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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