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1. A maiden fair I dare not wed

First Line:
A maiden fair I dare not wed
Last Line:
Some faults remain among them all
DMI number:
43993

2. A shape alone let others prize

First Line:
A shape alone let others prize
Last Line:
And read them perfect there
Author:
Mark Akenside (Confident)
DMI number:
36938

3. Ah Chloris that I now could sit

First Line:
Ah Chloris that I now could sit
Last Line:
What fortune they must see
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
44001

4. All pensive and sad and as grave as a cat

First Line:
All pensive and sad and as grave as a cat
Last Line:
That's once smit with the charms of Miss F-r
DMI number:
19880

5. 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

6. Bright Aurelia I do owe

First Line:
Bright Aurelia I do owe
Last Line:
Will make it burn in every part
DMI number:
43927

7. Brightest since your pitying eye

First Line:
Brightest since your pitying eye
Last Line:
Both scatter wounds and scatter balsam rob
DMI number:
43928

8. Chloe the wonder of her sex

First Line:
Chloe the wonder of her sex
Last Line:
A boundless will to ease us
Author:
George Granville (Absolute)
DMI number:
20682

9. 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

10. Cloris forbear a while

First Line:
Cloris forbear a while
Last Line:
And buckle now and then and that's enough
DMI number:
43347

11. Even Phaenicia does declare

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

12. Fine young folly though you wear

First Line:
Fine young folly though you wear
Last Line:
You are not worth our serious part
DMI number:
43830

13. Farewell dear tyrant of my soul

First Line:
Farewell dear tyrant of my soul
Last Line:
In one great universal chain
DMI number:
11799

14. Fair Clarinda I do owe

First Line:
Fair Clarinda I do owe
Last Line:
Will make it burn in every part
DMI number:
44169

15. Fair Phydelia tempt no more

First Line:
Fair Phydelia tempt no more
Last Line:
Our valour once again
DMI number:
43871

16. Fairest nymph my delay

First Line:
Fairest nymph my delay
Last Line:
Ripened it better
DMI number:
43817

17. Floria whilst your tuneful sound

First Line:
Floria whilst your tuneful sound
Last Line:
Because by force you are chaste
DMI number:
44426

18. Gaze not on thy beauty's pride

First Line:
Gaze not on thy beauty's pride
Last Line:
A perpetual blush to thine
DMI number:
44017

19. 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

20. Have I not told thee dearest mine

First Line:
Have I not told thee dearest mine
Last Line:
And frown me to my grave
DMI number:
44286

21. My love she is fair although she is cruel

First Line:
My love she is fair although she is cruel
Last Line:
Nor no man shall know those rare parts of my saint
DMI number:
42717

22. I never yet saw a lovely creature

First Line:
I never yet saw a lovely creature
Last Line:
Troth we can court the next we see
Author:
Patrick Cary (Confident)
DMI number:
10703

23. I know I'm no poet my song it will show it

First Line:
I know I'm no poet my song it will show it
Last Line:
And there's an end of poor Nancy | And there's &c
DMI number:
23714

24. 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

25. Ladies though to your conquering eyes

First Line:
Ladies though to your conquering eyes
Last Line:
It is no armour for the heart
DMI number:
43868

26. May I find a woman fair

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

27. Not roses couched within a lilly bed

First Line:
Not roses couched within a lilly bed
Last Line:
And envious paleness got thy white and red
DMI number:
44475

28. No more proud woman boast

First Line:
No more proud woman boast
Last Line:
Who better knows to please
DMI number:
42620

29. No never hope I'll change my mind

First Line:
No never hope I'll change my mind
Last Line:
Like you to be always untrue
DMI number:
44409

30. O how could I venture to love one like thee

First Line:
O how could I venture to love one like thee
Last Line:
And live on thy friendship when passion's no more
DMI number:
19568

31. O my dearest I shall grieve thee

First Line:
O my dearest I shall grieve thee
Last Line:
But wilt thou know dear sweet for all
Author:
Thomas Carew (Absolute)
DMI number:
42489

32. Oh with what pleasure panting

First Line:
Oh with what pleasure panting
Last Line:
For such a charming sight
DMI number:
22304

33. Oh my Chloris can those eyes

First Line:
Oh my Chloris can those eyes
Last Line:
Since you an eye to him and me can lend
DMI number:
44261

34. Oh that I could one blemish find

First Line:
Oh that I could one blemish find
Last Line:
And of her spouse the bride
Author:
Stephen Clay (Confident)
DMI number:
5938

35. Poor Celia once was very fair

First Line:
Poor Celia once was very fair
Last Line:
Young ladies marry marry whilst you may
Author:
Thomas Flatman (Absolute)
DMI number:
44076

36. Read in the roses the sad story

First Line:
Read in the roses the sad story
Last Line:
And then they both shall grow together
Author:
Thomas Carew (Absolute)
DMI number:
44476

37. See see | Chloris my Chloris comes in yonder bark

First Line:
See see | Chloris my Chloris comes in yonder bark
Last Line:
And let not the earth rob thee of her greeting kiss
DMI number:
43917

38. She that will eat her breakfast in her bed

First Line:
She that will eat her breakfast in her bed
Last Line:
But what a case is he in that shall have her
Author:
Matthew Mainwaring (Absolute)
DMI number:
43128

39. She that with love is not possessed

First Line:
She that with love is not possessed
Last Line:
Clouding those eyes those eyes whence love takes darts
DMI number:
44276

40. Still to be neat still to be dressed

First Line:
Still to be neat still to be dressed
Last Line:
They wound my eyes but not my heart
DMI number:
44238

41. Stand still ye floods do not deface

First Line:
Stand still ye floods do not deface
Last Line:
A second Venus rise
Author:
Thomas Carew (Absolute)
DMI number:
2429

42. Sweet Jane sweet Jane

First Line:
Sweet Jane sweet Jane
Last Line:
E faith I know what I know
DMI number:
43839

43. Tis not how witty nor how free

First Line:
Tis not how witty nor how free
Last Line:
Nor pirate though a prince he be
DMI number:
43897

44. Twas in the bloom of may

First Line:
Twas in the bloom of may
Last Line:
Excels in kindness too
DMI number:
32842

45. Victorious beauty though your eyes

First Line:
Victorious beauty though your eyes
Last Line:
Do not a single heart despise
Author:
Aurelian Townshend (Absolute)
DMI number:
43840

46. Welcome blessed hand whose white out vies

First Line:
Welcome blessed hand whose white out vies
Last Line:
The sacred power to bid me live or die
DMI number:
43819

47. When Venus by Anchises wooed

First Line:
When Venus by Anchises wooed
Last Line:
No more than women when 'tis over
Author:
George Jeffreys (Absolute)
DMI number:
19638

48. Who is Sylvia what is she

First Line:
Who is Sylvia what is she
Last Line:
To her let us garlands bring
DMI number:
43932

49. Young charming Phillis has an air

First Line:
Young charming Phillis has an air
Last Line:
To hum her Nunquam satis
DMI number:
44441