Content type: Poem / Poem Genre / Form: Address / Poem Theme: Love and Sex / relations between the sexes

1. Ah cruel Delia must I still remain

First Line:: Ah cruel Delia must I still remain
Last Line:: The ecstatic sense of mingling soul with soul
Author:: Samuel Henley (Absolute)
DMI number:: 32545

2. Ah Flavia Still be gentle let not fear

First Line:: Ah Flavia Still be gentle let not fear
Last Line:: Nor light the joy of life nor life would I desire
DMI number:: 44695

3. And must Dorinda beautiful and fair

First Line:: And must Dorinda beautiful and fair
Last Line:: Take her to church by Jove I'll see her there
DMI number:: 12885

4. Beauty my dear has such subduing charms

First Line:: Beauty my dear has such subduing charms
Last Line:: Thy tears to wound the heart or smiles to cure
DMI number:: 44625

5. Blessed when I taste the morning air

First Line:: Blessed when I taste the morning air
Last Line:: Like lovely Fanny can delight
DMI number:: 24310

6. Calvus if tears which we profusely shed

First Line:: Calvus if tears which we profusely shed
Last Line:: Though sudden as the joys to think how well you love
DMI number:: 8543

7. Can you not Silvia in my eyes

First Line:: Can you not Silvia in my eyes
Last Line:: The joy for which he burns
DMI number:: 16606

8. Charming insulter sure you might have chose

First Line:: Charming insulter sure you might have chose
Last Line:: Then think with how much pain I made you so
DMI number:: 42269

9. Close by a silver rivulet

First Line:: Close by a silver rivulet
Last Line:: Their mutual love no more concealed should be
DMI number:: 43565

10. Come lovely nymph the winter now is past

First Line:: Come lovely nymph the winter now is past
Last Line:: Melting in joys the world did never try
DMI number:: 42666

11. Come Daphne to Miranda's breast retire

First Line:: Come Daphne to Miranda's breast retire
Last Line:: Says nothing of his sting
Author:: Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:: 17505

12. Come dearest Lesbia heavenly fair

First Line:: Come dearest Lesbia heavenly fair
Last Line:: Our darling joys are numberless
DMI number:: 16166

13. Dear doctor here comes a young virgin untainted

First Line:: Dear doctor here comes a young virgin untainted
Last Line:: You lying by me and I lying by you
DMI number:: 15881

14. Dear thoughtless Clara to my verse attend

First Line:: Dear thoughtless Clara to my verse attend
Last Line:: And live for him who more than dies for you
Author:: Henry St John (Absolute)
DMI number:: 19536

15. Enough enough ye gods I need no more

First Line:: Enough enough ye gods I need no more
Last Line:: And see my aged head grow hoary on thy breast
DMI number:: 44626

16. Dull animal miscalled a man for shame

First Line:: Dull animal miscalled a man for shame
Last Line:: Not only to have lost your wits but senses
DMI number:: 42257

17. Farewell thou soft seducer of my eyes

First Line:: Farewell thou soft seducer of my eyes
Last Line:: Where he'd been split and shipwrecked once before
DMI number:: 42251

18. Fear God and love thou me

First Line:: Fear God and love thou me
Last Line:: But in my heart no star like thee
DMI number:: 44131

19. Farewell my dearer half joy of my heart

First Line:: Farewell my dearer half joy of my heart
Last Line:: Except you'll think of her you left behind
DMI number:: 5331

20. Fair mistress ah see sighs attend my quill

First Line:: Fair mistress ah see sighs attend my quill
Last Line:: And I have found the pearl of pearl at last
DMI number:: 42775

21. Fair that you may truly know

First Line:: Fair that you may truly know
Last Line:: Wonder is shorter lived than love
Author:: Edmund Waller (Absolute)
DMI number:: 9773

22. Fly paper kiss those hands

First Line:: Fly paper kiss those hands
Last Line:: Sure even so would I
DMI number:: 42297

23. Go happy book

First Line:: Go happy book
Last Line:: To bid her in a whisper think on me
Author:: Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:: 17507

24. Go on fair maid persist in your disdain

First Line:: Go on fair maid persist in your disdain
Last Line:: It's able to destroy the stoutest heart
DMI number:: 44644

25. Happy was I o love when innocent

First Line:: Happy was I o love when innocent
Last Line:: And all the racks the restless guilty prove
DMI number:: 42613

