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1. A face that should content me wonderous well

First Line:
A face that should content me wonderous well
Last Line:
And knit again with knot that should not slide
Author:
Sir Thomas Wyatt (Absolute)
DMI number:
8819

2. A fate like mine as poets sing

First Line:
A fate like mine as poets sing
Last Line:
Less tender than the heart
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
30875

3. A beau as in old tale it's written

First Line:
A beau as in old tale it's written
Last Line:
A madam now and puss no more
Author:
James Ward (Confident)
DMI number:
11861

4. A beauteous face fine shape engaging air

First Line:
A beauteous face fine shape engaging air
Last Line:
Your voice has finished what your eyes begun
DMI number:
42616

5. A knife dear girl cuts love they say

First Line:
A knife dear girl cuts love they say
Last Line:
Save only cut and come again
DMI number:
36063

6. A Robyn | Jolly Robyn | Tell me how thy leman doeth

First Line:
A Robyn | Jolly Robyn | Tell me how thy leman doeth
Last Line:
And let them warme with thee
Author:
Sir Thomas Wyatt (Absolute)
DMI number:
38527

7. A whimsical pain has just caught me

First Line:
A whimsical pain has just caught me
Last Line:
The queen of our toast Molly Row
DMI number:
22725

8. 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

9. Ah happy are we anchorites that know

First Line:
Ah happy are we anchorites that know
Last Line:
Defying both the storms of fate and love
DMI number:
43476

10. Ah love how wayward is his wit what pangs do pierce his breast

First Line:
Ah love how wayward is his wit what pangs do pierce his breast
Last Line:
To them that mean by honest means to come to happy end
DMI number:
9061

11. 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

12. Absent from thee I languish still

First Line:
Absent from thee I languish still
Last Line:
And lose my everlasting rest
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
4117

13. Alas it is impossible to tell

First Line:
Alas it is impossible to tell
Last Line:
Farewell oh pity me thou lovely man farewell
DMI number:
8474

14. Alas love why chafe ye

First Line:
Alas love why chafe ye
Last Line:
A lusty limb lifter you are a trim shifter
DMI number:
49216

15. Alas poor Cupid art thou blind

First Line:
Alas poor Cupid art thou blind
Last Line:
And all you shoot at surely dies
Author:
Henry Hughes (Absolute)
DMI number:
43918

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. A woman O curse that there is such a name

First Line:
A woman O curse that there is such a name
Last Line:
To trust him so soon with an arrow
DMI number:
5762

20. And would you see my mistress face

First Line:
And would you see my mistress face
Last Line:
And this is that my soul pursueth
Author:
Thomas Campion (Absolute)
DMI number:
49878

21. And would you see my mistress' face

First Line:
And would you see my mistress' face
Last Line:
And this is that my soul persu'th
Author:
Thomas Campion (Absolute)
DMI number:
49719

22. Ancient person for whom I

First Line:
Ancient person for whom I
Last Line:
Yet still I love thee without art | Ancient person of my heart
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
4119

23. An age in her embraces passed

First Line:
An age in her embraces passed
Last Line:
And make us blessed at last
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
4116

24. And durst thou then insulting youth demand

First Line:
And durst thou then insulting youth demand
Last Line:
And learn to keep thee ere I make thee mine
DMI number:
35673

25. All you that women love

First Line:
All you that women love
Last Line:
Their skins are made of felt
DMI number:
43302

26. Although I had a check

First Line:
Although I had a check
Last Line:
If I can give the mate
Author:
Henry Howard (Absolute)
DMI number:
49565

27. Although I had check

First Line:
Although I had check
Last Line:
If I can give the mate
Author:
Henry Howard (Absolute)
DMI number:
49263

28. Although thy hand and faith and good works too

First Line:
Although thy hand and faith and good works too
Last Line:
Of music joy life and eternity
Author:
John Donne (Absolute)
DMI number:
9164

29. As the vexed tyrant when for blood designed

First Line:
As the vexed tyrant when for blood designed
Last Line:
And where you placed 'em there they rooted stand
Author:
John Hopkins (Absolute)
DMI number:
5819

30. As timorous sailors when from sea they spy

First Line:
As timorous sailors when from sea they spy
Last Line:
For she alone can give my sickened soul relief
DMI number:
40075

31. As old as the world yet an infant is love

First Line:
As old as the world yet an infant is love
Last Line:
Yet Collier contains the whole god in her eyes
DMI number:
6188

32. As free as wanton winds I lived

First Line:
As free as wanton winds I lived
Last Line:
My letters made it good
DMI number:
43225

33. Approach stern winter in thy gloomy dress

First Line:
Approach stern winter in thy gloomy dress
Last Line:
And pay with scorn who honours her with love
DMI number:
36117

34. Are there then gods gods I'll believe it no more

First Line:
Are there then gods gods I'll believe it no more
Last Line:
Least when you swear again you strike me blind
DMI number:
43407

