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1. A cave there is deep in declining ground

First Line:
A cave there is deep in declining ground
Last Line:
Because thought absent at his wondrous fall
Author:
John Hopkins (Absolute)
DMI number:
5880

2. A tower with sounding walls erected stands

First Line:
A tower with sounding walls erected stands
Last Line:
Beyond what can be by my words expressed
Author:
Charles Hopkins (Confident)
DMI number:
7347

3. A song of horror I must now commence

First Line:
A song of horror I must now commence
Last Line:
And shall for ages be the song of fame
DMI number:
4243

4. Ah pity me my friends the cruel fair

First Line:
Ah pity me my friends the cruel fair
Last Line:
And by all mortals as by me abhorred
DMI number:
6690

5. Ah pity me my friends the cruel pair

First Line:
Ah pity me my friends the cruel pair
Last Line:
And by all mortals as by me abhorred
DMI number:
7940

6. All blots I cannot from my manners wipe

First Line:
All blots I cannot from my manners wipe
Last Line:
My love will find a tally for them all
Author:
Thomas Rymer (Absolute)
DMI number:
41880

7. All change but nothing finally decays

First Line:
All change but nothing finally decays
Last Line:
For riches tombs replete with dust and bones
DMI number:
28207

8. As many shells on shore as roses sweet

First Line:
As many shells on shore as roses sweet
Last Line:
Icarian waters I must surely number well
DMI number:
44502

9. As the fair vestal to the fountain came

First Line:
As the fair vestal to the fountain came
Last Line:
Swelled with the founder of immortal Rome
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
10661

10. As fair Aenone justly did complain

First Line:
As fair Aenone justly did complain
Last Line:
Till death thy soul from thy lean carcass chase
DMI number:
5449

11. Are there then gods gods I'll believe it no more

First Line:
Are there then gods gods I'll believe it no more
Last Line:
Least when you swear again you strike me blind
DMI number:
43407

12. Armed at all points the Greek to field is gone

First Line:
Armed at all points the Greek to field is gone
Last Line:
Ovid our master was his art of sail
Author:
Thomas Heywood (Absolute)
DMI number:
8513

13. Armed at all points the Greek to field is gone

First Line:
Armed at all points the Greek to field is gone
Last Line:
Ovid our master was his art our sail
Author:
Thomas Heywood (Absolute)
DMI number:
42445

14. As Cippus in the trembling stream surveyed

First Line:
As Cippus in the trembling stream surveyed
Last Line:
And Rome's rich posts shall shine with horns of gold
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Speculation)
DMI number:
8397

15. Autumn succeeds a sober tepid age

First Line:
Autumn succeeds a sober tepid age
Last Line:
When our brown locks repine to mix with odious grey
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
9812

16. Attend ye fair whilst anxious for your praise

First Line:
Attend ye fair whilst anxious for your praise
Last Line:
Such is his verse 'twill melt him into love
DMI number:
12009

17. Aurora now with rosy blushes red

First Line:
Aurora now with rosy blushes red
Last Line:
And at her usual time called forth the day
DMI number:
43406

18. Aurora rising from old Tithon's bed

First Line:
Aurora rising from old Tithon's bed
Last Line:
Drove the dear shades that hid our joys away
DMI number:
6691

19. Before the seas and this terrestrial ball

First Line:
Before the seas and this terrestrial ball
Last Line:
And soft with hard and light with heavy mixed
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
1776

20. Believe me friend all lovers soldiers are

First Line:
Believe me friend all lovers soldiers are
Last Line:
The man that wants employment let him love
DMI number:
43400

21. But when good Saturn banished from above

First Line:
But when good Saturn banished from above
Last Line:
And oxen laboured first beneath the yoke
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
9803

22. Bright nymphs the objects of mankind's desires

First Line:
Bright nymphs the objects of mankind's desires
Last Line:
How mad she lies in solitude on Caunus raves and dies
Author:
John Dennis (Absolute)
DMI number:
8647

23. Chloe since you a handsome woman are

First Line:
Chloe since you a handsome woman are
Last Line:
Thy truth my girl shall never come on trial
DMI number:
16976

24. Ceres desires to know the wondrous cause

First Line:
Ceres desires to know the wondrous cause
Last Line:
In silver streams I reared my watry head
DMI number:
7304

25. Condemned to Pontus tired with endless toil

First Line:
Condemned to Pontus tired with endless toil
Last Line:
Is a less grief than Caesar to offend
DMI number:
4037

