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1. A curse upon the faithless maid

First Line:
A curse upon the faithless maid
Last Line:
To deal with greater liberty her heart
DMI number:
44407

2. A thousand martyrs I have made

First Line:
A thousand martyrs I have made
Last Line:
Despise the fools that whine for love
DMI number:
43588

3. Ah Phillis had you never loved

First Line:
Ah Phillis had you never loved
Last Line:
Did to rough storms give way
DMI number:
42273

4. Alas why made thou such a vow

First Line:
Alas why made thou such a vow
Last Line:
The tempter most accursed
DMI number:
43462

5. All things finished now and ended

First Line:
All things finished now and ended
Last Line:
There's gall in the heart deceit in the deed
DMI number:
42011

6. Arise ye winds from your rough caves

First Line:
Arise ye winds from your rough caves
Last Line:
And then she laid her down and died
DMI number:
42801

7. Ask me no more my Quintius whether I

First Line:
Ask me no more my Quintius whether I
Last Line:
First death is the last scene of misery
Author:
Robert Thompson (Confident)
DMI number:
42206

8. Begone begone thou wheedling cheat

First Line:
Begone begone thou wheedling cheat
Last Line:
To a view melodious worlds on high
DMI number:
43382

9. Behold that race whence England's woes proceed

First Line:
Behold that race whence England's woes proceed
Last Line:
The villain's refuge and the womens lust
DMI number:
42629

10. Bright Cynthia scorns

First Line:
Bright Cynthia scorns
Last Line:
Was always a friend to the night
DMI number:
42466

11. Blue Thetis goddess of the raging sea

First Line:
Blue Thetis goddess of the raging sea
Last Line:
That he or death must give me rest
DMI number:
42720

12. Beneath a spreading willow's shade

First Line:
Beneath a spreading willow's shade
Last Line:
And be like me unkindly used
DMI number:
42232

13. Bring me a man with animating strokes

First Line:
Bring me a man with animating strokes
Last Line:
These worst of times and time itself survive
DMI number:
43061

14. Celinda who did love disdain

First Line:
Celinda who did love disdain
Last Line:
For in her eyes she reads her fate
DMI number:
43700

15. Celio remains disconsolate

First Line:
Celio remains disconsolate
Last Line:
Phillis the falsest of her sex
DMI number:
44452

16. Comus nor Momus now must be my theme

First Line:
Comus nor Momus now must be my theme
Last Line:
The doctor holed with the badger at his back
Author:
John Dean (Absolute)
DMI number:
43055

17. Cupid begone who would on thee rely

First Line:
Cupid begone who would on thee rely
Last Line:
I fear how dear thou hast thy knowledge bought
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
41866

18. Ephelia while her flocks were fair

First Line:
Ephelia while her flocks were fair
Last Line:
That she did lately scorn
DMI number:
42258

19. 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

20. Deem as thee list upon good cause

First Line:
Deem as thee list upon good cause
Last Line:
I would I thought it were not
DMI number:
49137

21. False flattering men who make it your chief pride

First Line:
False flattering men who make it your chief pride
Last Line:
That now you scoff at and dare glory in
DMI number:
42760

22. Farewell ungrateful traitor

First Line:
Farewell ungrateful traitor
Last Line:
When living is a pain | But dying &c
Author:
John Dryden (Confident)
DMI number:
42278

23. Faustus if thou wilt read from me

First Line:
Faustus if thou wilt read from me
Last Line:
Thy deed thou do repent
Author:
Bartholomew Yong (Absolute)
DMI number:
44896

24. Evadne I must let you know

First Line:
Evadne I must let you know
Last Line:
To wait eternally
DMI number:
43575

25. Evadne I must tell you so

First Line:
Evadne I must tell you so
Last Line:
To wait eternally
DMI number:
43574

26. Even he that whilom was thy faithful friend most just

First Line:
Even he that whilom was thy faithful friend most just
Last Line:
A better hap and that he may a truer mistress find
DMI number:
49127

27. 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

28. From a field fought one from the beaten side

First Line:
From a field fought one from the beaten side
Last Line:
But if the king liked it the liar sped well
Author:
John Heywood (Absolute)
DMI number:
41935

29. Gone with a vengeance had he twenty lives

First Line:
Gone with a vengeance had he twenty lives
Last Line:
The wrath of heaven and the prey of hell
DMI number:
43357

30. Great prince what glories does thy name deserve

First Line:
Great prince what glories does thy name deserve
Last Line:
And think it great enough in thee to have a share
DMI number:
42861

31. Hail mighty monarch by whose aid

First Line:
Hail mighty monarch by whose aid
Last Line:
I other business have
DMI number:
43011

32. Great Charles who full of mercy wouldst command

First Line:
Great Charles who full of mercy wouldst command
Last Line:
Till the stroke's struck which they can never retrieve
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
3634

33. How far are they deceived that hope in vain

First Line:
How far are they deceived that hope in vain
Last Line:
Before your pity I would choose your hate
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation) & Sir George Etherege (Absolute)
DMI number:
18385

