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1. Beauty alone's too impotent a charm

First Line:
Beauty alone's too impotent a charm
Last Line:
For elegance can only win the heart
DMI number:
10309

2. But yet oh nymphs of Cupid have a care

First Line:
But yet oh nymphs of Cupid have a care
Last Line:
And he's armed capape wherever he show his face
DMI number:
8588

3. Celestial fires thy star bright eyes illume

First Line:
Celestial fires thy star bright eyes illume
Last Line:
And I shall soon revive to bless your charms
DMI number:
10308

4. Consumed in trifles thus the golden day

First Line:
Consumed in trifles thus the golden day
Last Line:
Tares be my food and liberty my lot
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
30918

5. Divine Cosmelia has two burning eyes

First Line:
Divine Cosmelia has two burning eyes
Last Line:
I'll soon revive touched by that lovely face
DMI number:
9675

6. From mutual wounds the wretched find relief

First Line:
From mutual wounds the wretched find relief
Last Line:
Divides his sorrows but unites his heart
DMI number:
9676

7. From servile fear the fancied gods first came

First Line:
From servile fear the fancied gods first came
Last Line:
Invents new gods and aids the pious cheat
DMI number:
10310

8. In beauty boasts fair woman kind

First Line:
In beauty boasts fair woman kind
Last Line:
Man in a firm undaunted mind
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
27686

9. Incessant drops as proverbs say

First Line:
Incessant drops as proverbs say
Last Line:
Will wear the hardest stones away
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
27682

10. Love thou sweetly bitter power

First Line:
Love thou sweetly bitter power
Last Line:
Rules the place to me assigned
DMI number:
31492

11. Loud blew the winds and from the shore

First Line:
Loud blew the winds and from the shore
Last Line:
O be that justice by her son
DMI number:
33593

12. I would not always the same odours prove

First Line:
I would not always the same odours prove
Last Line:
But for the sweet vicissitude of night
DMI number:
10311

13. Let me not pass without reward

First Line:
Let me not pass without reward
Last Line:
Are owing to the thirst of praise
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
27685

14. Let him to morrow love that never has loved

First Line:
Let him to morrow love that never has loved
Last Line:
Let him to morrow that love's joys has proved
DMI number:
8587

15. O come Ulysses quickly come ashore

First Line:
O come Ulysses quickly come ashore
Last Line:
To such harmonious lays as Phoebus self might use
DMI number:
8580

16. On a steep cliff beside the sandy beach

First Line:
On a steep cliff beside the sandy beach
Last Line:
Love still shall bloom and still my hopes engage
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
27683

17. Should Jove a queen of flowers ordain

First Line:
Should Jove a queen of flowers ordain
Last Line:
The cup still laughing as kind zephyr blows
DMI number:
10027

18. That health Leander to his Hero sends

First Line:
That health Leander to his Hero sends
Last Line:
And all my raging passions are on fire
DMI number:
18038

19. The merchant shipwrecked on the faithless main

First Line:
The merchant shipwrecked on the faithless main
Last Line:
Associate the prayers wing swiftest to the skies
DMI number:
10313

20. The nurse all wild with transport seemed to swim

First Line:
The nurse all wild with transport seemed to swim
Last Line:
All grim and terribly adorned with blood
Author:
Christopher Pitt (Absolute)
DMI number:
35164