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1. A form more fine more accurately wrought

First Line:
A form more fine more accurately wrought
Last Line:
To me the heavenly messengers appear
Author:
Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer] (Confident)
DMI number:
6816

2. A pampered hern of lofty mien and state

First Line:
A pampered hern of lofty mien and state
Last Line:
And gorged that noisome thing for all her pride
DMI number:
12610

3. A thousand charms in Celia meet

First Line:
A thousand charms in Celia meet
Last Line:
Preserves so long her virgin reign
DMI number:
16178

4. A maiden fair I dare not wed

First Line:
A maiden fair I dare not wed
Last Line:
Some faults remain among them all
DMI number:
43993

5. A primitive christian and a saint in this

First Line:
A primitive christian and a saint in this
Last Line:
And glorious as a rising sun her eye
DMI number:
6869

6. A virgin once I hope in early life

First Line:
A virgin once I hope in early life
Last Line:
Though bad unmarried now am good enough
DMI number:
25249

7. A virtuous woman is an angel bright

First Line:
A virtuous woman is an angel bright
Last Line:
In vicious women all that's evil dwells
DMI number:
42656

8. A maid i dare not tell her name

First Line:
A maid i dare not tell her name
Last Line:
O there o there o there o there
DMI number:
43974

9. Accept sweet maid each scene that Shakespeare drew

First Line:
Accept sweet maid each scene that Shakespeare drew
Last Line:
May Zara long live happy with a white one
DMI number:
33462

10. After some threescore years of caterwawling

First Line:
After some threescore years of caterwawling
Last Line:
Hell will not bear with her nor she with Heaven
DMI number:
17064

11. All the materials are the same

First Line:
All the materials are the same
Last Line:
Then would be thought both chaste and fair
DMI number:
43886

12. As high above the starry sphere

First Line:
As high above the starry sphere
Last Line:
A column of imperishable praise
DMI number:
38683

13. At length I'm freed from tragical parade

First Line:
At length I'm freed from tragical parade
Last Line:
But sure the conqueror is the devil within
Author:
William Whitehead (Absolute)
DMI number:
37496

14. Asks thou reader who it is lies here

First Line:
Asks thou reader who it is lies here
Last Line:
She lived beloved of men died loved of God
DMI number:
43800

15. 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

16. Bess does not only hide her privy ware

First Line:
Bess does not only hide her privy ware
Last Line:
Uncovered left what call you that her face
DMI number:
43765

17. 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

18. Behold this tomb

First Line:
Behold this tomb
Last Line:
And Mary's better part
DMI number:
21865

19. Bonny Kate kenny Kate lay thy leg over me

First Line:
Bonny Kate kenny Kate lay thy leg over me
Last Line:
Bonny lad Jonny lad I'll never forget thee
DMI number:
44038

20. Belinda swears by G-d her hair is black

First Line:
Belinda swears by G-d her hair is black
Last Line:
Is then Belinda perjured I say no
DMI number:
12008

21. 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

22. 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

23. Chloe her thoughts has so expressed

First Line:
Chloe her thoughts has so expressed
Last Line:
But under Chloe's f--ck
DMI number:
35155

24. Clarinda dearly loved attend

First Line:
Clarinda dearly loved attend
Last Line:
Than virtues of a narrow mind
Author:
Robert Nugent (Absolute)
DMI number:
22433

25. Come hither young sinner

First Line:
Come hither young sinner
Last Line:
And honour will bid thee goodnight
DMI number:
44068

26. Cynderaxa kind and good

First Line:
Cynderaxa kind and good
Last Line:
And at her touch the dishes shine
DMI number:
24694

27. Dame nature seems to make your sisters stand

First Line:
Dame nature seems to make your sisters stand
Last Line:
But the shores murmur from the banks rough brows
DMI number:
43519

28. Did Plato live that sage whose piercing mind

First Line:
Did Plato live that sage whose piercing mind
Last Line:
His bright ideas verified in thee
Author:
Mary Monck (Absolute)
DMI number:
12448

29. Emilia needs no art to make her shine

First Line:
Emilia needs no art to make her shine
Last Line:
Emilia's always pleased with doing good
DMI number:
12675

30. Dutry that soul-inspiring fair

First Line:
Dutry that soul-inspiring fair
Last Line:
To virtue's purer praise
DMI number:
13503

31. Each softening charm of Clio's smiling song

First Line:
Each softening charm of Clio's smiling song
Last Line:
The muses and the virtues tune thy mind
Author:
Richard Savage (Confident)
DMI number:
13091

32. Early this morn a time to muses kind

First Line:
Early this morn a time to muses kind
Last Line:
Bade me Clarinda write and that was she
DMI number:
16689

33. Deep in the bosom of a vale

First Line:
Deep in the bosom of a vale
Last Line:
They never shall reach my furthest link
DMI number:
36032

34. Fine shape good features and a handsome face

First Line:
Fine shape good features and a handsome face
Last Line:
And make me happy in contracting you
DMI number:
43528

35. First see her free from that insipid thing

First Line:
First see her free from that insipid thing
Last Line:
And loudly sounds her prostituted fame
DMI number:
38383

36. Fair mistress I would gladly know

First Line:
Fair mistress I would gladly know
Last Line:
What would you more there's one for the other
DMI number:
44010

37. Fair without scorn and witty without pride

First Line:
Fair without scorn and witty without pride
Last Line:
I'll die if Philomela is not she
Author:
John Dunton (Speculation)
DMI number:
6867

38. For every station of a woman fit

First Line:
For every station of a woman fit
Last Line:
The image faithful though the copy faint
Author:
Samuel Whyte (Speculation)
DMI number:
35969

39. For every turn of human chance prepared

First Line:
For every turn of human chance prepared
Last Line:
In her the primitive saint and poet joined
Author:
Robert Gould (Absolute)
DMI number:
6870

40. For gentle Grizel is my heart forlorn

First Line:
For gentle Grizel is my heart forlorn
Last Line:
And stand a pattern to all womankind
DMI number:
37156

41. Gaze not on thy beauty's pride

First Line:
Gaze not on thy beauty's pride
Last Line:
A perpetual blush to thine
DMI number:
44017

42. From whence usurping man thy boasted claim

First Line:
From whence usurping man thy boasted claim
Last Line:
In choicer gifts but wit to use them well
DMI number:
43036

43. Frugalia's charms are far above

First Line:
Frugalia's charms are far above
Last Line:
That has a vast and boundless store
DMI number:
9641

44. Hail O Belinda flattered fair

First Line:
Hail O Belinda flattered fair
Last Line:
O foolish age O dull mankind
Author:
Catullus (Confident)
DMI number:
12007

45. Happy the maid whose soul serene and chaste

First Line:
Happy the maid whose soul serene and chaste
Last Line:
In various shapes another and the same
DMI number:
25336

46. He's happy that avoids lust female kind

First Line:
He's happy that avoids lust female kind
Last Line:
Faith in them filed they have a wicked man
DMI number:
41927

47. He's happy that avoids lust female kind

First Line:
He's happy that avoids lust female kind
Last Line:
Faith in them filled they have a wicked mind
DMI number:
41928

48. Haste reader and away for fear

First Line:
Haste reader and away for fear
Last Line:
In a true virgin-knot were knit
DMI number:
17398

49. Here Phoebe's ashes in the dust are laid

First Line:
Here Phoebe's ashes in the dust are laid
Last Line:
Ye who love merit ye will shed a tear
DMI number:
36950

50. Here sleeps beneath this humble pile of earth

First Line:
Here sleeps beneath this humble pile of earth
Last Line:
And found her greatest kindest friend in death
DMI number:
36916