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1.
A sudden trembling seized on all his limbs
First Line:
A sudden trembling seized on all his limbs
Last Line:
His speech forsook him life it self seemed fled
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
20993
2.
A mischief on it though I'm again alive
First Line:
A mischief on it though I'm again alive
Last Line:
To help a poor disbanded soldier home
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
35872
3.
All happiness is seated in content
First Line:
All happiness is seated in content
Last Line:
-
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
19034
4.
Ah spare ye gentle boars my lovely boy
First Line:
Ah spare ye gentle boars my lovely boy
Last Line:
And swiftly fly to thy Sulpitia's arms
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
10007
5.
A woman if you love my peace of mind
First Line:
A woman if you love my peace of mind
Last Line:
I would forget and blot from my remembrance
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
21498
6.
And if I live not faithful to the lord
First Line:
And if I live not faithful to the lord
Last Line:
And not a tree vouchsafe a leaf to hide me
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
19667
7.
All you who this day's jubilee attend
First Line:
All you who this day's jubilee attend
Last Line:
Carry a quo warranto into France
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
3717
8.
And since the rabble now is ours
First Line:
And since the rabble now is ours
Last Line:
And do our business with their own destruction
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
20076
9.
Ambition is a lust that's never quenched
First Line:
Ambition is a lust that's never quenched
Last Line:
Grows more enflamed and madder by enjoyment
DMI number:
14185
10.
Ambition is at distance
First Line:
Ambition is at distance
Last Line:
What storms will batter and what tempests shake us
DMI number:
14179
11.
Ambrosia here o fairest best beloved
First Line:
Ambrosia here o fairest best beloved
Last Line:
And all the pleasures of my life but love
Author:
Thomas Otway (Speculation)
DMI number:
19653
12.
As glorious as the sun at noon
First Line:
As glorious as the sun at noon
Last Line:
And sails upon the bosom of the air
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
20974
13.
As he who in a fever burning lies
First Line:
As he who in a fever burning lies
Last Line:
Knows tis his bane yet still he thirsts after more
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
20771
14.
At midnight thus the usurer steals untracked
First Line:
At midnight thus the usurer steals untracked
Last Line:
And feasts his eyes upon the shining mammon
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
20045
15.
Be careful to avoid both courts and camps
First Line:
Be careful to avoid both courts and camps
Last Line:
To throw her away on fools and knaves
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
18547
16.
Bear my weakness | If throwing thus my arms about thy neck
First Line:
Bear my weakness | If throwing thus my arms about thy neck
Last Line:
I play the boy and blubber in thy bosom
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
21327
17.
Behold a charnel house
First Line:
Behold a charnel house
Last Line:
With reeky shanks and yellow chapless skulls
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
18438
18.
Behold the furious and unpitying soldier
First Line:
Behold the furious and unpitying soldier
Last Line:
To make a spectacle of horror
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
19933
19.
Beware the dangerous beauty of the wanton
First Line:
Beware the dangerous beauty of the wanton
Last Line:
They bring false virtue broken fame and fortune
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
20059
20.
Bid the damned be happy
First Line:
Bid the damned be happy
Last Line:
Yet still in view of the loved heaven they've lost
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
18594
21.
Behold what streaks
First Line:
Behold what streaks
Last Line:
While all the birds brings music to his levee
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute) & William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
20092
22.
Canst thou love a soldier
First Line:
Canst thou love a soldier
Last Line:
To wrong no hood man's fame nor praise himself
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
20855
23.
By the head of Jove
First Line:
By the head of Jove
Last Line:
And meeting never let them bloodless part
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
19041
24.
But curses stick not could I kill with cursing
First Line:
But curses stick not could I kill with cursing
Last Line:
Die of hteir own diseases Oh for a curse | To kill with
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
18577
25.
By all the power that's given thee over my soul
First Line:
By all the power that's given thee over my soul
Last Line:
But conquer him as thou hast conquered me
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
20215
26.
