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1. A certain free familiar spark

First Line:
A certain free familiar spark
Last Line:
In thee and thy poetic justice
Author:
Richard Owen Cambridge (Absolute)
DMI number:
30539

2. A monument on stable base

First Line:
A monument on stable base
Last Line:
The laurel wreath that decks Apollo's head
DMI number:
25609

3. A tower of brass one would have said

First Line:
A tower of brass one would have said
Last Line:
With sparing hand but just enough has given
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
932

4. A man that is drunk is void of all care

First Line:
A man that is drunk is void of all care
Last Line:
My bottle should warm me and fill me with fire | Tol deral &c
Author:
Matthew Prior (Speculation)
DMI number:
286

5. A planter with a was he

First Line:
A planter with a was he
Last Line:
And greater pleasure thence receives
Author:
Sir Richard Fanshawe (Absolute)
DMI number:
42088

6. A pleasant spring doth rise within my grove

First Line:
A pleasant spring doth rise within my grove
Last Line:
That none but lovers and the muses know
DMI number:
42112

7. A two-fold poet through the liquid sky

First Line:
A two-fold poet through the liquid sky
Last Line:
The needless honour of a sepulchre
Author:
Sir Thomas Hawkins (Absolute)
DMI number:
42096

8. A virtuous man whose acts and thoughts are pure

First Line:
A virtuous man whose acts and thoughts are pure
Last Line:
In splendid courts or on a barren plain
Author:
Elizabeth Carter (Absolute)
DMI number:
33823

9. A lofty brazen tower once was built

First Line:
A lofty brazen tower once was built
Last Line:
Sufficient just to answer all his wants
DMI number:
7864

10. Ah no tis all in vain believe me tis

First Line:
Ah no tis all in vain believe me tis
Last Line:
Their transitory master dead
Author:
William Congreve (Absolute)
DMI number:
25430

11. Ah no tis all in vain believe me tis

First Line:
Ah no tis all in vain believe me tis
Last Line:
Themselves outdone in luxury
Author:
William Congreve (Absolute)
DMI number:
916

12. Ah Pettius I have done with poetry

First Line:
Ah Pettius I have done with poetry
Last Line:
And shake my constancy
Author:
Thomas Flatman (Absolute)
DMI number:
42160

13. Ah Posthumus the years of man

First Line:
Ah Posthumus the years of man
Last Line:
Which makes the abbots fat
Author:
Sir Richard Fanshawe (Absolute)
DMI number:
42089

14. Ah Posthumus with rapid haste

First Line:
Ah Posthumus with rapid haste
Last Line:
Which even the taste of priests would please
DMI number:
31205

15. All gloomy thoughts and pining care

First Line:
All gloomy thoughts and pining care
Last Line:
In sacred harmony combine
DMI number:
21069

16. Alas dear Pettius for a few months past

First Line:
Alas dear Pettius for a few months past
Last Line:
Nothing but a third tempting she can break the chain
DMI number:
5841

17. Alas how swift the crowding minutes pass

First Line:
Alas how swift the crowding minutes pass
Last Line:
Of glutton priests when they their solemn feasts profess
DMI number:
3900

18. Alas my friend the years fly swift away

First Line:
Alas my friend the years fly swift away
Last Line:
The Pope would give his keys of heaven to gain
DMI number:
7172

19. Alas my Lydia do you think

First Line:
Alas my Lydia do you think
Last Line:
He reigned with liberty
DMI number:
40082

20. After a serious and judicious choice

First Line:
After a serious and judicious choice
Last Line:
Method and eloquence will never fail
DMI number:
10495

21. Again new tumults in my breast

First Line:
Again new tumults in my breast
Last Line:
And now on rolling waters snatched away
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
25612

22. Ah friend the posting years how fast they fly

First Line:
Ah friend the posting years how fast they fly
Last Line:
Shall flow and make the drunken pavement shine
Author:
John Potenger (Absolute)
DMI number:
917

23. A work outlasting brass and higher

First Line:
A work outlasting brass and higher
Last Line:
Crown crown me willing muse with bays
Author:
Sir Richard Fanshawe (Absolute)
DMI number:
42129

24. An even mind in every state

First Line:
An even mind in every state
Last Line:
To bear the eternal banishment of fate
DMI number:
40448

25. An honest and resolved man

First Line:
An honest and resolved man
Last Line:
And with small voice matters so great
Author:
Sir Richard Fanshawe (Absolute)
DMI number:
42100