26. Here since it must be so take thy last look

First Line:: Here since it must be so take thy last look
Last Line:: And more perhaps upon my tomb than my frail house bestow
DMI number:: 44624

27. Hold thy sweet voice while that commands my stay

First Line:: Hold thy sweet voice while that commands my stay
Last Line:: And sweet revenge the sweetest way pursue
DMI number:: 44630

28. How now pretty Phillis what no Queen of may

First Line:: How now pretty Phillis what no Queen of may
Last Line:: Thou art the foolishest Phillis that ever was born
DMI number:: 20678

29. In vain dear youth you say you love

First Line:: In vain dear youth you say you love
Last Line:: Tis in my power to die but not be kind
DMI number:: 43695

30. In vain my gentle charmer you enquire

First Line:: In vain my gentle charmer you enquire
Last Line:: Millions on millions multiplied in vain
Author:: Nicholas Amhurst (Absolute)
DMI number:: 23098

31. I own fair maid that I deserve the least

First Line:: I own fair maid that I deserve the least
Last Line:: Victim to your hard heart and martyr to desire
DMI number:: 16583

32. If when the breast is rent with pain

First Line:: If when the breast is rent with pain
Last Line:: And almost think there's nothing wanting
Author:: Sir Charles Hanbury Williams (Absolute)
DMI number:: 33576

33. If when the breast is rent with pain

First Line:: If when the breast is rent with pain
Last Line:: Is then most shy when most he's wanted
Author:: Sir Charles Hanbury Williams (Absolute)
DMI number:: 18828

34. Juventius might I kiss those eyes

First Line:: Juventius might I kiss those eyes
Last Line:: And speaks the blessings of a fruitful year
DMI number:: 8552

35. Madam | Should I be silent should I still conceal

First Line:: Madam | Should I be silent should I still conceal
Last Line:: That's formed for you and can be only | Yours
DMI number:: 8490

36. Madam I hope though I a stranger am

First Line:: Madam I hope though I a stranger am
Last Line:: Locked in embraces to eternity
DMI number:: 43526

37. Lovely Juventius while you toyed I stole

First Line:: Lovely Juventius while you toyed I stole
Last Line:: Believe it I'll kiss no more without your leave
DMI number:: 8555

38. Lovely maid best of any

First Line:: Lovely maid best of any
Last Line:: Else each heart for you'll be burning
DMI number:: 42702

39. Lucinda you in vain dissuade

First Line:: Lucinda you in vain dissuade
Last Line:: And guard a weaker heart
Author:: Mary Masters (Absolute)
DMI number:: 23774

40. Nay my Lucinda give not over

First Line:: Nay my Lucinda give not over
Last Line:: Those precious sweets that ever last
DMI number:: 44638

41. O Abelard ill fated youth

First Line:: O Abelard ill fated youth
Last Line:: That decked dear Eloisa's face
Author:: Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:: 12286

42. Now conscience thou art fled and gone

First Line:: Now conscience thou art fled and gone
Last Line:: And frolic all the universe
DMI number:: 10697

43. O lovely thou to whom my soul does bend

First Line:: O lovely thou to whom my soul does bend
Last Line:: That one so heavenly beauteous is so kind
Author:: Robert Gould (Absolute)
DMI number:: 24315

44. Oft have you cried when round your waist I hung

First Line:: Oft have you cried when round your waist I hung
Last Line:: And own he truly loves that loves to death
DMI number:: 11622

45. Oft in my jealous transports I would cry

First Line:: Oft in my jealous transports I would cry
Last Line:: To aid his flames and make them burn the more
Author:: Aphra Behn (Absolute)
DMI number:: 23331

46. Oh tell me Cloris tell me why

First Line:: Oh tell me Cloris tell me why
Last Line:: Since where soever she goes she's sure to wound
DMI number:: 43622

47. Oh use me gently since I am your slave

First Line:: Oh use me gently since I am your slave
Last Line:: Who rules his subjects by his love alone
DMI number:: 43568

48. Pardon thou brightest star throughout our skies

First Line:: Pardon thou brightest star throughout our skies
Last Line:: As much as ever I can and I love her no more
DMI number:: 44643

49. Permit a youth your charms did first subdue

First Line:: Permit a youth your charms did first subdue
Last Line:: Alike excel the rest of womankind
DMI number:: 8491

