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1. A form more fine more accurately wrought

First Line:
A form more fine more accurately wrought
Last Line:
To me the heavenly messengers appear
Author:
Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer] (Confident)
DMI number:
6816

2. A primitive christian and a saint in this

First Line:
A primitive christian and a saint in this
Last Line:
And glorious as a rising sun her eye
DMI number:
6869

3. Ah friend to dazzle let the vain design

First Line:
Ah friend to dazzle let the vain design
Last Line:
And mistress of herself though China fall
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31286

4. Ah lovely Amoret the care

First Line:
Ah lovely Amoret the care
Last Line:
And haste to catch the flying game
Author:
Edmund Waller (Absolute)
DMI number:
5570

5. And yet believe me good as well as ill

First Line:
And yet believe me good as well as ill
Last Line:
To you gave sense good humour and a poet
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
22421

6. And now unveiled the toilet stands displayed

First Line:
And now unveiled the toilet stands displayed
Last Line:
And Betty's praised for labours not her own
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
8258

7. Amasia hates a prude and scorns restraint

First Line:
Amasia hates a prude and scorns restraint
Last Line:
Nor would they be mistaken if they should
Author:
Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:
15745

8. As pirates all false colours wear

First Line:
As pirates all false colours wear
Last Line:
Leaves art to polish and refine
Author:
Samuel Butler (Absolute)
DMI number:
5546

9. At this a flood of tears Lavinia shed

First Line:
At this a flood of tears Lavinia shed
Last Line:
Or lilies damasked by the neighbouring rose
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute) & Virgil (Absolute)
DMI number:
31663

10. 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

11. Beneath the gloomy covert of an yew

First Line:
Beneath the gloomy covert of an yew
Last Line:
So lightning gilds the unrelenting storm
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
29809

12. But now suppose we may one woman find

First Line:
But now suppose we may one woman find
Last Line:
To blame the sex and scandal all the rest
Author:
George Sewell (Absolute)
DMI number:
30456

13. But these are toys too trivial to move

First Line:
But these are toys too trivial to move
Last Line:
To solid love most eagerly aspire
DMI number:
7619

14. Duty and not ambition is her aim

First Line:
Duty and not ambition is her aim
Last Line:
The glorious pleasures of obedience
Author:
Katherine Philips (Speculation)
DMI number:
9610

15. Downe came a lady faire and free

First Line:
Downe came a lady faire and free
Last Line:
Both of paramours and louinge amonge
DMI number:
38463

16. Even Phaenicia does declare

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

17. Fear seeing all fears it of all is spied

First Line:
Fear seeing all fears it of all is spied
Last Line:
Now ashy-pale and now again it glowed
Author:
Michael Drayton (Absolute)
DMI number:
17032

18. Female innocence

First Line:
Female innocence
Last Line:
And public nuptials justify the bride
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31617

19. Fair hand that can on virgin paper write

First Line:
Fair hand that can on virgin paper write
Last Line:
Can make the motion and the forest too
Author:
Edmund Waller (Absolute)
DMI number:
12751

20. Fair without scorn and witty without pride

First Line:
Fair without scorn and witty without pride
Last Line:
I'll die if Philomela is not she
Author:
John Dunton (Speculation)
DMI number:
6867

21. Freedom from vice is in her nature's part

First Line:
Freedom from vice is in her nature's part
Last Line:
But's witnessed and rewarded both at home
Author:
Katherine Philips (Speculation)
DMI number:
9612

22. For every turn of human chance prepared

First Line:
For every turn of human chance prepared
Last Line:
In her the primitive saint and poet joined
Author:
Robert Gould (Absolute)
DMI number:
6870

23. For while he spoke with high disdain and pride

First Line:
For while he spoke with high disdain and pride
Last Line:
The fainting princess to the regal bed
Author:
Christopher Pitt (Absolute)
DMI number:
31683

24. Flavia's a wit has too much sense to pray

First Line:
Flavia's a wit has too much sense to pray
Last Line:
And die of nothing but a rage to live
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
30966

25. From ripening hay diffusive odours rise

First Line:
From ripening hay diffusive odours rise
Last Line:
Till age unwinds the latest thread of life
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
9321

