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1. A nymph with ilka beauty graced

First Line:
A nymph with ilka beauty graced
Last Line:
These underplotters countermine
Author:
Allan Ramsay (Absolute)
DMI number:
15363

2. Ah now you are kind you now have made me blessed

First Line:
Ah now you are kind you now have made me blessed
Last Line:
And taste the earnest of eternity
DMI number:
44383

3. Affable courteous witty and discreet

First Line:
Affable courteous witty and discreet
Last Line:
But proves a victim to her conquering eyes
DMI number:
10972

4. Apollo hence thy aid I do refuse

First Line:
Apollo hence thy aid I do refuse
Last Line:
Till death's cold hand shall teach thee to submit
DMI number:
42217

5. Among the fair that Hide Park Circus grace

First Line:
Among the fair that Hide Park Circus grace
Last Line:
Whilst she is but the cypher of the ring
DMI number:
12374

6. All several beauties colours airs and grace

First Line:
All several beauties colours airs and grace
Last Line:
Young and yet wise the wonder of her kind
DMI number:
42216

7. As lamps burn silent with unconscious light

First Line:
As lamps burn silent with unconscious light
Last Line:
And she who means no mischief does it all
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
24817

8. As the sweet sweat of roses in a still

First Line:
As the sweet sweat of roses in a still
Last Line:
She and comparisons are odious
Author:
John Donne (Absolute)
DMI number:
9169

9. Are there then gods gods I'll believe it no more

First Line:
Are there then gods gods I'll believe it no more
Last Line:
Least when you swear again you strike me blind
DMI number:
43407

10. As Bathian Venus the other day

First Line:
As Bathian Venus the other day
Last Line:
Had still worn Betty Dalston's face
Author:
Henry Fielding (Absolute)
DMI number:
27770

11. At all the places of resort

First Line:
At all the places of resort
Last Line:
And turn her lover's joy to pain
DMI number:
10892

12. As when a conqueror does in triumph come

First Line:
As when a conqueror does in triumph come
Last Line:
And own a soul as great as you are fair
DMI number:
43686

13. As when our eyes fixed on some royal seat

First Line:
As when our eyes fixed on some royal seat
Last Line:
To make thee queen of rivers as before
DMI number:
8045

14. Attend ye fair whilst anxious for your praise

First Line:
Attend ye fair whilst anxious for your praise
Last Line:
Such is his verse 'twill melt him into love
DMI number:
12009

15. Ask me no more whether do stray

First Line:
Ask me no more whether do stray
Last Line:
And in thy fragrant bosom dies
DMI number:
44110

16. Bassa frequents the Bath and Wells in vain

First Line:
Bassa frequents the Bath and Wells in vain
Last Line:
No paint can mend her skin her stink no amber
DMI number:
5295

17. Be not proud pretty one for I must love thee

First Line:
Be not proud pretty one for I must love thee
Last Line:
Sits Cupid now enthroned my pains deriding
DMI number:
43910

18. Beauty and wit the mighty maker gave

First Line:
Beauty and wit the mighty maker gave
Last Line:
The transport is eternal and divine
Author:
John Oldmixon (Confident)
DMI number:
7560

19. Beauty is a beggar fie it is too bad

First Line:
Beauty is a beggar fie it is too bad
Last Line:
Farewell our name farewell our fame forever
DMI number:
44097

20. Beauty rests not in one fixed place

First Line:
Beauty rests not in one fixed place
Last Line:
So much unlike it self and so complete
Author:
Thomas Parnell (Confident)
DMI number:
12940

21. Beauty with virtue joined is the bright gem

First Line:
Beauty with virtue joined is the bright gem
Last Line:
Conceited living is a thing as rare
DMI number:
43191

22. Behold in pomp the lovely peeress shine

First Line:
Behold in pomp the lovely peeress shine
Last Line:
Let her conceal her face and veil her eyes
DMI number:
18004

23. Behold the magic of Theresa's hand

First Line:
Behold the magic of Theresa's hand
Last Line:
We view with pleasure and with rapture praise
Author:
Charles Parrott (Absolute)
DMI number:
27837

24. Bess does not only hide her privy ware

First Line:
Bess does not only hide her privy ware
Last Line:
Uncovered left what call you that her face
DMI number:
43765

