Poem Theme: Time / Related People: Not attributed

1. Adieu the pleasing rural scene

First Line:: Adieu the pleasing rural scene
Last Line:: One glorious and eternal spring
Author:: Joseph Cockfield (Absolute)
DMI number:: 30855

2. Alas more hours are spent in pleasure

First Line:: Alas more hours are spent in pleasure
Last Line:: So too much beauty makes a w--re
DMI number:: 36824

3. Alas with swift and silent pace

First Line:: Alas with swift and silent pace
Last Line:: And every bliss in wine shall meet
Author:: John Hawkesworth (Absolute) & Samuel Johnson (Speculation)
DMI number:: 30679

4. All my past life is mine no more

First Line:: All my past life is mine no more
Last Line:: Tis all that heaven allows
Author:: John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:: 4123

5. Amidst these venerable drear remains

First Line:: Amidst these venerable drear remains
Last Line:: A superstructure time can never decay
Author:: Anthony Moore (Absolute)
DMI number:: 30461

6. As the eternal and omniscient mind

First Line:: As the eternal and omniscient mind
Last Line:: And from the ruin raise a fairer frame
Author:: Samuel Boyse (Absolute)
DMI number:: 30908

7. Are all diseases dead or will death say

First Line:: Are all diseases dead or will death say
Last Line:: Nor time nor death could ever celebrate
DMI number:: 23931

8. Arise great monarch see the joyful day

First Line:: Arise great monarch see the joyful day
Last Line:: But pomps and triumphs deck the noble calendar
Author:: Jacob Allestry (Absolute)
DMI number:: 3927

9. At length the dull winter for spring has made way

First Line:: At length the dull winter for spring has made way
Last Line:: Whose beauty each woman with jealousy fires
DMI number:: 12624

10. At this unwonted hour behold

First Line:: At this unwonted hour behold
Last Line:: Of heavens free vast benevolence to man
DMI number:: 32859

11. Autumn succeeds a sober tepid age

First Line:: Autumn succeeds a sober tepid age
Last Line:: When our brown locks repine to mix with odious grey
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 9812

12. Ay me ay me I sigh to see the scythe afield

First Line:: Ay me ay me I sigh to see the scythe afield
Last Line:: So all is thine be it good or bad that grows
DMI number:: 49200

13. Beauty is but a short-lived flower

First Line:: Beauty is but a short-lived flower
Last Line:: Bloom in the morn at evening fade
DMI number:: 12361

14. Believe me Portius in my Lucia's absence

First Line:: Believe me Portius in my Lucia's absence
Last Line:: And with variety of pain distract me
Author:: Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:: 14142

15. Born to instruct just always and sincere

First Line:: Born to instruct just always and sincere
Last Line:: And if you doubt it look into my heart
DMI number:: 21065

16. Come O my soul excursive rise

First Line:: Come O my soul excursive rise
Last Line:: And then incessantly adore
DMI number:: 32855

17. Come resignation lovely maid

First Line:: Come resignation lovely maid
Last Line:: Over thy pale corpse we'll drop a tear
DMI number:: 38190

18. Circles are praised not that abound

First Line:: Circles are praised not that abound
Last Line:: Not in much time but acting well
Author:: Edmund Waller (Absolute)
DMI number:: 16991

19. Come lovely nymph the winter now is past

First Line:: Come lovely nymph the winter now is past
Last Line:: Melting in joys the world did never try
DMI number:: 42666

20. Could we which we never can

First Line:: Could we which we never can
Last Line:: And our youth before us dies
Author:: Edmund Waller (Absolute)
DMI number:: 34320

21. Ere the foundations of the world were laid

First Line:: Ere the foundations of the world were laid
Last Line:: Ten thousand thousand rolling years are nought
Author:: John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:: 8427

22. Eternal fire enthroned on high

First Line:: Eternal fire enthroned on high
Last Line:: Their dear redeemer's name
DMI number:: 27267

