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1. Ah happy are we anchorites that know

First Line:
Ah happy are we anchorites that know
Last Line:
Defying both the storms of fate and love
DMI number:
43476

2. Ah lovely stream how fitly may thou be

First Line:
Ah lovely stream how fitly may thou be
Last Line:
Could so slight all vicissitudes of fate
DMI number:
43443

3. Alas why made thou such a vow

First Line:
Alas why made thou such a vow
Last Line:
The tempter most accursed
DMI number:
43462

4. 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

5. Although thou now put me in doubt

First Line:
Although thou now put me in doubt
Last Line:
Which souls do really hear and see
DMI number:
43475

6. As amorous Corydon was laid

First Line:
As amorous Corydon was laid
Last Line:
But now a Criminal
DMI number:
43472

7. Ask me not why the rose doth fade

First Line:
Ask me not why the rose doth fade
Last Line:
Pine and consume into a flame
DMI number:
43483

8. Bright shees what glories had your names acquired

First Line:
Bright shees what glories had your names acquired
Last Line:
That all have or do or would be doing so
DMI number:
43446

9. Come sorrow come embrace my yielding heart

First Line:
Come sorrow come embrace my yielding heart
Last Line:
The nation surely Madam mourns with you
DMI number:
43456

10. Dear brother so far as you advance

First Line:
Dear brother so far as you advance
Last Line:
Their hell a smaller curse had been
DMI number:
43455

11. Dear brother you will think that now

First Line:
Dear brother you will think that now
Last Line:
And all their damning censures antedate
DMI number:
43479

12. Dear brother | thy marrying humour I dare scarce upbraid

First Line:
Dear brother | thy marrying humour I dare scarce upbraid
Last Line:
The punishment to serve the parson's cure
DMI number:
43437

13. Dear coz I hope by this time you have dried

First Line:
Dear coz I hope by this time you have dried
Last Line:
And takes the good man from the ill to come
DMI number:
43460

14. Dear friends if you'll be ruled by me

First Line:
Dear friends if you'll be ruled by me
Last Line:
Which attends a poet's state
DMI number:
43480

15. Condemn me not Galesia fair unknown

First Line:
Condemn me not Galesia fair unknown
Last Line:
Enough he's punished in his losing thee
Author:
George Sewell (Confident)
DMI number:
1472

16. Dear sir the joys which range through all your troops

First Line:
Dear sir the joys which range through all your troops
Last Line:
And let your presence Britain's isle adorn
DMI number:
43447

17. Fear not dear friend the lessening of thy fame

First Line:
Fear not dear friend the lessening of thy fame
Last Line:
That virtue could add splendour to a throne
DMI number:
43450

18. Farewell my gentle friend kind poetry

First Line:
Farewell my gentle friend kind poetry
Last Line:
And yet the sense the smallest part in gross
DMI number:
43482

19. Farewell oh eyes which I never saw before

First Line:
Farewell oh eyes which I never saw before
Last Line:
Darkness proves best restorative over the light
DMI number:
43459

20. Give over my Fidelius my Fidelius give over

First Line:
Give over my Fidelius my Fidelius give over
Last Line:
Honey-moon shall eternally wait on us there
DMI number:
43471

21. Good sir if I could my resentments show

First Line:
Good sir if I could my resentments show
Last Line:
This complete mirror of Christianity
DMI number:
43436

22. How oft ah wretch hast thou profusely swore

First Line:
How oft ah wretch hast thou profusely swore
Last Line:
To bring the beauteous fabric to decay
DMI number:
43468

23. I dread this tedious time more than

First Line:
I dread this tedious time more than
Last Line:
We'll separate from this
DMI number:
43474

24. I dreamed I lost a pearl and so it proved

First Line:
I dreamed I lost a pearl and so it proved
Last Line:
Ah poor repair for the loss of such a friend
DMI number:
43441

25. I hope I shan't be blamed if I am proud

First Line:
I hope I shan't be blamed if I am proud
Last Line:
But due respects and complaisance to them
DMI number:
43448

