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1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. Endued with all that could adorn

First Line:
Endued with all that could adorn
Last Line:
At once the lover and the friend
Author:
Andrew Hervey Mills (Absolute)
DMI number:
32536

7. Excuse me bright Lucinda if I dare

First Line:
Excuse me bright Lucinda if I dare
Last Line:
That much to friendship more to love is due
DMI number:
21775

8. From rosy fingers morning shook the dew

First Line:
From rosy fingers morning shook the dew
Last Line:
With guiltless mirth to crown the happy day
Author:
John Hawkesworth (Absolute)
DMI number:
25320

9. Gay as the season of the year

First Line:
Gay as the season of the year
Last Line:
Good sense the power maintain
Author:
Mary Goddard (Speculation)
DMI number:
22377

10. How prone the bosom is to sigh

First Line:
How prone the bosom is to sigh
Last Line:
Tis then the best the saving tear
DMI number:
36552

11. Hymns ye regents of the lyre

First Line:
Hymns ye regents of the lyre
Last Line:
And Anna's glory dies
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
27435

12. In love and friendship passion warm should be

First Line:
In love and friendship passion warm should be
Last Line:
Does no one good but may do many harm
DMI number:
17387

13. In earlier times when absence interposed

First Line:
In earlier times when absence interposed
Last Line:
The tie of friends and only bond of love
DMI number:
30608

14. In vain dear friend you bid me rove

First Line:
In vain dear friend you bid me rove
Last Line:
And all my passions flow
DMI number:
22004

15. In vain thy lawless fires contend with mine

First Line:
In vain thy lawless fires contend with mine
Last Line:
A constant friendship in a tender love
Author:
Mark Akenside (Speculation)
DMI number:
29617

16. Love takes no loss

First Line:
Love takes no loss
Last Line:
Though friends are cross
DMI number:
41979

17. Love guides my hand and shows me what to write

First Line:
Love guides my hand and shows me what to write
Last Line:
For all is yours when once we are blessed by you
DMI number:
43414

18. My heart the vermeil lip and sparkling eye

First Line:
My heart the vermeil lip and sparkling eye
Last Line:
And thou and Portia are to me the same
DMI number:
26912

19. If from the iron hand of death

First Line:
If from the iron hand of death
Last Line:
Friendship is the soul of love
Author:
Edward Burnaby Greene (Speculation)
DMI number:
31429

20. Keep your love true I dare engage that mine

First Line:
Keep your love true I dare engage that mine
Last Line:
Where all shall envy none divide our love
Author:
John Norris (Absolute)
DMI number:
6862

21. Now when the honest tenant gladly brings

First Line:
Now when the honest tenant gladly brings
Last Line:
And I never be my self but when I'm yours
DMI number:
43355

22. O thou whose bosom glows with friendship's fire

First Line:
O thou whose bosom glows with friendship's fire
Last Line:
Must love the weakness which I fain would hide
DMI number:
22339

23. O thou within whose tender blooming breast

First Line:
O thou within whose tender blooming breast
Last Line:
And ripen friendship into mutual love
DMI number:
30452

24. O Strephon leave me to complain

First Line:
O Strephon leave me to complain
Last Line:
Nor change my constant love
DMI number:
12766

25. Talk Strephon no more of what's honest and just

First Line:
Talk Strephon no more of what's honest and just
Last Line:
Who wrecks on that shelf where he stranded before
DMI number:
4010

26. That friend is true

First Line:
That friend is true
Last Line:
Whose treasure's you
DMI number:
41981

27. The friendship to our long acquaintance due

First Line:
The friendship to our long acquaintance due
Last Line:
And your kind answer more confirm me yours
DMI number:
5322

28. The love that's cold or friendship that's not warm

First Line:
The love that's cold or friendship that's not warm
Last Line:
Does no one good but may do many harm
DMI number:
29640

29. Then who would ever to London go

First Line:
Then who would ever to London go
Last Line:
From sorrow can relieve you
DMI number:
12778

30. Though friends cross love

First Line:
Though friends cross love
Last Line:
We'll meet above
DMI number:
41983

31. To the science that virtue and art do maintain

First Line:
To the science that virtue and art do maintain
Last Line:
That the sons of old Hiram are certainly free | are certainly free &c
DMI number:
28701

32. Tom and Will were shepherds swains

First Line:
Tom and Will were shepherds swains
Last Line:
Let them go shake their ears
Author:
Sidney Godolphin (Absolute)
DMI number:
4839

33. Too dearly had I bought my green and youthful years

First Line:
Too dearly had I bought my green and youthful years
Last Line:
On woman's word but wisdom would mistrust it to endure
Author:
Henry Howard (Absolute)
DMI number:
49264

34. Well brother Will how sped

First Line:
Well brother Will how sped
Last Line:
And if I'm freed I'll never be caught again
DMI number:
43188

35. We then increase the beauteous object's fame

First Line:
We then increase the beauteous object's fame
Last Line:
In spite of which your friendship is entire
DMI number:
8533

36. What in this world deserves a moment's thought

First Line:
What in this world deserves a moment's thought
Last Line:
Now grant me Celia and I ask no more
DMI number:
20478

37. When ever thy absence does disturb my mind

First Line:
When ever thy absence does disturb my mind
Last Line:
Love if not thee can thy idea find
DMI number:
7873

38. While I remained the darling of your heart

First Line:
While I remained the darling of your heart
Last Line:
Yet should my friendship live for none but you
Author:
Mary Goddard (Speculation)
DMI number:
22342

39. While the full breast swells with unuttered woe

First Line:
While the full breast swells with unuttered woe
Last Line:
In endless glory meet to part no more
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
27434

40. Whilst I am scorched with hot desire

First Line:
Whilst I am scorched with hot desire
Last Line:
The rest in mine shall ever last
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
3771

41. While from the skies the ruddy sun descends

First Line:
While from the skies the ruddy sun descends
Last Line:
He shall adorn my songs and tune my voice to love
Author:
Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer] (Absolute)
DMI number:
22539

42. With such a pulse with such disordered veins

First Line:
With such a pulse with such disordered veins
Last Line:
And in Elisium keep Hephaestion mine
Author:
Anne Finch [nee Kingsmill] (Absolute)
DMI number:
3843

43. Why this is now something I like it my boy

First Line:
Why this is now something I like it my boy
Last Line:
Never want a kind friend nor a lass to embrace
DMI number:
12776