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1.
A bard there dwelt more fat than bard beseems
First Line:
A bard there dwelt more fat than bard beseems
Last Line:
He loathed much to write ne cared to repeat
Author:
George Lyttelton (Absolute) & James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
32267
2.
Ah little think the gay licentious proud
First Line:
Ah little think the gay licentious proud
Last Line:
Refining still the social passions work
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
33690
3.
All conquering heat oh intermit thy wrath
First Line:
All conquering heat oh intermit thy wrath
Last Line:
Unsatisfied and sick tosses in noon
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
29847
4.
Affliction is the wholesome soil of virtue
First Line:
Affliction is the wholesome soil of virtue
Last Line:
Poisons the soil and its best product kills
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute) & David Mallet (Absolute)
DMI number:
28406
5.
All ye whose hearts to tender pity formed
First Line:
All ye whose hearts to tender pity formed
Last Line:
For ever silent and for ever sad
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
27020
6.
As those we love decay we die in part
First Line:
As those we love decay we die in part
Last Line:
Till dying all he can resign is breath
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
25104
7.
Bold is the man who in this nicer age
First Line:
Bold is the man who in this nicer age
Last Line:
If cold they wither all the muse's bays
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
31716
8.
Beside the dewy border let me sit
First Line:
Beside the dewy border let me sit
Last Line:
Deep sounding seize the enthusiastic ear
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
30883
9.
But come ye generous minds in whose wide thought
First Line:
But come ye generous minds in whose wide thought
Last Line:
The lonely heart with unexpected good
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
28525
10.
But yonder comes the powerful king of day
First Line:
But yonder comes the powerful king of day
Last Line:
Shines out thy maker may I sing of thee
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
27035
11.
Curse on the coward and perfidious tongue
First Line:
Curse on the coward and perfidious tongue
Last Line:
That sweeps these fogs away with all their vermin
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
30930
12.
Crammed to the throat with wholesome moral stuff
First Line:
Crammed to the throat with wholesome moral stuff
Last Line:
Nor idly lose it for a wretched jest
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
31717
13.
Delightful task to rear the tender thought
First Line:
Delightful task to rear the tender thought
Last Line:
The generous purpose in the glowing breast
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
30093
14.
First elder sculpture taught her sister art
First Line:
First elder sculpture taught her sister art
Last Line:
And friends conversed by death divided long
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
30496
15.
Hail ever pleasing solitude
First Line:
Hail ever pleasing solitude
Last Line:
A Lycidas or Lycon be
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
15502
16.
Hail ever pleasing solitude
First Line:
Hail ever pleasing solitude
Last Line:
For ever from the world retired
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
23432
17.
Hail mildly pleasing solitude
First Line:
Hail mildly pleasing solitude
Last Line:
Then shield me in the woods again
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
21780
18.
He's not the happy man to whom is given
First Line:
He's not the happy man to whom is given
Last Line:
Thine is the fortune and the mind is thine
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
15501
19.
Have I then no tears for thee my father
First Line:
Have I then no tears for thee my father
Last Line:
Be nobly wretched but her father happy
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
29831
20.
He comes he comes in every breeze the power
First Line:
He comes he comes in every breeze the power
Last Line:
With all the social offspring of the heart
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
34082
21.
I hate the clamours of the smoky towns
First Line:
I hate the clamours of the smoky towns
Last Line:
To live in peace from noisy towns remote
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
10282
22.
Moore goes two years and then alas produces
First Line:
Moore goes two years and then alas produces
Last Line:
At last delivered but of what of Wind
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
2746
23.
Madam the flower that I received from you
First Line:
Madam the flower that I received from you
Last Line:
And new sprung life exults in every vein
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
10285
24.
Now I surveyed my native faculties
First Line:
Now I surveyed my native faculties
Last Line:
The mysteries I must not comprehend
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
1031
25.
Now just heaven forbid
First Line:
Now just heaven forbid
Last Line:
And humbly born the true heart makes us noble
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute) & David Mallet (Absolute)
DMI number:
30031
26.