By heaven you stir not
First Line:
By heaven you stir not
Last Line:
And curses great as is thy falsehood catch thee
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
35135
27.
By heavens I love
First Line:
By heavens I love
Last Line:
With greater happiness than man ever tasted
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
19627
28.
Castalio o how often has he sworn
First Line:
Castalio o how often has he sworn
Last Line:
And at each sigh he drinks the gushing blood
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
18803
29.
Chamont's the dearest thing I love on earth
First Line:
Chamont's the dearest thing I love on earth
Last Line:
Give me Chamont and let the world forsake me
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
19658
30.
Clasped in the arms of her I love
First Line:
Clasped in the arms of her I love
Last Line:
To be for ever true
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
5476
31.
Come lead me forward now like a tame lamb
First Line:
Come lead me forward now like a tame lamb
Last Line:
Yet then too hardly bleats such pleasure's in the pain
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
19283
32.
Dear as the vital warmth that feeds my life
First Line:
Dear as the vital warmth that feeds my life
Last Line:
Dear as those eyes that weep in fondness over thee
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
19704
33.
Curse on this love this little scarecrow love
First Line:
Curse on this love this little scarecrow love
Last Line:
Out of their feeble senses
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
19576
34.
Cursed be my days and doubly cursed my nights
First Line:
Cursed be my days and doubly cursed my nights
Last Line:
And may the general curse reach man and beast
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
19120
35.
Cursed be the hour that gave me birth
First Line:
Cursed be the hour that gave me birth
Last Line:
And the original of being lost
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
19118
36.
Cursed be the memory nay doubly cursed
First Line:
Cursed be the memory nay doubly cursed
Last Line:
And both make youth and wit much better please
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
19919
37.
Courts are the places where best manners flourish
First Line:
Courts are the places where best manners flourish
Last Line:
And ride him to advantage as I please
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
18550
38.
Cowards are scared with threatenings boys are whipped
First Line:
Cowards are scared with threatenings boys are whipped
Last Line:
Acts of itself never asks the body counsel
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
21154
39.
Destruction swift destruction
First Line:
Destruction swift destruction
Last Line:
Thy sufferings thou dear darling of my life
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
21137
40.
Eternal comfort's in thy arms
First Line:
Eternal comfort's in thy arms
Last Line:
Than downy pillows decked with leaves of roses
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
18727
41.
Each vassal has a wild distracted face
First Line:
Each vassal has a wild distracted face
Last Line:
In times of danger
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
19330
42.
Do me justice | Or by the gods I'll lay a scene of blood
First Line:
Do me justice | Or by the gods I'll lay a scene of blood
Last Line:
Who'll sleep in safety that has done me wrong
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
21149
43.
Famine is in thy cheeks
First Line:
Famine is in thy cheeks
Last Line:
Contempt and beggary hang on thy back
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute) & William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
21290
44.
Fain I in gratitude would something say
First Line:
Fain I in gratitude would something say
Last Line:
But am too far in debt for thanks to pay
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
21028
45.
Final destruction seize on all the world
First Line:
Final destruction seize on all the world
Last Line:
Groan here in all those pains which mine feels now
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
19115
46.
Forgive the barbrous trespass of my tongue
First Line:
Forgive the barbrous trespass of my tongue
Last Line:
My heart recoiled and twas even death to speak them
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
20224
47.
Forsaken dames with less concern reflect
First Line:
Forsaken dames with less concern reflect
Last Line:
Show your great souls in damning poets here
Author:
Anthony Cary [Carey] (Absolute)
DMI number:
35874
48.
Forth from the thicket rushed another boar
First Line:
Forth from the thicket rushed another boar
Last Line:
The ugly brindled monster to the heart
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
14299
49.
Forth from the thickets rushed another boar
First Line:
Forth from the thickets rushed another boar
Last Line:
The ugly brindled monster to the heart
DMI number:
39313
50.