34. How mortal hate for what offence

First Line:
How mortal hate for what offence
Last Line:
Not but I'd die to shew how much I love
DMI number:
42618

35. I can allow such charms inconstancy

First Line:
I can allow such charms inconstancy
Last Line:
Or by the favour of thy judge succeed
Author:
Nahum Tate (Absolute)
DMI number:
41870

36. I am a cunning constable

First Line:
I am a cunning constable
Last Line:
Missing the man I'll press the wife
DMI number:
43318

37. I groan and languish to relate

First Line:
I groan and languish to relate
Last Line:
Popish and factious and let all men say | Amen
DMI number:
43009

38. I do not ask you would to me prove true

First Line:
I do not ask you would to me prove true
Last Line:
I'll trust the oath and think my eyes in fault
DMI number:
6794

39. It was a lovely melancholy night

First Line:
It was a lovely melancholy night
Last Line:
And then twill be my turn to laugh
Author:
Thomas Flatman (Absolute)
DMI number:
42164

40. 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

41. Jove governs heaven with his nod

First Line:
Jove governs heaven with his nod
Last Line:
And give his mind some relaxation
Author:
Sir Richard Fanshawe (Absolute)
DMI number:
42102

42. It is not the silver or gold of its self

First Line:
It is not the silver or gold of its self
Last Line:
This makes you as merry as we that do sing
DMI number:
43296

43. Long have I wished to know what tis to love

First Line:
Long have I wished to know what tis to love
Last Line:
Great Mars calms all my breast and shields it from thy sting
DMI number:
44416

44. Muses help me sorrow swarmeth

First Line:
Muses help me sorrow swarmeth
Last Line:
How neglect my joys have daunted
Author:
Thomas Lodge (Absolute)
DMI number:
44720

45. My love what misliking in me do you find

First Line:
My love what misliking in me do you find
Last Line:
Sing all of green willow shall be my Garland
DMI number:
49194

46. My Lesbia swears she would Catullus wed

First Line:
My Lesbia swears she would Catullus wed
Last Line:
And should be writ in air or running streams
DMI number:
3925

47. I never was inclined to range

First Line:
I never was inclined to range
Last Line:
If Sylvia they were meant of you
DMI number:
42734

48. If ever any injured power

First Line:
If ever any injured power
Last Line:
The expected husband from her arms
Author:
Richard Duke (Absolute)
DMI number:
909

49. If any punishment did follow

First Line:
If any punishment did follow
Last Line:
Their lords away
Author:
Sir Richard Fanshawe (Absolute)
DMI number:
42082

50. If only sight suffice my heart to loose or bind

First Line:
If only sight suffice my heart to loose or bind
Last Line:
None else shall know her name for me to conster my desire
DMI number:
49152

51. If you repent can I forgive your crime

First Line:
If you repent can I forgive your crime
Last Line:
Look kind on me and not on her at all
DMI number:
42237

52. Kind are my stars indeed but that so late

First Line:
Kind are my stars indeed but that so late
Last Line:
But yet at your command shall always be
DMI number:
43660

53. Laden they say with Jason's golden prize

First Line:
Laden they say with Jason's golden prize
Last Line:
An execrable pair in a detested bed
Author:
Elkanah Settle (Absolute)
DMI number:
5723

54. Ladies I hope there's none behind to hear

First Line:
Ladies I hope there's none behind to hear
Last Line:
To trump their diamonds and they trump our hearts
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4033

55. Ladies I hope there's none behind to hear

First Line:
Ladies I hope there's none behind to hear
Last Line:
To trump their diamonds as they trump our hearts
DMI number:
17903

56. Make haste make haste my miserable soul

First Line:
Make haste make haste my miserable soul
Last Line:
And then my tortured soul assume thy flight
DMI number:
43655

57. Madam if you're deceived it is not by my cheat

First Line:
Madam if you're deceived it is not by my cheat
Last Line:
Disturbed by swords like Damocles his feast
Author:
John Wilmot (Confident)
DMI number:
42298

58. Miraculous what love me one whole day

First Line:
Miraculous what love me one whole day
Last Line:
Practise thy worst of change I'll alter too
DMI number:
42681

59. Melpomene the muse of tragic songs

First Line:
Melpomene the muse of tragic songs
Last Line:
False Paris hath to his Oenone been
Author:
George Peele (Absolute)
DMI number:
44933

60. No - never think him truly rich or great

First Line:
No - never think him truly rich or great
Last Line:
And learn thou to be happy from thy self alone
DMI number:
43388

61. Not hear my message but the bearer shun

First Line:
Not hear my message but the bearer shun
Last Line:
And I fall downward from this rowling sky
DMI number:
43527

62. Now fie on love it ill befits

First Line:
Now fie on love it ill befits
Last Line:
To marrie is to make it ten times worse
DMI number:
44455

63. Now I'm resolved to love no more

First Line:
Now I'm resolved to love no more
Last Line:
For you are coy but wine is free
DMI number:
44408

64. O cruel heart with falsehood infect of force I must complain

First Line:
O cruel heart with falsehood infect of force I must complain
Last Line:
Whose often change I may well like two months within the
DMI number:
49164