25. Bett if kind heaven would grant to me

First Line:
Bett if kind heaven would grant to me
Last Line:
Two that he'd take away the third
Author:
Charles Cotton (Confident)
DMI number:
24696

26. Bless me how pale and withered do I look

First Line:
Bless me how pale and withered do I look
Last Line:
And make you fumble on till you expire
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
5392

27. Believe me Chloe those perfumes that cost

First Line:
Believe me Chloe those perfumes that cost
Last Line:
Thou smellst not of thy sweets they stink of thee
Author:
George Granville (Absolute)
DMI number:
25151

28. Belinda swears by G-d her hair is black

First Line:
Belinda swears by G-d her hair is black
Last Line:
Is then Belinda perjured I say no
DMI number:
12008

29. Beneath thy envied shade what beauties lie

First Line:
Beneath thy envied shade what beauties lie
Last Line:
And silent wishes that the whole was seen
DMI number:
26743

30. Celia thy sweet angels face

First Line:
Celia thy sweet angels face
Last Line:
So fair a heaven with mine arms to embrace
DMI number:
44468

31. Charinus 'twas my hap of late

First Line:
Charinus 'twas my hap of late
Last Line:
Two that he'd take away the third
Author:
Charles Cotton (Absolute)
DMI number:
12419

32. Clarissa first appears that heavenly fair

First Line:
Clarissa first appears that heavenly fair
Last Line:
Resign their power to his sole command
DMI number:
10228

33. Clarissa's decked with every pleasing grace

First Line:
Clarissa's decked with every pleasing grace
Last Line:
And where Jove envies it is death to love
DMI number:
21982

34. Cloris I wish that envy were

First Line:
Cloris I wish that envy were
Last Line:
In chase of many kingdoms lose their own
DMI number:
44479

35. Dear love do not your beauty wrong

First Line:
Dear love do not your beauty wrong
Last Line:
And flies away from aged things
DMI number:
44102

36. Esteemed by all and you deserve it too

First Line:
Esteemed by all and you deserve it too
Last Line:
Had you done that you'd soon return again
DMI number:
44388

37. Enchanting nymph of heavenly birth

First Line:
Enchanting nymph of heavenly birth
Last Line:
The wife the mistress and the friend
Author:
Henry Temple (Absolute)
DMI number:
33617

38. Each lover thinks the object of his flame

First Line:
Each lover thinks the object of his flame
Last Line:
She's perfect hag to fright you from her arms
DMI number:
44379

39. Draw some Apelles draw me here

First Line:
Draw some Apelles draw me here
Last Line:
The picture's self I think will speak
Author:
Francis Willis (Absolute)
DMI number:
42595

40. False false are the obliging things she swore

First Line:
False false are the obliging things she swore
Last Line:
You stoop too low to vex your humble slave
DMI number:
41826

41. Eve was the first essay of unskilled Jove

First Line:
Eve was the first essay of unskilled Jove
Last Line:
And be the victim to atone for all
DMI number:
41830

42. Even Phaenicia does declare

First Line:
Even Phaenicia does declare
Last Line:
Nothing with Clelia can compare
DMI number:
8952

43. Excellent mistress brighter than the moon

First Line:
Excellent mistress brighter than the moon
Last Line:
As I am an honest man I love thee dearly
DMI number:
44101

44. Fine shape good features and a handsome face

First Line:
Fine shape good features and a handsome face
Last Line:
And make me happy in contracting you
DMI number:
43528

45. Firm is the cause your arguments maintain

First Line:
Firm is the cause your arguments maintain
Last Line:
My all shall be employed though far far short of yours
Author:
Matthew Concanen (Absolute)
DMI number:
11357

46. First let the lion dread the bleating sheep

First Line:
First let the lion dread the bleating sheep
Last Line:
When Gloriana's eyebrow is the bow
DMI number:
43624

47. Fain would I sing but fear to discommend

First Line:
Fain would I sing but fear to discommend
Last Line:
Like discord sounds mixed well makes harmony
DMI number:
10897

48. Fair excellence such strange commands you lay

First Line:
Fair excellence such strange commands you lay
Last Line:
Quarrel with them that give you not your due
DMI number:
42263

