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1. A dread eternity how surely mine

First Line:
A dread eternity how surely mine
Last Line:
Poor pensioner on the bounties of an hour
DMI number:
34184

2. A hungry lean-faced villain

First Line:
A hungry lean-faced villain
Last Line:
Cries out I was possessed
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
37432

3. Ah no tis all in vain believe me tis

First Line:
Ah no tis all in vain believe me tis
Last Line:
Their transitory master dead
Author:
William Congreve (Absolute)
DMI number:
25430

4. Ah no tis all in vain believe me tis

First Line:
Ah no tis all in vain believe me tis
Last Line:
Themselves outdone in luxury
Author:
William Congreve (Absolute)
DMI number:
916

5. Ah Posthumus the years of man

First Line:
Ah Posthumus the years of man
Last Line:
Which makes the abbots fat
Author:
Sir Richard Fanshawe (Absolute)
DMI number:
42089

6. All hail of ages thou perpetual source

First Line:
All hail of ages thou perpetual source
Last Line:
Then gave a monitory glance and fled
DMI number:
18150

7. Absence alone can make our sorrows less

First Line:
Absence alone can make our sorrows less
Last Line:
And not to see what we can neer redress
DMI number:
14163

8. 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

9. 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

10. Alas with swift and silent pace

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

11. 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

12. An inch of the top your candle required

First Line:
An inch of the top your candle required
Last Line:
Though from the fair sex twas desired
DMI number:
7721

13. Although the cause seemed right and title strong

First Line:
Although the cause seemed right and title strong
Last Line:
The time of doing it yet makes it wrong
DMI number:
41261

14. Ambition sighed she found it vain to trust

First Line:
Ambition sighed she found it vain to trust
Last Line:
And little eagles wave their wings in gold
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
22407

15. 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

16. 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

17. As the plodding ploughman goes

First Line:
As the plodding ploughman goes
Last Line:
Bid the setting sun adieu
Author:
John Cunningham (Absolute)
DMI number:
29003

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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

21. At this unwonted hour behold

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

22. 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

23. 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

24. Be wise today tis madness to defer

First Line:
Be wise today tis madness to defer
Last Line:
Over those we love we drop it in the grave
Author:
Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:
35739

25. Be wise today tis madness to defer

First Line:
Be wise today tis madness to defer
Last Line:
Over those we love we drop it in their grave
Author:
Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:
34985

26. Be wise today tis madness to defer

First Line:
Be wise today tis madness to defer
Last Line:
Soon close where passed the shaft no trace is found
Author:
Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:
37477

27. 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

28. 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

29. 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

30. But now the mantling flames in concourse join

First Line:
But now the mantling flames in concourse join
Last Line:
Then shook the sun and tore him from the sky
DMI number:
31023

31. Cease cease Aminta to complain

First Line:
Cease cease Aminta to complain
Last Line:
Will die as flowers decay
Author:
Aphra Behn (Confident)
DMI number:
41827

32. Come O my soul excursive rise

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

33. Come resignation lovely maid

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

34. Come what come may

First Line:
Come what come may
Last Line:
Patience and time run through the roughest day
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
20308

35. 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

36. 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

37. 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

38. Daughter of heaven am I but God none greater

First Line:
Daughter of heaven am I but God none greater
Last Line:
Nothing of mine respects eternity
DMI number:
41265

39. Despair not then for time these griefs will cure

First Line:
Despair not then for time these griefs will cure
Last Line:
That ever he was happy
Author:
Bevil Higgons (Absolute)
DMI number:
21159

40. Envy how darst thou say that I in vain

First Line:
Envy how darst thou say that I in vain
Last Line:
Then my best part will be immortal found
Author:
John Evelyn (Absolute)
DMI number:
44578

41. 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

42. Eternal fire enthroned on high

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

43. 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

44. Dim night her shadowy cloud withdraws the morn

First Line:
Dim night her shadowy cloud withdraws the morn
Last Line:
Unbarred the gates of light
DMI number:
39870

45. Eliza sweeter than the rose

First Line:
Eliza sweeter than the rose
Last Line:
The queen of beauty and of May
Author:
George Jeffreys (Absolute)
DMI number:
29202

46. Enflamed in love and wrapped in ecstasy

First Line:
Enflamed in love and wrapped in ecstasy
Last Line:
Or I shall never see my dear Eliza more
DMI number:
7735

47. 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

48. 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

49. Divines but peep on undiscovered worlds

First Line:
Divines but peep on undiscovered worlds
Last Line:
To tell their manners and relate their laws
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
18977

50. Eternity that boundless race

First Line:
Eternity that boundless race
Last Line:
Is still the same and still to be begun
Author:
William Congreve (Absolute)
DMI number:
27052