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1. Ah happy grove dark and secure retreat

First Line:
Ah happy grove dark and secure retreat
Last Line:
And whilst they live their flames can never die
Author:
Giovanni Battista Guarini (Absolute) & Wentworth Dillon (Absolute)
DMI number:
3417

2. An humble muse from long-kept silence breaks

First Line:
An humble muse from long-kept silence breaks
Last Line:
For Barber's name shall make their glory rise
DMI number:
18812

3. Blessed as our sires of old is he

First Line:
Blessed as our sires of old is he
Last Line:
Next week he put it out again
DMI number:
25636

4. But sing o muse the swain the happy swain

First Line:
But sing o muse the swain the happy swain
Last Line:
Of pride and bold ambition pities kings
DMI number:
40638

5. Come spur away

First Line:
Come spur away
Last Line:
To civilize with graver notes my wit's a gain
DMI number:
4495

6. Choked with the vapour of the air

First Line:
Choked with the vapour of the air
Last Line:
That no disgrace she meet
DMI number:
11275

7. Come inspiration from thy vernal bower

First Line:
Come inspiration from thy vernal bower
Last Line:
Where all its purity and lustre fails
Author:
Robert Fergusson (Absolute)
DMI number:
35424

8. Ere yet my friend approach the evil day

First Line:
Ere yet my friend approach the evil day
Last Line:
The night's unbroken sleep renews them for the day
DMI number:
22195

9. Erminia by the centinels surprized

First Line:
Erminia by the centinels surprized
Last Line:
Pursues a nobler face in military arms
Author:
Torquato Tasso (Absolute) & Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer] (Absolute)
DMI number:
21611

10. Erminia by the centinels surprized

First Line:
Erminia by the centinels surprized
Last Line:
Pursues a nobler fate in military arms
Author:
Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer] (Absolute)
DMI number:
6975

11. Farewell ye gay bubbles fame glory renown

First Line:
Farewell ye gay bubbles fame glory renown
Last Line:
Dropped soft on the straw with a smile I will die
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Confident)
DMI number:
5595

12. Fair solitude romantic maid

First Line:
Fair solitude romantic maid
Last Line:
Is and for ever must be blessed
DMI number:
33443

13. From every muse and every art thy own

First Line:
From every muse and every art thy own
Last Line:
And long and lovely as thy walks thy days
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
25748

14. Freed from the clamours of the town

First Line:
Freed from the clamours of the town
Last Line:
And in full bowls carouse to Ann's prosperity
DMI number:
5865

15. For rural virtues and for native skies

First Line:
For rural virtues and for native skies
Last Line:
The faithful muse shall meet thee in the grove
Author:
William Shenstone (Absolute)
DMI number:
35429

16. Go for I'm impatient grown

First Line:
Go for I'm impatient grown
Last Line:
But with haste devour the way
Author:
Matthew Prior (Speculation)
DMI number:
4783

17. Hail dreary shades hail melancholy gloom

First Line:
Hail dreary shades hail melancholy gloom
Last Line:
And death is swallowed up in victory
Author:
William Bowman (Confident)
DMI number:
1392

18. Hail mildly pleasing solitude

First Line:
Hail mildly pleasing solitude
Last Line:
Then shield me in the woods again
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
21780

19. Hail old patrician trees so great and good

First Line:
Hail old patrician trees so great and good
Last Line:
How prettily they talk
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
5506

20. Ha now the tyrant rage of winter's gone

First Line:
Ha now the tyrant rage of winter's gone
Last Line:
Unheard of may I live and die in peace
DMI number:
35318

21. Hail sacred powers whose awful sway

First Line:
Hail sacred powers whose awful sway
Last Line:
With joys that cities never yield
DMI number:
18284

22. Hail Taffi's day on which my race begun

First Line:
Hail Taffi's day on which my race begun
Last Line:
Why therefore choose such formal slavery
DMI number:
28260

23. Health pleasure's handmaid loves my beech crowned hill

First Line:
Health pleasure's handmaid loves my beech crowned hill
Last Line:
And throw a sunshine on my evening hour
DMI number:
33612

24. Health to my friend who loves the town so well

First Line:
Health to my friend who loves the town so well
Last Line:
And wanting nothing in the world but thee
DMI number:
954

