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1. A canting Scot in thy vile sermons preaches

First Line:
A canting Scot in thy vile sermons preaches
Last Line:
Will not believe the devil before the scot
DMI number:
42730

2. A clergyman that oft hath preached

First Line:
A clergyman that oft hath preached
Last Line:
To this day that I heard
DMI number:
41932

3. A Levite gaming makes the saying true

First Line:
A Levite gaming makes the saying true
Last Line:
Tables much fitter for a Levite's use
DMI number:
18094

4. A priest there was who with a silver sound

First Line:
A priest there was who with a silver sound
Last Line:
The sermon edifies the example spoils
DMI number:
22584

5. 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

6. About an bank with balmy bewis

First Line:
About an bank with balmy bewis
Last Line:
Quhois glore eternall rings
Author:
Alexander Montgomerie (Absolute)
DMI number:
10935

7. Alas what has this poor animal done

First Line:
Alas what has this poor animal done
Last Line:
The direful operations of your ungodly hate
DMI number:
42984

8. Angels and ministers of grace defend us

First Line:
Angels and ministers of grace defend us
Last Line:
With thoughts beyond the reaches of our souls
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
37361

9. An abbot rich whose taste was good

First Line:
An abbot rich whose taste was good
Last Line:
First mend the faults they find in others
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
21903

10. And is he gone to his eternal rest

First Line:
And is he gone to his eternal rest
Last Line:
And as the righteous live and as the righteous die
Author:
Charles Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
27465

11. Almighty three who guard the just

First Line:
Almighty three who guard the just
Last Line:
So Heaven abandon or espouse our cause | Amen
Author:
Robertson||Alexander||of Struan (Absolute)
DMI number:
35472

12. Ambition is the stamp impressed by heaven

First Line:
Ambition is the stamp impressed by heaven
Last Line:
Conducts the sun and regulates the spheres
Author:
Samuel Johnson (Absolute)
DMI number:
37441

13. As Celia to the almighty prayed

First Line:
As Celia to the almighty prayed
Last Line:
And lastly let the devil take him | Lord I beseech thee
DMI number:
18273

14. As I walked of late by an wood side

First Line:
As I walked of late by an wood side
Last Line:
And then good housekeeping wold revive out of hand
DMI number:
37404

15. Ascend Alecto from thy den and come

First Line:
Ascend Alecto from thy den and come
Last Line:
They vanished and Alecto sunk to hell
DMI number:
42999

16. Begin my muse the dire adventure tell

First Line:
Begin my muse the dire adventure tell
Last Line:
And in a moment up the chimney flew
Author:
Abel Evans (Absolute)
DMI number:
22236

17. Behold we flowers that bloom from hour to hour

First Line:
Behold we flowers that bloom from hour to hour
Last Line:
Adhere to him and all his goodness prove
DMI number:
36853

18. But were not nature still endowed at large

First Line:
But were not nature still endowed at large
Last Line:
Such and so various are the tastes of men
Author:
Mark Akenside (Absolute)
DMI number:
37105

19. Celestial wisdom in a virtuous soul

First Line:
Celestial wisdom in a virtuous soul
Last Line:
And waft them gently to the blissful plains
DMI number:
18149

20. Children and youth to God present

First Line:
Children and youth to God present
Last Line:
And will with heaven's avail
DMI number:
36338

21. Chloe a country vicar's daughter

First Line:
Chloe a country vicar's daughter
Last Line:
And drowns her senses intellectual
DMI number:
9684

22. Chloe a country vicar's daughter

First Line:
Chloe a country vicar's daughter
Last Line:
And lies with every man she meets
DMI number:
21912

23. Chloe loves only me she vows

First Line:
Chloe loves only me she vows
Last Line:
And gain himself promotion
DMI number:
12754

24. Come painter you and I you know dare do

First Line:
Come painter you and I you know dare do
Last Line:
Then Asaph's song shall be like Doeg's rhyme
DMI number:
41823

25. Come try your thoughts ye thinking scribbling tribe

First Line:
Come try your thoughts ye thinking scribbling tribe
Last Line:
The author freely lends the key
Author:
William le Tans'ur (Absolute)
DMI number:
36544

