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1. Adieu vain mirth and noisy joys

First Line:
Adieu vain mirth and noisy joys
Last Line:
Thy steps adieu vain world adieu
Author:
William Broome (Absolute)
DMI number:
15405

2. Alas the powers of life decay

First Line:
Alas the powers of life decay
Last Line:
Never ah never to return
Author:
William Broome (Absolute)
DMI number:
27352

3. Ah cruel hand that could such power employ

First Line:
Ah cruel hand that could such power employ
Last Line:
A blaze of glory and a flood of day
Author:
William Broome (Absolute)
DMI number:
7429

4. Ah cruel hand that could such power employ

First Line:
Ah cruel hand that could such power employ
Last Line:
A deluge of inimitable day
Author:
William Broome (Absolute)
DMI number:
32347

5. As when the king of peace and lord of love

First Line:
As when the king of peace and lord of love
Last Line:
And ask the certain way to rise as high
Author:
George Sewell (Confident) & William Broome (Confident)
DMI number:
1474

6. Charm me ye sacred leaves with nobler themes

First Line:
Charm me ye sacred leaves with nobler themes
Last Line:
Nor gaze on visions from the throne of heaven
Author:
William Broome (Absolute)
DMI number:
30880

7. Come lyrist tune thy harp and play

First Line:
Come lyrist tune thy harp and play
Last Line:
To grace him in the genial hour
Author:
William Broome (Absolute)
DMI number:
27343

8. From the blest seats of everlasting day

First Line:
From the blest seats of everlasting day
Last Line:
And the spheres danced while tuneful angels sung
Author:
William Broome (Speculation)
DMI number:
8052

9. Give me Homer's tuneful lyre

First Line:
Give me Homer's tuneful lyre
Last Line:
Rapturous songs that breathe of wine
Author:
William Broome (Absolute)
DMI number:
27334

10. Hail ye soft seats ye limpid springs and floods

First Line:
Hail ye soft seats ye limpid springs and floods
Last Line:
And joyful wings her flight to worlds unknown
Author:
William Broome (Absolute)
DMI number:
28966

11. Happy the mortal whose enlightened eyes

First Line:
Happy the mortal whose enlightened eyes
Last Line:
And lose the real for fantastic joy
Author:
William Broome (Speculation)
DMI number:
9838

12. How calm the evening see the falling day

First Line:
How calm the evening see the falling day
Last Line:
And guard the younglins from th' unwholesome air
Author:
William Broome (Absolute)
DMI number:
9836

13. Lo the vintage now is done

First Line:
Lo the vintage now is done
Last Line:
The happy happy impudence
Author:
William Broome (Absolute)
DMI number:
27342

14. Let vulgar souls triumphal arches raise

First Line:
Let vulgar souls triumphal arches raise
Last Line:
Even fiends relenting hear their rage away
Author:
William Broome (Absolute)
DMI number:
12257

15. Love is a noble rich repast

First Line:
Love is a noble rich repast
Last Line:
She'd never been worth a golden shower
Author:
William Broome (Absolute)
DMI number:
9839

16. My eyes with floods of tears overflow

First Line:
My eyes with floods of tears overflow
Last Line:
The vigorous god into her leaves
Author:
William Broome (Absolute)
DMI number:
7431

17. I who was once the glory of the plain

First Line:
I who was once the glory of the plain
Last Line:
My sighs shall drive the ship and fill the flagging sails
Author:
William Broome (Absolute)
DMI number:
7312

18. If ever my humble muse melodious sings

First Line:
If ever my humble muse melodious sings
Last Line:
And what the god inspired the priestess spoke
Author:
William Broome (Absolute)
DMI number:
7319

19. On a fair mead a dunghill lay

First Line:
On a fair mead a dunghill lay
Last Line:
New honours over my rising head
Author:
William Broome (Absolute)
DMI number:
30692

20. Once more not uninspired the string

First Line:
Once more not uninspired the string
Last Line:
My precepts to regale the mind
Author:
William Broome (Absolute)
DMI number:
27396

21. Queen of fragrance lovely rose

First Line:
Queen of fragrance lovely rose
Last Line:
Queen of fragrance lovely rose
Author:
William Broome (Absolute)
DMI number:
37876

22. Say lovely offspring of the May

First Line:
Say lovely offspring of the May
Last Line:
I love I die through sad despair
Author:
William Broome (Confident)
DMI number:
7302