Fortune's a mistress that with cautions kind
First Line:
Fortune's a mistress that with cautions kind
Last Line:
They who though she seemed froward yet court on
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
18940
51.
For o I've lost what never can be counted
First Line:
For o I've lost what never can be counted
Last Line:
And tear my heart to pieces in my bosom
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
20222
52.
For children blessings seem but torments are
First Line:
For children blessings seem but torments are
Last Line:
When young our folly and when old our fear
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
18452
53.
Give me flattery
First Line:
Give me flattery
Last Line:
Or send it to a court for there it will thrive
DMI number:
39595
54.
Go to the camp preferment noblest mart
First Line:
Go to the camp preferment noblest mart
Last Line:
Which those industrious bees so hardly toiled for
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
18433
55.
Gallants our author met me here today
First Line:
Gallants our author met me here today
Last Line:
For ladies you know how to manage fools
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
35860
56.
Gallop apace ye fiery footed steeds
First Line:
Gallop apace ye fiery footed steeds
Last Line:
And pay no worship to the gaudy sun
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute) & Thomas Otway (Confident)
DMI number:
19741
57.
Gods life's your gift then season't with such fate
First Line:
Gods life's your gift then season't with such fate
Last Line:
But make my life what I ask or take't away
Author:
Thomas Otway (Confident)
DMI number:
5575
58.
Greatness thou gaudy torment of our souls
First Line:
Greatness thou gaudy torment of our souls
Last Line:
The wise man's fetter and the rage of fools
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
18991
59.
Greatness thou gaudy torment of our souls
First Line:
Greatness thou gaudy torment of our souls
Last Line:
The wise man's fetter and the range of fools
DMI number:
39651
60.
Good deeds their worth and value have from hence
First Line:
Good deeds their worth and value have from hence
Last Line:
They their won glory are and recompence
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
21232
61.
Hear me just heavens
First Line:
Hear me just heavens
Last Line:
Wild as my own thoughts are
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
18571
62.
Have a care memory drive that thought no further
First Line:
Have a care memory drive that thought no further
Last Line:
O for a long sound sleep and so forget it
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
19989
63.
He amongst us | That spares his father brother or his friend
First Line:
He amongst us | That spares his father brother or his friend
Last Line:
Smiling shall see the wonders of our daring
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
19927
64.
He scarce afforded one kind parting word
First Line:
He scarce afforded one kind parting word
Last Line:
Seemed the forced compliment of sated love
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
19259
65.
He was a man
First Line:
He was a man
Last Line:
He could not have forgiven it to himself
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
19062
66.
Hence with this peevish virtue tis a cheat
First Line:
Hence with this peevish virtue tis a cheat
Last Line:
And they who taught it first were hypocrites
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
21223
67.
Henceforth not name a woman
First Line:
Henceforth not name a woman
Last Line:
And faster damns than providence can save
DMI number:
40359
68.
Her unregarded locks
First Line:
Her unregarded locks
Last Line:
Of wretched sustenance
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
19771
69.
How cursed is my condition tossed and justled
First Line:
How cursed is my condition tossed and justled
Last Line:
And drive about just for their ease and scorn
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
21666
70.
How are we bandied up and down by fate
First Line:
How are we bandied up and down by fate
Last Line:
By so much more unhappy as we're great
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
18989
71.
How little do you guess what I'm to say
First Line:
How little do you guess what I'm to say
Last Line:
You lazy drones you shan't have harbour here
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
35862
72.
His presence bears the show of manly virtue
First Line:
His presence bears the show of manly virtue
Last Line:
-
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
19379
73.
How happy is the evening tide of life
First Line:
How happy is the evening tide of life
Last Line:
That toss the thoughtful active busy mind
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
20168
74.
How hard a task hath that poor drudge of stage
First Line:
How hard a task hath that poor drudge of stage
Last Line:
And he's content for once to make you sport
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
38820
75.
