Content type: Poem / Poem Genre / Form: Couplet and Fragment

1. - did invite her home

First Line:: - did invite her home
Last Line:: And being much a gentlewoman came
Author:: Charles Montagu (Absolute) & Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:: 40467

2. A milk white mouse immortal and unchanged

First Line:: A milk white mouse immortal and unchanged
Last Line:: She feared no danger for she knew no ginn
Author:: Charles Montagu (Absolute) & Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:: 40460

3. A spotted mouse the prettiest next the white

First Line:: A spotted mouse the prettiest next the white
Last Line:: Lived in the city and disdained the field
Author:: Charles Montagu (Absolute) & Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:: 40465

4. Alive I'll pray till breath in prayers be lost

First Line:: Alive I'll pray till breath in prayers be lost
Last Line:: And after come a kind beseeching ghost
Author:: John Oldham (Absolute)
DMI number:: 9449

5. As though 'tis controverted in the school

First Line:: As though 'tis controverted in the school
Last Line:: From this dissension that they work by neither
Author:: Charles Montagu (Absolute) & Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:: 40473

6. 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

7. Believe me friend platonic love

First Line:: Believe me friend platonic love
Last Line:: And rail at filthy sensual love
DMI number:: 22037

8. But here the white by observation wise

First Line:: But here the white by observation wise
Last Line:: For still we want a guide to find out him
Author:: Charles Montagu (Absolute) & Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:: 40471

9. 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

10. But now at Piccadilly they arrive

First Line:: But now at Piccadilly they arrive
Last Line:: And slipping through the Palsgrave bilked poor Hack
Author:: Charles Montagu (Absolute) & Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:: 40475

11. But now oh what a falling off was there

First Line:: But now oh what a falling off was there
Last Line:: And on the isle of Bute is drove ashore
DMI number:: 31158

12. But now with a weary yawn that showed her pride

First Line:: But now with a weary yawn that showed her pride
Last Line:: But now alas
Author:: Charles Montagu (Absolute) & Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:: 40481

13. But our great Turks in wit must reign alone

First Line:: But our great Turks in wit must reign alone
Last Line:: They praise no works but what are like their own
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 35054

14. But sir if these accounts are true

First Line:: But sir if these accounts are true
Last Line:: As madam do you choose a game at whisk
DMI number:: 36943

15. 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

16. Come at a crown a head ourselves we'll treat

First Line:: Come at a crown a head ourselves we'll treat
Last Line:: Of English manufactures pimps and whores
Author:: Charles Montagu (Absolute) & Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:: 40469

17. Come my dear girl let's seek the peaceful vale

First Line:: Come my dear girl let's seek the peaceful vale
Last Line:: A pillow softer than a monarch's bed
Author:: Cuthbert Shaw (Absolute)
DMI number:: 33837

18. 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

19. Ere that Gazette was printed said the white

First Line:: Ere that Gazette was printed said the white
Last Line:: To long examination they submit
Author:: Charles Montagu (Absolute) & Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:: 40478

20. 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

21. Expanded now hell's spacious portal lay

First Line:: Expanded now hell's spacious portal lay
Last Line:: Accents confused and a discordant sound
DMI number:: 36192

22. Fair morn ascends fresh zephyrs breath

First Line:: Fair morn ascends fresh zephyrs breath
Last Line:: What but from god immediate came
Author:: David Mallet (Absolute)
DMI number:: 24530

23. Fair morn ascends soft zephyrs wing

First Line:: Fair morn ascends soft zephyrs wing
Last Line:: What but from god immediate came
Author:: David Mallet (Absolute)
DMI number:: 31236

24. 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

25. 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

26. Grieved a scribbling friend to lose

First Line:: Grieved a scribbling friend to lose
Last Line:: What joys your fountains and your shades afford
DMI number:: 35402

27. Horses and hounds their care their various race

First Line:: Horses and hounds their care their various race
Last Line:: Heroes and gods and walls of lofty Rome
Author:: Thomas Tickell (Absolute)
DMI number:: 8426

28. Honour I say or honest fame

First Line:: Honour I say or honest fame
Last Line:: And kings can neither take nor give
Author:: Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:: 16875

29. How graceful lies the brave man on the plain

First Line:: How graceful lies the brave man on the plain
Last Line:: Firm to the earth and lour upon the foe
Author:: James Macpherson (Absolute)
DMI number:: 25913

30. I call the man unworthy of my praise

First Line:: I call the man unworthy of my praise
Last Line:: Desires in vain if he forget the sight
Author:: James Macpherson (Absolute)
DMI number:: 25911

