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1. Ah what can mean that eager joy

First Line:
Ah what can mean that eager joy
Last Line:
Nothing so happy so beloved as we
Author:
Aphra Behn (Confident)
DMI number:
4478

2. All men confess they straight despise

First Line:
All men confess they straight despise
Last Line:
Just blossom forth then fade and die
DMI number:
6901

3. Arise my sweet Phillis and let's to the grove

First Line:
Arise my sweet Phillis and let's to the grove
Last Line:
In mighty love's name that should still command all
DMI number:
42654

4. As I sat at my spinning wheel

First Line:
As I sat at my spinning wheel
Last Line:
It far surpassed the spinning wheel
DMI number:
11691

5. At the brow of a hill a fair shepherdess dwelt

First Line:
At the brow of a hill a fair shepherdess dwelt
Last Line:
But remember the lass at the brow of the hill
Author:
Mary Jones (Absolute)
DMI number:
23690

6. At the sight of my Phillis from every part

First Line:
At the sight of my Phillis from every part
Last Line:
To live sober all day and chaste all the night
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
4206

7. Attend each nymph whose tender breast

First Line:
Attend each nymph whose tender breast
Last Line:
In Venus's form Diana's spotless mind
DMI number:
31766

8. Balow my babe ly stil and sleipe

First Line:
Balow my babe ly stil and sleipe
Last Line:
They'le use us than they care nae how | Balow my babe &c
DMI number:
37342

9. Balow my babe ly stil and sleipe

First Line:
Balow my babe ly stil and sleipe
Last Line:
They'le use us than they care not how | Balow my babe &c
DMI number:
37825

10. Balow my boy lie still and sleep

First Line:
Balow my boy lie still and sleep
Last Line:
A hapless fate a bastard's name | Balow my boy &c
DMI number:
1238

11. Behold the wanton fly that plays

First Line:
Behold the wanton fly that plays
Last Line:
And both are martyrs to the flame
DMI number:
3877

12. Believest thou I could curse the dame I prize

First Line:
Believest thou I could curse the dame I prize
Last Line:
Thou dost all things incredible and base
DMI number:
8753

13. Beneath a green shade a lovely young swain

First Line:
Beneath a green shade a lovely young swain
Last Line:
To lengthen its moments that lengthens despair
Author:
Thomas Blacklock (Absolute)
DMI number:
38185

14. 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

15. Chloe from all the pleasures of the town

First Line:
Chloe from all the pleasures of the town
Last Line:
Yet virtue never fails to meet reward
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
5405

16. Celia now my heart has broke

First Line:
Celia now my heart has broke
Last Line:
Scares the airy form away
DMI number:
6596

17. Celia this night has promised I

First Line:
Celia this night has promised I
Last Line:
Be this night something more than man
DMI number:
12450

18. 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

19. Celia twill be for others' rest

First Line:
Celia twill be for others' rest
Last Line:
Tis too much to lose time and you
DMI number:
15558

20. Celia when I alone was blessed

First Line:
Celia when I alone was blessed
Last Line:
And in thy arms my life would end
DMI number:
25579

21. Chloris twill be for either's rest

First Line:
Chloris twill be for either's rest
Last Line:
Tis too much to lose time and you
DMI number:
6736

22. Come away do not pursue

First Line:
Come away do not pursue
Last Line:
Lest thou become I know not what
DMI number:
4672

23. Darkness does now the world surround

First Line:
Darkness does now the world surround
Last Line:
I'll haste to slumber in the grave
DMI number:
42764

24. Dearest heart to Catty go

First Line:
Dearest heart to Catty go
Last Line:
Tell her in transports her adorer lives
DMI number:
25691

25. Dearest heart to Delia go

First Line:
Dearest heart to Delia go
Last Line:
Tell her in transports her adorer lives
DMI number:
1342

26. Fanny with Tom went out one day

First Line:
Fanny with Tom went out one day
Last Line:
It's certain proof the world's turned round
DMI number:
12118

27. Fair sweet and young receive a prize

First Line:
Fair sweet and young receive a prize
Last Line:
For after dying all reprieves too late
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4195

28. For that magnanimous front those heavenly eyes

First Line:
For that magnanimous front those heavenly eyes
Last Line:
And burn in sacrifice before the dame
DMI number:
8957

29. Gently hear me charming fair

First Line:
Gently hear me charming fair
Last Line:
Thou alone art heaven to me
DMI number:
825

30. Hail mighty Venus at whose shrine

First Line:
Hail mighty Venus at whose shrine
Last Line:
Yet oh methinks too weak they prove
DMI number:
42789

31. Ha now I am married let others take care

First Line:
Ha now I am married let others take care
Last Line:
We'll revel all day and we'll sport it all night
DMI number:
42804

32. Hail to mighty Venus at whose shrine

First Line:
Hail to mighty Venus at whose shrine
Last Line:
Yet oh methinks too weak they prove
DMI number:
42528

33. Good Susan be as secret as you can

First Line:
Good Susan be as secret as you can
Last Line:
Then wearing horns doth hurt a cuckolds head
DMI number:
43862

34. He needs no bows no warlike force

First Line:
He needs no bows no warlike force
Last Line:
I shall be melted all to love
Author:
Mr. Parsell (Confident)
DMI number:
2153

35. Hence hence you vain fantastic fears

First Line:
Hence hence you vain fantastic fears
Last Line:
And wonder what it is we do
DMI number:
42282

36. Here ladies all your favours shower

First Line:
Here ladies all your favours shower
Last Line:
Remembers those he never received
Author:
Josiah Relph (Absolute)
DMI number:
25196

37. 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

38. 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

39. How quickly are love's pleasures gone

First Line:
How quickly are love's pleasures gone
Last Line:
As long as all the mighty round of vast eternity
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
5769

40. How quickly are love's pleasures gone

First Line:
How quickly are love's pleasures gone
Last Line:
Whose sweets as swift as thought are past
DMI number:
44367

41. I gently touched her hand she gave

First Line:
I gently touched her hand she gave
Last Line:
More to be pleased than innocent
DMI number:
3175

42. In a flowery myrtle grove

First Line:
In a flowery myrtle grove
Last Line:
Painting the evening with unusual red
DMI number:
5773

43. It might perhaps seem odd that I should send

First Line:
It might perhaps seem odd that I should send
Last Line:
To keep you safe from all who'd rival me
DMI number:
20015

44. Insult not too much on thy fading success

First Line:
Insult not too much on thy fading success
Last Line:
Poor lovers tormented and tossed on the sea
DMI number:
42546

45. In vain fair Cloris you design

First Line:
In vain fair Cloris you design
Last Line:
Alike its weakness and its pride
DMI number:
44457

46. Love thus is pure which is refined

First Line:
Love thus is pure which is refined
Last Line:
Such love endures when youth and beauty's flown
DMI number:
6823

47. Much had I heard of fair Francelia's name

First Line:
Much had I heard of fair Francelia's name
Last Line:
A bright destruction and a shining tomb
Author:
Thomas Tickell (Absolute)
DMI number:
6994

48. My Lesbia to that pass my mind is brought

First Line:
My Lesbia to that pass my mind is brought
Last Line:
Could I but still desire and love you still
DMI number:
8752

49. My life you make proposals that our love

First Line:
My life you make proposals that our love
Last Line:
And not before its period may our friendship end
DMI number:
8757

50. My blooming rose my life my love

First Line:
My blooming rose my life my love
Last Line:
From burning pyre to the blest seats of Jove
DMI number:
12931