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1.
A flood of tenderness comes over my soul
First Line:
A flood of tenderness comes over my soul
Last Line:
That hurt your peace and quench your eyes in tears
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
18483
2.
A joy shoots through
First Line:
A joy shoots through
Last Line:
To purchase victory or glorious death
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
20866
3.
A noble freedom
First Line:
A noble freedom
Last Line:
And claims a privilege of being believed
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
18538
4.
A thousand crowding thoughts
First Line:
A thousand crowding thoughts
Last Line:
And yet not one is heard
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
21093
5.
A sigh heaves in my breast
First Line:
A sigh heaves in my breast
Last Line:
And stops the struggling accents on my tongue
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
20778
6.
A rising storm of passion shook her breast
First Line:
A rising storm of passion shook her breast
Last Line:
And then she sighed as if her heart were breaking
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
21003
7.
A venerable aspect
First Line:
A venerable aspect
Last Line:
Of virtue truth well tried and wise experience
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
19317
8.
A little longer yet be strong my heart
First Line:
A little longer yet be strong my heart
Last Line:
And give a loose to fears and to impatience
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
20530
9.
Ah prince hadst thou but known the joys which dwell
First Line:
Ah prince hadst thou but known the joys which dwell
Last Line:
And all our waking hours been crowned with love
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
20620
10.
Ah prince hadst thou but known the joys which dwell
First Line:
Ah prince hadst thou but known the joys which dwell
Last Line:
Or stir the simple hinds to noisy faction
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
18529
11.
Accursed jealousy
First Line:
Accursed jealousy
Last Line:
Baneful as death and horrible as hell
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
19095
12.
Alas Beliza thou hast never known
First Line:
Alas Beliza thou hast never known
Last Line:
And every beating pulse proclaims its force
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
19582
13.
Alas her gentle nature was not made
First Line:
Alas her gentle nature was not made
Last Line:
To buffet with adversity
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
20052
14.
And yet this tough impracticable heart
First Line:
And yet this tough impracticable heart
Last Line:
As ever did Hercules
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
21516
15.
An universal horror
First Line:
An universal horror
Last Line:
Observed a dreadful silence
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
19071
16.
Amphion strikes the vocal lyre
First Line:
Amphion strikes the vocal lyre
Last Line:
Bring neither brick nor stone
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
8230
17.
And dost thou bear me yet thou passive earth
First Line:
And dost thou bear me yet thou passive earth
Last Line:
And nature sickens at me
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
19027
18.
And hark methinks the noise that late pursued me
First Line:
And hark methinks the noise that late pursued me
Last Line:
And softens into silence
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
20156
19.
Allow my melancholy thoughts this privilege
First Line:
Allow my melancholy thoughts this privilege
Last Line:
To let them brood in secret over my sorrows
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
21079
20.
And therefore wert thou bred to virtuous knowledge
First Line:
And therefore wert thou bred to virtuous knowledge
Last Line:
Shall bow and bless thy fate and say the gods are just
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
18885
21.
As on a summer's day
First Line:
As on a summer's day
Last Line:
And a shepherd all thy own
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
20615
22.
Are we not one are we not joined by heaven
First Line:
Are we not one are we not joined by heaven
Last Line:
But roll into the sea one common flood
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
19078
23.
Art thou not half my self
First Line:
Art thou not half my self
Last Line:
Guided our wills
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
18954
24.
As some brave knight who once with spear and shield
First Line:
As some brave knight who once with spear and shield
Last Line:
And hang his consecrated buskin here
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
7021
25.
As some brave knight who once with spear and shield
First Line:
As some brave knight who once with spear and shield
Last Line:
And hang his consecrated buskin there
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
38939
26.
As some brave knights who once with spear and shield
First Line:
As some brave knights who once with spear and shield
Last Line:
And hang his consecrated buskin here
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
38316
27.
