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1. A good resolve ay marry is it

First Line:
A good resolve ay marry is it
Last Line:
Where contradicting is confuting
DMI number:
16143

2. A reason why we love

First Line:
A reason why we love
Last Line:
That love has reason
DMI number:
22015

3. A sage philosopher called Ned

First Line:
A sage philosopher called Ned
Last Line:
And each diversion has its season
DMI number:
19777

4. All animals that be do grovelling lie

First Line:
All animals that be do grovelling lie
Last Line:
Himself he hopes amongst the stars to find
DMI number:
43811

5. An open heart a generous mind

First Line:
An open heart a generous mind
Last Line:
Who love lament him and despise
DMI number:
26705

6. As each peculiar deity is praised

First Line:
As each peculiar deity is praised
Last Line:
The mystic power through fairer optics view
DMI number:
16581

7. By custom doomed to folly sloth and ease

First Line:
By custom doomed to folly sloth and ease
Last Line:
New Claelias vie in fame with Greece or Rome
Author:
Anne Ingram [nee Howard; other married name Douglas] (Absolute)
DMI number:
19785

8. Clarissa sprightly once and gay

First Line:
Clarissa sprightly once and gay
Last Line:
And reason is but inclination
DMI number:
21911

9. From the Elysian Fields I sing

First Line:
From the Elysian Fields I sing
Last Line:
Then every grace will shine in you
Author:
Mary Chandler (Absolute)
DMI number:
18305

10. From whence usurping man thy boasted claim

First Line:
From whence usurping man thy boasted claim
Last Line:
In choicer gifts but wit to use them well
DMI number:
43036

11. Grant me kind heaven what I request

First Line:
Grant me kind heaven what I request
Last Line:
Gain from our bounteous hands relief
DMI number:
28682

12. Hail sacred solitude from this calm bay

First Line:
Hail sacred solitude from this calm bay
Last Line:
With ease convey me to a better shade
Author:
Wentworth Dillon (Confident)
DMI number:
5944

13. 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

14. I can but smile to think how foolish wise

First Line:
I can but smile to think how foolish wise
Last Line:
Poor women in a glorious slavery
DMI number:
41620

15. Is there or do the schoolmen dream

First Line:
Is there or do the schoolmen dream
Last Line:
Whose strength a prosperous state
Author:
Robert Nugent (Absolute)
DMI number:
19675

16. It vexes me o R-- when I see

First Line:
It vexes me o R-- when I see
Last Line:
If bad still thank your god and be content
DMI number:
24991

17. In vain Argyll with godlike virtue stood

First Line:
In vain Argyll with godlike virtue stood
Last Line:
He wakes sees England sleep and straight he dies
DMI number:
18308

18. Like many more tis my delight

First Line:
Like many more tis my delight
Last Line:
My bottle join and make it up
DMI number:
39148

19. I've found the way to conquest now

First Line:
I've found the way to conquest now
Last Line:
Who conquers from the battle flies
DMI number:
7179

20. If thou wilt mighty be flee from the rage

First Line:
If thou wilt mighty be flee from the rage
Last Line:
Thy wretched life ne do thy death profit
Author:
Sir Thomas Wyatt (Absolute)
DMI number:
49512

21. If what you seek be rightly understood

First Line:
If what you seek be rightly understood
Last Line:
How envy can with such perfections dwell
DMI number:
19718

22. Mine old dear enemy my froward master

First Line:
Mine old dear enemy my froward master
Last Line:
But longer time doth ask a resolution
Author:
Sir Thomas Wyatt (Absolute)
DMI number:
8785

23. O thou whose all creating hands sustain

First Line:
O thou whose all creating hands sustain
Last Line:
Our utmost bound and our eternal stay
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
8281

24. Of all the saints St Thomas sure was best

First Line:
Of all the saints St Thomas sure was best
Last Line:
And join Tom Woolston still with Tom o' Bedlam
DMI number:
15967

25. Oh ye delightful ye transporting scenes

First Line:
Oh ye delightful ye transporting scenes
Last Line:
And winter brings no gloomy hour to me
DMI number:
21607

26. Our passion gone and reason on her throne

First Line:
Our passion gone and reason on her throne
Last Line:
Amazed we see the mischiefs we have done
DMI number:
9599

27. Order is heaven's first law and this confessed

First Line:
Order is heaven's first law and this confessed
Last Line:
One they must want which is to pass for good
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
37182

28. One lovely summer evening brisk and gay

First Line:
One lovely summer evening brisk and gay
Last Line:
There where fruition yields delight unmixed
DMI number:
7739

29. Says reason to fancy we seldom agree

First Line:
Says reason to fancy we seldom agree
Last Line:
That in a short time sure destruction will bring
DMI number:
30080

30. Reason's whole pleasure all the joys of sense

First Line:
Reason's whole pleasure all the joys of sense
Last Line:
And peace oh virtue peace is all thy own
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
33709

31. Reason doth marvel how faith tell can

First Line:
Reason doth marvel how faith tell can
Last Line:
For faith is above and reason is under
DMI number:
43711

32. Reason thou vain impertinence

First Line:
Reason thou vain impertinence
Last Line:
From which by reason we're confined
DMI number:
6921

