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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:
Wentworth Dillon (Absolute) & Giovanni Battista Guarini (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