26. And art thou shipped friend Doggerel get thee gone

First Line:
And art thou shipped friend Doggerel get thee gone
Last Line:
I can be civil too
Author:
Thomas Flatman (Absolute)
DMI number:
42159

27. An honest mind to virtue's precepts true

First Line:
An honest mind to virtue's precepts true
Last Line:
Thy tongue's too feeble for a task so great
Author:
Elijah Fenton (Absolute)
DMI number:
926

28. All songsters have this humour that among

First Line:
All songsters have this humour that among
Last Line:
More happy than thy fained kingship can
Author:
Alexander Brome (Absolute)
DMI number:
42171

29. Aloft her tender neck she bears

First Line:
Aloft her tender neck she bears
Last Line:
With female down and flowing hair
Author:
George Jeffreys (Absolute)
DMI number:
15458

30. As Mar his round one morning took

First Line:
As Mar his round one morning took
Last Line:
Shall burn thy clan and curse poor Jocky
Author:
Thomas Tickell (Absolute)
DMI number:
22250

31. As Mar his round one morning took

First Line:
As Mar his round one morning took
Last Line:
Shalt burn thy clan and curse poor Jock
Author:
Thomas Tickell (Absolute)
DMI number:
9314

32. As Mar his round one morning took

First Line:
As Mar his round one morning took
Last Line:
Shalt burn thy clan and curse poor Joky
Author:
Thomas Tickell (Absolute)
DMI number:
24527

33. As me no longer dear Sir John

First Line:
As me no longer dear Sir John
Last Line:
Yet know she's worse than woman
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
7127

34. As the young eagle that Joves thunder bears

First Line:
As the young eagle that Joves thunder bears
Last Line:
Their prudence will an easy triumph gain
DMI number:
41851

35. As Paris ploughed the watery plain

First Line:
As Paris ploughed the watery plain
Last Line:
And then thy flames of love shall end in flames of fire
DMI number:
893

36. As faithless Paris ploughed his liquid way

First Line:
As faithless Paris ploughed his liquid way
Last Line:
And Ilium whelmed beneath a flood of fire
DMI number:
16966

37. As breezes from the southern main

First Line:
As breezes from the southern main
Last Line:
And hie again for sea tomorrow
DMI number:
172

38. As the armour bearer of great Jove

First Line:
As the armour bearer of great Jove
Last Line:
Clews through the maze of war
Author:
Sir Richard Fanshawe (Absolute)
DMI number:
42133

39. As I have oftentimes and long since too

First Line:
As I have oftentimes and long since too
Last Line:
If thou ever lovst me break not my command
Author:
Alexander Brome (Absolute)
DMI number:
42203

40. As I was walking in the mall of late

First Line:
As I was walking in the mall of late
Last Line:
Was prisoner made I set at liberty
Author:
John Oldham (Absolute)
DMI number:
12253

41. At last thou antiquated whore

First Line:
At last thou antiquated whore
Last Line:
With rosary and psalter dangling at your side
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
7104

42. At length the dull winter for spring has made way

First Line:
At length the dull winter for spring has made way
Last Line:
Whose beauty each woman with jealousy fires
DMI number:
12624

43. At length thou antiquated whore

First Line:
At length thou antiquated whore
Last Line:
With rosary and psalter dangling at your side
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
43426

44. At the large foot of a fair hollow tree

First Line:
At the large foot of a fair hollow tree
Last Line:
With peace let tares and acorns be my food
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
952

45. Avarius raised on Homer's wing

First Line:
Avarius raised on Homer's wing
Last Line:
With my accustomed levity I write
Author:
George Jeffreys (Absolute)
DMI number:
25385

46. Away away fond fool what dost thou sigh

First Line:
Away away fond fool what dost thou sigh
Last Line:
Between their banks 'tis such a one is fit for me
DMI number:
42067

47. At whose blest birth propitious rays

First Line:
At whose blest birth propitious rays
Last Line:
For lyric verse
Author:
Thomas Creech (Absolute)
DMI number:
37087

48. Ask me no more my Quintius whether I

First Line:
Ask me no more my Quintius whether I
Last Line:
First death is the last scene of misery
Author:
Robert Thompson (Confident)
DMI number:
42206

49. Asteria why will you consume

First Line:
Asteria why will you consume
Last Line:
Worthy his matchless truth and love
DMI number:
23833

