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A God there is, the whole creation tells Th'imprest idea on our reason dwells  Anonymous  The deity  From him comes friendship concord peace and love All comes from him, in him all beings move  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 120-121 
A monarch in my rustic bower O'er whom even fortune has no power  Anonymous  The hermit's empire: a saphick ode  And ever grateful for the past Dare hope again  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 309 
A much indebted muse O York intrudes Amid the smiles of fortune and of youth  Young, Edward  The complaint. Night the fourth. The Christian triumph.  And whose eternity? Who triumphs there Bathing for ever in the font of bliss  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 25-47 
Again my father and my God O let me not those names profane  Anonymous  A prayer in sickness  If I must live but half my span Chear with one smile my dying head  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 405-06 (406-07) 
Ah no 'tis all in vain believe me 'tis This pious artifice  Congreve, William  Horace Lib.II, Ode 14  The rest shall live and flourish to upbraide Their transitory master dead  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 386-87 
Ah what is life with various ills replete Thro' ev'ry stage affliction's pang we meet  Anonymous  Thoughts on life  Few few alas; this truth too well explains That ev'ry joy below is dash'd with pains  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 258 
Aid heav'nly muse to shun supine desires Vain beauty's pride and youth's fantastic fires  Anonymous  A Christmas hymn  There plac'd and welcom'd as a nuptial friend My joys shall like my being never end  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 145-46 
Alas my friend how fast the years are born How fast the circling months return  Anonymous  To a friend, bewailing the shortness of life & the necessity of death  Whose sparkling gayness overlooks the brink Eager expects the rosy lip and meets it with a smile  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 258-59 
Alas the pow'rs of life decay My hairs are fall'n or chang'd to grey  Anonymous  An ode  All pale all senseless in the urn Never ah never to return  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 280-81 
Almighty father founder of the world Who spoke and nature's structure took its birth  Anonymous  The 7 Psalm attempted in English blank verse  In heav'n we hope to do the same When more exalted strains we raise  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 373-74 
Almighty savior when I see This form of suffering deity  Anonymous  An ode occasion'd by a fine plate of the crucifixion  I'll call myself no more my own But live to God and the [sic] alone  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 154-55 
Aloud I sing the wondrous grace Christ to his murderers bare  Anonymous  A hymn at the sacrament, Bristol  And while beneath thy cross I stand My fiercest foes embrace  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 398 
And art thou mine my dearest lord? Then I have all nor fly  Anonymous  Hymn on the sacrament  No let 'em parcel out the earth While heav'n and thou art mine  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 150 
And must I go and must I be no more The tenant of this happy ground  Norris, John  The complaint of Adam turn'd out of paradise  Senseless and thoughtless now I'd be I'd lose even myself since I've lost thee  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 295-96 
And York no more! Let truth awhile deduce From general sorrow strains of general use  Anonymous  Reflection on his late royal highness the Duke of York  Thus shall your present loss prove future gain Nor much lamented Edward die in vain  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 405 (406) 
Another shock, can Britons sleep And wake to sin again ?  Anonymous  On the news of a second earthquake felt in and about London the 8 of March 1749/50  Ah spare the muse ye guilty tribe Supply the rest in thought  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 233-34 
Arise my muse in solemn dirges mourn Lament in soothing strains o'er Mira's urn  Anonymous  An elegy on the death of Mrs Sh[ ] [written by a woman]  But virtue will aspire and lofty rise Beyond the cloud capt towers then reach the skies  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 400-02 (401-03) 
Arise my soul and with seraphic lays To heav'n present my sacrifice of praise  Anonymous  Meditation on Easter Day  Borne on the wings of warm devotion fly Till thou art snatch'd to heav'n in extasy  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 158 
As fields untill'd grow rank for want of use And wild unprofitable herbs produce  Anonymous  A modest wish  No idle hours in vanity to spend And Agar's wish should all my wishes end  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 212-13 
As in the ev'ning of a summer's day Thro' undiscover'd shades I chanc'd to stray  Anonymous  The drooping saint comforted  Thine hand shall waft etherial blessing down To cheer my soul that faints beneath thy frown  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 267-69 
As when a man impatient on the shore Views troubled seas and hears the billows roar  Anonymous  To Strephon on his late recovery from sickness  Enraptur'd then your envy'd state I'll view Charm'd with the wonder that one woman's true  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 338-40 
At midnight when the fever rag'd By phisic's art still unasswag'd  Anonymous  Sickness, an ode  That music struck my ravish'd ears And charm'd my soul to rest  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 319-20 
Attend my soul the early birds inspire Thy earthly thoughts with pure celestial fire  Anonymous  Occasioned by the early singing of a skylark  The wretch unhallow'd doth the day begin Shakes off his sleep but shakes not off his sin  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 209-210 
Awake from silence ev'ry voice Each chearful pipe and sounding string  Anonymous  On the nativity of Christ  Till nature feels her last decay And time itself shall be no more  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 249-50 
Awake my soul and to th'almighty king In lofty strains triumphant praises sing  Rowe, Elizabeth  On the divine goodness  'Twas then twas then unmeasurable love Did to my soul its glorious methods prove  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 122-23 
Awake my soul awake my eyes Awake my drowsy faculties  Anonymous  A hymn for the morning  That when the last of all my days is come Cheerful and fearless I may wait my doom  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 209 
Awake my soul your hallelujahs sing To your omnipotent your new-born king  Anonymous  Christmas morn  That when this earthly frame returns to clay My soul may fly where reigns eternal day  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 250-51 
Be hush'd my grief 'tis his almighty will That rules the storms that bids you all be still  Rowe, Elizabeth ?  On the divine veracity  Unblemish'd shines in men and angels view Just are thy ways thou king of saints and true  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 127-29 
Beauty complete and majesty divine In all thy works ador'd creator shine  Rowe, Elizabeth  On the works of creation  My pow'rs with all their ardor shall adore And languish for terrestrial charms no more  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 121-22 
Beauty thou pretty play-thing! Dear deceit That steals so softly o'er the stripling's heart  Blair, Robert  From The grave, a poem  Alas thou speakest not; the bold impostur Looks not more silly when the cheat's found out  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 283-85 
Behold the path which mortals tread Down to the regions of the dead  Anonymous  A hymn at the funeral sermon of Miss Parsons of Bristol, 1758  With constant steps the path be trod That thro' the grave conducts to God  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 398-99 (399-400) 
Blest babe who stranger to all worldly strife Art lately launch'd upon the sea of life  Anonymous  To a child of a month old  For me who lost to worldly pomp and noise Soon see its follies and dare scorn its joys  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 365-67 
Blest is the man and worthy so to be Through the wide round of vast eternity  Anonymous  A paraphrase. Blessed are the merciful for they shall obtain mercy. Matt.V.v.3.  Shall find too late heav'n threatens not in vain For merc'less men no mercy shall obtain  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 226 
Britain attend the warning voice And dare be deaf no more  Anonymous  Occasion'd by the late earth-quake, February 8, 1749/50  Lest God's tremendous vengeance wakes Nor love the doom revoke  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 233 
But jests apart what Cato dared to do Was brave and gen'rous in a heathen view  Anonymous  Concluding lines of the epilogue to Cato; for the scholars of Wrexham, Christmas 35  Tho' still by faction vice and envy crost Shall find his faith and patience were not lost  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 407-08 (408-09) 
By those we are told whom heav'n did inspire The world's machine shall be destroy'd by fire  Anonymous  The resurrection. An ode.  Crown'd with success remov'd from cares shall shine Immortal for their virtues and divine  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 394-95 
Celestial love my ever-charming theme Ten thousand blessings rest upon thy name  Rowe, Elizabeth  Soliloquy 2  For worthy is the lamb that once was slain Of praise and blessing in the highest strain  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 90-91 
Celestial silence ever dear Awe roving thoughts to rest  Anonymous  The divine monitor  My soul may hear his gladning calls To mansions of the just  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 202-03 
Deep to unfathomable spaces deep Descend the dark detested paths of hell  Rowe, Elizabeth  A description of hell. In imitation of Milton.  His killing charity and burning zeal His pompous creeds and boasted faith has lost  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 290-92 