At first her rage was dumb and wanted words
First Line:
At first her rage was dumb and wanted words
Last Line:
Enlarged her voice and ruffled all her form
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
20532
28.
Ascend ye ghosts fantastic forms of night
First Line:
Ascend ye ghosts fantastic forms of night
Last Line:
And match the present horror if you can
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
19072
29.
Base ingratitude
First Line:
Base ingratitude
Last Line:
Unwearied with forgiving scarce can pardon
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
19148
30.
Be dumb for ever silent as the grave
First Line:
Be dumb for ever silent as the grave
Last Line:
And my dear peace of mind is lost for ever
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
18675
31.
Begone my cares I give you to the winds
First Line:
Begone my cares I give you to the winds
Last Line:
And bids even all my hours be good and joyful
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
19189
32.
Behold his anger melts he longs to love you
First Line:
Behold his anger melts he longs to love you
Last Line:
The tender speechless joys of reconcilement
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
20572
33.
Behold where gentle Altamont
First Line:
Behold where gentle Altamont
Last Line:
Sighs at your feet and woos you to be happy
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
21618
34.
Believe me my Beliza I am grown
First Line:
Believe me my Beliza I am grown
Last Line:
I hate the officious hand that offers cure
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
19583
35.
Can I behold thee and not speak of love
First Line:
Can I behold thee and not speak of love
Last Line:
And bid my tongue be still
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
21576
36.
By my strong grief my heart even melts within me
First Line:
By my strong grief my heart even melts within me
Last Line:
Thou art my daughter still
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
20231
37.
By the side of a murmuring stream
First Line:
By the side of a murmuring stream
Last Line:
His ghost shall glide over the green
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
12691
38.
By day she seeks some melancholy shade
First Line:
By day she seeks some melancholy shade
Last Line:
With sighs as loud and tears that fall as fast
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
21343
39.
Chloe blushed and frowned and swore
First Line:
Chloe blushed and frowned and swore
Last Line:
Do what you will with Chloe
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
2610
40.
Come my Alicia reach thy friendly arm
First Line:
Come my Alicia reach thy friendly arm
Last Line:
And sinks beneath its load
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
20049
41.
Comfort like the golden sun
First Line:
Comfort like the golden sun
Last Line:
And cheers the melancholy house of care
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
18476
42.
Conquest is not given chance
First Line:
Conquest is not given chance
Last Line:
Waits on his arms
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
18495
43.
Dear Phosphorus the muses best beloved
First Line:
Dear Phosphorus the muses best beloved
Last Line:
A faithful friend a guardian deity
DMI number:
3839
44.
Despairing beside a clear stream
First Line:
Despairing beside a clear stream
Last Line:
His ghost shall glide over the green
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute) & Matthew Prior (Speculation)
DMI number:
496
45.
Enough of war the wounded earth has known
First Line:
Enough of war the wounded earth has known
Last Line:
And to her mighty masters sue for peace
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
21300
46.
Does she not come like wisdom or good fortune
First Line:
Does she not come like wisdom or good fortune
Last Line:
And everlasting joy is in her arms
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
19723
47.
Death is the privilege of human nature
First Line:
Death is the privilege of human nature
Last Line:
Fly for relief and lay their burdens down
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
18634
48.
Death's dark shades
First Line:
Death's dark shades
Last Line:
But injured lovers find Elizium there
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
18644
49.
Distracted thus with fears presaging Rome
First Line:
Distracted thus with fears presaging Rome
Last Line:
Too much to love of arms and heat of civil rage
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute) & Lucan (Absolute)
DMI number:
4158
50.
Do not most fragrant earl disclaim
First Line:
Do not most fragrant earl disclaim
Last Line:
Am turned of five and forty
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
5448
51.
Fallen is that comet which on high
First Line:
Fallen is that comet which on high
Last Line:
And shall distract the world with fears no more
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
18468
52.
