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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:
Lucan (Absolute) & Nicholas Rowe (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