Deign gracious God to hear my feeble lays A mortal sings, immortal be the praise  Anonymous  The following lines, being the dictates of a grateful heart for a signal deliverance, April 9, 1747. The author was buried in the ruins of a scaffold on Tower Hill for several minutes, during which time he entirely despair'd of life  May I resume the sacred theme above For ever praise thee and for ever love  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 390 
Descend celestial fire Create my heart anew  Anonymous  The wish. A pindaric ode.  Which time can ne'er destroy And join the sons of light in realms above  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 270-71 
Did sweeter sounds adorn my flowing tongue Than ever man pronounc'd nor angel sung  Prior, Matthew  Charity, a paraphrase, on the 13. chapter of the 1. of Corinthans  Shall stand before the host of heav'n confest For ever blessing and for ever blest  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 224-26 
Disdain my muse to sing of earthly things Let heavenly joys alone supply the wings  Anonymous  The comparison  Free from all worldly care or anxious strife In peace and triumph he resigns his life  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 191-92 
Do I yet live? What heart conceives The height and depth of love divine  Anonymous    When one eternity seems past Another is but just begun  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 187-88 
Down haughty virgin down ev'n to the earth This is the day that gives thy sorrows birth  Anonymous  A paraphrase on the 47 of Isaiah  See vain thy hopes to 'scape the fatal hour For false thy wisdom and so weak thy pow'r  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 162-64 
Enough of pagan idle toys Change the strings and raise the voice  Anonymous  An Ode upon Christ's crucifixion. From the Greek.  His vital drops for thee he spares Cans't thou mortal grudge thy tears?  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 153-54 
Eternal maker hail hail pow'r divine The heav'ns and earth the day and night are thine  Rowe, Elizabeth  Devout soliloquies. Soliloquy 1  Our maker thou our great original We own thy right and thee our father call  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 89-90 
Eternal sire enthron'd on high Whom angel hosts adore  Anonymous  A hymn  And join the choir of saints that sound Their dear redeemer's name  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 141 
Evenings were first; when God made heav'n and earth Nights led the way in giving nature birth  Anonymous  To the author of Night Thoughts  A state of innocence; such nights as thine To an enlighten'd world will brighter shine  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 298 
Exalted passion pure ethereal flame Reason's perfection truest best delight  Anonymous  Friendship: an ode  Gild with diffusive light the realm of day And yield eternal pleasure to the blest  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 347-48 
Fain would I sing the pow'r supreme And make the omnipotent my theme  Anonymous  An ode  Desist my soul and dare no more 'Tis thine to wonder and adore  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 107-08 
Fair virtue was from heaven sent To bless the world and bring content  Anonymous  On virtue  Serenely feels the hand of fate And is tho' in misfortunes great  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 344-45 
Fame riches honor birth or wit Yield not the soul supplies  Anonymous  Directions to happiness  Since heav'n gives all the soul can crave There's nought to wish or fear  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 142 
Fast by the margin of her native flood Whose fertile waters are well-known to fame  Heigh, R  Pharaoh's daughter, presented to the Right Honourable Earl of Exeter  The youth unborn shall bless the generous name And endless favours find an endless praise  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 298-300 
Father divine eternal one While heav'n pure homage pays  Anonymous  Occasioned by a recovery from a tedious illness  Where full possession never palls To know and love thee more  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 324-25 
Fly ye seasons fly apace Quickly end your joyless race  Anonymous  Discontent. A soliloquy on the spring and summer seasons.  God in whom alone I find Full contentment for the mind  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 354-56 
For health restor'd and lengthen'd days What thanks to God belong  Anonymous  An ode written after a recovery from a dangerous dropsy, inscrib'd to the Right Hon the Lady Ann Countess Dowager of Coventry. [Epigraph from Psalm 50.23.]  Oh may the loan be wholly thine And to thy glory spent  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 327-28 
For reverenc'd Harris scarce my anguish'd eye Had left to weep, my breast scarce hush'd the sigh  Browne, Moses  To the memory of the very excellent and pious Samuel Wright, D.D., ob. April 3, 1746  O may I cheer'd the road to glory see And led while living learn to die like thee  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 395-96 
For various trials from our birth design'd The lot dispenc'd to suff'ring human kind  Browne, Moses  This is the victory, even our faith. 1 John 5 & 4.  His feeble efforts in thy cause displays And consecrates this trophy to thy praise  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 165-68 
Forgive the muse who in unhallow'd strains The saint one moment from his God detains  Prior, Matthew  To Doctor Sherlock on his discourse concerning death  Midst thy own flock great shepherd be receiv'd And glad all heav'n with millions thou hast sav'd  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 391-93 
Form sensual joys to more refin'd delights Charm'd with the music of thy sacred song  Anonymous  To Mr Brown. Occasion'd by his poem on life etc.  And never fails to hear the suppliants voice That cries for pardon - bless his holy name  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 359-60 
Forty-four suns have run their annual round Since first I breath'd and quick'ning influence found  Anonymous  Verses on the author's birthday. "No man knoweth ether love or hatred by all that is before them", Eccles. IX.1.  Believe him just yet merciful to all Who hears his voice and listen to his call  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 279-80 
From earth's vain prospects and deceitful aims Recall fond muse thy long distracted sight  Anonymous  The vanity of life, inscrib'd to the Dutchess of Gordon  Whose happy breast those heav'nly raptures swell That ask an angel's tuneful tongue to tell  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 188-90 
From heav'n's empyreal arch great God look down This humble verse with thy acceptance crown  Anonymous  A poem on the divine attributes  To happier realms aspire there hope to raise Thy voice in more exalted strains of praise  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 99-103 
From the third morning dawn'd the orient light When Abraham gain'd the destin'd mountain's height  Fitzgerald, Thomas  Abraham's sacrifice  Then pond'ring all the wonders of the day With hearts exulting homeward bend their way  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 94-99 
From this vain world where ills abound And joys but few unmix'd are found  Anonymous  On sickness  Who can his course reluctan [sic] bend When that's the port and he the friend  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 320 
Genius of goodness smile upon my lays Nor check a muse ambitious of thy praise  Anonymous  Occasion'd by the generous benefactor of 50 L. to the sufferers at the late fire at Wellingborough  Adieu! May heav'n thy gen'rous deeds reward And ev'ry grateful muse thy praise record  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 369-70 
Give ear O heav'ns while I repeat my song And hear o earth the language of my tongue  Anonymous  The rehearsal, or song of Moses. Deut. chap. 32.  That leads destruction to a faithless crew Deals bountously and tenderly with you  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 255-57 
Gloom'd was the scene when Rowe's immortal mind Practis'd her wings and left the stars behind  Anonymous  Contemplations on death  A glorious fit-fram'd building shall be shewn Christ the great founder the foundation-stone  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 380-81 
Go empty joys With all your noise  Wentworth, Thomas; Earl of Strafford ?  Verses written by Thomas Earl of Strafford the night before he was beheaded  The reason is there's no dissent In heaven's high court of parliament  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 364-65 
God is our refuge strength and aid When ling'ring sickness shall invade  Anonymous  The first 4 verses of the 46 Psalm paraphrased  And make her chosen sons rejoice With bowed heads and raised voice  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 229-30 
Gracious and blest O how shall I aspire Feeble and tuneless to attempt the lyre  Anonymous  On recovery from sickness  My soul shall thither soar with upward wing And her creator's praise in happier numbers sing  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 333-35 
Grant me ye gods a calm and safe retreat Far from the noisy splendor of the great  Anonymous  The wish  Thus would I live and spend my latest days In chanting hymns to my creator's praise  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 346-47 
Great God at whose all-pow'rful call At first arose this beauteous frame  Anonymous  An autumnal hymn  Till heav'n's eternal spring commence And earthly harvests rise no more  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 241-42 
Great God with conscious blushes lo I come To cry for pardon or receive my doom  Anonymous  The royal penitent. Part of a paraphrase on Psalm 51  So shall thy name for ever be ador'd And future worlds like me shall bless the lord  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 234-36 