Far from my lips within my breast I'll keep it
First Line:
Far from my lips within my breast I'll keep it
Last Line:
And babbling echoes catch the feeble sound
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
20787
53.
Fatally fair they are and in their smiles
First Line:
Fatally fair they are and in their smiles
Last Line:
And mingles with the herd that went before him
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
21544
54.
Even thus in hell wander the restless damned
First Line:
Even thus in hell wander the restless damned
Last Line:
And only prove variety of pain
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
18595
55.
First to the gods thy humble homage pay
First Line:
First to the gods thy humble homage pay
Last Line:
And scorn the dark dominion of the grave
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
22908
56.
First to the gods thy humble homage pay
First Line:
First to the gods thy humble homage pay
Last Line:
And teach thy feet her heavenly paths to tread
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
30250
57.
Exquisite charmer now by Orosmades
First Line:
Exquisite charmer now by Orosmades
Last Line:
And tread one path with thee
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
21591
58.
Forbear to argue with that angel face
First Line:
Forbear to argue with that angel face
Last Line:
As an amends for all thy former coldness
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
21592
59.
Force and the will of our imperious rulers
First Line:
Force and the will of our imperious rulers
Last Line:
To the dear native land from whence he came
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
19079
60.
Forget that thought | Which jarring grates your soul and turns the harmony
First Line:
Forget that thought | Which jarring grates your soul and turns the harmony
Last Line:
Of blessed peace to cursed infernal discord
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
21099
61.
For that kind word | Thus let me fall thus humbly to the earth
First Line:
For that kind word | Thus let me fall thus humbly to the earth
Last Line:
Weep on your feet and bless you for this goodness
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
21025
62.
Flavia to you with safety I commend
First Line:
Flavia to you with safety I commend
Last Line:
And left the monarch's breast to seek some safer shade
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
3840
63.
Fly with me some safe some sacred privacy
First Line:
Fly with me some safe some sacred privacy
Last Line:
And heal my cares for ever
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
18909
64.
From Fletcher's great original today
First Line:
From Fletcher's great original today
Last Line:
And when he knows the worst on it let him marry
Author:
Nathaniel Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
38009
65.
Give me your drops ye soft descending ruins
First Line:
Give me your drops ye soft descending ruins
Last Line:
And feeding an everlasting flood of sorrow
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
19016
66.
Full fifty years harnassed in rugged steel
First Line:
Full fifty years harnassed in rugged steel
Last Line:
Were at my cost secure in luxury
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
20881
67.
Great minds like heaven are pleased with doing good
First Line:
Great minds like heaven are pleased with doing good
Last Line:
But with herself herself the goddess pays
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
21222
68.
Hail gentle cask whose venerable head
First Line:
Hail gentle cask whose venerable head
Last Line:
Your beams shall yield to none but his who brings the day
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
3829
69.
Ha dost thou brave me minion dost thou know
First Line:
Ha dost thou brave me minion dost thou know
Last Line:
And curse thy life in bitterness of misery
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
21134
70.
Had her eyes been fed from that rich stream
First Line:
Had her eyes been fed from that rich stream
Last Line:
It had not been too much
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
21344
71.
Heavy of heart she seems and sore afflicted
First Line:
Heavy of heart she seems and sore afflicted
Last Line:
And shiver at the shock
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
20050
72.
Hear this ye powers mark how the fair deceiver
First Line:
Hear this ye powers mark how the fair deceiver
Last Line:
Fled from my arms and wedded to another
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
18861
73.
Hard are the laws of love despotic rule
First Line:
Hard are the laws of love despotic rule
Last Line:
To smooth uneasy thoughts and lull desire
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
18698
74.
Have you put off
First Line:
Have you put off
Last Line:
And judge you to be numbered with the beasts
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
20332
75.
He droops and hangs his discontented head
First Line:
He droops and hangs his discontented head
Last Line:
Like merit scorned by insolent authority
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
19974
76.