23. Say while each scene so beautiful appears

First Line:
Say while each scene so beautiful appears
Last Line:
They should your brighter charms O Rosalind impair
Author:
William Broome (Absolute)
DMI number:
7320

24. See Winter's past the seasons bring

First Line:
See Winter's past the seasons bring
Last Line:
Quaff an imaginary draught
Author:
William Broome (Absolute)
DMI number:
27297

25. See see the jolly god appears

First Line:
See see the jolly god appears
Last Line:
And brings again our health new wine
Author:
William Broome (Absolute)
DMI number:
27338

26. Some sing of Thebes and some employ

First Line:
Some sing of Thebes and some employ
Last Line:
To conquer dreadful in its charms
Author:
William Broome (Absolute)
DMI number:
27192

27. Talk not to me of pedant rules

First Line:
Talk not to me of pedant rules
Last Line:
And dream of love and wine no more
Author:
William Broome (Absolute)
DMI number:
27296

28. Sure sickness never such beauty wore

First Line:
Sure sickness never such beauty wore
Last Line:
We angels rise who mortals died
Author:
William Broome (Absolute)
DMI number:
7428

29. The gods over mortals prove their sway

First Line:
The gods over mortals prove their sway
Last Line:
To tread on if trod on by thee
Author:
William Broome (Absolute)
DMI number:
27196

30. The listening trees Amphion drew

First Line:
The listening trees Amphion drew
Last Line:
And conquers all things like your eyes
Author:
William Broome (Absolute)
DMI number:
3189

31. Then from his bright aereal abode

First Line:
Then from his bright aereal abode
Last Line:
Demands the fight and rushes on the foe
Author:
William Broome (Absolute)
DMI number:
7301

32. The wealth of Gyges I despise

First Line:
The wealth of Gyges I despise
Last Line:
Man taste no more the cup of joy
Author:
Anacreon (Absolute) & William Broome (Absolute)
DMI number:
27189

33. The stately steed expressive bears

First Line:
The stately steed expressive bears
Last Line:
That look too foolish or too wise
Author:
William Broome (Absolute)
DMI number:
27349

34. The sun that rolls his beamy orb on high

First Line:
The sun that rolls his beamy orb on high
Last Line:
Can build another world from every sand
Author:
William Broome (Absolute)
DMI number:
26697

35. The sun that rolls his beamy orb on high

First Line:
The sun that rolls his beamy orb on high
Last Line:
Float in the air and run their mystic dance
Author:
William Broome (Absolute)
DMI number:
7427

36. There was a time when in his younger years

First Line:
There was a time when in his younger years
Last Line:
And kindly hide his baldness with the bays
Author:
William Broome (Absolute)
DMI number:
39061

37. Twas sung of old how one Amphion

First Line:
Twas sung of old how one Amphion
Last Line:
And gain a pass with leave to beg
Author:
William Broome (Absolute)
DMI number:
7430

38. What woes must such an equal union bring

First Line:
What woes must such an equal union bring
Last Line:
Once more unite the living to the dead
Author:
William Broome (Absolute)
DMI number:
36252

39. When from the plains Melissa fled

First Line:
When from the plains Melissa fled
Last Line:
To weep his life away
Author:
William Broome (Absolute)
DMI number:
3166

40. When breathing statues mouldering waste away

First Line:
When breathing statues mouldering waste away
Last Line:
Give tears to beauty give to virtue fame
Author:
William Broome (Absolute)
DMI number:
39008

41. When the wind rages and the tempest blows

First Line:
When the wind rages and the tempest blows
Last Line:
And his fixed eyes confess his deep despair
DMI number:
9837

42. When sprightly youths my eyes survey

First Line:
When sprightly youths my eyes survey
Last Line:
In pleasing arts of trifling well
Author:
William Broome (Absolute)
DMI number:
27345

43. When in a glorious terrible array

First Line:
When in a glorious terrible array
Last Line:
Thee everlasting god the mighty king of kings
Author:
William Broome (Absolute)
DMI number:
7300

44. While in these fountains bright Belinda laves

First Line:
While in these fountains bright Belinda laves
Last Line:
There Venus laves but my Belinda here
Author:
William Broome (Absolute)
DMI number:
24953

45. Why lovely babe does slumber seal your eyes

First Line:
Why lovely babe does slumber seal your eyes
Last Line:
Excess of beauty justified the boy
Author:
William Broome (Absolute)
DMI number:
7311