O eternal providence whose course
First Line:
O eternal providence whose course
Last Line:
And of thy rising goodness is no end
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
30524
27.
O let me strike my softest lyre
First Line:
O let me strike my softest lyre
Last Line:
Again the poet lives
Author:
James Thomson (Speculation)
DMI number:
26700
28.
Oh may their eyes no miserable sight
First Line:
Oh may their eyes no miserable sight
Last Line:
This be the female dignity and praise
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
22119
29.
On mere indifferent objects common bounty
First Line:
On mere indifferent objects common bounty
Last Line:
To triumph over him is heroic goodness
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
28958
30.
On virtue can alone my kingdom stand
First Line:
On virtue can alone my kingdom stand
Last Line:
Hide in their savage haunts no beast so fell
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
30940
31.
Sweet sleeky doctor dear pacific soul
First Line:
Sweet sleeky doctor dear pacific soul
Last Line:
The fields all thunder and they bound away
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
15500
32.
The redbreast sacred to the household gods
First Line:
The redbreast sacred to the household gods
Last Line:
Attract his slender feet
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
30547
33.
The stag too singled from the herd where long
First Line:
The stag too singled from the herd where long
Last Line:
And mark his beauteous chequered sides with gore
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
30069
34.
These as they change almighty father these
First Line:
These as they change almighty father these
Last Line:
Come then expressive silence muse his praise
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
21779
35.
There breathes a felt divinity in virtue
First Line:
There breathes a felt divinity in virtue
Last Line:
Of mean injurious vice
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
30936
36.
True genuine honour its large patent holds
First Line:
True genuine honour its large patent holds
Last Line:
And even of God himself sole perfect judge
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
30036
37.
Unless corruption first deject the pride
First Line:
Unless corruption first deject the pride
Last Line:
Till the whole state unnerved in slavery sinks
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
28965
38.
Unchained Bellona from her temple rushes
First Line:
Unchained Bellona from her temple rushes
Last Line:
To dwell with beasts of prey in woods and deserts
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
30960
39.
Well gentlemen and are you still so vain
First Line:
Well gentlemen and are you still so vain
Last Line:
That you with candour treat this orphan play
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
39080
40.
Warned by the summer sun's meridian ray
First Line:
Warned by the summer sun's meridian ray
Last Line:
And to my vision put an hasty end
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
10283
41.
Unworthy joys that wasteful leave behind
First Line:
Unworthy joys that wasteful leave behind
Last Line:
Destroys the nobler faculties of bliss
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
30203
42.
Up springs the lark
First Line:
Up springs the lark
Last Line:
A melancholy murmur through the whole
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
27063
43.
What dreadful havock in the human breast
First Line:
What dreadful havock in the human breast
Last Line:
Are gentle to the tempest of the mind
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
30499
44.
What a helpless creature by himself
First Line:
What a helpless creature by himself
Last Line:
To taste thy comforts thy protected joys
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
30891
45.
What though not theirs the power in dungeon glooms
First Line:
What though not theirs the power in dungeon glooms
Last Line:
Boundless and absolute in God alone
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
30096
46.
When Britain first by heaven's command
First Line:
When Britain first by heaven's command
Last Line:
And manly hearts to guard the fair
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
24722
47.
When to his glorious first essay in war
First Line:
When to his glorious first essay in war
Last Line:
Admiring nations to the Romans gained
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
30879
48.
When my breast labours with oppressive care
First Line:
When my breast labours with oppressive care
Last Line:
Is he unwise or are ye less than they
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
15499
49.
A collection and selection of English prologues and epilogues [vol 3] [T145232] [ecco]
Publication Date:
1779
ESTC number:
T145232
DMI number:
1343
50.
A collection of poems by several hands, in four volumes [N27942]
Publication Date:
1749
ESTC number:
N27942
DMI number:
855
51.
A collection of poems in six volumes. By several hands. With Notes [Vol 3] [T116246] [ECCO]
Publication Date:
1782
ESTC number:
T116246
DMI number:
1076
52.