23. Eternal time that wasteth without waste

First Line:: Eternal time that wasteth without waste
Last Line:: All are in thee thou in thy self alone
Author:: Sir Walter Ralegh [Raleigh] (Absolute)
DMI number:: 49703

24. Each thing I see hath time which time must try my truth

First Line:: Each thing I see hath time which time must try my truth
Last Line:: Then shall my heart possess in peace the time that I desire
DMI number:: 8903

25. Distant to southern climes the sloping sun

First Line:: Distant to southern climes the sloping sun
Last Line:: Suspends his anger and his blast disarms
DMI number:: 30949

26. Eternity tremendous word

First Line:: Eternity tremendous word
Last Line:: Bring me to blest eternity
DMI number:: 4362

27. Even such is time that takes on trust

First Line:: Even such is time that takes on trust
Last Line:: My God shall raise me up I trust
DMI number:: 43371

28. Evening now from purple wings

First Line:: Evening now from purple wings
Last Line:: Love possesses all the breast
Author:: Samuel Johnson (Absolute)
DMI number:: 30684

29. Five times ten years your glass has run

First Line:: Five times ten years your glass has run
Last Line:: What must eternally be thine
DMI number:: 24409

30. Farewell the pomp of flora vivid scene

First Line:: Farewell the pomp of flora vivid scene
Last Line:: And wear a livelier grace by being old
DMI number:: 30619

31. For that which might by secret means hath wrought

First Line:: For that which might by secret means hath wrought
Last Line:: By tract of time to open show is brought
DMI number:: 41256

32. For the future footman not skilled in numbers

First Line:: For the future footman not skilled in numbers
Last Line:: If he be disposed to wager again
DMI number:: 7806

33. From royal palaces the plough

First Line:: From royal palaces the plough
Last Line:: Were built with polished stone
Author:: John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:: 25538

34. Go and count her better hours

First Line:: Go and count her better hours
Last Line:: Fair sun that governs me and thee
Author:: William Strode (Speculation)
DMI number:: 11218

35. Great God to thee what gratitude I owe

First Line:: Great God to thee what gratitude I owe
Last Line:: New hear new spirit and new life be mine
DMI number:: 36272

36. Hail cheerful day parent of time and life

First Line:: Hail cheerful day parent of time and life
Last Line:: Nor can upon the thorny bed of conscience sleep
DMI number:: 5852

37. Hail genial goddess blooming spring

First Line:: Hail genial goddess blooming spring
Last Line:: And suns eternal rise
Author:: Martha Peckard [née Ferrar] (Absolute)
DMI number:: 27778

38. Hail genial goddess bloomy spring

First Line:: Hail genial goddess bloomy spring
Last Line:: And suns eternal rise
Author:: Martha Peckard [née Ferrar] (Absolute)
DMI number:: 32384

39. Hail social season cries the man of mirth

First Line:: Hail social season cries the man of mirth
Last Line:: Where reason's drowned and man's transformed to beast
DMI number:: 36735

40. Hail teasing monster tyrant of the town

First Line:: Hail teasing monster tyrant of the town
Last Line:: Defy the vice can or the velvet sleeve
DMI number:: 5805

41. He that would know how minutes steal away

First Line:: He that would know how minutes steal away
Last Line:: Proclaims our lives' short span in their swift speed
DMI number:: 41908

42. Here lies father and mother and I

First Line:: Here lies father and mother and I
Last Line:: Except I and I lies buried here
DMI number:: 36893

43. Hours months and years with gliding pace

First Line:: Hours months and years with gliding pace
Last Line:: At their proud feasts the Salian train
Author:: William Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:: 25537

44. How many days in one whole year there be

First Line:: How many days in one whole year there be
Last Line:: Strange tale to tell yet not so strange as true
DMI number:: 43813

45. How much the inward charms surpass

First Line:: How much the inward charms surpass
Last Line:: Shall triumph in eternity
DMI number:: 33329

46. I charge thee loiter now but haste to bless me

First Line:: I charge thee loiter now but haste to bless me
Last Line:: And break my heart with grief for thy unkind delay
DMI number:: 14148

