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1. A cave there is deep in declining ground

First Line:
A cave there is deep in declining ground
Last Line:
Because thought absent at his wondrous fall
Author:
John Hopkins (Absolute)
DMI number:
5880

2. A Quire of bright Beauties

First Line:
A Quire of bright Beauties
Last Line:
In Triumph return
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
2630

3. Ah tell me love thy nesting place

First Line:
Ah tell me love thy nesting place
Last Line:
First to my face and then to Cynthia's breast
Author:
Philip Ayres (Absolute)
DMI number:
15074

4. Aid me O Venus beauty's powerful queen

First Line:
Aid me O Venus beauty's powerful queen
Last Line:
Tis Heaven to them who can be truly wise
DMI number:
2058

5. Apollo once finding fair Daphne alone

First Line:
Apollo once finding fair Daphne alone
Last Line:
The god had succeeded the nymph had been civil
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
7138

6. Amoret and Strephon lay

First Line:
Amoret and Strephon lay
Last Line:
For a reward shall all be his
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
5623

7. As it happened on a night

First Line:
As it happened on a night
Last Line:
Your heart was half as safe as they
Author:
George Ogle (Confident)
DMI number:
1821

8. As through the woods I roved

First Line:
As through the woods I roved
Last Line:
Produced a thousand charms
DMI number:
42806

9. As truant cupid on the rake

First Line:
As truant cupid on the rake
Last Line:
Mamma I'm sure I feel their feathers
DMI number:
19399

10. As Venus once Latona's daughter spied

First Line:
As Venus once Latona's daughter spied
Last Line:
When naked caught but not alone you lay
DMI number:
8423

11. As once Leander by his passion moved

First Line:
As once Leander by his passion moved
Last Line:
Not envy thee Neptunius in the waves
DMI number:
17823

12. As Phillis sat beneath the spreading shade

First Line:
As Phillis sat beneath the spreading shade
Last Line:
Oblige the lover and the husband's lost
DMI number:
33623

13. Arch Cupid gathering a rose

First Line:
Arch Cupid gathering a rose
Last Line:
Not in his finger but his heart
DMI number:
2697

14. Are souls unequal say o Cupid say

First Line:
Are souls unequal say o Cupid say
Last Line:
Grow old in pleasure please but never cloy
DMI number:
3126

15. Armed at all points the Greek to field is gone

First Line:
Armed at all points the Greek to field is gone
Last Line:
Ovid our master was his art of sail
Author:
Thomas Heywood (Absolute)
DMI number:
8513

16. Armed at all points the Greek to field is gone

First Line:
Armed at all points the Greek to field is gone
Last Line:
Ovid our master was his art our sail
Author:
Thomas Heywood (Absolute)
DMI number:
42445

17. As Cupid many ages past

First Line:
As Cupid many ages past
Last Line:
And left his name behind
DMI number:
5795

18. As Cupid wandered out one day

First Line:
As Cupid wandered out one day
Last Line:
Venus tis thy Idalian grove
DMI number:
12838

19. Around her see Cupid flying

First Line:
Around her see Cupid flying
Last Line:
Her faith is given
Author:
Peter Anthony Motteux (Confident)
DMI number:
2598

20. As I went forth to view the spring

First Line:
As I went forth to view the spring
Last Line:
For omnia vincit amor
DMI number:
1221

21. At length thy powerful arts I own

First Line:
At length thy powerful arts I own
Last Line:
Pure are thy hands thy heart humane
DMI number:
25652

22. At midnight when the bear again

First Line:
At midnight when the bear again
Last Line:
Shall reign for ever in thy heart
DMI number:
39223

23. Aurora rising from old Tithon's bed

First Line:
Aurora rising from old Tithon's bed
Last Line:
Drove the dear shades that hid our joys away
DMI number:
6691

24. Behold that man that with gigantic might

First Line:
Behold that man that with gigantic might
Last Line:
And all in time will rue it | Then mad &c
Author:
Thomas D'Urfey (Absolute)
DMI number:
2592

