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1. A lover of late was I

First Line:
A lover of late was I
Last Line:
And now I am myselfe againe
DMI number:
37615

2. A | I love a nymph a lack a day

First Line:
A | I love a nymph a lack a day
Last Line:
May suffer shipwreck in the main
DMI number:
44179

3. Ah Celia leave that cruel art

First Line:
Ah Celia leave that cruel art
Last Line:
And I'll divorce myself from love
DMI number:
44027

4. Ah cruel nymph how canst thou punish me

First Line:
Ah cruel nymph how canst thou punish me
Last Line:
Than it would for you to be more kind and love
DMI number:
44640

5. A young man that's in love with one that's wed

First Line:
A young man that's in love with one that's wed
Last Line:
Will giggle it out to all men
DMI number:
42929

6. As Chloris on her downy pillow lay

First Line:
As Chloris on her downy pillow lay
Last Line:
I'm now abandoned though I once was fair
Author:
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu [nee Pierrepont] (Absolute)
DMI number:
15448

7. As I lay all alone on my bed slumbering

First Line:
As I lay all alone on my bed slumbering
Last Line:
Which makes me sigh &c
DMI number:
44234

8. Assist ye gods inspire me whilst I write

First Line:
Assist ye gods inspire me whilst I write
Last Line:
To perjured man I by experience find
DMI number:
3336

9. Blame not your Almeda nor call her your grief

First Line:
Blame not your Almeda nor call her your grief
Last Line:
And all my kind wishes I strew on your hearse
DMI number:
44285

10. Callista's hapless fate her guilty flame

First Line:
Callista's hapless fate her guilty flame
Last Line:
Nor want that pity which thou showst to her
DMI number:
17059

11. Brightest since your pitying eye

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

12. Cloris I wish that envy were

First Line:
Cloris I wish that envy were
Last Line:
In chase of many kingdoms lose their own
DMI number:
44479

13. Doris a widow past her prime

First Line:
Doris a widow past her prime
Last Line:
One's gone nor can she get another
DMI number:
12607

14. Farewell my Almeda my joy and my grief

First Line:
Farewell my Almeda my joy and my grief
Last Line:
You will say with a sigh it was given by me
DMI number:
44284

15. 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

16. Here since it must be so take thy last look

First Line:
Here since it must be so take thy last look
Last Line:
And more perhaps upon my tomb than my frail house bestow
DMI number:
44624

17. Hither I come delightful groves

First Line:
Hither I come delightful groves
Last Line:
Love to behold those stars and die
DMI number:
44450

18. I ask not lovely virgins why you weep

First Line:
I ask not lovely virgins why you weep
Last Line:
'Till memory is lost in endless sleep
DMI number:
3882

19. In a dark corner of the house

First Line:
In a dark corner of the house
Last Line:
She'll even weep out her eyes
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
13500

20. Indulge not thus thy endless grief

First Line:
Indulge not thus thy endless grief
Last Line:
Than waves that dash the rough Calabrian shore
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25514

21. Like vulgar belles shall Malpas leave the day

First Line:
Like vulgar belles shall Malpas leave the day
Last Line:
Like the celestial guest from whom ye sprung
DMI number:
10962

22. Love is a sour delight a sugared grief

First Line:
Love is a sour delight a sugared grief
Last Line:
A deadly wound a shot which ever hits
DMI number:
44091

23. Love is a sour delight and sugared grief

First Line:
Love is a sour delight and sugared grief
Last Line:
Which am content to lodge in her my heart
DMI number:
43876

24. I saw fair Delia all alone

First Line:
I saw fair Delia all alone
Last Line:
Then falling down her garment hem | final line illegible
DMI number:
7469

25. I know I'm no poet

First Line:
I know I'm no poet
Last Line:
And there is an end of my ballet
DMI number:
42438

26. I know not whether all these miseries

First Line:
I know not whether all these miseries
Last Line:
In hearts agreed or peace or truce
DMI number:
43419

27. If yet enslaved by vice there rest

First Line:
If yet enslaved by vice there rest
Last Line:
Nor in the shade of grief her beauties waste
DMI number:
33362

28. Keep on your mask and hide your eye

First Line:
Keep on your mask and hide your eye
Last Line:
When life is done where shall I go
Author:
William Strode (Confident)
DMI number:
4491

29. No more let teeming earth's kind bosom yield

First Line:
No more let teeming earth's kind bosom yield
Last Line:
And carried to her grave all that was good and fair
DMI number:
44377

30. Poor Cloris wept and from her eyes

First Line:
Poor Cloris wept and from her eyes
Last Line:
Unless in tears of sorrow drowned
DMI number:
44296

31. Ph Charon o gentle Charon let me woo thee

First Line:
Ph Charon o gentle Charon let me woo thee
Last Line:
Which else with tears would doubtless drown the ferry
DMI number:
44229

32. 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

33. Remember Damon you did tell

First Line:
Remember Damon you did tell
Last Line:
And droop their heads as I do mine
DMI number:
2574

34. Silvia makes sad complaints she's lost her lover

First Line:
Silvia makes sad complaints she's lost her lover
Last Line:
She had a lover once don't that surprise
DMI number:
12579

35. Since soon this hated world and I must part

First Line:
Since soon this hated world and I must part
Last Line:
Be ever as I wish ----- farewell
DMI number:
3855

36. Speak Chloris if thou canst not love

First Line:
Speak Chloris if thou canst not love
Last Line:
That I my time and you me lost
DMI number:
44057

37. Take heed fair Chloris how you tame

First Line:
Take heed fair Chloris how you tame
Last Line:
So bright as in these arms of mine
DMI number:
44182

38. Stay Julia let me watch that tear

First Line:
Stay Julia let me watch that tear
Last Line:
The frost is breaking when such drops distill
Author:
Nahum Tate (Absolute)
DMI number:
5782

39. There's not a swain on the plain

First Line:
There's not a swain on the plain
Last Line:
Can you be can you be so hard to me
DMI number:
44430

40. Tis Amarillis walking all alone

First Line:
Tis Amarillis walking all alone
Last Line:
Said farewell most sweet but unkind Coriden
DMI number:
44265

41. Under the beams of Celia's eyes

First Line:
Under the beams of Celia's eyes
Last Line:
By whose each look a lover dies
DMI number:
43650

42. What art thou muse that dost the mind inspire

First Line:
What art thou muse that dost the mind inspire
Last Line:
Then when we lose our queen we are sure to find our saint
DMI number:
43183

43. When long I'd been with dreadful ills oppressed

First Line:
When long I'd been with dreadful ills oppressed
Last Line:
Such heretics as thou should always burn
DMI number:
44598

44. When Phillis watched her harmless sheep

First Line:
When Phillis watched her harmless sheep
Last Line:
And in despair resolved to die
DMI number:
43822

45. With each perfection dawning on her mind

First Line:
With each perfection dawning on her mind
Last Line:
The tears may trickle from a father's eye
Author:
Edward Jerningham (Absolute)
DMI number:
24588