47. I am the parent which to time give birth

First Line:: I am the parent which to time give birth
Last Line:: Yet every day I'm born and every day I die
DMI number:: 15703

48. I at my window sit and see

First Line:: I at my window sit and see
Last Line:: But cherish autumn in her stead
DMI number:: 30689

49. In an old church an antique image stood

First Line:: In an old church an antique image stood
Last Line:: Since even time itself in time decays
DMI number:: 11098

50. Improve the present moments as they fly

First Line:: Improve the present moments as they fly
Last Line:: For ere another morning thou mayst die
DMI number:: 34196

51. In hopes so pant upon your snowy breast

First Line:: In hopes so pant upon your snowy breast
Last Line:: Time now's too precious for a moment's waste
DMI number:: 44362

52. It was not kind

First Line:: It was not kind
Last Line:: Heal my unquiet mind and tune my soul
Author:: Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:: 14144

53. Instructive sound I'm now convinced by thee

First Line:: Instructive sound I'm now convinced by thee
Last Line:: Angels though deathless dare not be so bold
Author:: John Gambold (Absolute)
DMI number:: 27458

54. Look down with pity gracious Lord look down

First Line:: Look down with pity gracious Lord look down
Last Line:: Receive an earnest of its future bliss
Author:: Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer] (Absolute)
DMI number:: 26103

55. Lord what a feeble piece

First Line:: Lord what a feeble piece
Last Line:: Of blessed eternity
Author:: Isaac Watts (Absolute)
DMI number:: 26854

56. Let vain philosophy hence learn to bind

First Line:: Let vain philosophy hence learn to bind
Last Line:: Till the last pulse shall beat and life stand still
DMI number:: 30686

57. My eyes are robbed of what they loved to see

First Line:: My eyes are robbed of what they loved to see
Last Line:: To change these humble roofs and sit above
DMI number:: 14159

58. My heart can danger but not absence bear

First Line:: My heart can danger but not absence bear
Last Line:: To love tis wax but adamant so fear
DMI number:: 14164

59. Moments to absent lovers tedious grow

First Line:: Moments to absent lovers tedious grow
Last Line:: Tis not how time but how the mind does go
DMI number:: 14161

60. More than his name were less twould seem to fear

First Line:: More than his name were less twould seem to fear
Last Line:: And time and Newton's name together die
Author:: Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:: 12986

61. Mortal whoever thou art beware since time

First Line:: Mortal whoever thou art beware since time
Last Line:: The shielded saint rejoices in her sons
Author:: Sneyd Davies (Absolute)
DMI number:: 23441

62. My dear Venturana give ear to my rhyme

First Line:: My dear Venturana give ear to my rhyme
Last Line:: Expectation's a jest and reason's a riddle
DMI number:: 9657

63. I serve thee here with all my might

First Line:: I serve thee here with all my might
Last Line:: And serve thy God as I serve thee
DMI number:: 26767

64. I never knew what twas to mourn

First Line:: I never knew what twas to mourn
Last Line:: Till the lost spring return again
DMI number:: 43653

65. If neither brass nor marble can withstand

First Line:: If neither brass nor marble can withstand
Last Line:: Is out at elbows why should I repine
Author:: Jonathan Swift (Absolute)
DMI number:: 16328

66. Let others brittle beauties of a year

First Line:: Let others brittle beauties of a year
Last Line:: On thy own heart my vows must be engraved
DMI number:: 11631

67. Let him to morrow love that never has loved

First Line:: Let him to morrow love that never has loved
Last Line:: Let him to morrow that love's joys has proved
DMI number:: 8587

68. Let that arithmetician come

First Line:: Let that arithmetician come
Last Line:: Eternity still lives and still does but begin
DMI number:: 23418

69. Last of all the months severest of them all

First Line:: Last of all the months severest of them all
Last Line:: And like her mind free open and serene
DMI number:: 32123

