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1. A dose less hot had burst through ribs of iron

First Line:
A dose less hot had burst through ribs of iron
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20350

2. A dream overtook me at my waking hour

First Line:
A dream overtook me at my waking hour
Last Line:
And some overpowering god continues sleep
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
18695

3. A father that implies presiding care

First Line:
A father that implies presiding care
Last Line:
Whatever they needs require
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20227

4. A father's curse has wings

First Line:
A father's curse has wings
Last Line:
And sink thee down for ever
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
18589

5. A fluttering dove to the mast's top they tie

First Line:
A fluttering dove to the mast's top they tie
Last Line:
And vanish into wind or in a blaze decay
DMI number:
39199

6. A general fieceness dwells with innocence

First Line:
A general fieceness dwells with innocence
Last Line:
And conscious virtue is allowed some pride
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute) & John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
19165

7. A generous fierceness dwells with innocence

First Line:
A generous fierceness dwells with innocence
Last Line:
And conscious virtue is allowed some pride
DMI number:
39721

8. A glimpse of moonshine streaked with red

First Line:
A glimpse of moonshine streaked with red
Last Line:
That dances through the clouds and shuts again
DMI number:
20086

9. A gloomy smile arose

First Line:
A gloomy smile arose
Last Line:
A more severe and sullen joy appeared
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20827

10. A gloomy smile

First Line:
A gloomy smile
Last Line:
That showed a sullen loathness to be kind
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20828

11. A base revenge is vengeance on myself

First Line:
A base revenge is vengeance on myself
Last Line:
-
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20627

12. A battle blindly fought

First Line:
A battle blindly fought
Last Line:
And fortune take the praise
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20976

13. A beam of comfort like the moon through clouds

First Line:
A beam of comfort like the moon through clouds
Last Line:
Gilds the black horror and direct my way
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
18473

14. A beam of thought came glancing to my soul

First Line:
A beam of thought came glancing to my soul
Last Line:
-
DMI number:
40254

15. A change so swift what heart did ever feel

First Line:
A change so swift what heart did ever feel
Last Line:
They melted as they fell
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
19590

16. A choir of bright beauties in spring did appear

First Line:
A choir of bright beauties in spring did appear
Last Line:
When Pan and his son and fair Syrinx return
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4176

17. A clownish mien a voice with rustic sound

First Line:
A clownish mien a voice with rustic sound
Last Line:
And whistled as he went for want of thought
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
28959

18. A confused report passed through my ears

First Line:
A confused report passed through my ears
Last Line:
It vanished in the business of the day
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute) & John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
19977

19. A coward is the kindest animal

First Line:
A coward is the kindest animal
Last Line:
Tis the most forgiving creature in a fight
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
18561

20. A crimson blush her beauteous face overspread

First Line:
A crimson blush her beauteous face overspread
Last Line:
Or lillies damasked by the neighbouring rose
DMI number:
39306

21. A greater sweetness on those lips there grows

First Line:
A greater sweetness on those lips there grows
Last Line:
Than breath shut out from a new folded rose
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute) & Sir Robert Howard (Absolute)
DMI number:
20982

22. A greenwood shade for long religion known

First Line:
A greenwood shade for long religion known
Last Line:
Which added holy horror to the grove
DMI number:
40129

23. A gypsie Jewess whispers in your ear

First Line:
A gypsie Jewess whispers in your ear
Last Line:
The trusty tailor and the cook forsake
DMI number:
39663

24. A kind of weight hangs heavy on my heart

First Line:
A kind of weight hangs heavy on my heart
Last Line:
To tell me fate's at hand
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
19964

25. A king is sought to guide the growing state

First Line:
A king is sought to guide the growing state
Last Line:
And all the muses over his acts preside
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
12035

26. A noble temper shines even though his faults

First Line:
A noble temper shines even though his faults
Last Line:
And gilds them into virtue
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
21242

27. A parish priest was of the pilgrim train

First Line:
A parish priest was of the pilgrim train
Last Line:
And his new work as in Creation blessed
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
25487

28. A parish priest was of the pilgrim train

First Line:
A parish priest was of the pilgrim train
Last Line:
He needs no foil but shines by his own proper light
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4504

29. A parish priest was of the pilgrim train

First Line:
A parish priest was of the pilgrim train
Last Line:
Well may the baser brass contract a rust
DMI number:
40043

30. A strange dissembling sex we women are

First Line:
A strange dissembling sex we women are
Last Line:
And what he most deserves he throws away
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute) & William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
21551

31. A sudden damp has seized my spirits

First Line:
A sudden damp has seized my spirits
Last Line:
Hangs on their active springs
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute) & John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
19963

32. A sudden damp has seized my vital spirits

First Line:
A sudden damp has seized my vital spirits
Last Line:
I see but through a mist and hear far off
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20988

33. A thousand nights have brushed their balmy wings

First Line:
A thousand nights have brushed their balmy wings
Last Line:
And dried the dews they brought
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
21267