26. Christian is the highest style of man

First Line:
Christian is the highest style of man
Author:
Edward Young (Speculation)
DMI number:
34185

27. Come children come and learn your father's trade

First Line:
Come children come and learn your father's trade
Last Line:
And with their money drink and drab and whore
DMI number:
43022

28. Cursed as the evil one is he

First Line:
Cursed as the evil one is he
Last Line:
I rise take breath and run away
DMI number:
35997

29. Cursed be the timorous fool whose feeble mind

First Line:
Cursed be the timorous fool whose feeble mind
Last Line:
A steady resolute heroic soul
DMI number:
3655

30. Conscience thou home-felt friend or innate foe

First Line:
Conscience thou home-felt friend or innate foe
Last Line:
And heaven is half obtained before we die
Author:
George Sewell (Speculation)
DMI number:
12001

31. Conscience thou native guide of human kind

First Line:
Conscience thou native guide of human kind
Last Line:
Soul truth light reason centre all in thee Procul esto severi
DMI number:
24551

32. Death dost thou difficult us now to know

First Line:
Death dost thou difficult us now to know
Last Line:
She quickly clap her wings and soar away
Author:
Ralph Erskine (Absolute)
DMI number:
15285

33. Deep in the bosom of a vale

First Line:
Deep in the bosom of a vale
Last Line:
They never shall reach my furthest link
DMI number:
36032

34. Do I seem

First Line:
Do I seem
Last Line:
Whenever that shall be
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
33348

35. Dubius sed non improbus vixi

First Line:
Dubius sed non improbus vixi
Last Line:
Ens entium miserere mihi
Author:
George Villiers (Speculation)
DMI number:
35086

36. Father of lights what glories in that name

First Line:
Father of lights what glories in that name
Last Line:
Day without night and raptures without end
DMI number:
36346

37. Eve at his feet

First Line:
Eve at his feet
Last Line:
Me me only just object of his ire
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
33357

38. Experience out of observation says

First Line:
Experience out of observation says
Last Line:
The righteous man to punish sinful folly
DMI number:
43712

39. Fret not thyself when wicked men prevail

First Line:
Fret not thyself when wicked men prevail
Last Line:
For none ever trusted in the Lord in vain
Author:
Mary Masters (Absolute)
DMI number:
23775

40. For various trials from our birth designed

First Line:
For various trials from our birth designed
Last Line:
And consecrates this trophy to thy praise
DMI number:
36200

41. From infallible Rome once more I am come

First Line:
From infallible Rome once more I am come
Last Line:
Nor take his ballad in dudgeon
DMI number:
42977

42. From Mahomet and paganism

First Line:
From Mahomet and paganism
Last Line:
Libera nos Domine
DMI number:
42990

43. From Rome's infallibility take a grain

First Line:
From Rome's infallibility take a grain
Last Line:
And tis the true Catholic cordial posset
DMI number:
44341

44. From Stygian shade lo my pale ghost doth rise

First Line:
From Stygian shade lo my pale ghost doth rise
Last Line:
And perhaps may then leave purgatory
DMI number:
43008

45. God bless my good lord bishop

First Line:
God bless my good lord bishop
Last Line:
Then kissing would be dear
DMI number:
42991

46. God's sacred law let none profane

First Line:
God's sacred law let none profane
Last Line:
Thy joy and everlasting peace
DMI number:
36553

47. Hail glorious author of creation's frame

First Line:
Hail glorious author of creation's frame
Last Line:
Cries there ye rebels go and meet your God
DMI number:
36274

48. Grace rules below and sits enthroned above

First Line:
Grace rules below and sits enthroned above
Last Line:
Tinged in the vital stream of my redeemer's blood
Author:
Isaac Watts (Absolute)
DMI number:
25499

49. Hail venerable South be honour paid

First Line:
Hail venerable South be honour paid
Last Line:
To all the adorers of the great three one
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
27408

50. Hear all ye deaf no more be hopeless sad

First Line:
Hear all ye deaf no more be hopeless sad
Last Line:
Eternal happiness shall crown their end
DMI number:
36281