26. Daphne first taught the fair Latona's son

First Line:
Daphne first taught the fair Latona's son
Last Line:
And with her new formed boughs gave the consenting nod
DMI number:
17747

27. Death's steps are swift and yet no noise it makes

First Line:
Death's steps are swift and yet no noise it makes
Last Line:
Its hand unseen but yet most surely takes
DMI number:
33653

28. First thou that art a freshman and are bent

First Line:
First thou that art a freshman and are bent
Last Line:
Here doth my shaken ship her anchor cast
Author:
Thomas Heywood (Absolute)
DMI number:
8511

29. First thou that art a freshman and art bent

First Line:
First thou that art a freshman and art bent
Last Line:
Here doth my shaken ship her anchor cast
Author:
Thomas Heywood (Absolute)
DMI number:
42444

30. From Cephalus' tragic story read

First Line:
From Cephalus' tragic story read
Last Line:
That drowns my hopes and drives me to despair
Author:
Charles Hopkins (Absolute)
DMI number:
7366

31. Go happy ring who art about to bind

First Line:
Go happy ring who art about to bind
Last Line:
And that I die for her let the dear creature know
DMI number:
6749

32. Full in earth's centre twixt air earth and sea

First Line:
Full in earth's centre twixt air earth and sea
Last Line:
Befalls on earth on ocean or in air
DMI number:
28420

33. Here as I bathed my weary limbs in tears

First Line:
Here as I bathed my weary limbs in tears
Last Line:
Prevent my fate and clear the guiltless flood
DMI number:
39277

34. How art thou envied let Pygmalion prove

First Line:
How art thou envied let Pygmalion prove
Last Line:
Or how at first hope any more than me
DMI number:
7375

35. Hippomanes alone with hope inspired

First Line:
Hippomanes alone with hope inspired
Last Line:
Who if they knew thee would be surely thine
Author:
Charles Hopkins (Confident)
DMI number:
7364

36. How hard's my hap to have my fair consigned

First Line:
How hard's my hap to have my fair consigned
Last Line:
And we with bounteous hand thy friendship will reward
DMI number:
6696

37. How thou art envied let Pigmalion prove

First Line:
How thou art envied let Pigmalion prove
Last Line:
Or how at first hope any more than me
Author:
Charles Hopkins (Confident)
DMI number:
7363

38. I ask no more than that the fair I love

First Line:
I ask no more than that the fair I love
Last Line:
For after ages fill the mouth of fame
Author:
Ovid (Absolute)
DMI number:
44618

39. I grant that ever since the world began

First Line:
I grant that ever since the world began
Last Line:
For him the cock for him the pigeons broil
Author:
Samuel Croxall (Absolute)
DMI number:
23861

40. I do not ask you would to me prove true

First Line:
I do not ask you would to me prove true
Last Line:
I'll trust the oath and think my eyes in fault
DMI number:
6794

41. I have too long endured her guilty scorn

First Line:
I have too long endured her guilty scorn
Last Line:
By all those beauties that inspired disdain
Author:
John Oldham (Speculation) & Robert Wolseley (Speculation)
DMI number:
4657

42. I have too long endured her guilty scorn

First Line:
I have too long endured her guilty scorn
Last Line:
That down love's current drives me fast away
DMI number:
3664

43. In Babylon where ramparts rose on high

First Line:
In Babylon where ramparts rose on high
Last Line:
And in one urn still keep their mixed remains
DMI number:
10297

44. Ill-natured censurer desist for shame

First Line:
Ill-natured censurer desist for shame
Last Line:
An the best part of me shall still remain
DMI number:
43410

45. In summer and the heat of all the day

First Line:
In summer and the heat of all the day
Last Line:
May every day of mine have such a noon
DMI number:
4223

46. In Babylon whose lofty walls were built

First Line:
In Babylon whose lofty walls were built
Last Line:
And the same urn their ashes does contain
DMI number:
8507

47. In Cupid's school whoever would take degree

First Line:
In Cupid's school whoever would take degree
Last Line:
But here tis time to rest myself and you
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
7332

48. In lofty strains said I some mighty thing

First Line:
In lofty strains said I some mighty thing
Last Line:
Or any way or any thing
Author:
John Cooper (Absolute)
DMI number:
41864

49. In Phoebus wit as Ovid said

First Line:
In Phoebus wit as Ovid said
Last Line:
She pays you as a tree
Author:
Thomas Parnell (Absolute)
DMI number:
8399

50. Io triumphe I have won the prize

First Line:
Io triumphe I have won the prize
Last Line:
And many rivals met but murdered none
DMI number:
6745