65. No more proud woman boast

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

66. Oh wretched wight whom henceforth may I trust

First Line:
Oh wretched wight whom henceforth may I trust
Last Line:
No wight had died in half so happy case
DMI number:
49158

67. Oh how soft it is to see

First Line:
Oh how soft it is to see
Last Line:
To the maid just reconciled
DMI number:
43605

68. Oh love thou art a treasure

First Line:
Oh love thou art a treasure
Last Line:
The vows of men are vain
DMI number:
42772

69. Pass forth in doleful dumps my verse

First Line:
Pass forth in doleful dumps my verse
Last Line:
Or else in ruthful plight I die
DMI number:
49138

70. One moon-shiny night as I walked out late

First Line:
One moon-shiny night as I walked out late
Last Line:
But take my advice for I speak as I find
DMI number:
42803

71. Poor Lycidus for shame arise

First Line:
Poor Lycidus for shame arise
Last Line:
While thou the cully art
DMI number:
43589

72. Phillis accept a stubborn heart

First Line:
Phillis accept a stubborn heart
Last Line:
Will false for ever be
DMI number:
42293

73. Phillis though your powerful charms

First Line:
Phillis though your powerful charms
Last Line:
What slave so dull as to obey
DMI number:
44288

74. Read boldly this here you shall swear no more

First Line:
Read boldly this here you shall swear no more
Last Line:
Although for me too little yet too much for thee
Author:
Richard Duke (Absolute)
DMI number:
5744

75. Scaeva thou art wise enough to tell

First Line:
Scaeva thou art wise enough to tell
Last Line:
Get help you rascal where you are not known
DMI number:
42207

76. Since that thou didest me love

First Line:
Since that thou didest me love
Last Line:
Whose treason once did me purchase thy due disdain
DMI number:
49149

77. Since thou unjust hast caught a lust

First Line:
Since thou unjust hast caught a lust
Last Line:
And thus I let thee go
DMI number:
49153

78. Sir when I first saw your bewitching face

First Line:
Sir when I first saw your bewitching face
Last Line:
And for your sake slight all of mortal race
DMI number:
42754

79. The heat is past that did me fret

First Line:
The heat is past that did me fret
Last Line:
Then serve and sue and all in vain
Author:
Thomas Churchyard (Absolute)
DMI number:
49162

80. The plot being thus subtly contrived as you hear

First Line:
The plot being thus subtly contrived as you hear
Last Line:
So prosper all traitors and God save the king | The truth of my story if any one doubt | We have witnesses ready to swear it all out
DMI number:
43152

81. The sullen night worn threadbare when I lay

First Line:
The sullen night worn threadbare when I lay
Last Line:
So we at last shall bruise the serpents head
DMI number:
44319

82. Thus will I pluck his feathers till he's bare

First Line:
Thus will I pluck his feathers till he's bare
Last Line:
Then bully rock shall kick him out of the door
DMI number:
44360

83. Tis true Clarinda once I did resign

First Line:
Tis true Clarinda once I did resign
Last Line:
Her poetry alone can dub a saint
DMI number:
43551

84. Unhappy state to thee poor man does owe

First Line:
Unhappy state to thee poor man does owe
Last Line:
For every woman is an Eve to man
DMI number:
42634

85. Unconstant that word strikes me more

First Line:
Unconstant that word strikes me more
Last Line:
And never enjoy this day
DMI number:
43379

86. Unconstant that word strikes me more

First Line:
Unconstant that word strikes me more
Last Line:
But to please all mankind
DMI number:
44411

87. Well by experience now I see

First Line:
Well by experience now I see
Last Line:
But that he was unkind
DMI number:
43464

88. 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

89. What shall a glorious nation be overthrown

First Line:
What shall a glorious nation be overthrown
Last Line:
And suck all the sweetness of the land
DMI number:
43080

90. What stripling now thee discomposes

First Line:
What stripling now thee discomposes
Last Line:
Of seas great admiral
Author:
Sir Richard Fanshawe (Absolute)
DMI number:
42034

91. When Celia I intend to flatter you

First Line:
When Celia I intend to flatter you
Last Line:
They might be had with ease
DMI number:
44005

92. When the plot I first invented

First Line:
When the plot I first invented
Last Line:
Then take thy own associate devil
DMI number:
43054

93. When to the charming Bellinda I came

First Line:
When to the charming Bellinda I came
Last Line:
Made myself even believe what I swore was all truth
DMI number:
43599

94. Why should that faithless wanton give

First Line:
Why should that faithless wanton give
Last Line:
To faithless Silvia fame
DMI number:
43592

95. Women the wo of men cause of mans fall

First Line:
Women the wo of men cause of mans fall
Last Line:
I speak for day let them that know for night
DMI number:
43303

96. Would god I had never seen

First Line:
Would god I had never seen
Last Line:
It was mine own poor lot
DMI number:
49135

97. You say you love me nay can swear it too

First Line:
You say you love me nay can swear it too
Last Line:
I'll not believe you
DMI number:
43998