34. A man so various that he seemed to be

First Line:
A man so various that he seemed to be
Last Line:
And nothing unrewarded went except desert
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
17610

35. A man so various that he seemed to be

First Line:
A man so various that he seemed to be
Last Line:
He left not faction but of that was left
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
28732

36. A man so various that he seemed to be

First Line:
A man so various that he seemed to be
Last Line:
That every man with him was God or devil
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
36900

37. A mercy unexpected undeserved

First Line:
A mercy unexpected undeserved
Last Line:
Surprises more
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20017

38. A mighty secret labours in my soul

First Line:
A mighty secret labours in my soul
Last Line:
To find a vent
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20757

39. A milk white hind immortal and unchanged

First Line:
A milk white hind immortal and unchanged
Last Line:
With glorious visions of her future state
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
6737

40. A modest poet's in as great a fright

First Line:
A modest poet's in as great a fright
Last Line:
But yet she makes a hardship to go through
DMI number:
17671

41. A plain built house after so long a stay

First Line:
A plain built house after so long a stay
Last Line:
Machines and tempests will destroy the new
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4029

42. A poet once the spartans led to fight

First Line:
A poet once the spartans led to fight
Last Line:
Let Caesar live and Carthage be subdued
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
35773

43. A pointed flinty rock all bare and black

First Line:
A pointed flinty rock all bare and black
Last Line:
The leaning head hung threatening over the flood
DMI number:
40106

44. A secret pleasure trickles through my veins

First Line:
A secret pleasure trickles through my veins
Last Line:
It works about the inlets of my soul
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
19179

45. A settled virtue | Makes itself a judge and satisfied within

First Line:
A settled virtue | Makes itself a judge and satisfied within
Last Line:
Than heaven of being fired with mounting sparkles
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
21231

46. A pretty task and so I told the fool

First Line:
A pretty task and so I told the fool
Last Line:
Their votes who cannot judge than theirs who can
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
35774

47. A qualm of conscience brings me back again

First Line:
A qualm of conscience brings me back again
Last Line:
But damned confessing is flat popery
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4034

48. A Quire of bright Beauties

First Line:
A Quire of bright Beauties
Last Line:
In Triumph return
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
2630

49. A rock that braves

First Line:
A rock that braves
Last Line:
Wash off the seaweeds and the founding tides
DMI number:
40108

50. A scanty fortune clips the wings of fame

First Line:
A scanty fortune clips the wings of fame
Last Line:
And wit in rags is turned to ridicule
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute) & Thomas Parnell (Confident)
DMI number:
29813

51. A virgin poet was served up today

First Line:
A virgin poet was served up today
Last Line:
Send over true protestants to mend our breed
DMI number:
35803

52. A warrior dame

First Line:
A warrior dame
Last Line:
Her Lycian quiver dances in the wind
DMI number:
40292

53. A way there is in heaven's expanded plain

First Line:
A way there is in heaven's expanded plain
Last Line:
Lies open to the thunderer's abode
DMI number:
39851

54. A lavish planet reigned when she was born

First Line:
A lavish planet reigned when she was born
Last Line:
And seems more heaven's than ours
DMI number:
14261

55. A love so pure

First Line:
A love so pure
Last Line:
As light transmitted through a crystal glass
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
19494

56. A love which knows no bounds to Antony

First Line:
A love which knows no bounds to Antony
Last Line:
And shed his better influence
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20582

57. A lump of senseless clay the leavings of a soul

First Line:
A lump of senseless clay the leavings of a soul
DMI number:
39369

58. Ah how sweet it is to love

First Line:
Ah how sweet it is to love
Last Line:
Tis but rain and runs not clear
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
2645

59. All around

First Line:
All around
Last Line:
A general sigh diffused a mournful sound
DMI number:
40138

60. All constant lovers shall in future ages

First Line:
All constant lovers shall in future ages
Last Line:
And sanctify the numbers
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
19695

61. All dangers past at length the lovely bride

First Line:
All dangers past at length the lovely bride
Last Line:
Eurydice the rocks and river banks repied
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
28083

62. All desparate hazards courage do create

First Line:
All desparate hazards courage do create
Last Line:
Are more than armies to procure success
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
18532

63. All faiths are to their own believers just

First Line:
All faiths are to their own believers just
Last Line:
For none believe because they will but must
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20584

64. All females have prerogative of sex

First Line:
All females have prerogative of sex
Last Line:
But courtship from the male
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
18889

65. All flowers will droop in absence of the sun

First Line:
All flowers will droop in absence of the sun
Last Line:
That waked their sweets
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
18899

66. All guard themselves when stronger foes invade

First Line:
All guard themselves when stronger foes invade
Last Line:
Yet by the weak surprizes may be made
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20977

67. Absence alone can make our sorrows less

First Line:
Absence alone can make our sorrows less
Last Line:
And not to see what we can neer redress
DMI number:
14163

68. Acis the lovely youth whose loss I mourn

First Line:
Acis the lovely youth whose loss I mourn
Last Line:
With rapid motion and his name retains
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4854

