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1. He comes and with a port so proud

First Line:
He comes and with a port so proud
Last Line:
To make the concert up of general joy
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
37468

2. Look how Thames enriched with many a flood

First Line:
Look how Thames enriched with many a flood
Last Line:
When the actors are reputed worthy men
Author:
Samuel Daniel (Absolute)
DMI number:
17229

3. I've seen a beau in some ill fated hour

First Line:
I've seen a beau in some ill fated hour
Last Line:
And the sun's beamy ruin gilds the plains
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
28951

4. Next add our cities of illustrious name

First Line:
Next add our cities of illustrious name
Last Line:
Their costly labour and stupendous frame
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
37085

5. Now painter if thou darest design that fight

First Line:
Now painter if thou darest design that fight
Last Line:
And done we know not what nor what we get
Author:
Sir John Denham (Speculation) & Andrew Marvell (Confident)
DMI number:
8935

6. The man that loves his king and nation

First Line:
The man that loves his king and nation
Last Line:
And fearless scorn each traitor's frown
Author:
John Hughes (Absolute)
DMI number:
11794

7. The streets are thicker in this noon of night

First Line:
The streets are thicker in this noon of night
Last Line:
Makes not noise cease but deafens it to murmurs
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20366

8. This ancient city

First Line:
This ancient city
Last Line:
On the broad walls the chariots bound along
Author:
Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:
37444

9. There with like haste to several ways they run

First Line:
There with like haste to several ways they run
Last Line:
Thence reconveys there to be lost again
DMI number:
39356

10. What though the gathering mire thy feet besmear

First Line:
What though the gathering mire thy feet besmear
Last Line:
And Whitehall echoes claean your honour's shoes
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
30634