50. Asterie why dost thou mourn

First Line:
Asterie why dost thou mourn
Last Line:
Thou art hard still hard remain
Author:
Sir Richard Fanshawe (Absolute)
DMI number:
42104

51. Bacchus whither hurriest thou me

First Line:
Bacchus whither hurriest thou me
Last Line:
Thou with a garland crownest thy poet's brow
Author:
Alexander Brome (Absolute)
DMI number:
42124

52. Be calm dear captain and serene

First Line:
Be calm dear captain and serene
Last Line:
So that we have not lived in vain
DMI number:
19587

53. Be calm my Delius and serene

First Line:
Be calm my Delius and serene
Last Line:
Never never more
DMI number:
904

54. Be calm my friend and resolute

First Line:
Be calm my friend and resolute
Last Line:
But are for ever ever exiled hence
DMI number:
7168

55. 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

56. Between what you collect and what you set

First Line:
Between what you collect and what you set
Last Line:
The promise of a golden harvest yields
Author:
Sneyd Davies (Absolute)
DMI number:
25766

57. Bless me tis cold how chill the air

First Line:
Bless me tis cold how chill the air
Last Line:
And cunningly instruct him in the way
Author:
William Congreve (Absolute)
DMI number:
889

58. Blessed be those powers above those deities

First Line:
Blessed be those powers above those deities
Last Line:
And give him thousand kisses for his welcome home
DMI number:
42071

59. Blessed is the man whose virtuous care

First Line:
Blessed is the man whose virtuous care
Last Line:
And spite of all the world is truly great
DMI number:
6545

60. Bounteous Maecenas royal by descent

First Line:
Bounteous Maecenas royal by descent
Last Line:
I'll soar above the breath of vulgar praise
Author:
Philip Horneck (Confident)
DMI number:
881

61. Boy take away my gown I hate those shows

First Line:
Boy take away my gown I hate those shows
Last Line:
About with it while a catch we sing
DMI number:
42073

62. Brave Aelius sprung from an heroic line

First Line:
Brave Aelius sprung from an heroic line
Last Line:
Armour of proof against ill weather
Author:
Thomas Flatman (Absolute)
DMI number:
42116

63. Brave Nero's favourite my Julius

First Line:
Brave Nero's favourite my Julius
Last Line:
By the lads whose privilege is to be jolly
DMI number:
42212

64. Brave Teucer as the poets tell us

First Line:
Brave Teucer as the poets tell us
Last Line:
We'll leave the drowsy land and plough the main tomorrow
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
7119

65. Bright goddess potent queen of love

First Line:
Bright goddess potent queen of love
Last Line:
To satisfy the virgin's fear
Author:
Matthew Concanen (Confident)
DMI number:
11464

66. Behold the snow in pompous pride

First Line:
Behold the snow in pompous pride
Last Line:
When where and how to meet again
DMI number:
10023

67. Behold yon mountain's hoary height

First Line:
Behold yon mountain's hoary height
Last Line:
These these are joys the gods for youth ordain
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
890

68. Believe that every morning's ray

First Line:
Believe that every morning's ray
Last Line:
With double lustre shall it shine
Author:
Philip Francis (Absolute)
DMI number:
33698

69. Blush not dear sir your flame to own

First Line:
Blush not dear sir your flame to own
Last Line:
While Fielding or a Shirley lives
Author:
Sneyd Davies (Absolute)
DMI number:
36657

70. Blush not my friend to own the love

First Line:
Blush not my friend to own the love
Last Line:
All his flames and all thy fears
Author:
Richard Duke (Absolute)
DMI number:
906

71. Bend not to Ayres street Tom your way

First Line:
Bend not to Ayres street Tom your way
Last Line:
Ere we can toast is gone
DMI number:
10058

72. Can he that flies his country find

First Line:
Can he that flies his country find
Last Line:
More swift than roes or stormy wind
Author:
Thomas Creech (Absolute)
DMI number:
24404

73. But fortune ever changing dame

First Line:
But fortune ever changing dame
Last Line:
And honest poverty's undowered charms
Author:
Philip Francis (Absolute)
DMI number:
37700

74. Bright Venus Covent Garden's queen

First Line:
Bright Venus Covent Garden's queen
Last Line:
Is but a power to tease
DMI number:
33084

75. Caught in a storm the frightened merchant prays

First Line:
Caught in a storm the frightened merchant prays
Last Line:
Not fearing censure if you deign to praise
DMI number:
38436