50. Prettiest of birds my Lesbia's favourite

First Line:: Prettiest of birds my Lesbia's favourite
Last Line:: And drew the virgin to her nuptial bed
Author:: Henry Crispe (Confident)
DMI number:: 39219

51. Prometheus as old stories say

First Line:: Prometheus as old stories say
Last Line:: The proper object of thy love
DMI number:: 12616

52. Phillis men say that all my vows

First Line:: Phillis men say that all my vows
Last Line:: I'm richer than before
DMI number:: 44700

53. Since you dare brave me with a rival's name

First Line:: Since you dare brave me with a rival's name
Last Line:: And be augmented by his gaining thee
DMI number:: 42233

54. Spare conquering damsel spare the boy

First Line:: Spare conquering damsel spare the boy
Last Line:: For ever kind for ever blest
DMI number:: 17814

55. Some generous power instruct me how to move

First Line:: Some generous power instruct me how to move
Last Line:: born for you can be only yours
DMI number:: 24358

56. Tell me you hate and flatter me no more

First Line:: Tell me you hate and flatter me no more
Last Line:: A victim to your coldness than your pride
DMI number:: 42231

57. Tell me insatiate Sylvia who

First Line:: Tell me insatiate Sylvia who
Last Line:: Who dare to sail in thy unfaithful sea
DMI number:: 20719

58. Tell me ye learned sages tell

First Line:: Tell me ye learned sages tell
Last Line:: She gives such pleasure with the pain
DMI number:: 10615

59. The cause which makes these waters hot

First Line:: The cause which makes these waters hot
Last Line:: The nymph who does these feats is cold
DMI number:: 12152

60. The tuneful throng that wing the air

First Line:: The tuneful throng that wing the air
Last Line:: Your ever faithful valentine
DMI number:: 25049

61. Think not dear love that I'll reveal

First Line:: Think not dear love that I'll reveal
Last Line:: The world will see thy picture there
DMI number:: 11224

62. Thou charming kindler of my new born fires

First Line:: Thou charming kindler of my new born fires
Last Line:: My muse shall make your name as lasting as my own
DMI number:: 43415

63. Thou grief of my heart and thou pearl of my eyes

First Line:: Thou grief of my heart and thou pearl of my eyes
Last Line:: And hear thy fond owl chant wit to woo wit to woo
Author:: Aphra Behn (Confident)
DMI number:: 42536

64. Thrice happy Sylvia is the swain

First Line:: Thrice happy Sylvia is the swain
Last Line:: To thee since only thee I love
DMI number:: 17813

65. Though you my friend in some cold arbour lie

First Line:: Though you my friend in some cold arbour lie
Last Line:: And pity rich Alcinous's fate
Author:: Francis Willis (Confident)
DMI number:: 9825

66. Thrice happy Damon to thy longing arms

First Line:: Thrice happy Damon to thy longing arms
Last Line:: Let avarice and ambition take the rest
DMI number:: 11781

67. To foolish love I bid adieu

First Line:: To foolish love I bid adieu
Last Line:: And thou art chief agent to the devil
DMI number:: 11028

68. Too long abused by harsh disdain

First Line:: Too long abused by harsh disdain
Last Line:: And thine of constancy in thee
Author:: Anthony Hammond (Confident)
DMI number:: 10517

69. Warned and made wise by others' flame

First Line:: Warned and made wise by others' flame
Last Line:: Is into flame like powder blown
Author:: George Granville (Absolute)
DMI number:: 24361

70. Welcome dear heart oh welcome to my arms

First Line:: Welcome dear heart oh welcome to my arms
Last Line:: Alas thou ne'er would see thy dear mistris more
DMI number:: 44631

71. What scorn appears in those fair eyes

First Line:: What scorn appears in those fair eyes
Last Line:: Can quench the flames your beauty made
DMI number:: 44633

72. Well well 'tis true

First Line:: Well well 'tis true
Last Line:: And make you so again
Author:: Henry Lawes (Speculation) & Alexander Brome (Absolute)
DMI number:: 10700

73. What friendship gives sweet girl approve

First Line:: What friendship gives sweet girl approve
Last Line:: Think dear Maria think on me
DMI number:: 32548

74. What though your art my hopes evade

First Line:: What though your art my hopes evade
Last Line:: In glowing colours painted there
DMI number:: 32549