26. Incautious youth why does thou so misplace

First Line:
Incautious youth why does thou so misplace
Last Line:
Which otherwise had only venial been
DMI number:
43461

27. In vain does nature her free gifts bestow

First Line:
In vain does nature her free gifts bestow
Last Line:
As without wealth to get or keep a heart
DMI number:
43469

28. In vain in vain it is I find

First Line:
In vain in vain it is I find
Last Line:
Let thy kind hand exalt it to my brow
DMI number:
43451

29. Like two sweet youths stripped naked on the Strand

First Line:
Like two sweet youths stripped naked on the Strand
Last Line:
Whose lives are precepts and examples too
DMI number:
43453

30. I wonder what Alexis ails

First Line:
I wonder what Alexis ails
Last Line:
Are soon made slaves to love
DMI number:
43466

31. I've often thought but never till now could find

First Line:
I've often thought but never till now could find
Last Line:
And kings choose queens at last
DMI number:
43473

32. If friends you would but now this place accost

First Line:
If friends you would but now this place accost
Last Line:
Your virtues as its fruits are bright and fair
DMI number:
43433

33. If you complain your flames are hot

First Line:
If you complain your flames are hot
Last Line:
Or lamps in antient urns
DMI number:
43478

34. Kind friend I prithee cease the intent

First Line:
Kind friend I prithee cease the intent
Last Line:
But to the rich and wicked lords or something
DMI number:
43481

35. Oft has my Muse and I fallen out

First Line:
Oft has my Muse and I fallen out
Last Line:
Or tenure to the love of any friend
DMI number:
43465

36. Oh had I any charms of equal powers

First Line:
Oh had I any charms of equal powers
Last Line:
Must too endure the plague of cradle-noise
DMI number:
43452

37. Oh that I could verses write

First Line:
Oh that I could verses write
Last Line:
And with the spheres to dance
DMI number:
43444

38. Should I in tuneless lines strive to express

First Line:
Should I in tuneless lines strive to express
Last Line:
Who give us beauty and immortalise it too
DMI number:
43435

39. Since thou wilt needs go

First Line:
Since thou wilt needs go
Last Line:
That can turn off Jane Nan and Frank in a wind
DMI number:
43477

40. Since oh ye powers ye have bestowed on me

First Line:
Since oh ye powers ye have bestowed on me
Last Line:
To serve her God enjoy her books and friends
DMI number:
43438

41. The heart you left when you took mine

First Line:
The heart you left when you took mine
Last Line:
Ad conquered with a kiss
DMI number:
43470

42. The heavens declare the glory of God

First Line:
The heavens declare the glory of God
Last Line:
Can be hid from his bright influence
DMI number:
43458

43. The honour that the air receives

First Line:
The honour that the air receives
Last Line:
Health to attend on us
DMI number:
43467

44. To praise sweet youth do thou forbear

First Line:
To praise sweet youth do thou forbear
Last Line:
Their prayers on them return
DMI number:
43463

45. Troy had a breed of brave stout men

First Line:
Troy had a breed of brave stout men
Last Line:
We'll drink him up again boys
Author:
Jane Barker (Absolute)
DMI number:
13290

46. Well by experience now I see

First Line:
Well by experience now I see
Last Line:
But that he was unkind
DMI number:
43464

47. Well might the antients deem a grove to be

First Line:
Well might the antients deem a grove to be
Last Line:
And here I'll rest me by its flowery side
DMI number:
43442

48. What fitter subject could be for thy wit

First Line:
What fitter subject could be for thy wit
Last Line:
And honey of Cicronian eloquence
DMI number:
43434

49. What have I now to hope or fear

First Line:
What have I now to hope or fear
Last Line:
So fast that they can never return again
DMI number:
43457

50. When friends advice with lovers forces join

First Line:
When friends advice with lovers forces join
Last Line:
Is forced at last to tug a nasty dray
DMI number:
43439