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1.
A cottage with a steeple nigh
First Line:
A cottage with a steeple nigh
Last Line:
To providence we leave the rest
DMI number:
31596
2.
A stranger from Hibernia came
First Line:
A stranger from Hibernia came
Last Line:
Remember 'tis a Dorset sways
Author:
Mary Barber (Absolute)
DMI number:
967
3.
A lofty brazen tower once was built
First Line:
A lofty brazen tower once was built
Last Line:
Sufficient just to answer all his wants
DMI number:
7864
4.
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
5.
All attendants apart
First Line:
All attendants apart
Last Line:
And do penance in shape of a wife
Author:
Miss Soper (Absolute)
DMI number:
24054
6.
All people languages and nations
First Line:
All people languages and nations
Last Line:
That made my lord the happiest of peers
Author:
John Hall-Stevenson (Absolute)
DMI number:
33269
7.
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
8.
An humble station is a safe retreat
First Line:
An humble station is a safe retreat
Last Line:
While reason bounds and answers his desires
Author:
Edmund Arwaker (Absolute)
DMI number:
7736
9.
Ambition never me seduced
First Line:
Ambition never me seduced
Last Line:
And all the wild creation dies
DMI number:
23709
10.
Amidst the more important toils of state
First Line:
Amidst the more important toils of state
Last Line:
The poor shall bless the day when Pitt was born
Author:
William Hayward Roberts (Absolute)
DMI number:
31264
11.
As Jockey and Jenny together was laid
First Line:
As Jockey and Jenny together was laid
Last Line:
Be constant like us and your pleasures will last
DMI number:
331
12.
As Pedro stalked around his house
First Line:
As Pedro stalked around his house
Last Line:
But for the sake of solitude
DMI number:
32990
13.
Arise and soar my towering soul
First Line:
Arise and soar my towering soul
Last Line:
To fix his marriage day
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
169
14.
As in a shipwreck some poor sailor tossed
First Line:
As in a shipwreck some poor sailor tossed
Last Line:
And all my life be suited to my theme
Author:
Charles Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
6650
15.
At easy distance from the town
First Line:
At easy distance from the town
Last Line:
And generous plenty flows
Author:
Mary Chandler (Absolute)
DMI number:
18329
16.
Attendants apart
First Line:
Attendants apart
Last Line:
And do penance in shape of a wife
Author:
Miss Soper (Absolute)
DMI number:
19557
17.
Beat on proud billows Boreas blow
First Line:
Beat on proud billows Boreas blow
Last Line:
Disgrace to rebels glory to my king
Author:
Sir Roger L'Estrange (Absolute)
DMI number:
32067
18.
Beat on proud billows Boreas blow
First Line:
Beat on proud billows Boreas blow
Last Line:
My king alone can captivate my mind
Author:
Sir Roger L'Estrange (Absolute)
DMI number:
32394
19.
Between the smooth descent of yonder hills
First Line:
Between the smooth descent of yonder hills
Last Line:
Till came from heaven the unfeared and unresisted stroke
Author:
John Hoadly (Speculation)
DMI number:
19727
20.
Boy bring an ounce of freeman's best
First Line:
Boy bring an ounce of freeman's best
Last Line:
Where tobacco loves to grow
Author:
Isaac Hawkins Browne (Absolute)
DMI number:
9708
21.
Believe me Harry you're mistaken quite
First Line:
Believe me Harry you're mistaken quite
Last Line:
Nor envy Jove his sunshine nor his skies
DMI number:
11167
22.
Beneath a tree ae shining day
First Line:
Beneath a tree ae shining day
Last Line:
But sae's our cares and dangers too
Author:
Allan Ramsay (Absolute)
DMI number:
15373
23.
By what offences could the world undo
First Line:
By what offences could the world undo
Last Line:
What never was done by these and all the rest
DMI number:
5372
24.
C--e with whom my pilot and my guide
First Line:
C--e with whom my pilot and my guide
Last Line:
Covered with wrecks of peace and honour lost
Author:
Thomas Edwards (Absolute)
DMI number:
23545
25.
But blessed is he who exercised in cares
First Line:
But blessed is he who exercised in cares
Last Line:
Fair olives bloom or verdant laurels rise
Author:
George Lyttelton (Absolute)
DMI number:
30558
26.
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
27.
Britannia long her hapless fate had mourned
First Line:
Britannia long her hapless fate had mourned
Last Line:
Thus saved his country triumphed and retired
DMI number:
33236
28.
Come thou most charming object of my love
First Line:
Come thou most charming object of my love
Last Line:
And in sweet transports give up all my love
Author:
Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer] (Confident)
DMI number:
4082
29.
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
30.