Grieve not my son if men traduce thy ways If malice envious of thy rest dispraise  Anonymous  Thomas A Kempis. Lib.III, Chap.XXVIII.  He hapless he may seek but ne'er shall find The true composure of a Christian mind  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 271 
Hail Christian prelates for your master's name Expos'd by fool-born jest to grinning shame  Anonymous  On some blasphemous discourses on our saviour's miracles  Impious but unbelieving now no more He owns the Galilean conqueror  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 168-71 
Hail father whose creating call Unnumber'd worlds attend  Anonymous  A hymn to God the father  Whom none but thy essential word And spirit comprehend  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 116 
Hail happy dawn let rescu'd mortals say Distinguish'd moment when from realms of day  Anonymous  A Christmas hymn  Aw'd I retire nor hear his dreadful groan Yet aim this strain of triumph to his throne  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 143-44 
Hail health celestial gift so seldom known Thou source of bliss for wanting thee is gone  Anonymous  On health  Distaste the day and anguish waits the night And the wretch loaths the gladsome rays of light  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 304-06 
Hail heav'n-born virtue hail supremely fair Best-lov'd and noblest object of my care  Anonymous  A hymn to virtue  Angels would look with admiration down And by such virtue learn to frame their own  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 193 
Hail heav'n-taught bard whoe'er thou art whose strains Inflame our bosoms with seraphic fire  Anonymous  To the author of The Complaint  Since to thy verse a nobler pow'r belongs He's rais'd from hell but thine transports to heav'n  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 297-98 
Hail sacred dawn! Witness to grander things Than ever poets sung of earthly kings  Anonymous  A Sunday morning thought  Thee joyful follow on that welcome day Who from death's gloomy realms first led the immortal way  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 157-58 
Hail sacred fane whose venerable pile Guards all the faded glories of our isle  Anonymous  On Westminster Abbey, Sept. 1737  Pensive we fear to see his parting ray And dread th'approaching ev'ning of his day  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 367-68 
Hail salutary pain who dost presage To royal Caroline extended age  Anonymous  Occasion'd by the villain's report of the queen's death, when she had only a slight touch of the gout. Sept. 1737.  Pleas'd we'll forgive the lie and oft again Wou'd be deceiv'd and find the terror vain  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 368 
Halfway up heav'n the night had whirl'd her car And urg'd her gloomy coursers till arriv'd  Anonymous  A midnight thought. God incomprehensible  And in a moment reach the throne of God Then shall I know and love and serve him more  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 206-07 
Happy the feet that shining truth has led With her own hand to tread the path she please  Anonymous  True learning  She dives into the infinite And sees unutterable things in that unknown abyss  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 140-41 
Happy the humble soul that takes And binds the gospel to his heart  Anonymous  On the New Testament  Till I ascend to dwell above In realms of everlasting day  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 175 
Hark hark the melancholy-sounding bell Pours forth by minutes slow each solemn knell  Anonymous  Wrote by a person just retir'd from the funeral of an intimate acquaintance  Farewell my much-lov'd friend once more above We'll meet again and raptur'd taste eternal love  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 389-90 
Hark my gay friend that solemn toll Speaks the departure of a soul  Stevenson ? [cf. Crum]  The unknown world. Verses occasion'd by hearing a pass-bell.  How sudden the surprize how new Let it my god be happy too  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 285-87 
He that fears the eternal God on high And humbly walks beneath his searching eye  Anonymous  The sum of religion (from the prose of Judge Hale)  He wants the life of piety; and those Without that are but specious empty shows  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 222-23 
Hence ye ungodly! Fly presumptuous train Dare ye the temple of your God profane  Anonymous  The church. A religious satire.  Make this short life an earnest of the next And all my acts a comment on thy text  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 215-17 
How amiable my God my king Thine earthly courts appear  Anonymous  The 84th Psalm translated  Blest is the man that trusts in thee And in thy pard'ning love  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 228-29 
How are thy servants blest O Lord How sure is their defence  Addison, Joseph  An ode made by a gentleman upon the conclusion of his travels  And death if death must be my doom Shall join my soul to thee  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 180-81 
How frail is man when first of woman born A shiftless creature wretched and forlorn  Anonymous  The 14th chap of Job paraphras'd  So when thou callest I will answer thee Thou lov'st thy creatures and thou dost bless me  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 262-63 
How greatly blest the lot of human kind Would men preserve the balance of the mind  Anonymous  The balance  In that dark hour direct my erring will And turn a frail and feeble heart from ill  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 195-97 
How light man's boasted happiness and vain Weigh'd with the ills he's certain to sustain  Anonymous  To a gentleman that advis'd the author to live in hope  Kindly direct a surer way to bliss And point it out so plain I may not miss  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 272-73 
How loaths my soul this sorrowful abode How flag her pinions under life's dull load  Anonymous  Lines occasioned by a series of afflictions  Vast giants sons of Anah to be slain Yet but unquiet rest if Canaan we obtain  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 379 
How slowly on the minutes roll When pain oppress the drooping soul  Anonymous  A night-piece on a sick bed. [Epigraph from James Thomson's "Winter", from "The Seasons".]  Eternal horrors ne'er shall reach A soul refin'd and pure  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 317-18 
How vain is he who fancies he was made To live then sleep in everlasting shade  Anonymous  On viewing of atheism  Give praise in health and kiss affliction's rod Resign with hope and trust alone in God  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 205 
How vain this world its glitt'ring toys Shall ne'er subdue my mind  Anonymous  Reason a hymn  Gladly I'll meet that stroke of death Which joins my soul to thee  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 261-62 
How weak and frail are all the sons of men Form'd of their mother earth by will supream  Anonymous  A serious thought  Shun all the wiles of a too faithless world To taste those joys which only thou canst give  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 261 
However hard my God thy terms appear Howe'er to sense afflicting and severe  Rowe, Elizabeth  The submission  Thou only can'st my drooping soul sustain Of nothing but thy distance I complain  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 146-47 
I am thy temple sacred God My soul becomes thy shrine  Anonymous  Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps. Psalm 88.6. Spiritual conflects [sic] reliev'd by trust in God.  Or let me at thy footstool die For there is mercy there  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 227 
I come I come and joyfully obey The fatal voice that summons me away  Rowe, Elizabeth  Thoughts of a dying Christian  The songs of angels and their hopes I hear And scarce the fierce tyrannic joy can bear  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 388 
I liv'd in darkness (such th'all seeing fate) Could there be life in that unhappy state  Anonymous  On a gentlewoman that was long blind before she died  O darkness happy that can shew the way To virtue life and to eternal day  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 364 
I said when vig'rous health was flown And God the sentance gave  Anonymous  Hezekiah's thanksgiving for his recovery from sickness. Isaiah 38th, a pindarick ode  In grateful anthems spend my added days And yield my lengthen'd life a sacrifice of praise  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 335-37 
I should renounce this heart from being mine If all its love were not entirely thine  Rowe, Elizabeth  The wish  Nor more can be by mortal words exprest But vast eternity shall tell the rest  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 148-150 
I sicken'd, friends, a barbed dart of death My body threaten'd with the loss of breath  Anonymous  On a recovery from sickness  Beneath thy wings receive eternal rest And number'd be amongst the ever blest  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 330-31 
If ancient seers unstigmatiz'd with blame Enquir'd is chance and providence the same  Anonymous  The complaint. [Epigraph from Jeremiah 12.1.]  If so, welcome the temporary frown That paves my way to an eternal crown  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 313-14 
If e'er again I find my soul's delight With love's soft fetters I'll restrain his flight  Rowe, Elizabeth  Soliloquy 10  Here is my rest my vain pursuits are o'er Here let me fix and never wander more  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 93-94 
If love if joy if gratitude can speak If sacred rapture can its silence break  Rowe, Elizabeth  On the name of Jesus  Shall learn from me the dear inspiring name And all be witness to my holy flame  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 294-95 
If when the soul forsakes its earthly care Like streaming smoke it vanishes to air  Smith, J    Secure your bliss ere you resign your breath And think of judgment when you think of death  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 391 
