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1. A generous sense of your indulgent care

First Line:
A generous sense of your indulgent care
Last Line:
To be convinced her friend is truly kind
DMI number:
9410

2. A golden treasure is the tried friend

First Line:
A golden treasure is the tried friend
Last Line:
Thy friend to love as one whom thou mayst hate
Author:
J Dolman (Absolute)
DMI number:
14815

3. A certain dog of middling birth

First Line:
A certain dog of middling birth
Last Line:
That they are neither worth your love nor hate
Author:
John Hall-Stevenson (Absolute)
DMI number:
30865

4. A song o Philo from the rural shade

First Line:
A song o Philo from the rural shade
Last Line:
Cheered with the prospect of a happier soil
DMI number:
29849

5. A rival in a friend to see

First Line:
A rival in a friend to see
Last Line:
Than do one infidelity
DMI number:
8535

6. All compliance apart

First Line:
All compliance apart
Last Line:
And do penance in shape of a wife
Author:
Miss Soper (Absolute)
DMI number:
38376

7. Accept these lays the dictates of a heart

First Line:
Accept these lays the dictates of a heart
Last Line:
In gayer moments tune the harmonic lyre
DMI number:
35478

8. Accept this tomb dear friend of mine

First Line:
Accept this tomb dear friend of mine
Last Line:
O drink no Lethe for my sake
DMI number:
203

9. Adieu ye oft trod paths of Marlborough's plains

First Line:
Adieu ye oft trod paths of Marlborough's plains
Last Line:
And even my autumn have the charms of May
DMI number:
9409

10. After venting all my spite

First Line:
After venting all my spite
Last Line:
I to laugh and you grow wise
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Absolute)
DMI number:
11316

11. Agreed at last the blissful day appears

First Line:
Agreed at last the blissful day appears
Last Line:
Precisely grateful and profusely kind
DMI number:
9668

12. Ah cease this kind persuasive strain

First Line:
Ah cease this kind persuasive strain
Last Line:
Will heave one tuneful sigh and sooth my hovering shade
Author:
William Mason (Absolute)
DMI number:
27947

13. An altar raise to friendship's holy flame

First Line:
An altar raise to friendship's holy flame
Last Line:
Come down to teach how happy angels love
Author:
John Hughes (Absolute)
DMI number:
8360

14. All songsters in this common fault agree

First Line:
All songsters in this common fault agree
Last Line:
A happier private man than you a king
DMI number:
25657

15. All things are common amongst friends thou sayest

First Line:
All things are common amongst friends thou sayest
Last Line:
Nothing so common as to use them so
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
6325

16. And so it proved if any joy was sent

First Line:
And so it proved if any joy was sent
Last Line:
For striking one it wounded the other most
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
6022

17. And so my sister dear adieu

First Line:
And so my sister dear adieu
Last Line:
Fear not I'll be a friend to you
DMI number:
8203

18. And thus you may get a friend that will stand by

First Line:
And thus you may get a friend that will stand by
Last Line:
Or stand aloof and gaze but won't come nigh
DMI number:
8194

19. As laurel leaves that cease not to be green

First Line:
As laurel leaves that cease not to be green
Last Line:
Your faithful friend and will be to my last
DMI number:
49486

20. As the other day Dick Harry Tom and I

First Line:
As the other day Dick Harry Tom and I
Last Line:
They act those crimes which they abhor in us
DMI number:
44320

21. As those we love decay we die in part

First Line:
As those we love decay we die in part
Last Line:
Till dying all he can resign is breath
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
25104

22. As papist when his restiff saint

First Line:
As papist when his restiff saint
Last Line:
To find your humble servant there
DMI number:
3881

23. As farmers seeds in plenty sow

First Line:
As farmers seeds in plenty sow
Last Line:
Regardless of the scoffers jest
DMI number:
33368

24. As I was walking in the mall of late

First Line:
As I was walking in the mall of late
Last Line:
Was prisoner made I set at liberty
Author:
John Oldham (Absolute)
DMI number:
12253

25. As when a lofty pile is raised

First Line:
As when a lofty pile is raised
Last Line:
They'll prove my accusation just
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Absolute)
DMI number:
2015

26. At your approach nature herself looks glad

First Line:
At your approach nature herself looks glad
Last Line:
And even winter smile when thou art here
DMI number:
11092