70. Lyce the gods have heard my prayer

First Line:: Lyce the gods have heard my prayer
Last Line:: Shot such restless flames to ashes turned
DMI number:: 44577

71. Madam to you this tale I send

First Line:: Madam to you this tale I send
Last Line:: Regard the lay beware of time
DMI number:: 31915

72. Mira this machine you'll find

First Line:: Mira this machine you'll find
Last Line:: Wins the christian crown on high
DMI number:: 32366

73. Night must involve the world till she appear

First Line:: Night must involve the world till she appear
Last Line:: Regardless of the approach of any other day
DMI number:: 14145

74. Myrtilla like time is always a flying

First Line:: Myrtilla like time is always a flying
Last Line:: To hold her like time you must take her before
DMI number:: 7326

75. No marble pomp no monumental praise

First Line:: No marble pomp no monumental praise
Last Line:: Employ that well for that's within thy power
Author:: Samuel Bowden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 24029

76. O come thou melancholy muse

First Line:: O come thou melancholy muse
Last Line:: And many a pleasing thought inspire
Author:: Joseph Giles (Absolute)
DMI number:: 27529

77. Now Phoebus gently with enlivening rays

First Line:: Now Phoebus gently with enlivening rays
Last Line:: And nature smiling speaks a fruitful year
DMI number:: 12697

78. Now when grey time in his impartial course

First Line:: Now when grey time in his impartial course
Last Line:: Eleven Lustra and two years has shed
DMI number:: 39957

79. No more the morn with tepid rays

First Line:: No more the morn with tepid rays
Last Line:: He dies alas how soon he dies
Author:: John Hawkesworth (Absolute) & Samuel Johnson (Speculation)
DMI number:: 27587

80. No not through envious time's continued course

First Line:: No not through envious time's continued course
Last Line:: Thou Pope through sympathy assume the lyre
Author:: Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:: 27436

81. Of all the burdens man must bear

First Line:: Of all the burdens man must bear
Last Line:: Is the most precious earthly good
Author:: John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:: 23530

82. Of time of months and fleeting years

First Line:: Of time of months and fleeting years
Last Line:: Sinks in eternity
DMI number:: 35621

83. Old time and Stephen now are even

First Line:: Old time and Stephen now are even
Last Line:: Stephen beat time and time has beat Stephen
DMI number:: 24125

84. Old time when thou hast thrown thy scythe aside

First Line:: Old time when thou hast thrown thy scythe aside
Last Line:: More wit or virtue than lies here below
DMI number:: 22990

85. Old time who on thy rapid wing

First Line:: Old time who on thy rapid wing
Last Line:: Twill break through mere vexation
DMI number:: 27096

86. Oh love how swiftly thy hours fly away

First Line:: Oh love how swiftly thy hours fly away
Last Line:: When cruel absence parts two longing lovers
DMI number:: 14152

87. Oh can you think that death is half so dreadful

First Line:: Oh can you think that death is half so dreadful
Last Line:: As tis for me to live and live without thee
DMI number:: 14153

88. Oh the merry Christ Church bells

First Line:: Oh the merry Christ Church bells
Last Line:: Till he hears the mighty toll
DMI number:: 42524

89. Oh time with wings thou well may painted be

First Line:: Oh time with wings thou well may painted be
Last Line:: And all our faculties in transport raise
DMI number:: 43495

90. Oh tis in vain to struggle with desires

First Line:: Oh tis in vain to struggle with desires
Last Line:: Of gentle love persuade it to its peace
DMI number:: 14160

91. Oh where now

First Line:: Oh where now
Last Line:: And hush me to a calm
DMI number:: 14143

92. Past eight o'clock O christians meditate

First Line:: Past eight o'clock O christians meditate
Last Line:: Now brethren watch yourselves for your salvation
DMI number:: 30630

93. Past eight o'clock o Herrnhuth do thou ponder

First Line:: Past eight o'clock o Herrnhuth do thou ponder
Last Line:: Now brethren watch yourselves for your salvation
DMI number:: 33303