He heaved beneath a pressing thought
First Line:
He heaved beneath a pressing thought
Last Line:
-
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
21086
77.
He is my bane I cannot bear him
First Line:
He is my bane I cannot bear him
Last Line:
And strive in fiery combat for the passage
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
19042
78.
He loved me much though twas a guilty flame
First Line:
He loved me much though twas a guilty flame
Last Line:
Dwelt in my eyes and lived but in my smiles
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
18918
79.
He was the very joy of all that saw him
First Line:
He was the very joy of all that saw him
Last Line:
Stooped from their heaven and listened to his talking
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
20920
80.
Her thoughtful soul labours with some event
First Line:
Her thoughtful soul labours with some event
Last Line:
In its dark womb and longs to be disclosed
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
21082
81.
Here ceased the nymph the fair assembly broke
First Line:
Here ceased the nymph the fair assembly broke
Last Line:
He seeks Titanian Circe's horrid court
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
11950
82.
Her beauty gilds the more than midnight darkness
First Line:
Her beauty gilds the more than midnight darkness
Last Line:
And makes it grateful as the dawn of day
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
18604
83.
How could my tongue
First Line:
How could my tongue
Last Line:
In whom next heaven I trust
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
19894
84.
How didst thou dare to think that I would live
First Line:
How didst thou dare to think that I would live
Last Line:
To toy and waste an Hour of idle time with
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
20062
85.
How few like thee enquire the wretched out
First Line:
How few like thee enquire the wretched out
Last Line:
Or mix their pitying tears with those that weep
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
18485
86.
How fierce a friend is passion with what wildness
First Line:
How fierce a friend is passion with what wildness
Last Line:
From every corner of the seaman's compass
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
21522
87.
His drooping lids that seemed for ever closed
First Line:
His drooping lids that seemed for ever closed
Last Line:
With an eternal night
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
18711
88.
His griefs have rent my aged heart asunder
First Line:
His griefs have rent my aged heart asunder
Last Line:
And groaning cries I am th'accursed of heaven
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
19010
89.
Honour and fame | Forever wait the emperor may our prophet
First Line:
Honour and fame | Forever wait the emperor may our prophet
Last Line:
But with herself herself the goddess pays
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
40530
90.
Honour's the soldier's treasure bought with blood
First Line:
Honour's the soldier's treasure bought with blood
Last Line:
And kept at life's expense
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
19060
91.
His very name
First Line:
His very name
Last Line:
Renews the springs of life and cheers my soul
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
20130
92.
How hard is the condition of our sex
First Line:
How hard is the condition of our sex
Last Line:
And claim an equal empire over the world
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
21547
93.
How poor a thing is he how worthy scorn
First Line:
How poor a thing is he how worthy scorn
Last Line:
That masters even the wisest of us all
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
21509
94.
I came | To sooth the secret anguish of her soul
First Line:
I came | To sooth the secret anguish of her soul
Last Line:
And teach her steps to know the paths of peace
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
18471
95.
In that blessed day from every part the just
First Line:
In that blessed day from every part the just
Last Line:
But one eternal holy day go on
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
8053
96.
In ancient times when Britain's trade was arms
First Line:
In ancient times when Britain's trade was arms
Last Line:
Each English breast like noble Piercy's kind
Author:
John Home (Absolute)
DMI number:
38115
97.
Impatient of the tedious nights in arms
First Line:
Impatient of the tedious nights in arms
Last Line:
The rein that checks him eager for the race
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
20892
98.
In fruitful Lombardy of yore
First Line:
In fruitful Lombardy of yore
Last Line:
That every woman is an Eve
Author:
Mr. Topham (Confident) & Nicholas Rowe (Speculation)
DMI number:
12343
99.
It was not always thus the time has been
First Line:
It was not always thus the time has been
Last Line:
Now curse me to my face
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
19149
100.
Is not the elder
First Line:
Is not the elder
Last Line:
Upon their baser metal
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
18723
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