35. As Celia in her garden strayed

First Line:
As Celia in her garden strayed
Last Line:
She fires with endless love
DMI number:
16318

36. As Cupid still on mischief bent

First Line:
As Cupid still on mischief bent
Last Line:
Or else to love his arms resign
DMI number:
19480

37. As Damon near his Celia stood

First Line:
As Damon near his Celia stood
Last Line:
Kiss Celia's hand her mouth so near
DMI number:
33262

38. As soon as the chaos was made into form

First Line:
As soon as the chaos was made into form
Last Line:
Than when knaves would seem pious and fools would seem wise
Author:
Thomas D'Urfey (Absolute)
DMI number:
20738

39. 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

40. At length from love's vile slavery I am free

First Line:
At length from love's vile slavery I am free
Last Line:
Such a destructive waste of fatal ruin lies
Author:
Robert Gould (Confident)
DMI number:
10643

41. At length with vengeance bursts my raging vein

First Line:
At length with vengeance bursts my raging vein
Last Line:
And lost in transport beg to wake no more
Author:
Nicholas Amhurst (Absolute)
DMI number:
12000

42. Atys once for Cybel burned

First Line:
Atys once for Cybel burned
Last Line:
Kiss and drink and then am mad
DMI number:
3537

43. Ask me no longer dear Sir John

First Line:
Ask me no longer dear Sir John
Last Line:
And ease a lover's pain without her
Author:
Thomas Brown (Confident)
DMI number:
43427

44. 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

45. Beauty with virtue joined is the bright gem

First Line:
Beauty with virtue joined is the bright gem
Last Line:
Conceited living is a thing as rare
DMI number:
43191

46. Begin begin Diana's praise

First Line:
Begin begin Diana's praise
Last Line:
And do the work of Caesar's sword the mighty work of fate
DMI number:
43423

47. Begone begone thou wheedling cheat

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

48. Behold love thy power how she despiseth

First Line:
Behold love thy power how she despiseth
Last Line:
And as his lord thee lowly here entreateth
Author:
Sir Thomas Wyatt (Absolute)
DMI number:
49311

49. Bright Aurelia I do owe

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

50. Behold you Dames that reign in fames whose looks mens hearts do lead

First Line:
Behold you Dames that reign in fames whose looks mens hearts do lead
Last Line:
A courteous maid and like to proove a constant worthy wife
DMI number:
49161

51. Belinda's sparkling wit and eyes

First Line:
Belinda's sparkling wit and eyes
Last Line:
So devil and Sir D--- take her
DMI number:
7141

52. Can my own blood betray my disgrace

First Line:
Can my own blood betray my disgrace
Last Line:
Say tis for joy and triumph not for love
DMI number:
5027

53. Capricious power to whom all nature yields

First Line:
Capricious power to whom all nature yields
Last Line:
To dwell with thee have made their prudent choice
Author:
Jael Henrietta Pye [nee Mendez; other married name Campbell] (Absolute)
DMI number:
38489

54. By may's blooming smiles called to breathe the hale air

First Line:
By may's blooming smiles called to breathe the hale air
Last Line:
To Phillis alone the fair queen of the may
DMI number:
24393

55. But these are toys too trivial to move

First Line:
But these are toys too trivial to move
Last Line:
To solid love most eagerly aspire
DMI number:
7619

56. Brightest since your pitying eye

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

57. Cease fair Aurelia cease to mourn

First Line:
Cease fair Aurelia cease to mourn
Last Line:
You'll find your sister in his arms
Author:
William Collins (Speculation) & John Swan (Absolute)
DMI number:
32268

58. Chloe by your command in verse I write

First Line:
Chloe by your command in verse I write
Last Line:
But you are tired and so am I farewel
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
4133

59. Chloe since you a handsome woman are

First Line:
Chloe since you a handsome woman are
Last Line:
Thy truth my girl shall never come on trial
DMI number:
16976

60. Celia that faithful servant you disown

First Line:
Celia that faithful servant you disown
Last Line:
Since dying I must be no more your slave
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
4114

61. 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

62. Celia's fond too long I've loved her

First Line:
Celia's fond too long I've loved her
Last Line:
Thus thus before her
DMI number:
44413

63. Celio remains disconsolate

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

64. Chloris when ever you do intend

First Line:
Chloris when ever you do intend
Last Line:
With as much joy as he does now
DMI number:
43925

65. Clasped in the arms of her I love

First Line:
Clasped in the arms of her I love
Last Line:
To be for ever true
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
5476

66. Cloris forbear a while

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

67. Close by the entrance of the woodland plain

First Line:
Close by the entrance of the woodland plain
Last Line:
Fled from the Yate and clapped the cottage door
Author:
William Dawson (Absolute)
DMI number:
25353

68. Come here fond youth whoever thou be

First Line:
Come here fond youth whoever thou be
Last Line:
For if thou thus hast loved oh never hope a cure
Author:
Anna Letitia Barbauld [nee Aikin] (Absolute)
DMI number:
36942