94. On Januarys sixth nine and twenty five

First Line:: On Januarys sixth nine and twenty five
Last Line:: Novembers third and twelfth bring happiness
DMI number:: 23500

95. On Thames's bank a gentle youth

First Line:: On Thames's bank a gentle youth
Last Line:: But that she had not time
Author:: George Lyttelton (Absolute)
DMI number:: 22327

96. One day as I was in a musing vein

First Line:: One day as I was in a musing vein
Last Line:: And seconds fifty six nor less nor more
DMI number:: 7857

97. Perceivest thou not the process of the year

First Line:: Perceivest thou not the process of the year
Last Line:: Infirm the stalks unsolid are the leaves
Author:: Ovid (Absolute) & John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 9810

98. Proceeding onward whence the year began

First Line:: Proceeding onward whence the year began
Last Line:: With kindly moisture and prolific heat
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 9811

99. Pox on it says time to Thomas Hearne

First Line:: Pox on it says time to Thomas Hearne
Last Line:: Whatever I forget you learn
DMI number:: 13740

100. Raised from the earthly secret mine

First Line:: Raised from the earthly secret mine
Last Line:: Kept safe you've got sixty more behind
DMI number:: 36870

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1. Adieu the pleasing rural scene

2. Alas more hours are spent in pleasure

3. Alas with swift and silent pace

4. All my past life is mine no more

5. Amidst these venerable drear remains

6. As the eternal and omniscient mind

7. Are all diseases dead or will death say

8. Arise great monarch see the joyful day

9. At length the dull winter for spring has made way

10. At this unwonted hour behold

11. Autumn succeeds a sober tepid age

12. Ay me ay me I sigh to see the scythe afield

13. Beauty is but a short-lived flower

14. Believe me Portius in my Lucia's absence

15. Born to instruct just always and sincere

16. Come O my soul excursive rise

17. Come resignation lovely maid

18. Circles are praised not that abound

19. Come lovely nymph the winter now is past

20. Could we which we never can

21. Ere the foundations of the world were laid

22. Eternal fire enthroned on high

23. Eternal time that wasteth without waste

24. Each thing I see hath time which time must try my truth

25. Distant to southern climes the sloping sun

26. Eternity tremendous word

27. Even such is time that takes on trust

28. Evening now from purple wings

29. Five times ten years your glass has run

30. Farewell the pomp of flora vivid scene

31. For that which might by secret means hath wrought

32. For the future footman not skilled in numbers

33. From royal palaces the plough

34. Go and count her better hours

35. Great God to thee what gratitude I owe

36. Hail cheerful day parent of time and life

37. Hail genial goddess blooming spring

38. Hail genial goddess bloomy spring

39. Hail social season cries the man of mirth

40. Hail teasing monster tyrant of the town

41. He that would know how minutes steal away

42. Here lies father and mother and I

43. Hours months and years with gliding pace

44. How many days in one whole year there be

45. How much the inward charms surpass

46. I charge thee loiter now but haste to bless me

47. I am the parent which to time give birth

48. I at my window sit and see

49. In an old church an antique image stood

50. Improve the present moments as they fly

51. In hopes so pant upon your snowy breast

52. It was not kind

53. Instructive sound I'm now convinced by thee

54. Look down with pity gracious Lord look down

55. Lord what a feeble piece

56. Let vain philosophy hence learn to bind

57. My eyes are robbed of what they loved to see

58. My heart can danger but not absence bear

59. Moments to absent lovers tedious grow

60. More than his name were less twould seem to fear

61. Mortal whoever thou art beware since time

62. My dear Venturana give ear to my rhyme

63. I serve thee here with all my might

64. I never knew what twas to mourn

65. If neither brass nor marble can withstand

66. Let others brittle beauties of a year

67. Let him to morrow love that never has loved

68. Let that arithmetician come

69. Last of all the months severest of them all

70. Lyce the gods have heard my prayer

71. Madam to you this tale I send

72. Mira this machine you'll find