76. Come Phillis gentle Phillis prithee come

First Line:
Come Phillis gentle Phillis prithee come
Last Line:
Many a care is charmed by verse
Author:
Thomas Flatman (Absolute)
DMI number:
42143

77. Come Pyrrha tell what lover now

First Line:
Come Pyrrha tell what lover now
Last Line:
Look on another's danger
Author:
James Ward (Confident)
DMI number:
7433

78. Cnidian goddess Paphian queen

First Line:
Cnidian goddess Paphian queen
Last Line:
And last of all friend Mercury
DMI number:
19133

79. Come companions come away

First Line:
Come companions come away
Last Line:
But in those of Egypt's queen
DMI number:
10020

80. Daughter than thy fair mother much more fair

First Line:
Daughter than thy fair mother much more fair
Last Line:
And love reciprocal return to me
Author:
Sir Thomas Hawkins (Absolute)
DMI number:
42046

81. Davies of rural scenes a lover grown

First Line:
Davies of rural scenes a lover grown
Last Line:
Nor spare your friend but justly be severe
Author:
Sneyd Davies (Absolute)
DMI number:
36472

82. Dear friend for surely I may call him so

First Line:
Dear friend for surely I may call him so
Last Line:
A grateful soul and a contented mind
Author:
Edmund Poley (Absolute)
DMI number:
956

83. Dear friend on noisy storms of state

First Line:
Dear friend on noisy storms of state
Last Line:
Nor cared for what old women said
DMI number:
17746

84. Consumed in trifles thus the golden day

First Line:
Consumed in trifles thus the golden day
Last Line:
Tares be my food and liberty my lot
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
30918

85. Conquered with soft and pleasing charms

First Line:
Conquered with soft and pleasing charms
Last Line:
Shall lie like us despised
DMI number:
884

86. Cruel as yet and vain of every charm

First Line:
Cruel as yet and vain of every charm
Last Line:
Or now I love why can I charm no more
DMI number:
22969

87. D- of rural scenes a lover grown

First Line:
D- of rural scenes a lover grown
Last Line:
Don't spare thy satire prithee be severe
Author:
Sneyd Davies (Absolute)
DMI number:
23420

88. Danae in a brazen tower immured

First Line:
Danae in a brazen tower immured
Last Line:
Owes an account of every thing
Author:
Sir Richard Fanshawe (Absolute)
DMI number:
42115

89. Dear Jack of ancient race the son

First Line:
Dear Jack of ancient race the son
Last Line:
And mongst the muses write my name
DMI number:
12887

90. Dear Jenny to confess my mind

First Line:
Dear Jenny to confess my mind
Last Line:
As love and I desire
DMI number:
33104

91. Dear Molly why so oft in tears

First Line:
Dear Molly why so oft in tears
Last Line:
Discharge the Jordan at him
Author:
George Stepney (Absolute)
DMI number:
869

92. Dear Phoebus since in love we see

First Line:
Dear Phoebus since in love we see
Last Line:
And froze with forty winters cold
DMI number:
10288

93. Dear sir to all my trifles you attend

First Line:
Dear sir to all my trifles you attend
Last Line:
For he has twenty cures and I but one
Author:
Christopher Pitt (Absolute)
DMI number:
22107

94. Descend Thalia with a song

First Line:
Descend Thalia with a song
Last Line:
Perithous in three hundred chains
Author:
Sir Richard Fanshawe (Absolute)
DMI number:
42101

95. Descended of an ancient line

First Line:
Descended of an ancient line
Last Line:
And see the storm ashore
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
935

96. Did any punishment attend

First Line:
Did any punishment attend
Last Line:
Should keep their bridegrooms from their arms
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
3846

97. Eternally from clouds the rain

First Line:
Eternally from clouds the rain
Last Line:
And Caesar's prowess own
DMI number:
31200

98. Did we but once Barine see

First Line:
Did we but once Barine see
Last Line:
And makes her jealous on the wedding night
DMI number:
3847

99. Didst never observe good friend of mine

First Line:
Didst never observe good friend of mine
Last Line:
Alone she'd maul you hip and thigh | Believe me
DMI number:
6200

100. Dire Hannibal the Roman dread

First Line:
Dire Hannibal the Roman dread
Last Line:
Or snatches first the fragrant bliss
DMI number:
915