Climb at court for me that will
First Line:
Climb at court for me that will
Last Line:
An old honest country-man
Author:
Andrew Marvell (Absolute)
DMI number:
33659
31.
Come live me and be my dear
First Line:
Come live me and be my dear
Last Line:
And we will straight begin the year
Author:
John Lyly (Speculation)
DMI number:
13193
32.
Come come my friend to this sweet bower
First Line:
Come come my friend to this sweet bower
Last Line:
Enjoy what princes wish in vain
DMI number:
25809
33.
Dear happy woods and you ye lonely dells
First Line:
Dear happy woods and you ye lonely dells
Last Line:
Free from those daily deaths that disappointments give
DMI number:
37815
34.
Could I with poems purchase an estate
First Line:
Could I with poems purchase an estate
Last Line:
But as they're dead my plaint is all in vain
DMI number:
35296
35.
Courtier or swain whom chance perhaps may bring
First Line:
Courtier or swain whom chance perhaps may bring
Last Line:
But roam these wilds and meditate on god
Author:
Joseph Cockfield (Confident)
DMI number:
38247
36.
Dark was the night and wild the storm
First Line:
Dark was the night and wild the storm
Last Line:
All worthy of their name
DMI number:
33068
37.
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
38.
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
39.
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
40.
Did fortune what to few she'll give
First Line:
Did fortune what to few she'll give
Last Line:
And puff away the strumpet fame
Author:
James Macpherson (Absolute)
DMI number:
25906
41.
Enough my friend for tis in vain
First Line:
Enough my friend for tis in vain
Last Line:
And make this world a jacks for me
DMI number:
10229
42.
Enough to glory and his country given
First Line:
Enough to glory and his country given
Last Line:
And wrapped in wonder sings his maker's praise
DMI number:
36017
43.
Fancy sprightly nymph whose dress
First Line:
Fancy sprightly nymph whose dress
Last Line:
Spare the rest for Celia's here
DMI number:
205
44.
Far distant from each object that refines
First Line:
Far distant from each object that refines
Last Line:
And while Florella's mine the power of fate despise
DMI number:
19843
45.
Far distant from the muse for what refines
First Line:
Far distant from the muse for what refines
Last Line:
And the vain envious giddy world despise
DMI number:
3228
46.
Far in a wild unknown to public view
First Line:
Far in a wild unknown to public view
Last Line:
And passed a life of piety and peace
Author:
Thomas Parnell (Absolute)
DMI number:
12340
47.
Farewell to court and proud Augusta's charms
First Line:
Farewell to court and proud Augusta's charms
Last Line:
From faithless friends and the more faithless fair
DMI number:
5369
48.
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
49.
Farewell deluding world tempt me no more
First Line:
Farewell deluding world tempt me no more
Last Line:
Want and enjoyment still's unsatisfied
DMI number:
5154
50.
Fair nature's sweet simplicity
First Line:
Fair nature's sweet simplicity
Last Line:
Tranquility and love
Author:
George Lyttelton (Absolute)
DMI number:
22319
51.
Fair solitude romantic maid
First Line:
Fair solitude romantic maid
Last Line:
Is and for ever must be blessed
DMI number:
33443
52.
From all the busy scenes of men retired
First Line:
From all the busy scenes of men retired
Last Line:
To general good all things in nature tend
DMI number:
31179
53.
From all the noisy cares of town
First Line:
From all the noisy cares of town
Last Line:
Her neck the lily shows
DMI number:
22379
54.
From care from noise from every bustle free
First Line:
From care from noise from every bustle free
Last Line:
I'd weave awhile my thoughts of being great
Author:
John Chetwood Eustace (Speculation)
DMI number:
21583
55.
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
56.
Free from the tumults and the noise
First Line:
Free from the tumults and the noise
Last Line:
To men become a prey
DMI number:
2462
57.
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
58.
For quiet on Newmarket's plain
First Line:
For quiet on Newmarket's plain
Last Line:
Shall guard the laws divine
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25541
59.
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
60.
Fond man retire to this lone cell
First Line:
Fond man retire to this lone cell
Last Line:
Forever just and good and wise
Author:
Joseph Cockfield (Absolute)
DMI number:
28661
61.
Fond man retire to this still cell
First Line:
Fond man retire to this still cell
Last Line:
Who led thee through the finished day
Author:
Joseph Cockfield (Absolute)
DMI number:
32609
62.
From haughty wealth and noisy state
First Line:
From haughty wealth and noisy state
Last Line:
Pacific laws her gift divine
DMI number:
10851
63.
From public noise and factious strife
First Line:
From public noise and factious strife
Last Line:
Where all this time he had been hid
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
4190
64.