25. Blind Cupid lay thy bow aside

First Line:
Blind Cupid lay thy bow aside
Last Line:
He'll kiss not curse thy dart
DMI number:
44454

26. 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

27. By wondrous power of music's artful force

First Line:
By wondrous power of music's artful force
Last Line:
Her formal chastity is much belied
DMI number:
10545

28. Come sing my muse that lamp that once did prove

First Line:
Come sing my muse that lamp that once did prove
Last Line:
And thus enjoyed him in the shades below
DMI number:
41799

29. Celia this night has promised I

First Line:
Celia this night has promised I
Last Line:
Be this night something more than man
DMI number:
12450

30. Chloe you write to me for coin

First Line:
Chloe you write to me for coin
Last Line:
Enjoyed god Bacchus and became a star
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
6756

31. Close by a stream which in a pleasing course

First Line:
Close by a stream which in a pleasing course
Last Line:
That demons can inflict or man invent
DMI number:
66

32. Come happy nymph adored by all

First Line:
Come happy nymph adored by all
Last Line:
Then love endless in our joy's assigned
DMI number:
44414

33. Come little Cupid god of love

First Line:
Come little Cupid god of love
Last Line:
Tomorrow Celia takes the field
DMI number:
341

34. Come lovely nymph the winter now is past

First Line:
Come lovely nymph the winter now is past
Last Line:
Melting in joys the world did never try
DMI number:
42666

35. Come come you ladies of the night

First Line:
Come come you ladies of the night
Last Line:
From Venus and her boy shall have another
DMI number:
44204

36. Come gentle air the Aeolian shepherd said

First Line:
Come gentle air the Aeolian shepherd said
Last Line:
And pities Procris while her lover dies
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
7402

37. Cupid quite angry that his dart

First Line:
Cupid quite angry that his dart
Last Line:
I'll break my bow for tis not worth a fart
DMI number:
12209

38. D'you think what ancient bards suppose

First Line:
D'you think what ancient bards suppose
Last Line:
And reign the lovelier deity
DMI number:
3284

39. Cupid god of pleasing anguish

First Line:
Cupid god of pleasing anguish
Last Line:
Love does all that's great below
Author:
John Ernest Galliard (Speculation)
DMI number:
794

40. Cupid once from Venus strayed

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

41. Cupid once having robbed an hive

First Line:
Cupid once having robbed an hive
Last Line:
After stolen sweets the girls can tell
DMI number:
26

42. Damon whom all the world but I believed

First Line:
Damon whom all the world but I believed
Last Line:
Shook off the beast and proved a God at last
Author:
William Pattison (Absolute)
DMI number:
25001

43. Daphne first taught the fair Latona's son

First Line:
Daphne first taught the fair Latona's son
Last Line:
And with her new formed boughs gave the consenting nod
DMI number:
17747

44. Dare I attempt a flight so high

First Line:
Dare I attempt a flight so high
Last Line:
I'll venture though she strikes me dead
DMI number:
3148

45. Erst in Cythera's sacred shade

First Line:
Erst in Cythera's sacred shade
Last Line:
The captain is the charming man
Author:
James Marriott (Absolute)
DMI number:
26657

46. Declining Venus has no force over love

First Line:
Declining Venus has no force over love
Last Line:
This dial speaks not but it points | Jack H--
DMI number:
4973

47. Divine Thalia charmer of my breast

First Line:
Divine Thalia charmer of my breast
Last Line:
And Phoebus rose and smiled to see the lover blessed
Author:
John Froud (Absolute)
DMI number:
5979

48. First thou that art a freshman and are bent

First Line:
First thou that art a freshman and are bent
Last Line:
Here doth my shaken ship her anchor cast
Author:
Thomas Heywood (Absolute)
DMI number:
8511

49. First thou that art a freshman and art bent

First Line:
First thou that art a freshman and art bent
Last Line:
Here doth my shaken ship her anchor cast
Author:
Thomas Heywood (Absolute)
DMI number:
42444

50. Fit for the girls in Venus' cause

First Line:
Fit for the girls in Venus' cause
Last Line:
Once tap proud Chloe with up-lifted wand
DMI number:
25606