49. Fair is your face an oily tongue you have

First Line:
Fair is your face an oily tongue you have
Last Line:
Who carry sure destruction in your smiles
DMI number:
44395

50. Fresh as the spring and like Aurora fair

First Line:
Fresh as the spring and like Aurora fair
Last Line:
And scarce observes the luster of her eyes
DMI number:
33291

51. Flavia the world allows your numerous charms

First Line:
Flavia the world allows your numerous charms
Last Line:
For though she looks to kill she smiles to cure
DMI number:
13794

52. Go perjured man and if thou ever return

First Line:
Go perjured man and if thou ever return
Last Line:
Heavens justice in revenging it on thee
DMI number:
44427

53. Hail beauteous prophetess in whom alone

First Line:
Hail beauteous prophetess in whom alone
Last Line:
You wave your pen and lo the dead arise
DMI number:
43587

54. Happy the maid whose soul serene and chaste

First Line:
Happy the maid whose soul serene and chaste
Last Line:
In various shapes another and the same
DMI number:
25336

55. Had Gloriana lived when brightest charms

First Line:
Had Gloriana lived when brightest charms
Last Line:
All that is worth contending for is thine
Author:
Mary Monck (Absolute)
DMI number:
15779

56. Hail sacred ship who art more richly fraught

First Line:
Hail sacred ship who art more richly fraught
Last Line:
She far excels the rest of womankind
DMI number:
12658

57. Hence all ye meaner train resign

First Line:
Hence all ye meaner train resign
Last Line:
For earth's a heaven where she appears
DMI number:
6354

58. Her locks are streams of liquid amber

First Line:
Her locks are streams of liquid amber
Last Line:
With amethyst they headed are
DMI number:
44464

59. How charming now is Brand in lovely make

First Line:
How charming now is Brand in lovely make
Last Line:
And will in happiness like angels move
DMI number:
10151

60. Hey down a down a derry down

First Line:
Hey down a down a derry down
Last Line:
And I am he that did her win
DMI number:
44447

61. How true the mimic forms appear

First Line:
How true the mimic forms appear
Last Line:
And then here fancy blushing paints the rest
DMI number:
36072

62. How rare the piece where heaven and nature join

First Line:
How rare the piece where heaven and nature join
Last Line:
Preserve ennoble and adorn the whole
Author:
Mehetabel Wright [née Wesley] (Absolute)
DMI number:
29613

63. I hate the face however fair

First Line:
I hate the face however fair
Last Line:
You only her defects reveal
Author:
Edward Moore (Absolute)
DMI number:
23423

64. Imperious fool think not because you're fair

First Line:
Imperious fool think not because you're fair
Last Line:
Provoke my pen to write in such a strain
DMI number:
42244

65. 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

66. In one heaven many stars but never yet

First Line:
In one heaven many stars but never yet
Last Line:
Were he to spend another golden shower
DMI number:
44467

67. Indifference in love it cannot be

First Line:
Indifference in love it cannot be
Last Line:
Than in the arms of other beauties lie
DMI number:
43627

68. In vain Prometheus had contrived the plan

First Line:
In vain Prometheus had contrived the plan
Last Line:
The prize in justice would be due to you
Author:
Mr. Burrard (Absolute)
DMI number:
10130

69. Lo Caroline what crowds on crowds arise

First Line:
Lo Caroline what crowds on crowds arise
Last Line:
Could they but view the picture of thy mind
DMI number:
18012

70. Life of loveliness forbear

First Line:
Life of loveliness forbear
Last Line:
Cheer thy heart and dry thy eyes
Author:
Joseph Mitchell (Absolute)
DMI number:
14928

71. Lightning is swifter then the glance

First Line:
Lightning is swifter then the glance
Last Line:
A name that will remain till time is past
DMI number:
43195

72. My love to thee no beauty shall betray

First Line:
My love to thee no beauty shall betray
Last Line:
She punishes the false the just does spare
DMI number:
43564

73. I never thought that Celia's tender heart

First Line:
I never thought that Celia's tender heart
Last Line:
And your hands grow as fatal as your eyes
DMI number:
11079

74. I love a woman be she tall

First Line:
I love a woman be she tall
Last Line:
I love a woman short or long
DMI number:
44256

75. I would tell thee thou art fair

First Line:
I would tell thee thou art fair
Last Line:
He received Eliza's hand
DMI number:
23447

