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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. Ah beauteous sex to you we're bound to give

First Line:
Ah beauteous sex to you we're bound to give
Last Line:
Sent you their images from paradise
DMI number:
43454

12. All several beauties colours airs and grace

First Line:
All several beauties colours airs and grace
Last Line:
Young and yet wise the wonder of her kind
DMI number:
42216

13. 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

14. As different poets various subjects choose

First Line:
As different poets various subjects choose
Last Line:
They'd never fail of universal praise
DMI number:
21642

15. As high above the starry sphere

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

16. 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

17. 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

18. Ay ay and she hath offered to the doom

First Line:
Ay ay and she hath offered to the doom
Last Line:
Could penetrate her uncompassionate fire
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
37358

19. 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

20. 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

21. 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

22. Behold this tomb

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

23. 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

24. 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

25. 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

26. 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

27. 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

28. 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

29. Come hither young sinner

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

30. Cynderaxa kind and good

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

31. 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

32. 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

33. 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

34. Dutry that soul-inspiring fair

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

35. Duty and not ambition is her aim

First Line:
Duty and not ambition is her aim
Last Line:
The glorious pleasures of obedience
Author:
Katherine Philips (Speculation)
DMI number:
9610

36. 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

37. 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

38. 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

39. Divinest thing whom heaven made to show

First Line:
Divinest thing whom heaven made to show
Last Line:
Heaven is too just to be unkind to you
DMI number:
42270

40. 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

41. 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

42. Fair excellence such strange commands you lay

First Line:
Fair excellence such strange commands you lay
Last Line:
Quarrel with them that give you not your due
DMI number:
42263

43. 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

44. 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

45. Freedom from vice is in her nature's part

First Line:
Freedom from vice is in her nature's part
Last Line:
But's witnessed and rewarded both at home
Author:
Katherine Philips (Speculation)
DMI number:
9612

46. 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

47. 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

48. 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

49. From the beseiged Ardea all in post

First Line:
From the beseiged Ardea all in post
Last Line:
To Tarquin's everlasting banishment
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
5913

50. 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

51. 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

52. 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

53. Hail happy queen with duty we approve

First Line:
Hail happy queen with duty we approve
Last Line:
When to refuse and when accept a crown
DMI number:
18021

54. 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

55. 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

56. 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

57. 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

58. 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

59. 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

60. 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

61. How dead and no presaging star to show

First Line:
How dead and no presaging star to show
Last Line:
And in so doing bless our late posterity
DMI number:
42884

62. How blessed the court how lost the fair

First Line:
How blessed the court how lost the fair
Last Line:
Where Ganymede takes place of Venus
DMI number:
35067

63. I am confirmed a woman can

First Line:
I am confirmed a woman can
Last Line:
If ever I dote upon you more
DMI number:
44254

64. I called thee then poor shadow painted queen

First Line:
I called thee then poor shadow painted queen
Last Line:
To torture thee the more being what thou art
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
37409

65. In the third day of may

First Line:
In the third day of may
Last Line:
God send her well to speede
DMI number:
37485

66. In thee bright maid though all the virtues shine

First Line:
In thee bright maid though all the virtues shine
Last Line:
Its foot on earth its top amidst the skies
Author:
John Hughes (Absolute)
DMI number:
35079

67. In Bath a wanton wife did dwelle

First Line:
In Bath a wanton wife did dwelle
Last Line:
I will not thee denye
DMI number:
37610

68. In Carleile dwelt king Arthur

First Line:
In Carleile dwelt king Arthur
Last Line:
To wear a cuckold's horne
DMI number:
37642

69. In crowds the Ladies throng where pleasure calls

First Line:
In crowds the Ladies throng where pleasure calls
Last Line:
They've nothing else to do but mind their souls
DMI number:
25188

70. In elder times there was of yore

First Line:
In elder times there was of yore
Last Line:
Will all be merry together
DMI number:
36960

71. In vain too cruel Delia you implore

First Line:
In vain too cruel Delia you implore
Last Line:
The merciful alone shall mercy find
DMI number:
19620

72. Indeed my Phaedria if to find

First Line:
Indeed my Phaedria if to find
Last Line:
Some happier love some truer fair
Author:
Mark Akenside (Absolute)
DMI number:
36957

73. Is all the council that we two have shared

First Line:
Is all the council that we two have shared
Last Line:
But yet an union in partition
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
37420