Illustrious Watts accept these early lays To you the muse this grateful off'ring pays  Anonymous  To the Rev Dr Watts  To raise the soul t'immortal realms be thine While heav'nly numbers swell the themes divine  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 300-01 
In health and peace my friend to live Is all I ask of heav'n to give  Anonymous  The 16th ode of the second book of Horace imitated  To grant me more let fortune cease I scorn the croud and am at peace  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 274-75 
In immense space before old time was born Or e'er there was alternate eve and morn  Anonymous  Verses on the creation of the world out of nothing  The lovely pair God join'd in mut'al bliss And gave to both free-will and paradise  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 236-39 
In life my friend when rocks appear Too far to trust the main forbear  Anonymous  Horace L.II, Ode 10  And Phoebus sometimes tunes the lyre To melting strains of soft desire  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 257-58 
In my young hours of lust and sin E'er grace had form'd her throne within  Anonymous  Past and present; or a religious view & balance of life  How you despise your shadowy charms When Jesus spreads inviting arms  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 198 
In shadowy scenes hope pictures future bliss Ne'er said possession here the substance is  Anonymous  Occasion'd by a disappointment  I come says time, but thoughtless wretch you'll find Not the wish'd joy but death stalks close behind  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 273 
In thee great God my soul securely rests This faith my heart receives my mouth attests  Tollet, Elizabeth  Paraphrase on the Nicene Creed  That time I wait when death shall sure restore That life when time and death shall be no more  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 252-53 
In vain great God in vain I try T'escape thy quick all-searching eye  Norris, John  The 139 Psalm paraphras'd to the 14 verse  With dread I into myself refine For tho' the metal's base the stamp is all divine  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 114-15 
Indulgent God whose bounteous care O'er all thy works is shown  Anonymous  An evening hymn  And then to realms of endless light Oh aid my soul to soar  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 210 
Is Graham gone? Indeed he's gone From vanity and sin  Anonymous  On the death of Mr Thomas Graham, Reading  Ye busy tradesmen who survive Behold a Graham's dead  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 409-11 (410-12) 
Isr'el attend the Lord's triumphant name His works his wonders and his lasting fame  Anonymous  Moses's song. Exod. Chap.15 paraphrased.  And children's children shall thy wonders raise Whilst realms remote shall catch the distant praise  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 253-55 
It must be done my soul but 'tis a strange A dismal and mysterious change  Norris, John  The meditation  O'ertopp'd at length by th'element's increase With horror they resign'd to the untry'd abyss  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 287-88 
It must be so__our father Adam's fall And disobedience brought this lot on all  Anonymous  A monumental inscription  Here freed from pain and grief and ev'ry sin To live indeed the dead in Christ begin  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 403-04 (404-05) 
Jehovah! sov'reign God and Lord Sustaining this created frame  Anonymous  A paraphrase on the 8 psalm. A pindarick ode.  To nature's utmost bounds ador'd How great how excellent thy name  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 117-119 
Jesu who mad'st all mankind of one blood Whose hand mark'd out the bounds of their abode  Anonymous  Nov. 5, 1749. Anniversary.  Whose blood conveys us ev'rything that's good Whose wounds bespeak him only lord and God  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 230-32 
Jesus my bleeding God Shall I prefer a lust to thee  Anonymous  Pious resolves  I'm only ever thine Firm may th'impressing vows remain  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 156-57 
Leave Charles the monarchs wrestling with their crown Where honour turns aspiring statesmen down  Anonymous  Advice to a friend  The good must fall to make the impious sure And God must cease to be that men may sin secure  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 349-51 
Leave leave vain youth these foolish airs In treating sacred things  Anonymous  On speaking irreverently of prayer  There fervent pray'r and Christ's pure word Triumph o'er sin and hell  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 218 
Let cheerful smiles in ev'ry face Hail this returning morn  Anonymous  A hymn on Christmas-day  Each from ten thousand grateful tongues Shall echo back the praise  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 250 
Life and the scenes that round it rise Share in the same uncertainties  Anonymous  A discription of the different stages of human life under the image of a fair prospect or lanscape & death is plac'd afar of beyond  Will stop us in our full career And force us from our airy dreams to part  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 259-60 
Life thou dear deceitful guest Precious trifle serious jest  Anonymous  Thought on life  Anew we own our former lord To thee and to ourselves restor'd  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 341 
Life's mean pursuits its follies all forgot In this or into some such peaceful grot  Anonymous  To Marcus. An invitation to retirement, on seeing Mr Pope's grotto.  Death's keenest stroke tho' sharp we shall sustain And freed from fears expire without a pain  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 214-15 
Like a vast swelling flood The dreadful day of doom  Anonymous  On the day of judgment  With heavenly light And joys divine  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 393-94 
Lo the poor Indians whose untutor'd mind Sees God in clouds or hears him in the wind  Pope, Alexander  From Mr Pope's "Essay on Man"  And who but wishes to invert the laws Of order, sins against th'eternal cause  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 134-35 
Long have I lavish'd out my sprightly hours Pleas'd to contemplate in the midnight bowers  Anonymous  The vision  With his creator may thy creature dwell Since heaven's thy presence and thy absence hell  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 186-87 
Long have I sought the wish'd of all True happiness to find  Anonymous  On true happiness  Must constitute that happiness Which nothing can destroy  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 273-74 
Long struggling in the agonies of death With horror I resign'd my mortal breath  Rowe, Elizabeth  A dialogue between the fallen angels and a human spirit just entred into the other world  A saviour's title a redeemer's blood Their worth till now I little understood  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 288-90 
Lord how illustrious is thy name Whose power both heaven and earth proclaim  Anonymous  A Hymn of Kind David to the Deity. Psalm 8.  Lord how illustrious is thy name Whose pow'r both heaven and earth proclaim  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 17 
Lord when my thoughtful soul surveys Fire air and earth and stars and seas  Anonymous  God's absolute dominion  And as his awful dictates bid Earth is my mother or my grave  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 111-12 
Lord when thou dost thy peace withdraw And shewest mankind they are but dust  Anonymous  The recovery  'Tis but a death of care and strife But a remove from hence to heav'n  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 331-33 
Lorenzo to recriminate is just Fondness for fame is avarice of air  Young, Edward  The complaint. Night the fourth.  The conscious forest trembles at the shock And hill and stream and distant dale resound  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 47-64 
Make the extended skies your tomb Let stars record your worth  Hervey, James  Out of Hervey's Meditations  Their glories o'er the wrongs of time Greatly triumphant live  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 275 
Man by necessity compell'd must go O'er rocks of peril and thro' vales of woe  Anonymous  On life  So harsh is death's inexorable doom So nigh alas the cradle and the tomb  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 190 
Might I like others make request For what I chuse to make me blest  Anonymous  My choice  For none for none of these I call But give me Christ and I have all  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 213-14 
Mourn mourn Britannia mourn thy pastor dead Whose pious soul to realms of bliss is fled  Anonymous  On the death of the late Reverend Isaac Watts D.D.  Then let us not as without hope complain Since tho' the loss is ours his is the gain  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 397 
Muse forever fair and young Soft inspire [sic] of my song  Anonymous  Upon the late sickness of her Grace, the Dutchess of Beaufort  Nor confest in charms to rise Virtue's gone when Beaufort dyes  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 329 
Muse to a trumpet change thy feeble lyre And thoughts and sounds that fit a God inspire  Anonymous  The Ascension  He rides in triumph thro' th'etherial road Confess'd a conqu'rer and confirm'd a God  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 158 
My God my God, O why withdrawn thy aid From me whom pressing ills have long dismay'd  Anonymous  The sufferings & victory of Christ. Psalm 22.  And while thy grace new converts does engage Thy kingdom shall endure from age to age  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 150-53 
My God my Savior and my friend Thy goodness I'll rehearse  Anonymous  The converted sinner written by himself  And sing thine everlasting praise When time shall be no more  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 177-79 
My God whom humbly to admire and know Is all I covert all I want below  Anonymous  Peace recovered by a saviour, in a penitent return to God  I feel his arms embrace - my joys excess O'ercome my tongue - I bow admire and bless  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 176-77 