69. Come all you young lovers and listen to me

First Line:
Come all you young lovers and listen to me
Last Line:
Will meet you half way with her smock in her teeth
DMI number:
44440

70. Come and crown your lover's wishes

First Line:
Come and crown your lover's wishes
Last Line:
Which brocades would only hide
DMI number:
35979

71. Cupid angry that his dart

First Line:
Cupid angry that his dart
Last Line:
I'll break my bow for tis not worth a fart
DMI number:
9951

72. Cupid is Venus only joy

First Line:
Cupid is Venus only joy
Last Line:
To keep a ladies lips in play
Author:
Thomas Middleton (Absolute)
DMI number:
44269

73. Cupid once from Venus strayed

First Line:
Cupid once from Venus strayed
Last Line:
Venus never could get him freed
DMI number:
3544

74. Damon I tell thee I never shall be

First Line:
Damon I tell thee I never shall be
Last Line:
Then prithee friend leave off thy wooing
DMI number:
44151

75. Dorinda's sparkling wit and eyes

First Line:
Dorinda's sparkling wit and eyes
Last Line:
That runs his link full in your face
Author:
Charles Sackville (Absolute)
DMI number:
3848

76. Down by the brook which glides through yonder vale

First Line:
Down by the brook which glides through yonder vale
Last Line:
If yours be wandering quickly call it home
Author:
John Dobson (Absolute)
DMI number:
25325

77. Delia farewell enough my folly's past

First Line:
Delia farewell enough my folly's past
Last Line:
And touch the string that thrills from soul to soul
DMI number:
33263

78. Dull animal miscalled a man for shame

First Line:
Dull animal miscalled a man for shame
Last Line:
Not only to have lost your wits but senses
DMI number:
42257

79. False may be and by the powers above

First Line:
False may be and by the powers above
Last Line:
Still to be false and falsely to decieve
DMI number:
49487

80. False though she be to me and love

First Line:
False though she be to me and love
Last Line:
I'm thankful for the past
Author:
William Congreve (Absolute)
DMI number:
24611

81. Eve was the first essay of unskilled Jove

First Line:
Eve was the first essay of unskilled Jove
Last Line:
And be the victim to atone for all
DMI number:
41830

82. Fired with the rage that warms a coxcomb's mind

First Line:
Fired with the rage that warms a coxcomb's mind
Last Line:
Breathed out his soul upon a billetdoux
DMI number:
35633

83. First let the lion dread the bleating sheep

First Line:
First let the lion dread the bleating sheep
Last Line:
When Gloriana's eyebrow is the bow
DMI number:
43624

84. Fair angel of England thy beauty most bright

First Line:
Fair angel of England thy beauty most bright
Last Line:
That I may say welcome sweet virgin to me
DMI number:
37016

85. Fair chamber cease nor make you voice's prize

First Line:
Fair chamber cease nor make you voice's prize
Last Line:
This vocal wood had drawn the poet too
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
39591

86. Fair charmer cease nor make your voice's prize

First Line:
Fair charmer cease nor make your voice's prize
Last Line:
This vocal wood had drawn the poet too
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
6011

87. Farewell dear tyrant of my soul

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

88. 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

89. Fair Chloris in a pig-sty lay

First Line:
Fair Chloris in a pig-sty lay
Last Line:
Just in the happy minute
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
4131

90. Fair Clarinda I do owe

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

91. Fair hand that can on virgin paper write

First Line:
Fair hand that can on virgin paper write
Last Line:
Can make the motion and the forest too
Author:
Edmund Waller (Absolute)
DMI number:
12751

92. Fair hand that can on virgin paper write

First Line:
Fair hand that can on virgin paper write
Last Line:
So far the scissor goes beyond the pen
Author:
Edmund Waller (Absolute)
DMI number:
14625

93. Fair lovely maid or if that title be

First Line:
Fair lovely maid or if that title be
Last Line:
The love to Hermes Aphrodite the friend
DMI number:
43661

94. Fair rose whom joyful heaven does beget

First Line:
Fair rose whom joyful heaven does beget
Last Line:
By thee she longs to have her temples bound
DMI number:
43387

95. Fair tyrant of my soul a while

First Line:
Fair tyrant of my soul a while
Last Line:
To guide his votary to joy
DMI number:
36046

96. Francelia's heart is still the same

First Line:
Francelia's heart is still the same
Last Line:
Beauty takes delight in killing
DMI number:
42433

97. For beauty's sake though love doth dread thy might

First Line:
For beauty's sake though love doth dread thy might
Last Line:
The ruthless iron heart that will not break
DMI number:
49159

98. Floria whilst your tuneful sound

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

99. Fly swift ye hours ye sluggish minutes fly

First Line:
Fly swift ye hours ye sluggish minutes fly
Last Line:
And the famed Penshurst to our Windsor yield
Author:
Richard Duke (Absolute)
DMI number:
3704

100. 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