26. Hard is the fortune that your sex attends

First Line:
Hard is the fortune that your sex attends
Last Line:
When most you tyrannize you're most abused
Author:
George Lyttelton (Absolute)
DMI number:
30968

27. Her well taught mind which makes her good and great

First Line:
Her well taught mind which makes her good and great
Last Line:
In duty strict in bounty unconfined
DMI number:
9609

28. In vain alas in vain my fate I shun

First Line:
In vain alas in vain my fate I shun
Last Line:
Monopolize not love nor make thy friends adore
DMI number:
6849

29. Must we eternal martyrdom pursue

First Line:
Must we eternal martyrdom pursue
Last Line:
Aminta in best humour and most kind
Author:
Aphra Behn (Absolute)
DMI number:
40487

30. If mercy should some humane likeness take

First Line:
If mercy should some humane likeness take
Last Line:
Music no more was an harmonious sound
Author:
Robert Gould (Absolute)
DMI number:
6873

31. Lavinia is polite but not profane

First Line:
Lavinia is polite but not profane
Last Line:
Satan himself will toll the parish bell
Author:
Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:
15747

32. Lucia thinks happiness consists in state

First Line:
Lucia thinks happiness consists in state
Last Line:
She weds an idiot but she eats in plate
Author:
Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:
15770

33. No dark ambitious thoughts do cloud her brow

First Line:
No dark ambitious thoughts do cloud her brow
Last Line:
Does with advantage manage every thing
Author:
Katherine Philips (Speculation)
DMI number:
9611

34. Pygmalion loathing their lascivious life

First Line:
Pygmalion loathing their lascivious life
Last Line:
The city Paphos from the founder called
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
11893

35. Quintia is fair to many so to me

First Line:
Quintia is fair to many so to me
Last Line:
Venus adorned her clear did make her shine
DMI number:
44512

36. Pleasure's a courtly mistress a conceit

First Line:
Pleasure's a courtly mistress a conceit
Last Line:
Is but repentance lavishly inlaid
Author:
R. Fletcher (Absolute)
DMI number:
17194

37. Poverty thou bane of chastity

First Line:
Poverty thou bane of chastity
Last Line:
To find a woman chaste that's poor and fair
Author:
John Webster (Absolute) & Thomas Dekker (Absolute)
DMI number:
17234

38. Sandwich in Spain now and the Duke in love

First Line:
Sandwich in Spain now and the Duke in love
Last Line:
And our false fires true fires shall expiate
Author:
Andrew Marvell (Confident) & Sir John Denham (Speculation)
DMI number:
8936

39. She is a mortal woman angelized

First Line:
She is a mortal woman angelized
Last Line:
Not like a primitive Christian but the same
DMI number:
6856

40. She is so prudent and yet so sincere

First Line:
She is so prudent and yet so sincere
Last Line:
Outdoes example in civility
Author:
Katherine Philips (Speculation)
DMI number:
9613

41. She too might have poisoned the joys of my life

First Line:
She too might have poisoned the joys of my life
Last Line:
And a big-bellied bottle is a mighty good thing
DMI number:
29731

42. So firmly she all sacred truth believed

First Line:
So firmly she all sacred truth believed
Last Line:
And dying virgins only are as chaste
Author:
Robert Gould (Absolute)
DMI number:
6866

43. The first impression in her infant breast

First Line:
The first impression in her infant breast
Last Line:
But your neglect must answer for her faults
Author:
Wentworth Dillon (Absolute)
DMI number:
10764

44. The rays did in her countenance appear

First Line:
The rays did in her countenance appear
Last Line:
And paid her in variety of woe
Author:
Katherine Philips (Speculation)
DMI number:
9614

45. The hunger starved the naked and the lame

First Line:
The hunger starved the naked and the lame
Last Line:
Bounteous but almost bounteous to a vice
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
6860

46. The inspiring muses and the god of love

First Line:
The inspiring muses and the god of love
Last Line:
The different titles in Melinda joined
Author:
John Hughes (Absolute)
DMI number:
15715

