lays

First Line:
Pindar in bold licentious lays
Last Line:
Must be content to sit and wonder out the rest
DMI number:
42871

45. Sacred soul harmonious swan

First Line:
Sacred soul harmonious swan
Last Line:
Shall even thy Pindar's praise but in thy works outlive
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
17440

46. See mighty prince where at your feet does lie

First Line:
See mighty prince where at your feet does lie
Last Line:
And of the world's affairs scarce notice took
DMI number:
42822

47. Sir | Since you oft invite me to renew

First Line:
Sir | Since you oft invite me to renew
Last Line:
Which neither craft shall loose nor force shall cut
Author:
George Stepney (Absolute)
DMI number:
3458

48. Tarugo gave us wonder and delight

First Line:
Tarugo gave us wonder and delight
Last Line:
Poets and stars shine brightest in the frost
Author:
Charles Sackville (Absolute)
DMI number:
5975

49. Sure there are poets which did never dream

First Line:
Sure there are poets which did never dream
Last Line:
And knows no bound but makes his power his shores
Author:
Sir John Denham (Absolute)
DMI number:
2107

50. Sure we have poets that did never dream

First Line:
Sure we have poets that did never dream
Last Line:
Their scepters teach their subjects to obey
Author:
Sir John Denham (Absolute)
DMI number:
4313