51. Much I endured my patience long oppressed

First Line:
Much I endured my patience long oppressed
Last Line:
That force my sails to love in slight of me
DMI number:
44372

52. Much I've endured my patience long oppressed

First Line:
Much I've endured my patience long oppressed
Last Line:
Since they'll drive me to love in spite of me
DMI number:
43417

53. My wife a native of Phaliscan plains

First Line:
My wife a native of Phaliscan plains
Last Line:
Nor more to those that serve them than to me
DMI number:
6792

54. I'm now at --- where my eyes can view

First Line:
I'm now at --- where my eyes can view
Last Line:
Tis love that drives and all must yield to love
DMI number:
6750

55. I'm pleased with the success your valour gave

First Line:
I'm pleased with the success your valour gave
Last Line:
Hyllus farewell my dear I come to thee
Author:
John Oldmixon (Speculation)
DMI number:
5740

56. I used to warn you not with so much care

First Line:
I used to warn you not with so much care
Last Line:
And you again shall charm with native hair
DMI number:
6692

57. I know thou hast the keeping of my fair

First Line:
I know thou hast the keeping of my fair
Last Line:
'Tis cruelty to let me sue in vain
DMI number:
6695

58. If there be any in this multitude

First Line:
If there be any in this multitude
Last Line:
And there shall be no fault in this my verse
Author:
Thomas Heywood (Absolute)
DMI number:
42443

59. If there be any in this multitude

First Line:
If there be any in this multitude
Last Line:
And there shall be no fault in this verse
Author:
Thomas Heywood (Absolute)
DMI number:
8509

60. If there's a wretch who thinks it is a shame

First Line:
If there's a wretch who thinks it is a shame
Last Line:
And other themes I with disdain refuse
DMI number:
6751

61. If I where wise those sisters I should hate

First Line:
If I where wise those sisters I should hate
Last Line:
I build them altars whom my hurt have been
DMI number:
44530

62. If in this town an unflushed puny be

First Line:
If in this town an unflushed puny be
Last Line:
Out rivalled by the duller brawny groom
DMI number:
42900

63. If nature's curse a lovely form denies

First Line:
If nature's curse a lovely form denies
Last Line:
No face could move no face could ever move
DMI number:
39276

64. If streaming blood my fatal letter stain

First Line:
If streaming blood my fatal letter stain
Last Line:
And in my lap the ready paper lies
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
13065

65. Ill omened birds how luckless was the day

First Line:
Ill omened birds how luckless was the day
Last Line:
Tis time her vanity to disabuse
DMI number:
6787

66. Kind porter who unworthily does bear

First Line:
Kind porter who unworthily does bear
Last Line:
Ah farewell cruel gate and porter too
DMI number:
43403

67. Near Cumae lies a dusky cave where sleep

First Line:
Near Cumae lies a dusky cave where sleep
Last Line:
Or ears of bearded corn rise from the fertile ground
DMI number:
4244

68. Near the Cimmerians lies a cavern deep

First Line:
Near the Cimmerians lies a cavern deep
Last Line:
And by her painted bow remounts the skies
Author:
George Sandys (Absolute)
DMI number:
28415

69. Now Ceres' feast is come the trees are blown

First Line:
Now Ceres' feast is come the trees are blown
Last Line:
These gifts will please our master powers above
DMI number:
6778

70. Now Io paean sing new wreaths prepare

First Line:
Now Io paean sing new wreaths prepare
Last Line:
Them I commit to a more skillful hand
Author:
Thomas Yalden (Absolute)
DMI number:
7358

71. Now Io paean sing now wreaths prepare

First Line:
Now Io paean sing now wreaths prepare
Last Line:
Them I commit to a more skilful hand
Author:
Thomas Yalden (Absolute)
DMI number:
7333

72. Number the days the cloudy and the clear

First Line:
Number the days the cloudy and the clear
Last Line:
Doth penance daily yet sins all his life
DMI number:
44107

73. Number the days the cloudy and the clear

First Line:
Number the days the cloudy and the clear
Last Line:
The greatest numbers are more foul than fair
DMI number:
41906

74. Observing the lewd lives that women led

First Line:
Observing the lewd lives that women led
Last Line:
But only that which should have crowned the rest
DMI number:
4242

75. Of the gay Sylvan god that widely roves

First Line:
Of the gay Sylvan god that widely roves
Last Line:
The body those perused but these the mind
Author:
Samuel Croxall (Absolute)
DMI number:
23862