33. Since joy still winged for flight is fled

First Line:
Since joy still winged for flight is fled
Last Line:
And make extravagance in spite of reason please
DMI number:
32471

34. Small passions often make our reason yield

First Line:
Small passions often make our reason yield
Last Line:
When love invades it well may quit the field
DMI number:
19556

35. The ancient time commended not for nought

First Line:
The ancient time commended not for nought
Last Line:
Measure forbids unmeasurable praise
Author:
Nicholas Grimald (Absolute)
DMI number:
9087

36. The barren age of unbelief is past

First Line:
The barren age of unbelief is past
Last Line:
Where such conversion well improved may end
DMI number:
7679

37. That man must daily wiser grow

First Line:
That man must daily wiser grow
Last Line:
Derision shouts along the strand
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
23363

38. The friendship to our long acquaintance due

First Line:
The friendship to our long acquaintance due
Last Line:
And your kind answer more confirm me yours
DMI number:
5322

39. The faults of others I enough have shown

First Line:
The faults of others I enough have shown
Last Line:
No matter you are merry hold your tongue
DMI number:
8882

40. These starts are the convulsions of weak reason

First Line:
These starts are the convulsions of weak reason
Last Line:
And watched by reason with gentleness
Author:
Sir Robert Howard (Absolute)
DMI number:
20302

41. This favourite maxim modern atheists boast

First Line:
This favourite maxim modern atheists boast
Last Line:
If fear made gods who made almighty fear
DMI number:
15977

42. There was of late a fatal hour

First Line:
There was of late a fatal hour
Last Line:
Hope shall my joys renew
DMI number:
18227

43. Thus nature gives us let it check our pride

First Line:
Thus nature gives us let it check our pride
Last Line:
And makes a patriot as it makes a knave
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28038

44. Thought is the tyrant of the soul

First Line:
Thought is the tyrant of the soul
Last Line:
Creep to the vestal's bed
DMI number:
25375

45. To thee fair maid a dog I send

First Line:
To thee fair maid a dog I send
Last Line:
And only to Alexis sleep
DMI number:
18833

46. Tis strange that sex should most obey

First Line:
Tis strange that sex should most obey
Last Line:
Persuaded once out of his name
Author:
John Bancks [Banks] (Absolute)
DMI number:
22793

47. Twas in the famous Sabine grove

First Line:
Twas in the famous Sabine grove
Last Line:
For praise may never sink to scorn
DMI number:
33444

48. Unhappy man who through successive years

First Line:
Unhappy man who through successive years
Last Line:
The glittering gem our fleeting life is over
Author:
John Pomfret (Absolute)
DMI number:
9937

49. Treason does never prosper what's the reason

First Line:
Treason does never prosper what's the reason
Last Line:
Why when it prospers none dare call it treason
Author:
Sir John Harington (Confident)
DMI number:
17138

50. Welcome whatever my tender flesh may say

First Line:
Welcome whatever my tender flesh may say
Last Line:
By that is made the crown and the full robe of light
DMI number:
43271

51. We to Jehovah's altar bring

First Line:
We to Jehovah's altar bring
Last Line:
Unwearied your creator praise
DMI number:
225

52. What art thou but the very source

First Line:
What art thou but the very source
Last Line:
And so had known no guilt
DMI number:
20570

53. Were I who to my cost already am

First Line:
Were I who to my cost already am
Last Line:
Man differs more from man than man from beast
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
5665

54. When our affections unto ill incline

First Line:
When our affections unto ill incline
Last Line:
In heaven with brightest glory crowned shall be
DMI number:
5589

55. When heroes or when kings resign their breath

First Line:
When heroes or when kings resign their breath
Last Line:
And whilst he freedom sought refound his heaven
DMI number:
12820

56. When reason like the skilful charioteer

First Line:
When reason like the skilful charioteer
Last Line:
Their formidable flame for high renown
Author:
Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:
30545

57. When reason particle divine and sense

First Line:
When reason particle divine and sense
Last Line:
And place themselves by usurpation there
DMI number:
12708

58. When nature first an human shape designed

First Line:
When nature first an human shape designed
Last Line:
It should be said the poet feigned
Author:
John Morrice (Confident)
DMI number:
13787

59. When in a state devoid of sense

First Line:
When in a state devoid of sense
Last Line:
With ecstasy behold
DMI number:
35104

60. Where wit is over-ruled by will

First Line:
Where wit is over-ruled by will
Last Line:
Where fond desire as king doth reign
DMI number:
49680

61. When vanquished reason once to love gives way

First Line:
When vanquished reason once to love gives way
Last Line:
Errors if passed in silence by will of themselves decay
DMI number:
11139

62. Whilst stemming life's uncertain tide

First Line:
Whilst stemming life's uncertain tide
Last Line:
Where they themselves saw others wrecked before
Author:
Nahum Tate (Absolute)
DMI number:
8168

63. Whoever by merit just applause would gain

First Line:
Whoever by merit just applause would gain
Last Line:
And I for ever will your worth explore
DMI number:
18210

64. Ye courtiers who the blessings know

First Line:
Ye courtiers who the blessings know
Last Line:
He's the savage only he
DMI number:
16662