A collection of poems for reading and repetition selected from the most celebrated British poets [ESTC T119516] [ECCO]
Publication Date:
1762
ESTC number:
T119516
DMI number:
992
53.
A collection of poems in four volumes by several hands Vol. 3 [T115888]
Publication Date:
1755
ESTC number:
T115888
DMI number:
917
54.
A collection of poems in six volumes, by several hands [Vol. 3] [T144532]
Publication Date:
1770
ESTC number:
T144532
DMI number:
1336
55.
A collection of poems in six volumes. By several hands. [Vol 3] [T101653] [ECCO]
Publication Date:
1765
ESTC number:
T101653
DMI number:
997
56.
A collection of poems in six volumes. By several hands. [Vol 3] [T115890] [ECCO]
Publication Date:
1758
ESTC number:
T115890
DMI number:
960
57.
A collection of poems in six volumes. By several hands. [Vol 3] [T124648] [ECCO]
Publication Date:
1766
ESTC number:
T124648
DMI number:
1059
58.
A collection of poems in six volumes. By several hands. [Vol 3] [T144724] [DUODECIMO]
Publication Date:
1775
ESTC number:
T144724
DMI number:
1631
59.
A collection of poems in six volumes. By several hands. [Vol 3] [T144724] [OCTAVO]
Publication Date:
1775
ESTC number:
T144724
DMI number:
1075
60.
A collection of poems in three volumes, by several hands [T115891] [Vol.3] [ECCO]
Publication Date:
1748
ESTC number:
T115891
DMI number:
834
61.
A collection of poems in three volumes, by several hands [T148949] [Vol. 3] [ECCO]
Publication Date:
1751
ESTC number:
T148949
DMI number:
846
62.
A collection of poems on divine and moral subjects, selected from various authors. [T97392] [ECCO]
Publication Date:
1775
ESTC number:
T97392
DMI number:
1294
63.
A collection of select epigrams in which are many originals never before printed by the most eminent hands [T124651]
Publication Date:
1757
ESTC number:
T124651
DMI number:
852
64.
A collection of thoughts, moral and divine, upon various subjects, in prose and verse [T121928] [ecco]
Publication Date:
1766
ESTC number:
T121928
DMI number:
1363
65.
A collection of thoughts, moral and divine, upon various subjects, in prose and verse [T140912] [ecco]
Publication Date:
1764
ESTC number:
T140912
DMI number:
1360
66.
A collection of thoughts, moral and divine, upon various subjects, in prose and verse [T228009] [ecco]
Publication Date:
1766
ESTC number:
T228009
DMI number:
1361
67.
A new select collection of epitaphs [vol I] [T136904] [ecco]
Publication Date:
1775
ESTC number:
T136904
DMI number:
1229
68.
Sacred poems or a collection of translations and paraphrases from the holy scriptures [N21358] [ecco]
Publication Date:
1751
ESTC number:
N21358
DMI number:
809
69.
Select Epitaphs [Vol. 2] [ESTC T137253]
Publication Date:
1755
ESTC number:
T137253
DMI number:
842
70.
Select lessons in prose and verse from various authors [N21758] [ecco]
Publication Date:
1798
ESTC number:
N21758
DMI number:
970
71.
Select lessons in prose and verse from various authors [T119230] [ecco]
Publication Date:
1785
ESTC number:
T119230
DMI number:
947
72.
Select lessons in prose and verse from various authors [T133650] [ecco]
Publication Date:
1798
ESTC number:
T133650
DMI number:
957
73.
Select lessons in prose and verse from various authors [T147647] [ecco]
Publication Date:
1798
ESTC number:
T147647
DMI number:
959
74.
Select lessons in prose and verse from various authors [T147696] [ecco]
Publication Date:
1774
ESTC number:
T147696
DMI number:
945
75.
Select lessons in prose and verse from various authors [T78288] [ecco]
Publication Date:
1765
ESTC number:
T78288
DMI number:
944
76.
