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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. About an bank with balmy bewis

First Line:
About an bank with balmy bewis
Last Line:
Quhois glore eternall rings
Author:
Alexander Montgomerie (Absolute)
DMI number:
10935

3. All over th' extended sea when wanton gales

First Line:
All over th' extended sea when wanton gales
Last Line:
And sweep off men and beasts an undistinguished prize
DMI number:
2026

4. Along the river's side did Cynthia stray

First Line:
Along the river's side did Cynthia stray
Last Line:
Her presence fills with perfumes all the field
Author:
Philip Ayres (Absolute)
DMI number:
15065

5. Although no brandished cherubins are here

First Line:
Although no brandished cherubins are here
Last Line:
When an heroic is a georgic too
DMI number:
4539

6. As late I wandered over the flowery plain

First Line:
As late I wandered over the flowery plain
Last Line:
And homeward took my solitary way
DMI number:
33786

7. As through Idalia's pleasing groves

First Line:
As through Idalia's pleasing groves
Last Line:
How sharp how wide how deep the wound
DMI number:
1925

8. 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

9. Blow blow Boreas blow and let thy surly winds

First Line:
Blow blow Boreas blow and let thy surly winds
Last Line:
To drown to drown no never to drown a good Fellow
DMI number:
2741

10. 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

11. But when good Saturn banished from above

First Line:
But when good Saturn banished from above
Last Line:
And oxen laboured first beneath the yoke
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
9803

12. 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

13. Come Bathyllus to the shade

First Line:
Come Bathyllus to the shade
Last Line:
I for you and me have made
Author:
Anacreon (Absolute)
DMI number:
3541

14. 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

15. come follow follow me

First Line:
come follow follow me
Last Line:
I'll rather let it alone
DMI number:
44469

16. Cupid the sliest rogue alive

First Line:
Cupid the sliest rogue alive
Last Line:
And yet how wide how deep the wound
DMI number:
3921

17. 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

18. Erst in Arcadia's lond much praised was found

First Line:
Erst in Arcadia's lond much praised was found
Last Line:
Heaven's still unscanned by such ungrateful race
Author:
John Harington (Absolute)
DMI number:
32092

19. Echo sweet nymph that livest unseen

First Line:
Echo sweet nymph that livest unseen
Last Line:
And give resound to heavenly harmonies
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
42709

20. Faunus still fond to chase the train

First Line:
Faunus still fond to chase the train
Last Line:
But thrice the ground in gambols treads
DMI number:
25598

21. From Pisa where the sea his flood receives

First Line:
From Pisa where the sea his flood receives
Last Line:
The art of diving to the river taught
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
27796

22. Great prince and so much greater as more wise

First Line:
Great prince and so much greater as more wise
Last Line:
To woods and groves what once the painter sings
Author:
Andrew Marvell (Confident) & Sir John Denham (Speculation)
DMI number:
3573

23. Hail fair Ierne parent of the lyre

First Line:
Hail fair Ierne parent of the lyre
Last Line:
And royal beauties grace the ambitious lay
Author:
Samuel Whyte (Speculation)
DMI number:
33795

24. High on a bough that trembled over a spring

First Line:
High on a bough that trembled over a spring
Last Line:
Nymphs take my life since you despise my song
Author:
Philip Ayres (Absolute)
DMI number:
3120

25. In Tempe's shades the living lyre was strung

First Line:
In Tempe's shades the living lyre was strung
Last Line:
Says harmony itself inhabits here
DMI number:
35378

26. In Albion's isle ere hoary time grew old

First Line:
In Albion's isle ere hoary time grew old
Last Line:
By all regretted and by all admired
DMI number:
33504

27. In antient mountains stands whose friendly shade

First Line:
In antient mountains stands whose friendly shade
Last Line:
By rising conduits thickening to a hell
DMI number:
44373

28. In a garden t'other day

First Line:
In a garden t'other day
Last Line:
When your arrows pierce his heart
DMI number:
3547

29. Iris would you the cause be told

First Line:
Iris would you the cause be told
Last Line:
And in her empire live
DMI number:
8557

30. Mourn all ye groves in darker shades be seen

First Line:
Mourn all ye groves in darker shades be seen
Last Line:
Would try to move the rigid king of hell
Author:
John Oldham (Absolute)
DMI number:
4111

31. Mean time by mighty gusts a humid mountain

First Line:
Mean time by mighty gusts a humid mountain
Last Line:
The wave that brought him terrified retires
DMI number:
8917

32. Naked the spring would seem and bare

First Line:
Naked the spring would seem and bare
Last Line:
Did itself to Bacchus dedicate
Author:
Thomas Wood (Absolute)
DMI number:
39266

33. Near a smooth river's lonely side

First Line:
Near a smooth river's lonely side
Last Line:
The fault is in the mind
Author:
Samuel Whyte (Speculation)
DMI number:
33891

34. O solitude my sweetest choice

First Line:
O solitude my sweetest choice
Last Line:
From seeing and from serving thee
Author:
Katherine Philips (Absolute)
DMI number:
3819

35. One house just judgement I've decreed to fall

First Line:
One house just judgement I've decreed to fall
Last Line:
And ordered every river to its course
DMI number:
17751

36. Phoebus god beloved by men

First Line:
Phoebus god beloved by men
Last Line:
Though he burst with the weight of the terrible god
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Confident) & John Dryden (Confident)
DMI number:
42788

37. Say learned Garth around whose favourite head

First Line:
Say learned Garth around whose favourite head
Last Line:
I waked and vanished the transporting sight
DMI number:
3530

38. See how the sun ascending by degrees

First Line:
See how the sun ascending by degrees
Last Line:
And thank the man who give us leave to play
DMI number:
17811

39. Shep Tell me dearest what is love

First Line:
Shep Tell me dearest what is love
Last Line:
Those that love to love a new
DMI number:
44235

40. Stay my pretty dove and tell

First Line:
Stay my pretty dove and tell
Last Line:
Thou makest me chatter like a crow
DMI number:
3535

41. The heavens carouse each day a cup

First Line:
The heavens carouse each day a cup
Last Line:
But too much drink shall make me first
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
5423

42. The golden age was first when man yet new

First Line:
The golden age was first when man yet new
Last Line:
And honey sweating through the pores of oak
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
9802

43. The rose as poets us persuade

First Line:
The rose as poets us persuade
Last Line:
Of Venus gave the smell
DMI number:
18276

44. The wakeful nightingale that takes no rest

First Line:
The wakeful nightingale that takes no rest
Last Line:
For love that makes him wakeful makes him sing
DMI number:
2674

45. The spring's now in its infancy the spring

First Line:
The spring's now in its infancy the spring
Last Line:
That she by silence had her freedom lost | Let him to morrow love that never has loved | Let him to morrow that love's joys has proved
DMI number:
8586

46. Thence more at ease their minds somewhat raised

First Line:
Thence more at ease their minds somewhat raised
Last Line:
Gorgons and Hydras and Chimaeras dire
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
30996

47. This tumbledown city so famous of yore

First Line:
This tumbledown city so famous of yore
Last Line:
For there's no other heaven by Cyntra below
DMI number:
35670

48. Thou that art called the bright Hiperion

First Line:
Thou that art called the bright Hiperion
Last Line:
And I his swain my Amarillis
DMI number:
44482

49. Tired with the business of the day

First Line:
Tired with the business of the day
Last Line:
At once to lose so good a dream and smock
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
3554

50. Twas night and weary with the toils of day

First Line:
Twas night and weary with the toils of day
Last Line:
In sleep a soft forgetfulness of care
Author:
Christopher Pitt (Absolute)
DMI number:
40454