How hard a task hath that poor drudge of stage
First Line:
How hard a task hath that poor drudge of stage
Last Line:
And he's content for one to make you sport
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
35863
76.
How vain have proved the labours of the stage
First Line:
How vain have proved the labours of the stage
Last Line:
I could have entertained you worth your money
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
38791
77.
How vainly would dull moralists impose
First Line:
How vainly would dull moralists impose
Last Line:
Rove as he list
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
19147
78.
How wretchedly he rules
First Line:
How wretchedly he rules
Last Line:
That's served by cowards and advised by fools
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
19220
79.
I cannot rest tonight illboding thoughts
First Line:
I cannot rest tonight illboding thoughts
Last Line:
Have chased soft sleep from my unsettled brain
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
20821
80.
I cannot speak tears so obstruct my words
First Line:
I cannot speak tears so obstruct my words
Last Line:
And choke me with unutterable joy
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
19203
81.
I come | I fly to my adored Castalio's arms
First Line:
I come | I fly to my adored Castalio's arms
Last Line:
Like this and with our days our love renew
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
19659
82.
I could tell a story
First Line:
I could tell a story
Last Line:
And make it rage with terrifying fury
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
20506
83.
I did but look and love a while
First Line:
I did but look and love a while
Last Line:
And quickly steal the rest
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
2252
84.
I am dumb as solemn sorrow ought to be
First Line:
I am dumb as solemn sorrow ought to be
Last Line:
Could my grief speak the tale would have no end
DMI number:
39656
85.
I am dumb as solemn sorrow ought to be
First Line:
I am dumb as solemn sorrow ought to be
Last Line:
Could my griefs speak my tale would have no end
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
19005
86.
I am here and thus the shades of night around me
First Line:
I am here and thus the shades of night around me
Last Line:
No minister of darkness cares to tempt me
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
18661
87.
I am that famous she whose moving art
First Line:
I am that famous she whose moving art
Last Line:
Till their applause and love are but the same
DMI number:
5122
88.
I am unpracticed in the art of courtship
First Line:
I am unpracticed in the art of courtship
Last Line:
And pour out th'abundance of my soul
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
21563
89.
I beg for pity and forgiveness
First Line:
I beg for pity and forgiveness
Last Line:
Pleading the cause of your poor cast off child
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
20208
90.
I had so fixed my heart upon her
First Line:
I had so fixed my heart upon her
Last Line:
And dotes as I did can imagine like them
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
18913
91.
I have no business there
First Line:
I have no business there
Last Line:
And thank the lord that wronged me for his favour
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
18540
92.
I fear you're on a rock will wreck your quiet
First Line:
I fear you're on a rock will wreck your quiet
Last Line:
And drown your soul in wretchedness forever
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
21662
93.
I have served him
First Line:
I have served him
Last Line:
I rushed and clove the rebel to the chine
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
19759
94.
I in my private bark already wrecked
First Line:
I in my private bark already wrecked
Last Line:
Resolved to scorn and trust my fate no more
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
19997
95.
I joy more in thee
First Line:
I joy more in thee
Last Line:
And blessed the gods for all her travail past
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
18905
96.
In ages past when will those times renew
First Line:
In ages past when will those times renew
Last Line:
As much transported as he's humble now
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
35871
97.
In these distracted times when each man dreads
First Line:
In these distracted times when each man dreads
Last Line:
And honoured them as thou hast England since
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
35879
98.
Imagine all the horrors of that night
First Line:
Imagine all the horrors of that night
Last Line:
Confusedly raging
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
19931
99.
Immortal pleasures shall our senses drown
First Line:
Immortal pleasures shall our senses drown
Last Line:
Thought shall be lost and every power dissolved
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
18759
100.
In a close lane as I pursued my journey
First Line:
In a close lane as I pursued my journey
Last Line:
And seemed to speak variety of wretchedness
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
19033
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