My God, what's all this world we see But the result of thy decree?  Brownsword, William  A devotional meditation humbly address'd to the great creator of all things. 1744  With grateful, pure and pious mind Still grasping at those joys behind  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 116-17 
My shepherd is the Lord on high To him I look for all supply  Anonymous  Psalm 23 translated  And to thy house I'll still repare To praise thy name and worship there  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 373 
No grandeur heaven bestow on me From pride and noise may I live free  Anonymous  An extempore wish  I'd sleep till that bless'd day shall come When Christ shall call his children home  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 213 
No joys of sense like conscious goodness please More bright than gloy & more soft than ease  Anonymous  Virtue the only bliss below  All wonders rise at her invoking breath A life of rapture from the womb of death  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 194 
None lives in this tumultuous state of things Where ev'ry morning some new trouble brings  Pomfret, John  To his friend under affliction  And if with humble spirits they complain Relieves the anguish or rewards the pain  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 375-77 
Not twice twelve years full told a wearied breath I have exchanged for a happy death  Anonymous  Verses taken out of Mr Phillip Henry's Life, on a young man that died before he was twenty four years old  Other diseases often come to grieve us Death strikes but once and that stroke doth relieve us  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 220 
O all you people hear the Lord Take the commands of God  Anonymous  A hymn  If savage beasts can tell his praise Ye mortals blush and sing  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 240 
O God my first my last my steadfast choice My boundless bliss the spring of all my joys  Rowe, Elizabeth  Psalm 63  Those silent hours shall consecrated be And thro' the list'ning shades I'll send my vows to thee  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 125-26 
O God thou bottomless abyss Thee to perfection who can know  Anonymous  God's greatness  And when created nature dies Thy never ceasing glories shine  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 108-11 
O Jesu make me pure and let me die Death and my pain and all my wants supply  Anonymous  Wrote when strongly affected with a vertigo  Where lost in bliss the triune mystery Will be my song to all eternity  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 322 
O life vain joy which mortals court The prey of death and fortune's sport  Anonymous  Ode. Hope's farewell  Death soon will seize thee left alone For life is lost when hope is gone  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 310-11 
O mount my muse soar on a stronger wing Whilst I of virtue now attempt to sing  Anonymous  On virtue  Then shun the false delusive lures of vice And spotless paths of virtue be your choice  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 198-99 
O muse unfeign'd O true celestial fire Brighter then that which rules the day  Hughes, John  An ode to the creator of the world  Nor can the narrow cells of human brain The vast immeasurable thought contain  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 103-07 
O pow'r supreme eternal God and king Thou sacred source whence all perfections spring  Anonymous  A Christmas hymn  There with the heav'nly concert let me frame Glad halelujahs to my saviours name  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 144-45 
O speak and in the music of thy voice My soul shall antedate immortal joys  Rowe, Elizabeth  Soliloquy 6  Ev'n thou my glorious judge thy self shall prove Th'eternal witness of my truth and love  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 91-93 
O thou by genius and by birth allied O more esteem'd than all mankind besides  Anonymous  To Mr Moses Brown  Unfolds celestial scenes to mortal eyes We gaze and ev'ry earthly pleasure dies  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 358-59 
O thou by whose all-saving care Restor'd I breathe this vital air  Anonymous  An ode to health  The greater bliss of health be mine To laugh away my youth and ev'n enjoy old age  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 306-08 
O thou whose welfare as my own I prize Regard th'instruction of the learn'd and wise  Anonymous  Verses from a mother to a daughter with Dr Carter's sermons  You'll find an entertainment thro' the whole Where wisdom's sacred dictates feast the soul  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 303-04 
O virtue best of blessings lovely form Thou choicest good in this dark vale of sorrows  Anonymous  On virtue  Be wise Alonzo shun the flowery road Which terminates in everlasting ruin  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 342-44 
Of fleeting years thrice nine are fled Thro' sparing mercy o'er my head  Anonymous  A birthday meditation  Let future years atone the past Or let the present be my last  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 190-91 
Oh thou all-pow'rful holy just and wise Creator and preserver of the world  Anonymous  A soliloquy  Inspire my heart with thanks and let my tongue Enraptur'd chant aloud thy sacred praise  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 243-44 
Oh ye delightful ye transporting scenes Ye balmy flow'rs and bliss-conveying greens  Anonymous  On the approach of winter. A soliloquy.  Grant me a mind attentive calm and free And winter brings no gloomy hour to me  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 351-53 
Omniscient God 'tis thou alone canst save Poor sinful mortals from the dreary grave  Anonymous  A prayer for a sick friend  On his afflicted soul in friendly rays That his joy'd tongue may join with mine to sing thy praise  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 321-22 
Omniscient God permit a youth to scan Thy glorious being and thy mystic plan  Anonymous  A soliloquy on the divine perfection  Repent without delay embrace the rod E'er justice send thee an avenging God  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 242-43 
Omniscient God who all this vital frame Searches and knows thro'out with clear survey  Browne, Moses  The power and presence of God. A version Psalm 139.  And lead me thy unwilling wand'rer lead In thy blest path my everlasting way  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 112-14 
Omniscient godhead thy all-piercing eye Views the wide earth and all the concave sky  Anonymous  A prayer  May I obey thee with a will resign'd Belov'd of all and loving all mankind  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 211-12 
Oppress'd with pain see fair Eliza lies Languid her cheeks and dim her piercing eyes  Webb, Foster  On a young lady's recovery from sickness  Disperst th'obscuring vapour fleets away And brighter glories crown the smiling day  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 337-38 
Our heavenly sire almighty good and wise Exalt our minds and fix 'em on the skies  Anonymous  A paraphrase on the Lords Prayer  To those desires we trust thou wilt attend Of thy great mercy thro' thy son our friend  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 138-40 
Pensive my thoughts descend to shades below And view the regions of eternal woe  Anonymous  Verses  Their mis'ry great their souls can bear no more They feel the torments which they mock'd before  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 192 
Phocyon the winter shiv'ring reign When snowy mountains heaps the plain  Anonymous  To a young gentleman. Winter improv'd.  Direct his parent on his way Who knew it long before  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 353-54 
Praise to that God let ev'ry creature give Who bid the num'rous race of beings live  Anonymous  A paraphrase on Psalm 107  Supplies and at his pleasure stops their breath And sooths their anguish in the gasp of death  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 247-48 
Prepare my soul thy noblest lays And speak thy great deliv'rous praise  Rowe, Elizabeth  A song of praise  And thou my soul join all thy pow'rs In this blest work employ thy hours  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 123-25 
Prepare t'attend when bell for service rings The solemn audience of the king of kings  Anonymous  Upon a decent behaviour at church  A verse may find him who a sermon flies And turn delight into a sacrifice  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 219-20 
Remember man that thou art born to die Soon must thou to thy native dust return  Anonymous  The vanity of earthly happiness  Secure of favour smiles in agonies And boldly treads th'unexperienc'd path  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 260-61 
Rise prostrate mourner calm thy breast 'Tis thy redeemer bids thee rest  Browne, Moses  Trust in a redeemer: a divine dialogue  My danger I serenely brave Now since I know thy pow'r to save  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 175-76 
Science thou fair effusive ray From the great source of mental day  Anonymous  Hymn to science  From the vain tumult timely fly And sit in peace with thee  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 356-58 
Shall the angelic host on high Eternal anthems sing?  Anonymous  A hymn  Glory to him the seraphs cry Glory for ever more  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 277-78 
Since all the downward tracts of time God's watchful eye surveys  Hervey, James  God knows what is best for us  Ev'n crosses from his sov'reign hand Are blessings in disguise  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 275-76 
Since heav'n has plac'd us low let's be content And bear with courage ills we can't prevent  Anonymous  An epistle to a friend. [Epigraph from Ecclesiastes 7.14.]  O may we walk deserving of them then For previous to be saints is to be men  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 311-12 