76. If fixed on yours my eyes in prayer you see

First Line:
If fixed on yours my eyes in prayer you see
Last Line:
I look most near him when I look on you
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
24866

77. Let all the beauties of the world give place

First Line:
Let all the beauties of the world give place
Last Line:
But here in Ross you see them all enjoined
DMI number:
17710

78. Lady what's your face to me

First Line:
Lady what's your face to me
Last Line:
Both are masters of the field
Author:
James Shirley (Confident)
DMI number:
5609

79. Kindly suppressed your voice rolls swift within

First Line:
Kindly suppressed your voice rolls swift within
Last Line:
We die beneath the lustre we desire
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
24854

80. Let meaner beauties conquer singly still

First Line:
Let meaner beauties conquer singly still
Last Line:
But at the head of all their squadrons die
Author:
George Granville (Absolute)
DMI number:
31503

81. Let no romantic pen hereafter dare

First Line:
Let no romantic pen hereafter dare
Last Line:
Subdue successfully in beauty's charms
DMI number:
5160

82. Let other charmers boast of air

First Line:
Let other charmers boast of air
Last Line:
Are surest of the victory
DMI number:
20326

83. Let other poets prostitute their muse

First Line:
Let other poets prostitute their muse
Last Line:
To whom my noblest sweetest strains belong
DMI number:
15185

84. Lavish of wit and bold appear the lines

First Line:
Lavish of wit and bold appear the lines
Last Line:
A fairer phoenix in a purer flame
Author:
Thomas Tickell (Absolute)
DMI number:
6996

85. May I find a woman fair

First Line:
May I find a woman fair
Last Line:
Happy he can compass it
DMI number:
43982

86. Madam your beauties represent the skies

First Line:
Madam your beauties represent the skies
Last Line:
And thinks none can be fairer wheresoever he strays
DMI number:
44386

87. Madam | When first I saw your conquering face

First Line:
Madam | When first I saw your conquering face
Last Line:
Let a mean wreath of flowers the tribute pay
DMI number:
43616

88. Madam | your charming sex tis true can only claim

First Line:
Madam | your charming sex tis true can only claim
Last Line:
For in your person he had found them all
DMI number:
43629

89. Madam as Cynthia amongst the vanquished stars

First Line:
Madam as Cynthia amongst the vanquished stars
Last Line:
Whilst she with golden sunbeams set with stars is crowned
DMI number:
44381

90. Madam I'm serious pray believe tis true

First Line:
Madam I'm serious pray believe tis true
Last Line:
Whilst short thick breath catches a parting life
DMI number:
44385

91. Madam to you this tale I send

First Line:
Madam to you this tale I send
Last Line:
Regard the lay beware of time
DMI number:
31915

92. Madam you are the nation's boast and pride

First Line:
Madam you are the nation's boast and pride
Last Line:
And make what else seemed bright a cloudy thing
DMI number:
44382

93. Mistaken nature here has joined

First Line:
Mistaken nature here has joined
Last Line:
As unsuspected as unseen
DMI number:
24707

94. Nature in pity has denied you shape

First Line:
Nature in pity has denied you shape
Last Line:
At sight are captives and at sight are free
DMI number:
8390

95. Nature perversely to thy wish has given

First Line:
Nature perversely to thy wish has given
Last Line:
For only misers want what they possess
DMI number:
24726

96. Never till her we saw we never thought

First Line:
Never till her we saw we never thought
Last Line:
'Tis gracefulness of mein of carriage and of dress
DMI number:
5230

97. Next Amoret the true delight

First Line:
Next Amoret the true delight
Last Line:
But she has vowed to love no more
DMI number:
43677

98. Not Circe nor Medea had such art

First Line:
Not Circe nor Medea had such art
Last Line:
By which she conquers and makes slaves to love
DMI number:
43619

99. Not I I'll never never entertain

First Line:
Not I I'll never never entertain
Last Line:
And as you cause so cure the wretched's pain
Author:
Henry Crispe (Confident)
DMI number:
41810

100. Not pleased with reasonable mortal bliss

First Line:
Not pleased with reasonable mortal bliss
Last Line:
Had dashed his lightning and his thunders drowned
DMI number:
24784