75. What's this that thus of sleep bereaves my night

First Line:: What's this that thus of sleep bereaves my night
Last Line:: To those he conquers gracious is and good
DMI number:: 44612

76. While life my dear remains enjoy thy charms

First Line:: While life my dear remains enjoy thy charms
Last Line:: And magic in her secret art is lost
Author:: Nicholas Amhurst (Absolute)
DMI number:: 23099

77. While like Hillarius fair Miranda writes

First Line:: While like Hillarius fair Miranda writes
Last Line:: But him whom most perfections crown and who deserves you best
DMI number:: 17509

78. Why dost thou fly me thus oh cruel boy

First Line:: Why dost thou fly me thus oh cruel boy
Last Line:: Thus led by sports and winged by thy disdain
Author:: Philip Ayres (Absolute)
DMI number:: 15075

79. Why can my eyes no object find no place

First Line:: Why can my eyes no object find no place
Last Line:: Teach me the way to gain and keep her heart
Author:: Anthony Hammond (Confident)
DMI number:: 10539

80. Why will you thus my just resentments move

First Line:: Why will you thus my just resentments move
Last Line:: All memory of pain
DMI number:: 11623

81. You had little reason to complain of me

First Line:: You had little reason to complain of me
Last Line:: If they excite the people to repent
DMI number:: 43440

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1. Ah cruel Delia must I still remain

2. Ah Flavia Still be gentle let not fear

3. And must Dorinda beautiful and fair

4. Beauty my dear has such subduing charms

5. Blessed when I taste the morning air

6. Calvus if tears which we profusely shed

7. Can you not Silvia in my eyes

8. Charming insulter sure you might have chose

9. Close by a silver rivulet

10. Come lovely nymph the winter now is past

11. Come Daphne to Miranda's breast retire

12. Come dearest Lesbia heavenly fair

13. Dear doctor here comes a young virgin untainted

14. Dear thoughtless Clara to my verse attend

15. Enough enough ye gods I need no more

16. Dull animal miscalled a man for shame

17. Farewell thou soft seducer of my eyes

18. Fear God and love thou me

19. Farewell my dearer half joy of my heart

20. Fair mistress ah see sighs attend my quill

21. Fair that you may truly know

22. Fly paper kiss those hands

23. Go happy book

24. Go on fair maid persist in your disdain

25. Happy was I o love when innocent

26. Here since it must be so take thy last look

27. Hold thy sweet voice while that commands my stay

28. How now pretty Phillis what no Queen of may

29. In vain dear youth you say you love

30. In vain my gentle charmer you enquire

31. I own fair maid that I deserve the least

32. If when the breast is rent with pain

33. If when the breast is rent with pain

34. Juventius might I kiss those eyes

35. Madam | Should I be silent should I still conceal

36. Madam I hope though I a stranger am

37. Lovely Juventius while you toyed I stole

38. Lovely maid best of any

39. Lucinda you in vain dissuade

40. Nay my Lucinda give not over

41. O Abelard ill fated youth

42. Now conscience thou art fled and gone

43. O lovely thou to whom my soul does bend

44. Oft have you cried when round your waist I hung

45. Oft in my jealous transports I would cry

46. Oh tell me Cloris tell me why

47. Oh use me gently since I am your slave

48. Pardon thou brightest star throughout our skies

49. Permit a youth your charms did first subdue

50. Prettiest of birds my Lesbia's favourite

51. Prometheus as old stories say

52. Phillis men say that all my vows

53. Since you dare brave me with a rival's name

54. Spare conquering damsel spare the boy

55. Some generous power instruct me how to move

56. Tell me you hate and flatter me no more

57. Tell me insatiate Sylvia who

58. Tell me ye learned sages tell

59. The cause which makes these waters hot

60. The tuneful throng that wing the air

61. Think not dear love that I'll reveal

62. Thou charming kindler of my new born fires

63. Thou grief of my heart and thou pearl of my eyes

64. Thrice happy Sylvia is the swain

65. Though you my friend in some cold arbour lie

66. Thrice happy Damon to thy longing arms

67. To foolish love I bid adieu

68. Too long abused by harsh disdain

69. Warned and made wise by others' flame

70. Welcome dear heart oh welcome to my arms

71. What scorn appears in those fair eyes