Since our good friend's prepar'd to rest Within the silent grave  Anonymous  A funeral hymn  That when w'approach our latter end No guilt may us dismay  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 389 
Since the first man by disobedience fell An easy conquest to the pow'rs of hell  Pomfret, John  To another friend under affliction  But if we may the sacred pages trust He's always happy that is always just  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 377-79 
Since we can die but once and after death Our state no alteration knows  Pomfret, John  A prospect of death  Thro' the vast round of beatifick love Which no cessation knows  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 382-86 
Sing conscious muse in loft'est flights what fame What honours crown the Christian hero's name  Anonymous  The Christian hero  So he that would be happy must be wise If with the hero he would get the prize  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 203-04 
Soft babe sweet image of a harmless mind How calm that sleep which innocence enjoys  Anonymous  Verses made by a gentleman just before his going to prison, on seeing his child asleep in its cradle  Then guide him to my cell; my chains he'll break And light to me and to this babe restore  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 314-15 
Soon as the morn salutes your eyes And from sweet sleep refresh'd you rise  Anonymous  Pious rules for daily practice  For you no blessing can expect If you to ask it do neglect  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 210-11 
Source of all being of thyself alone Eternal infinite almighty one  Anonymous  An hymn to the almighty  That pow'rful majesty that God adore O teach us this and we need know no more  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 115-16 
Spark of pure celestial fire Port of all the world's desire  Anonymous  On contentment  Since I here of thee despair I'll fly to heaven and find thee there  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 345-46 
Still like his Savior known by breaking bread The rich he entertained the needy fed  Anonymous  Epitaph on a country clergyman  Where pious eyes may read his praises o'er And learn each grace his pulpit taught before  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 404-05 (405-06) 
Such was the second Drelincourt, a name Victorious over death and dear in fame  Jeffreys, George ?  Epitaph on the Revd Dean Drelincourt inscribed on his tomb in the cathedral church of Armagh  Whose pious sorrows thus to future days Transmit his image and extend his praise  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 404 (405) 
Tell me thou safest end of all our woe Why wretched mortals should avoid thee so  Anonymous  On death  They fancy'd giants and refus'd to go Where Canaan did with milk and honey flow  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 381 
That morning too will dawn when I shall rise Fresh from the dust and soaring seek the skies  Anonymous  A thought on waking  Refin'd improv'd with Jesus to remain In joy be delug'd and in glory reign  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 263-64 
That there's a God all nature cries The heav'ns and earth declare  Anonymous  A God asserted from the works of creation. An ode.  Confess thy all-productive pow'r And sing thy bounty's praise  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 239-40 
The gloomy horrors all around The baleful yew the hollow ground  Anonymous  A night piece  Bids all the pomp of life adieu And better scenes appear in view  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 183-85 
The god of glory sends his summons forth Calls the south nations and awakes the north  Watts, Isaac  The Last Judgment  When Christ returns awake every chearful passion And shout ye saints he comes for your salvation  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 85-86 
The great astonishing eclipse is o'er And death's dim shade shall interpose no more  Anonymous  The resurrection  But haste with speed the glor'ous news to tell That Christ has risen and baffl'd death and hell  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 251-52 
The Grecian muse has all their gods surviv'd Nor Jove at us nor Phebus is arriv'd  Anonymous  Of divine love  Pale they would look as stars that must be gone When from the east the rising sun comes on  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 158-62 
The Lord the soveriegn sends his summons forth Calls the south nations and awakes the north  Watts, Isaac  The Last Judgment. Psalm's the 50.  Lest like a lion his vengeance fear Your trembling souls and no deliverer near  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 84-85 
The nations who in God confide All hostile threats with scorn deride  Anonymous  A paraphrase of the 125 Psalm appointed for the 5 of November  Eternal peace our ifle [sic, i.e. life] adorn And smile to ages yet unborn  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 230 
The rolling year impatient of delay Regardless wafts me nearer to my end  Anonymous  A reflection occasion'd by the following lines: "For let the witling argue all he can, 'Tis still religion that must make the man" [see BCMSV 1684].  Daily to him my suppliant knee shall bend And first and last his mercy I'll implore  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 266 
The solid joys of human kind Are those that flow from peace of mind  Anonymous  On a good conscience  While meaner birds in secret creep blow [sic] And trembling fear and often feel the blow  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 194-95 
The spacious firmament on high With all the blue etherial sky  Addison, Joseph  An ode  For ever singing as they shine "The hand that made us is divine"  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 379 
The sun that rolls his beamy orb on high Pride of the world and glory of the sky  Anonymous  The forty third chapter of Ecclesiasticus paraphrased  And yet the pow'r of thy almighty hand Can build another world from every sand  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 130-33 
The temple's veil is rent the day is gone A sudden general darkness hides the sun  Anonymous  On Christ's Passion  Give o'er weak man in vain your skill ye try Nature must needs be sick when God must die  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 153 
The worship heav'n with approbation crowns Consisteth not in cringes or in sounds  Anonymous  On worship. [Epigraph from John 4.22.]  And it consisteth in an holy living In pray'r in praises and in true thanksgiving  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 315-16 
Thee thee my rising soul aspires to sing Almighty father everlasting king  Fitzgerald, Thomas  The Hundred & Fourth Psalm, paraphrased  So over time and fate shalt thou prevail For God sustains thee and thou canst not fail  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 86-89 
Then Job in bitterness of soul complain'd Perish the day that gave me to the light  Anonymous  The third chapter of Job paraphrased  Deluded still he drags his being on And death relentless leaves him still to woe  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 266-67 
This preacher silent yet severe Proclaims mortality to man  Stevenson, Mr; of Spalding [Crum]  On seeing a scull  Then let me triumph in thy pow'r A joyful victor o'er the grave  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 282-83 
Tho' loftier strains adorn my tongue Than ever raptur'd seraph sung  Anonymous  An ode to charity. 1 Cor. chap.13.  All ravish'd nature then shall prove Godlike delights for God is love  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 223-24 
Thou awful sacred bard whoe'er thou art That thus enchanting with thy midnight songs  Anonymous  To the author of the Complaint  Thou may'st reform - did fabled Orpheus once Attract the brutes thy songs have stronger charms  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 360-61 
Thou beauty's vast abyss abstract of all My thoughts can lovely great or splended call  Rowe, Elizabeth  Seraphic love  No dearest lord there's nothing here below Without thy smiles to please or satisfy me now  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 146 
Thou good old man accept this envious praise As a just tribute to thy length of days  Anonymous  To an old gentleman, who had given good advice to his sons  Happy while here still happier in remove Supremely happy in the realms above  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 304 
Thou spotless fair whom all the charms attend Which virtue can bestow or beauty lend  Anonymous  To Meliora with a piece of divine poetry  And let thy worth expressive of thy name Declare thee good - beyond the voice fame [sic]  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 348-49 
Thou spring of ev'ry hope thou prince of grace Thou great ador'd who number'st out my days  Anonymous  A divine invocation  That in the end I surely may obtain Eternal life exempt from care and gain  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 205-06 
Though time in haste forever glide along Nor heed my subject nor attend my song  Anonymous  An essay on time  To reach at length thy everlasting shore And live and sing till time shall be no more  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 135-38 
Thoughtless of heav'n lo threat'ning illness came Seiz'd ev'ry limb and shook my youthful frame  Anonymous  A solemn thank-offering to God for recovery from the small-pox  Then fearless let me yield my parting breath And smile a victor in the arms of death  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 325-27 
Three times nine years your glass has run (Says Time) pray tell me what you've done  Anonymous  A birthday thought, January 4, 1740-41  Think when you've felt this sithe of mine What must eternally be thine  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 367 
Tir'd nature sweet restorer balmy sleep He like the world his ready visit pays  Young, Edward  The complaint or Night thoughts on life death and immortality. Night the first.  The longest night tho' longer far would fail And the lark listen to my midnight song  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 1-11 