76. Parent of gods began the weeping fair

First Line:
Parent of gods began the weeping fair
Last Line:
Though heaven such virtue by such wonders proved
DMI number:
39408

77. Parent of tender love and soft desire

First Line:
Parent of tender love and soft desire
Last Line:
And in his verse the poet ever live
DMI number:
6795

78. Once more ye fair attend your master's song

First Line:
Once more ye fair attend your master's song
Last Line:
And spread upon their cheeks the purple juice
DMI number:
7336

79. One summer's noon with heat oppressed

First Line:
One summer's noon with heat oppressed
Last Line:
Oh may each noon like that be blessed
DMI number:
11056

80. Once I confess I doated on that face

First Line:
Once I confess I doated on that face
Last Line:
Will give you what I did before deny
DMI number:
43401

81. One house just judgement I've decreed to fall

First Line:
One house just judgement I've decreed to fall
Last Line:
And ordered every river to its course
DMI number:
17751

82. Perceivest thou not the process of the year

First Line:
Perceivest thou not the process of the year
Last Line:
Infirm the stalks unsolid are the leaves
Author:
Ovid (Absolute) & John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
9810

83. Proceeding onward whence the year began

First Line:
Proceeding onward whence the year began
Last Line:
With kindly moisture and prolific heat
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
9811

84. Propitious chance led Perseus once to view

First Line:
Propitious chance led Perseus once to view
Last Line:
But you beheld admired and so enjoyed
DMI number:
7373

85. Propitious chance led Perseus once to view

First Line:
Propitious chance led Perseus once to view
Last Line:
You but beheld admired and so enjoyed
Author:
Charles Hopkins (Confident)
DMI number:
7361

86. Read this yet be not troubled when you read

First Line:
Read this yet be not troubled when you read
Last Line:
Sink at thy feet into eternal rest
Author:
Ovid (Confident) & Charles Hopkins (Absolute)
DMI number:
7372

87. Since to constrain our joys that ill bred rude

First Line:
Since to constrain our joys that ill bred rude
Last Line:
When we meet next be sure you all deny
Author:
Sir Carr Scrope (Absolute)
DMI number:
41865

88. So in old times the mournful Orpheus stood

First Line:
So in old times the mournful Orpheus stood
Last Line:
Death can inflict for it was death to part
Author:
Charles Hopkins (Absolute)
DMI number:
7368

89. So in unwonted notes when sure to die

First Line:
So in unwonted notes when sure to die
Last Line:
But by his sword and her own hand was slain
Author:
John Somers (Speculation)
DMI number:
5732

90. So much I've suffered and so long no more

First Line:
So much I've suffered and so long no more
Last Line:
Oh Venus let my love be still my choice
DMI number:
6780

91. Sir | My muse of late received a fatal blow

First Line:
Sir | My muse of late received a fatal blow
Last Line:
All her ambition is to rise to you
DMI number:
8692

92. Sing Io Paean twice twice Io say

First Line:
Sing Io Paean twice twice Io say
Last Line:
They shall be next instructed by my quill
Author:
Thomas Heywood (Absolute)
DMI number:
8512

93. Slave if thou worthy of thy chains wouldst be

First Line:
Slave if thou worthy of thy chains wouldst be
Last Line:
Ah porter and ah cruel gate farewell
DMI number:
6687

94. Than savage beasts more fierce more to be feared

First Line:
Than savage beasts more fierce more to be feared
Last Line:
Yet lay my ashes in their peaceful urn
Author:
John Somers (Absolute)
DMI number:
5700

95. Tell me some god whence does this change arise

First Line:
Tell me some god whence does this change arise
Last Line:
A slave no longer but a god like thee
Author:
John Hughes (Absolute)
DMI number:
8351

96. The golden age was first when man yet new

First Line:
The golden age was first when man yet new
Last Line:
And honey sweating through the pores of oak
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
9802

97. The god within us rages in our breast

First Line:
The god within us rages in our breast
Last Line:
And we grow warm whilst his bright heat's expressed
DMI number:
10813

98. The fair Pomona flourished in his reign

First Line:
The fair Pomona flourished in his reign
Last Line:
And the warm maid confessed a mutual love
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
7305

99. The fate of empires and the pomp of war

First Line:
The fate of empires and the pomp of war
Last Line:
And crowned with myrtle I'll the bays despise
DMI number:
19811

100. The lovely Salmacis the fountain owned

First Line:
The lovely Salmacis the fountain owned
Last Line:
And as they mingled souls their bodies joined
Author:
Charles Hopkins (Confident)
DMI number:
7346