27. Ask not from whom no matter whence

First Line:
Ask not from whom no matter whence
Last Line:
When labouring in the sharpest throws
DMI number:
5371

28. Assist me muse to hail this sacred morn

First Line:
Assist me muse to hail this sacred morn
Last Line:
Of her enlivened ashes mounts to fame
Author:
Anna Miller [née Riggs] (Confident)
DMI number:
35558

29. Blow blow thou winter wind

First Line:
Blow blow thou winter wind
Last Line:
As friend remembered not
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
23650

30. Bella see the ice in chains

First Line:
Bella see the ice in chains
Last Line:
Whence to thee my numbers flow
Author:
Mary Goddard (Speculation)
DMI number:
21936

31. Beneath a gloomy yew's unhealthy shade

First Line:
Beneath a gloomy yew's unhealthy shade
Last Line:
For my sake live tonight tomorrow die
DMI number:
44566

32. C--s I hoped the little heaven shall spare

First Line:
C--s I hoped the little heaven shall spare
Last Line:
Grateful to him who lived and died thy friend
Author:
Thomas Edwards (Absolute)
DMI number:
23525

33. Can then my love ever doubt my truth

First Line:
Can then my love ever doubt my truth
Last Line:
But here live and die with you
DMI number:
12781

34. Can you conceive my willing friendship such

First Line:
Can you conceive my willing friendship such
Last Line:
Than to refer you to some abler friend
DMI number:
9662

35. By Sylvia if thy charming self be meant

First Line:
By Sylvia if thy charming self be meant
Last Line:
And died in woe that thou might'st live in peace
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
4252

36. By heaven you stir not

First Line:
By heaven you stir not
Last Line:
And curses great as is thy falsehood catch thee
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
35135

37. Come prithee honest Jack fill t'other pipe

First Line:
Come prithee honest Jack fill t'other pipe
Last Line:
There's no such charming liqour in the grave
DMI number:
5768

38. Come Selima my charming friend and share

First Line:
Come Selima my charming friend and share
Last Line:
Content in your Arpasia's heart to reign
Author:
Mary Goddard (Speculation)
DMI number:
21945

39. Charmed with the empty found of pompous words

First Line:
Charmed with the empty found of pompous words
Last Line:
May you seem happy whilst I'm really so
DMI number:
33297

40. Come Justamond partake with me

First Line:
Come Justamond partake with me
Last Line:
Ever want that pity more
Author:
Samuel Whyte (Speculation)
DMI number:
34339

41. Come Anacreon drunken priest

First Line:
Come Anacreon drunken priest
Last Line:
Pleasure wafts the notes around
DMI number:
15415

42. Come come my friend to this sweet bower

First Line:
Come come my friend to this sweet bower
Last Line:
Enjoy what princes wish in vain
DMI number:
25809

43. Come Daphne to Miranda's breast retire

First Line:
Come Daphne to Miranda's breast retire
Last Line:
Says nothing of his sting
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
17505

44. Come fill up a bumper and let it go round

First Line:
Come fill up a bumper and let it go round
Last Line:
Kind heaven those blessings to us doth ensure
DMI number:
28952

45. Come fill up a bumper to Bacchus

First Line:
Come fill up a bumper to Bacchus
Last Line:
Come come boys then dust it away
DMI number:
44431

46. Come fill up a bumper to Bacchus

First Line:
Come fill up a bumper to Bacchus
Last Line:
He's poor that takes care for to morrow
DMI number:
44445

47. Dear Bob | Enraptured with your rural sport

First Line:
Dear Bob | Enraptured with your rural sport
Last Line:
Merit that fame and worth that peace secures
DMI number:
35368

48. Dear Chloe while thus beyond measure

First Line:
Dear Chloe while thus beyond measure
Last Line:
That decrepit old age cannot freeze
Author:
Matthew Prior (Speculation)
DMI number:
12440

49. Dear friend for surely I may call him so

First Line:
Dear friend for surely I may call him so
Last Line:
A grateful soul and a contented mind
Author:
Edmund Poley (Absolute)
DMI number:
956

50. Dan Chaucer and the wits of old

First Line:
Dan Chaucer and the wits of old
Last Line:
The fair without a blush look on
DMI number:
17904