Tis done! The darling idol I resign Unfit to share a heart so justly thine  Rowe, Elizabeth  The resignation  Nor life nor death nor distant height above Nor depths below shall part me from my love  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 147-48 
Tis vain my soul 'tis impious all The human lot to mourn  Fitzgerald, Thomas  A thought upon death  And then thou'rt sure whate'er succeeds Is rest and peace and joy  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 381-82 
Tis weak and worldly to conclude Retirement all a solitude  Anonymous  The retirement  Tasting the glories that shall crown An endless life when this is done  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 199-200 
To form the taste and raise the nobler part To mend the morals and to warm the heart  Anonymous  On Mr Hervey's Meditations etc  E'en then religion shall sustain the just Grace their last moments nor desert their dust  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 276-77 
To Heaven's bright hills I lift mine eyes From whence my strength and help must come  Anonymous  Psalm 121 translated  And on thy head a blessing rest With large increase for evermore  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 372 
To speak for God to sound religion's praise Of sacred passions the wise warmth to raise  Anonymous  Religious discourses  Into his soul call down th'ethereal beam And longing ask to spend and to be spent for him  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 171-75 
To the all-glorious ever-blessed power I consecrate this solemn silent hour  Anonymous  A midnight meditation  May of thy gracious light some pow'rful beams Shine on my soul and sanctify my dreams  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 182-83 
To thee great God who governs earth and sea Wou'd we in grateful songs our tribute pay  Anonymous  An hymn for the 16th of April 1747  Go on and prosper as thou hast begun And add each day new wreaths to those thou'st won  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 316-17 
To thee let my first offerings rise Whose sun creates the day  Anonymous  A morning hymn  That life's improvement to survey May well sustain my last  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 208-09 
To thee the humblest wisest best of men The last dear relicks of her matchless pen  Anonymous  To the Revd Dr Watts on his publication of Mrs Rowe's Devout exercises of the heart after her death  Prostrate she falls to earth her spirit flies And mounts exulting to her native skies  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 301-03 
To what great goodness do I owe That I perceive the light  Anonymous  A morning thought  Then when death come may heav'n at last Prove my divine reward  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 207-08 
To whom O Lord to whom will it be given To be posses'd of happiness and heaven  Anonymous  On the 15th Psalm  Tho' earth's foundations shake he need not fear For such as he are heav'n's peculiar care  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 192 
Tortur'd with pain as late I sleepless lay Oppress'd with care impatient for the day  Anonymous  A dream  Till then we both one common mass shall join And spite of scorn my ashes mix with thine  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 263 
Trifling mortal tell me why Thou hast disturb'd my urn  Anonymous  Verses written by a gentleman on finding an urn  And raise thy ashes glorified When suns shall fade away  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 281-82 
Truth Lord I've unespoused been To fair Immanuel  Anonymous  The young man's hymn for New-Year's Day  Then let my life be short or long I'll spend it all for thee  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 374-75 
Twas at the dark and silent hour of night When airy visions skim before the sight  Anonymous  The vision, the latter part of the 4 chapter of Job, paraphrased  Thy short perfection on thy life depends At death's great period all thy knowledge ends  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 185-86 
Twas God that tun'd the rolling spheres And stretch'd the winding skies  Anonymous  Divine majesty & omnipotence. But the thunder of his power who can understand. Job 26.14.  What tongue is equal to my name Or who can trace my ways?  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 119-120 
Twas in an hour when sin prevail'd When strong temptation prest  Anonymous  Jesus the Saviour  The guiltiest sinner first he seeks And most he loves to save  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 155-56 
Twice twenty years this crimson tide has flow'd So long my heart has beat and bosom glow'd  Anonymous  Verses on the author's birthday  Submiss I kneel his sacred name adore I ask this blessing and I ask no more  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 342 
Two persons once the lip of truth express'd Enter'd the temple and their God address'd  Anonymous  To certain who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and despised others. Luke 18.10.  He that exalts himself shall centre low But he that's humble higher stations know  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 342 
Upwards I'll still direct my anxious eye Thence flow my comfort help support supply  Anonymous  Psalm 121  At home, abroad, in happy hapless hours While time has being and while nature pow'rs  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 130 
Virtue and happiness are both the same They only differ in degree and name  Anonymous  Man exhorted to virtue and a moderate and regular use of pleasure etc. extracted from B.J. of an essay on the universe  Pleas'd I'd review a life so calmly past Enjoy the present hour nor fear the last  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 278-79 
Virtue thou ornament of human life That crowns the virgin and adorns the wife  Anonymous  In praise of virtue  Where angels to receive the virtuous wait And bid them welcome to a happier state  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 193-94 
Vital spark of heavenly flame Quit oh quit this mortal frame  Pope, Alexander  To the soul  O grave where is thy victory O death where is thy sting  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 265-66 
We're lovers both my friend; in soul both burn But O the mighty difference in our love  Anonymous  On celestial and terrestrial love  Ev'n thro' my grief I beams of comfort see While you by sensual wounds must ever bleed  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 370 
Weigh well my soul while yet there's time The transient fate of earthly things  Anonymous  A soliloquy on the death of several friends, in a few weeks  Be thou my portion O my God Thro' heav'ns eternal year the same  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 402-03 (403-04) 
Welcome thou presage of my certain doom I too must sink into the silent tomb  Wakeford, Mrs  Mrs Wakeford, a young lady, on receiving a ring at the funeral of her mother in law, who was of the same name, wrote by herself, who dyed soon after  Then mount the skies forsake my old abode And gain the plaudit of a smiling God  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 393 
What art thou little life so often cross'd So seldom pleasing and so easy lost  Anonymous  To life  Death levels all the wicked and the just Man's but a flower and his end is dust  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 341 
What dire commotions shake th'expanded sky The sun recoiling hides his radiant eye  Anonymous  On Easter  Shall I adore a Jove a senseless clod No, Christ's my saviour thou Jehovah God  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 251 
What dreadful words are these salute my ear Arise ye dead for judgment now prepare  Anonymous  A night-thought in a storm on these words: Arise ye dead and come to judgment  See uncontroul'd consuming lightnings rowl And fire the guilty world from pole to pole  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 388 
What glorious things of thee O glorious place Shall my bold muse in daring numbers speak  Rowe, Elizabeth  On heaven  To breathe the calm the soft celestial air And view the mystic wonders of the skies  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 292-94 
What is this fleeting life of man The scanty measure of a span  Anonymous  On the vanity and vicissitude of human life  The worlds above are all her own And there enjoyment lies  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 408-09 (409-10) 
What tho' yon glorious realms above Are realms of wond'rous light and love  Anonymous  A paraphrase on Psalm 73. 25, Whom have I in heaven but thee  When all things fail my portion thou shall be And boundless streams of boundless bliss shall ever flow from thee  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 126-7 
What tribute shall a mortal pay To the world's dread supreme  Anonymous  Man's insufficiency. A soliloquy. What shall I render to the Lord for all his benefits? Psalm 116.12.  A heart contented and resign'd Is the best sacrifice  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 227-28 
What's life? A rough and dang'rous sea Scarce ever calm and seldom free  Anonymous  Verses on life, death, judgment, heaven and hell  What's hell? A desperate losing voyage Expect no more from one of my age  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 390 
Whate'er thou art, to thee and thee alone The first almighty cause of all is known  Rowe, Elizabeth  Exodus 3. 14. I am that I am.  The beatific scene without controul Shall open all its splendor on my soul  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 123 
Whatever various turns my life shall see Of downy peace or hard adversity  Rowe, Elizabeth  Soliloquy 3  Angels and men their glad assent shall join And mix their loud applauding notes with mine  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 91 
When Abr'am full of sacred awe Before Jehovah stood  Scott, Miss  December the 18, 1745  And know thee by that glorious name The God that heareth prayer  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 232-33 
When all thy mercies O my God My rising soul surveys  Addison, Joseph  The heavens declare the glory of God. An ode. A hymn of gratitude.  For Oh eternity's too short To utter all thy praise  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 179-80 