69. Adds the remembrance of the spur and hides

First Line:
Adds the remembrance of the spur and hides
Last Line:
The goring rowels in his bleeding sides
DMI number:
40184

70. Adieu then o my soul's far better part

First Line:
Adieu then o my soul's far better part
Last Line:
Like gasps in death which but prolong our pain
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20245

71. Adown her shoulders fell her length of hair

First Line:
Adown her shoulders fell her length of hair
DMI number:
39667

72. Advancing in a line they couch their spears

First Line:
Advancing in a line they couch their spears
Last Line:
And death's unseen are dealt on every side
DMI number:
40311

73. Aegeon when with heaven he strove

First Line:
Aegeon when with heaven he strove
Last Line:
By his terrestrial name Aegeon know
DMI number:
39166

74. Ah traitress ah ingrate ah faithless mind

First Line:
Ah traitress ah ingrate ah faithless mind
Last Line:
Are forced to put your folly on to please
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
21539

75. Ah what is man when his own wish prevails

First Line:
Ah what is man when his own wish prevails
Last Line:
Proud of his power and boundless in his will
DMI number:
39822

76. Ah why are not the hearts of woman known

First Line:
Ah why are not the hearts of woman known
Last Line:
But that we most desire to keep has none
DMI number:
39709

77. Ah why are not the hearts of women known

First Line:
Ah why are not the hearts of women known
Last Line:
But that which sick men have of life their pains
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
19102

78. Alas I am betrayed to darkness here

First Line:
Alas I am betrayed to darkness here
Last Line:
Sounds think methinks and more than one could make
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
18602

79. Alas I have no words to tell my grief

First Line:
Alas I have no words to tell my grief
Last Line:
We groan but cannot speak in greater pain
DMI number:
39655

80. Alas thou knowst not what it is to love

First Line:
Alas thou knowst not what it is to love
Last Line:
Is to be impudent
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
19580

81. Afflictions sent from heaven without a cause

First Line:
Afflictions sent from heaven without a cause
Last Line:
Make bold mankind enquire into its laws
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20454

82. After our Aesop's fable shown today

First Line:
After our Aesop's fable shown today
Last Line:
As by a word the world itself was made
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
35787

83. Aghast he waked and starting from his bed

First Line:
Aghast he waked and starting from his bed
Last Line:
Cold sweats in clammy drops his limbs overspread
DMI number:
39572

84. Ah cruel heaven that made no cure for love

First Line:
Ah cruel heaven that made no cure for love
Last Line:
Love has no bounds in pleasure or in pain
DMI number:
39810

85. All hope of succour but from thee is past

First Line:
All hope of succour but from thee is past
Last Line:
Which on each other are like waves renewed
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
18671

86. All human things are subject to decay

First Line:
All human things are subject to decay
Last Line:
With double portion of his father's art
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
3685

87. All love may be expelled by other love

First Line:
All love may be expelled by other love
Last Line:
As poisons are by poisons
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
19502

88. All must be rapine wars and desolation

First Line:
All must be rapine wars and desolation
Last Line:
When trust and gratitude no longer bind
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
9393

89. All pale he lies and looks a lovely flower

First Line:
All pale he lies and looks a lovely flower
Last Line:
No more to mother earth or the green stem shall owe
DMI number:
39370

90. And why this niceness to that pleasure shown

First Line:
And why this niceness to that pleasure shown
Last Line:
It breaks and is too exquisite to last
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
18744

91. And will our master poet then admit

First Line:
And will our master poet then admit
Last Line:
Old Troy shall grow less famous than the new
Author:
Richard Duke (Absolute)
DMI number:
8698

92. And women pardon force because they find

First Line:
And women pardon force because they find
Last Line:
Whose highest joy is in another's joys
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20548

93. And work is pleasure when we choose our task

First Line:
And work is pleasure when we choose our task
Last Line:
-
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
21163

94. And yet of marriage bands I'm weary grown

First Line:
And yet of marriage bands I'm weary grown
Last Line:
And cleaving mischiefs
DMI number:
39706

95. And yet of marriage bands I'm weary grown

First Line:
And yet of marriage bands I'm weary grown
Last Line:
For there's a godlike liberty in love
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
19082

96. And yet of marriage bonds I'm weary grown

First Line:
And yet of marriage bonds I'm weary grown
Last Line:
For there's a god-like liberty in love
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
5645

97. And yet | A kind of weight hangs heavy at my heart

First Line:
And yet | A kind of weight hangs heavy at my heart
Last Line:
To tell me fate's at hand
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
18691

98. Anger like madness is appeased by rest

First Line:
Anger like madness is appeased by rest
Last Line:
-
DMI number:
39183

99. An honest man may take a knave's advice

First Line:
An honest man may take a knave's advice
Last Line:
But idiots only will be cheated twice
DMI number:
39355

100. Amphion sung not sweeter to his herd

First Line:
Amphion sung not sweeter to his herd
Last Line:
When summoned stones the Theban turret reared
DMI number:
40146