From splendid woe from pomp and noise
First Line:
From splendid woe from pomp and noise
Last Line:
Ah who can paint the scene
DMI number:
24299
65.
Give me ye gods a calm retreat
First Line:
Give me ye gods a calm retreat
Last Line:
The power and pomp of pride
DMI number:
22218
66.
Gay Venus gentle queen of soft desire
First Line:
Gay Venus gentle queen of soft desire
Last Line:
For life's a cheat and love itself is vain
DMI number:
25886
67.
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
68.
Full humble is my prayer I ween
First Line:
Full humble is my prayer I ween
Last Line:
For humble I have always been
DMI number:
33632
69.
Gods who would tempt the stormy main
First Line:
Gods who would tempt the stormy main
Last Line:
To bless his offspring's future days
DMI number:
36658
70.
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
71.
Hail ever pleasing solitude
First Line:
Hail ever pleasing solitude
Last Line:
A Lycidas or Lycon be
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
15502
72.
Hail ever pleasing solitude
First Line:
Hail ever pleasing solitude
Last Line:
For ever from the world retired
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
23432
73.
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
74.
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
75.
Happy Cleora was the time
First Line:
Happy Cleora was the time
Last Line:
And has but t'other half to fear
DMI number:
8265
76.
Grant me indulgent heaven a rural seat
First Line:
Grant me indulgent heaven a rural seat
Last Line:
From silent life I'd steal into my grave
Author:
Nahum Tate (Absolute)
DMI number:
8169
77.
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
78.
Hail rural prospects lovely sylvan scenes
First Line:
Hail rural prospects lovely sylvan scenes
Last Line:
Tremble admire be silent and adore
DMI number:
1928
79.
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
80.
Hail sacred solitude in whose calm bay
First Line:
Hail sacred solitude in whose calm bay
Last Line:
Conveys me happy to the better shades
Author:
Anthony Hammond (Confident) & Wentworth Dillon (Speculation)
DMI number:
10524
81.
Hail silent matron ever hail
First Line:
Hail silent matron ever hail
Last Line:
Celestial matron solitude
Author:
Joseph Cockfield (Absolute)
DMI number:
32604
82.
Hail sweet retirement wisdom's peaceful seat
First Line:
Hail sweet retirement wisdom's peaceful seat
Last Line:
Yet still will shun the tempting ill | And points to heaven
DMI number:
40577
83.
He's no small prince who every day
First Line:
He's no small prince who every day
Last Line:
A journey too might go
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
5649
84.
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
85.
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
86.
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
87.
Happy thrice the harmless swain
First Line:
Happy thrice the harmless swain
Last Line:
And calmly waits eternal rest
DMI number:
32601
88.
Haste my Mecenas haste away
First Line:
Haste my Mecenas haste away
Last Line:
Nor think on all I leave behind
DMI number:
15474
89.
Haste Celia haste and let us leave the town
First Line:
Haste Celia haste and let us leave the town
Last Line:
Nature will glory and our god will bless
DMI number:
24257
90.
Hence sage mysterious law
First Line:
Hence sage mysterious law
Last Line:
And I with thee will choose to live
Author:
William Hall (Absolute) & John Hall-Stevenson (Absolute)
DMI number:
27840
91.
Here Caroline her thoughts employs
First Line:
Here Caroline her thoughts employs
Last Line:
The wisdom of this solitude
DMI number:
10846
92.
Here ceased the youth and starting from the plain
First Line:
Here ceased the youth and starting from the plain
Last Line:
Since riches a vexation proved and grandeur was but vain
DMI number:
1941
93.
Here my Bathyllus take thy seat
First Line:
Here my Bathyllus take thy seat
Last Line:
And choose to live a hermit here
DMI number:
39236
94.
How dull's a country life sage Bufo cries
First Line:
How dull's a country life sage Bufo cries
Last Line:
And then we're seldom plagued with folks like you
DMI number:
33371
95.
High over the winding of a cliffy shore
First Line:
High over the winding of a cliffy shore
Last Line:
And sweetly conscious hugs his happier state
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
1043
96.
Hither amongst the crowds that shun
First Line:
Hither amongst the crowds that shun
Last Line:
Remember tis a Dorset sways
Author:
Mary Barber (Absolute)
DMI number:
11566
97.
Hither retire and leave behind
First Line:
Hither retire and leave behind
Last Line:
Grim care corroder of the mind
DMI number:
32902
98.
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
99.
How happy's the man who does take off his can
First Line:
How happy's the man who does take off his can
Last Line:
What living with this can compare
DMI number:
356
100.
How very happy is the country swain
First Line:
How very happy is the country swain
Last Line:
Despise the pompous courts and smooth-tongued flattery
DMI number:
11788
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