When Eden's verdant bow'rs young Adam trod His bliss was the fruition of his God  Anonymous  Philepios: or The happy man, a poem address'd to the Revd Dr Watts  Great George shall bow to my superior throne And Carolina shall be all my own  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 361-63 
When fev'rish poisons seiz'd my tainted blood And chill and languid mov'd the vital flood  Browne, Moses  Sickness and recovery, sacred to God the preserver and restorer  Then pleas'd remove me (from this lonesom cell) Where my dear saint my God and saviour dwell  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 322-24 
When I survey the starry host Or waves that lave the stable coast  Anonymous  A hymn on the power of God  To realms above or worlds below There's God in ev'ry place  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 240-41 
When Israel freed from Pharaoh's hand Left the proud tyrant and his land  Anonymous  Psalm 114  Flints spring with fountains at his word And fires and seas confess their Lord  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 379-80 
When rising from the bed of death O'erwhelmed with guilt and fear  Addison, Joseph  An hymn composed in sickness  Who knows thine only son has dy'd To make her pardon sure  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 320-21 
When sickness shall assail my noblest part And rush impetuous on my throbing heart  Anonymous  Thoughts in health  And join the choir where each thy gloy sings There let me hail - adore thee king of kings  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 191 
When the cock crew he wept smote by that eye Which looks on me on all that pow'r who bids  Young, Edward  The complaint. Night the second.  Destruction gild and crown him for the skies Life take thy chance but O for such an end  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 11-24 
When the omnipotent his Sion brought With mighty hand from servitude extreme  Anonymous  The 126 Psalm paraphrased  Doubtless their sheaves shall not impared be When they partake of everlasting joy  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 372-73 
When the pale monarch aims his dreadful dart And nature's pow'rs at dissolution start  Anonymous  A pious wish  And beckon a bright choir of angels down To waft me safe to my eternal crown  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 212 
When time his circling course began And dust assum'd the form of man  Anonymous  To a gentleman who always gives a grand entertainment on his birthday  But smite the breast with holy Job and say Better the mortal than the natal day  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 308 
When winter's gems of frozen dew Reflect the golden ray  Anonymous  On the instability of the brightest human perfections  Thus of the young the gay the fair The transient graces fade  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 271-72 
When with a mind devoutly press'd Dear saviour my revolving breast  Browne, Moses  A hymn  And a new creature body soul Be all be ever thine  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 269-70 
Wherewith shall I approach thy throne Impartial judge tremendous king  Anonymous  Micah 6.6 etc  An honest gen'rous pious heart Can only thy acceptance gain  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 226-27 
While active thought unseal my eye And midnight darkness shades the sky  Anonymous  A midnight thought  From guilt and sorrow set me free And guide me till I come to thee  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 181-82 
While Caroline with soul serenely great Waits for the wound and from the wound her fate  Philipps, Jenkin Thomas ?  On the operation perform'd on Her Majesty ... 1737  If I one sign of anguish should reveal Tis not for what I bear but what you feel  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 329 
While furious bigots with intemp'rate zeal Prepare the cruel flame and tort'ring wheel  Anonymous  On the Revd Doctor James Foster written several years ago  Pleas'd the wise schemes of providence shall trace And mix among the friends of human race  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 405-07 (407-08) 
While others sing the fortune of the great Empire and arms and all the pomp of state  Young, Edward  The Last Day  That service done its beams shall fade away And God himself shine forth in one eternal day  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 67-84 
While stupid sinners careless and supine Basely affront the majesty divine  Anonymous  To Phylargyrus, on reading his religious satire  But when they see how bright the copies shine Confess the great original divine  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 217-18 
While the fierce winter rages all around And the hard earth's with frosty fetters bound  Anonymous  Verses occasion'd by the great frost 1740  In whom all serious sense of duty's lost Colder their hearts than snow and harder than the frost  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 308-09 
While you dear youth frequent the silent woods The fragrant fields and the delightful floods  Anonymous  Religion in retirment  And in the ways they chalk obsequious tread So living you'll be bless'd and happy when you're dead  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 200-02 
Whilst I with rapture read the truths you tell Truths that dark clouds of ignorance dispel  Anonymous  An epistle to Mr Pope upon his Ethick Epistles  Make them to publick good direct their views He that does this the cause of God pursues  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 215 
Whither O whither shall I flee To hide myself great God from thee  Anonymous  The omnipresence of God. Part of the 139 Psalm from the 7. to the 12th, translated.  In vain for aid to thee I fly And seek in vain to 'scape thine eye  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 244-45 
Who can fathom the redeeming Act of universal love  Anonymous  Divine love commemorated. Address'd to mankind.  Jointly with the holy spirit An eternal three in one  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 370-71 
Who finds not p[r]ovidence all-good and wise Alike in what it gives and what denies  Pope, Alexander  Verses on providence extracted from the Essay on Man  And spite of pride and in thy reason spite One truth is clear "Whatever is, is right"  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 133-34 
Who hath believ'd on earth what we report? Our breath to flying winds became a sport  Anonymous  A paraphrase on the 53 chap. of Isaiah  For their transgressions twas his life decay'd For sin he suffer'd yet for sinners pray'd  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 164-65 
Whoe'er thy paths O virtue flies Truth reason common sense denies  Anonymous  An imitation of the 14th psalm  Above such abject terrors tow'r Nor wish nor dread their dying hour  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 195 
Why do you mourn departed friends Or shake at death's alarms  Anonymous  On immortality  Tho' mortal pow'rs should fade and die And outward comforts cease  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 264-65 
Why does the sun with constant glory burn? Why does the day to guilty man return?  Rowe, Elizabeth  Soliloquy 8  But see it comes the threating tempests rise Presaging darkness gathers in the skies  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 93 
Why should I shrink to dwell amongst the dead When every night I lie intomb'd in bed  Anonymous  A dying reflection  And learn me bless'd above like thee to know The vanity of what I was below  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 387-88 
Why should mankind so fondly linger here When hope is false and pleasure insincere  Anonymous  A reflection  Few find it here but if we die in love Instant we to those happy realms remove  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 190 
Why should my soul start back with fear At the grim form of ghastly death  Anonymous  Christian courage at the hour of death  My hopes secur'd shall reach the sky And angels shout my spirit there  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 387 
Wisely our lot disposing heav'n ordains That chequers human life with joys and pains  Anonymous  Consolatory verses to Amintor on Silvia's disorder by the small pox  Science and wit that pierces earth and skies And virtue chiefest good that never dies  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 340-41 
With sad remembrance of past folly stung I read and long to think thy thoughts O Y---g  Anonymous  To the author of The Night Thoughts  May I my actions by their influence sway And thro' thy nights arrive at thy last day  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 298 
Wouldst thou my friend in thy devotion speed And be assur'd of help in time of need  Anonymous  Advice to a frind [sic]. Written in his Common Prayer Book.  And O when thou restor'd to peace shall be Remember him who thus admonish'd thee  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 219 
Wrapp'd and involv'd in one unclouded blaze Flames flashing flames and rays reflecting rays  Anonymous  Job chapter 38. A paraphrase.  He foams he roars resistless in his way Springs o'er the mounds and rends his trembling prey  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 245-47 
Ye nymphs of Salem who with hallow'd lays The fame of royal victors love to praise  Anonymous  An Ode on Christmas Day  Increases pleasure as he lessens woe And bids the happy be more happy now  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 142-43 
Ye nymphs of Solyma begin the song To heav'nly theories sublimer strains belong  Pope, Alexander  Messiah. A sacred eclogue.  But fix'd his word his saving pow'r remains Thy realm for ever last thy own Messiah reigns  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 65-67 
Ye stars that sparkle in the midnight skies Propitious shines out in all your eyes  Rowe, Elizabeth  On love  No further changes then but fully blest The maker and his finish'd works shall rest  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 45  p. 129