Select lessons in prose and verse from various authors [T78289] [ecco]
Publication Date:
1778
ESTC number:
T78289
DMI number:
946
77.
Select letters between the late Duchess of Somerset, Lady Luxborough, Miss Dolman, Mr. Whistler, Mr. R. Dodsley, William Shenstone, Esq and others [vol 2] [T101901] [ecco]
Publication Date:
1778
ESTC number:
T101901
DMI number:
1375
78.
The Agreeable Medley or, Universal Entertainer [T98503]
Publication Date:
1748
ESTC number:
T98503
DMI number:
728
79.
Poems on moral and divine subjects by several celebrated English poets [T121853]
Publication Date:
1751
ESTC number:
T121853
DMI number:
808
80.
Poems on various subjects selected to enforce the practice of virtue [N20962] [ecco]
Publication Date:
1780
ESTC number:
N20962
DMI number:
1267
81.
Poems on various subjects selected to enforce the practice of virtue [N25819] [ecco]
Publication Date:
1793
ESTC number:
N25819
DMI number:
1273
82.
Poems on various subjects selected to enforce the practice of virtue [T118368] [ecco]
Publication Date:
1791
ESTC number:
T118368
DMI number:
1271
83.
Poems on various subjects selected to enforce the practice of virtue [T126129] [ecco]
Publication Date:
1800
ESTC number:
T126129
DMI number:
1275
84.
Poems on various subjects selected to enforce the practice of virtue [T173552] [ecco]
Publication Date:
1782
ESTC number:
T173552
DMI number:
1268
85.
Poems on various subjects selected to enforce the practice of virtue [T231611] [ecco]
Publication Date:
1787
ESTC number:
T231611
DMI number:
1270
86.
Poems on various subjects selected to enforce the practice of virtue [T83109] [ecco]
Publication Date:
1785
ESTC number:
T83109
DMI number:
1269
87.
Poetical miscellany consisting of select pieces for the use of schools the fourth edition [ESTC T132703]
Publication Date:
1789
ESTC number:
T132703
DMI number:
1157
88.
The Comic Miscellany. Vol. I. [ESTC N51175]
Publication Date:
1756
ESTC number:
N51175
DMI number:
1517
89.
The entertainer; containing great variety of instructive entertainment [Vol I] [T100454]
Publication Date:
1766
ESTC number:
T100454
DMI number:
1011
90.
The Edinburgh Entertainer [T128711]
Publication Date:
1750
ESTC number:
T128711
DMI number:
871
91.
Poems for young ladies [N12188]
Publication Date:
1785
ESTC number:
N12188
DMI number:
1057
92.
Poems for young ladies [reissue of T54977] [N12187]
Publication Date:
1770
ESTC number:
N12187
DMI number:
1055
93.
Poems for young ladies [T173369]
Publication Date:
1792
ESTC number:
T173369
DMI number:
1065
94.
Poems for young ladies [T54977]
Publication Date:
1767
ESTC number:
T54977
DMI number:
1054
95.
The art of poetry made easy, [...]: being the seventh volume of the Circle of the sciences [T120153]
Publication Date:
1746
ESTC number:
T120153
DMI number:
1511
96.
The art of poetry on a new plan [vol 2] [ESTC T56146] [ECCO]
Publication Date:
1762
ESTC number:
T56146
DMI number:
1051
97.
The art of poetry on a new plan [vol I] [ESTC T56146] [ECCO]
Publication Date:
1762
ESTC number:
T56146
DMI number:
1015
98.
The beauties of English poesy [vol 2] [T146028] [ecco]
Publication Date:
1767
ESTC number:
T146028
DMI number:
1070
99.
The beauties of English poesy [vol 2] [T146032] [ecco]
Publication Date:
1771
ESTC number:
T146032
DMI number:
1072
100.
The beauties of the poets. Being a collection of moral and sacred poetry, from the most eminent authors [T90031] [ECCO]
Publication Date:
1799
ESTC number:
T90031
DMI number:
1236
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