31. 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

32. In Chloe's chamber she and I

First Line:: In Chloe's chamber she and I
Last Line:: I burned my hand to save this bit
Author:: John Bancks [Banks] (Absolute)
DMI number:: 22796

33. In vain to woods and deserts I retire

First Line:: In vain to woods and deserts I retire
Last Line:: My self the faster in the snare confined
DMI number:: 42630

34. 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

35. Lo now his bloody banner is displayed

First Line:: Lo now his bloody banner is displayed
Last Line:: He brings with him the mighty men of war
DMI number:: 44368

36. Love thou sweetly bitter power

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

37. 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

38. I've eyes as well as you to find the way

First Line:: I've eyes as well as you to find the way
Last Line:: To question this or trust your private sense
Author:: Charles Montagu (Absolute) & Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:: 40474

39. 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

40. 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

41. Leave rustic muse the cot and furrowed plains

First Line:: Leave rustic muse the cot and furrowed plains
Last Line:: Than time or Jove more fell or fire or savage Goth
Author:: Bonnell Thornton (Speculation)
DMI number:: 32744

42. 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

43. 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

44. Of these a slaughtered army lay in blood

First Line:: Of these a slaughtered army lay in blood
Last Line:: And wandered in the kingdoms once her own
Author:: Charles Montagu (Absolute) & Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:: 40462

45. 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

46. Oh face industriously contrived by heaven

First Line:: Oh face industriously contrived by heaven
Last Line:: To fix my eyes and captivate my soul
DMI number:: 9459

47. Ordained to tread the thorny ground

First Line:: Ordained to tread the thorny ground
Last Line:: And poor men bless me when I die
Author:: Samuel Whyte (Speculation)
DMI number:: 33553

48. Room for the pink of starched civility

First Line:: Room for the pink of starched civility
Last Line:: Is because men will speak well of the dead
DMI number:: 21053

49. Right wele of lerned clerkis is it sed

First Line:: Right wele of lerned clerkis is it sed
Last Line:: Pardie he fearing it away doth fly
Author:: James Harris (Absolute)
DMI number:: 27768

50. Right wele of lernid clerkis is it sed

First Line:: Right wele of lernid clerkis is it sed
Last Line:: Pardie he fearing it away doth fly
Author:: James Harris (Absolute)
DMI number:: 40509

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1. - did invite her home

2. A milk white mouse immortal and unchanged

3. A spotted mouse the prettiest next the white

4. Alive I'll pray till breath in prayers be lost

5. As though 'tis controverted in the school

6. Beauty alone's too impotent a charm

7. Believe me friend platonic love

8. But here the white by observation wise

9. But yet oh nymphs of Cupid have a care

10. But now at Piccadilly they arrive

11. But now oh what a falling off was there

12. But now with a weary yawn that showed her pride

13. But our great Turks in wit must reign alone

14. But sir if these accounts are true

15. Celestial fires thy star bright eyes illume

16. Come at a crown a head ourselves we'll treat

17. Come my dear girl let's seek the peaceful vale

18. Consumed in trifles thus the golden day

19. Ere that Gazette was printed said the white

20. Divine Cosmelia has two burning eyes

21. Expanded now hell's spacious portal lay

22. Fair morn ascends fresh zephyrs breath

23. Fair morn ascends soft zephyrs wing

24. From mutual wounds the wretched find relief

25. From servile fear the fancied gods first came

26. Grieved a scribbling friend to lose

27. Horses and hounds their care their various race

28. Honour I say or honest fame

29. How graceful lies the brave man on the plain

30. I call the man unworthy of my praise

31. In beauty boasts fair woman kind

32. In Chloe's chamber she and I

33. In vain to woods and deserts I retire

34. Incessant drops as proverbs say

35. Lo now his bloody banner is displayed

36. Love thou sweetly bitter power

37. Loud blew the winds and from the shore

38. I've eyes as well as you to find the way

39. I would not always the same odours prove

40. Let me not pass without reward

41. Leave rustic muse the cot and furrowed plains

42. Let him to morrow love that never has loved

43. O come Ulysses quickly come ashore

44. Of these a slaughtered army lay in blood

45. On a steep cliff beside the sandy beach

46. Oh face industriously contrived by heaven

47. Ordained to tread the thorny ground

48. Room for the pink of starched civility

49. Right wele of lerned clerkis is it sed

50. Right wele of lernid clerkis is it sed