74. It is no glory virgins to deceive

First Line:
It is no glory virgins to deceive
Last Line:
The gods thy praises make it all the while
DMI number:
44527

75. Jenny with holy heat run mad

First Line:
Jenny with holy heat run mad
Last Line:
Whenever we know as much as she
DMI number:
12355

76. Like the violet which alone

First Line:
Like the violet which alone
Last Line:
And her love she vows to me
DMI number:
43752

77. Lo Caroline what crowds on crowds arise

First Line:
Lo Caroline what crowds on crowds arise
Last Line:
Could they but view the picture of thy mind
DMI number:
18012

78. Love bid me hope and I obeyed

First Line:
Love bid me hope and I obeyed
Last Line:
In women mean mistrustful shame
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
598

79. Most potent grave and reverent signiors

First Line:
Most potent grave and reverent signiors
Last Line:
And I loved her that she did pity them
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
37400

80. My mistress is a shuttle cock

First Line:
My mistress is a shuttle cock
Last Line:
My mistress is an arrant -----
DMI number:
42935

81. My mistress is not common

First Line:
My mistress is not common
Last Line:
Do you as much
DMI number:
42449

82. I know the thing that's most uncommon

First Line:
I know the thing that's most uncommon
Last Line:
The woman's deaf and does not hear
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
13493

83. I little thought the time would ever be

First Line:
I little thought the time would ever be
Last Line:
To womankind epitomized in you
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
12398

84. I love thee for thy sickliness

First Line:
I love thee for thy sickliness
Last Line:
To enjoy a lass so bonny
DMI number:
43920

85. I won't go to it I must not go to it

First Line:
I won't go to it I must not go to it
Last Line:
For one man's company
DMI number:
43889

86. I would tell thee thou art fair

First Line:
I would tell thee thou art fair
Last Line:
He received Eliza's hand
DMI number:
23447

87. If any find of womankind

First Line:
If any find of womankind
Last Line:
Wilt bless us evermore Amen
Author:
Robert Allen (Absolute)
DMI number:
12106

88. If mercy should some humane likeness take

First Line:
If mercy should some humane likeness take
Last Line:
Music no more was an harmonious sound
Author:
Robert Gould (Absolute)
DMI number:
6873

89. If weeping love inquirers seek to know

First Line:
If weeping love inquirers seek to know
Last Line:
Though her each atom was an angel's tongue
DMI number:
13661

90. If writing seems so difficult a task

First Line:
If writing seems so difficult a task
Last Line:
And thou more mad my slighter follies spare
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
26676

91. If heavenly beauty blooming youth

First Line:
If heavenly beauty blooming youth
Last Line:
Our love and wonder less
Author:
Matthew Concanen (Confident)
DMI number:
11466

92. If she be fair I fear the rest

First Line:
If she be fair I fear the rest
Last Line:
That can love all though I wed none
DMI number:
44015

93. If Tarquin's guilt Lucretia pleased thy soul

First Line:
If Tarquin's guilt Lucretia pleased thy soul
Last Line:
You lived a strumpet or a fool you died
DMI number:
17136

94. Just to declair the hie magnificence

First Line:
Just to declair the hie magnificence
Last Line:
That heavenly honour saves the sex frae shame | And owre all quhair thair fame dois fortifie
Author:
William Stewart (Speculation)
DMI number:
10901

95. Lesbi the subject of my endless song

First Line:
Lesbi the subject of my endless song
Last Line:
Whilst Lesbi's soaring pinions mount the skies
DMI number:
12680

96. Let others prize a form complete

First Line:
Let others prize a form complete
Last Line:
Falls like the blushing rose
DMI number:
32367

97. Laugh if thou art wise sweet pretty maiden laugh

First Line:
Laugh if thou art wise sweet pretty maiden laugh
Last Line:
Though others laugh good soul awake and weep
DMI number:
17367

98. Methinks I see yet weeping over her cell

First Line:
Methinks I see yet weeping over her cell
Last Line:
And scorned the adhering earth that clogged its flight
Author:
Martha Sansom [nee Fowke] (Speculation)
DMI number:
17495

99. Martilla's prudent wise discreet

First Line:
Martilla's prudent wise discreet
Last Line:
For all worship there with me
DMI number:
5028

100. Mira take this painted fan

First Line:
Mira take this painted fan
Last Line:
Virtue may exist again
DMI number:
32364