25. Happy the man to whom kind heaven

First Line:
Happy the man to whom kind heaven
Last Line:
When living loved and mourned when dead
DMI number:
25358

26. Here easy quiet a secure retreat

First Line:
Here easy quiet a secure retreat
Last Line:
And after toilsome days a short repose at night
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
37084

27. How happy is the man whom heaven has blessed

First Line:
How happy is the man whom heaven has blessed
Last Line:
For his own winter and his end prepare
DMI number:
7225

28. How sacred and how innocent

First Line:
How sacred and how innocent
Last Line:
But choose to spend my life
Author:
Katherine Philips (Absolute)
DMI number:
9807

29. I hate the clamours of the smoky towns

First Line:
I hate the clamours of the smoky towns
Last Line:
To live in peace from noisy towns remote
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
10282

30. I hate the common herd hence ye profane

First Line:
I hate the common herd hence ye profane
Last Line:
Charmed with the guileless sports the woods and waters yield
Author:
Barton Booth (Absolute)
DMI number:
25569

31. Little songster who dost bring

First Line:
Little songster who dost bring
Last Line:
Falls behind the scene of night
DMI number:
4045

32. I rural life enjoy the town's your taste

First Line:
I rural life enjoy the town's your taste
Last Line:
Content even here at least till routs return
Author:
Isaac Hawkins Browne (Absolute)
DMI number:
25555

33. If I live to grow old as I find I go down

First Line:
If I live to grow old as I find I go down
Last Line:
He is gone and han't left behind him his fellow | For he governed his passion &c
DMI number:
5023

34. Kings rule their flocks with awful sway

First Line:
Kings rule their flocks with awful sway
Last Line:
For the more cumbrous riches of the great
DMI number:
25568

35. Let others dote on gilded roofs of state

First Line:
Let others dote on gilded roofs of state
Last Line:
And peaceful sleep among the silent dead
DMI number:
36937

36. May health and safety still attend

First Line:
May health and safety still attend
Last Line:
Happy but that I want my friend
DMI number:
24556

37. Me who have lived so long among the great

First Line:
Me who have lived so long among the great
Last Line:
The place's bounty there will give you more
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
28351

38. No I shan't envy him whoever he be

First Line:
No I shan't envy him whoever he be
Last Line:
And dies a stranger to himself alone
Author:
John Norris (Absolute)
DMI number:
11813

39. O happy if he knew his happy state

First Line:
O happy if he knew his happy state
Last Line:
Tis time to set at ease the smoking horse
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
12926

40. O happy if he knew his happy state

First Line:
O happy if he knew his happy state
Last Line:
To lands that lie beneath another sun
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
28297

41. Now summer daughter of the sun

First Line:
Now summer daughter of the sun
Last Line:
Your true ally and friend
Author:
Joseph Warton (Absolute)
DMI number:
32524

42. No no tis in vain in this turbulent town

First Line:
No no tis in vain in this turbulent town
Last Line:
Would be sentenced to dig in the mine
Author:
Thomas Fitzgerald (Absolute)
DMI number:
2299

43. O thou whom love and fancy lead

First Line:
O thou whom love and fancy lead
Last Line:
Because thou lovest simplicity
Author:
John Langhorne (Absolute)
DMI number:
32664

44. O knew he but his happiness of men

First Line:
O knew he but his happiness of men
Last Line:
When angels dwelt and god himself with man
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
35125

45. Oft has this been my wish's utmost bound

First Line:
Oft has this been my wish's utmost bound
Last Line:
Tares be my food and liberty my lot
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
25727

46. Oh happy if his happiness he knows

First Line:
Oh happy if his happiness he knows
Last Line:
By men unless to the gods use were slain
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
22902

47. Oh how I abhor

First Line:
Oh how I abhor
Last Line:
This this is the man who is truly called great
Author:
Thomas Shadwell (Absolute)
DMI number:
4460

48. Oh let me in the country range

First Line:
Oh let me in the country range
Last Line:
My couch of flowers the streams my looking glass
Author:
Philip Ayres (Absolute)
DMI number:
5505

49. Remote from city noise and towns alarms

First Line:
Remote from city noise and towns alarms
Last Line:
And moderate farm thrice happy I'll be my life
DMI number:
30602

50. Sick of the noise and smoke of town

First Line:
Sick of the noise and smoke of town
Last Line:
I'd take a country house at Wapping
DMI number:
35931