47. The labouring bee when his sharp sting is gone

First Line:
The labouring bee when his sharp sting is gone
Last Line:
To make fine fools of you and all your parts
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
17534

48. 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

49. The offending woman when she lowest lies

First Line:
The offending woman when she lowest lies
Last Line:
Submits to conquer and but kneels to rise
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
5966

50. The lady that was so faire and bright

First Line:
The lady that was so faire and bright
Last Line:
For to hear the harpes sowne
DMI number:
38462

51. The ladye fayre of hew and hyde

First Line:
The ladye fayre of hew and hyde
Last Line:
And her 2 maydens sweetlye sange
DMI number:
38464

52. The saints as well may those bright forms express

First Line:
The saints as well may those bright forms express
Last Line:
As gay as if composed of love and beams
Author:
Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer] (Confident)
DMI number:
6815

53. They seek the cisterns where Phoeacian dames

First Line:
They seek the cisterns where Phoeacian dames
Last Line:
To raise the blush or pain the modest eyes
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31616

54. Thus having said she turned and made appear

First Line:
Thus having said she turned and made appear
Last Line:
And by her graceful walk the queen of love is known
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
37088

55. Thus woman's a true copy of the first

First Line:
Thus woman's a true copy of the first
Last Line:
And always ready when you would deceive
Author:
Thomas Otway (Confident)
DMI number:
5970

56. Thy maiden-head's not wholly thine I ween

First Line:
Thy maiden-head's not wholly thine I ween
Last Line:
The thing thy parents gave to thee I say
DMI number:
44516

57. Tis said when the renowned Augustus reigned

First Line:
Tis said when the renowned Augustus reigned
Last Line:
This modest poem is the ladies' play
Author:
John Banks (Absolute)
DMI number:
17536

58. To burning Rome when frantic Nero played

First Line:
To burning Rome when frantic Nero played
Last Line:
Nor could he burn so fast as thou could'st build
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
12248

59. Trust not too much your now resistless charms

First Line:
Trust not too much your now resistless charms
Last Line:
Still makes new conquests and maintains the past
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
23104

60. Try look seek find among the fair female race

First Line:
Try look seek find among the fair female race
Last Line:
Which ever rising new resound new praise
Author:
Horatio Tully (Absolute)
DMI number:
12107

61. Want is a bitter and a hateful good

First Line:
Want is a bitter and a hateful good
Last Line:
Want gives to know the flatterer from the friend
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
30944

62. What odd fantastic things we women do

First Line:
What odd fantastic things we women do
Last Line:
And every Lucia find a Cato's son
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
17538

63. When lo a harlot form soft gliding by

First Line:
When lo a harlot form soft gliding by
Last Line:
Joys in my jigs and dances in my chains
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28054

64. While yet he speaks her powers of life decay

First Line:
While yet he speaks her powers of life decay
Last Line:
Hangs round her neck and speaks his joy in tears
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31661

65. While yet he spoke her looks the youth confound

First Line:
While yet he spoke her looks the youth confound
Last Line:
The thirst of slaughter and the rage of war
Author:
Christopher Pitt (Absolute)
DMI number:
31667

66. Whilst that bright soul that heaven has placed within

First Line:
Whilst that bright soul that heaven has placed within
Last Line:
Makes every charm with double lustre shine
Author:
Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer] (Confident)
DMI number:
6817

67. With how much ease is innocence betrayed

First Line:
With how much ease is innocence betrayed
Last Line:
But your neglect must answer for her faults
Author:
Wentworth Dillon (Absolute)
DMI number:
9547

68. Why should the implanted energy of mind

First Line:
Why should the implanted energy of mind
Last Line:
The search of truth to their discerning eye
Author:
Samuel Cobb (Confident)
DMI number:
9474

69. Yes Philomela's true and much above

First Line:
Yes Philomela's true and much above
Last Line:
The vulgar world in sense as well as love
DMI number:
6864

70. Yes Chloris is the glory of our stage

First Line:
Yes Chloris is the glory of our stage
Last Line:
Excepting only to be proud in vain
Author:
Sir William Temple (Confident)
DMI number:
6868