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1. A tear bedews my Delia's eye

First Line:
A tear bedews my Delia's eye
Last Line:
To think that youth so swiftly flies
Author:
William Shenstone (Absolute)
DMI number:
27230

2. Ah me full sorely is my heart forlorn

First Line:
Ah me full sorely is my heart forlorn
Last Line:
Till reason's morn arise and light them on their way
Author:
William Shenstone (Absolute)
DMI number:
19721

3. Beneath a churchyard yew

First Line:
Beneath a churchyard yew
Last Line:
O sweet o sweet Anne Page
Author:
William Shenstone (Absolute)
DMI number:
27247

4. For rural virtues and for native skies

First Line:
For rural virtues and for native skies
Last Line:
The faithful muse shall meet thee in the grove
Author:
William Shenstone (Absolute)
DMI number:
35429

5. From Lincoln to London rode forth our young squire

First Line:
From Lincoln to London rode forth our young squire
Last Line:
A coach with a coronet trailed to her tweed
Author:
William Shenstone (Absolute)
DMI number:
27244

6. Go tuneful bird that gladdest the skies

First Line:
Go tuneful bird that gladdest the skies
Last Line:
Who sings her praise and sings forlorn
Author:
William Shenstone (Absolute)
DMI number:
27234

7. Health to the bard in Leasowes' happy groves

First Line:
Health to the bard in Leasowes' happy groves
Last Line:
Shenstone be taste and fame and fortune thine
Author:
Elizabeth Thomas (Absolute)
DMI number:
31242

8. Have you not known a small machine

First Line:
Have you not known a small machine
Last Line:
Or render it obscurer
Author:
William Shenstone (Absolute)
DMI number:
27248

9. Have you not seen my gentle squire

First Line:
Have you not seen my gentle squire
Last Line:
And Ned through skill secures the game
Author:
William Shenstone (Absolute)
DMI number:
27241

10. Here lies within his tomb so calm

First Line:
Here lies within his tomb so calm
Last Line:
No music like a bell
DMI number:
32443

11. How pleased within my native bowers

First Line:
How pleased within my native bowers
Last Line:
Divide my love and me
Author:
William Shenstone (Absolute)
DMI number:
27232

12. I asked a friend amidst the throng

First Line:
I asked a friend amidst the throng
Last Line:
He grows himself the worst of slaves
Author:
William Shenstone (Absolute)
DMI number:
27243

13. I have found out a gift for my fair

First Line:
I have found out a gift for my fair
Last Line:
And she called it the sister of love
Author:
William Shenstone (Absolute)
DMI number:
27221

14. In a vale fringed with woodland where grottos abound

First Line:
In a vale fringed with woodland where grottos abound
Last Line:
And the muses are all in alliance with love
Author:
William Shenstone (Absolute)
DMI number:
27278

15. Let the green olive glad hesperian shores

First Line:
Let the green olive glad hesperian shores
Last Line:
Elvira shaped her solitary way
Author:
William Shenstone (Absolute)
DMI number:
38710

16. My banks are all furnished with bees

First Line:
My banks are all furnished with bees
Last Line:
But their love is not equal to mine
Author:
William Shenstone (Absolute)
DMI number:
32917

17. O memory celestial maid

First Line:
O memory celestial maid
Last Line:
But ah for pleasure yield us pain
Author:
William Shenstone (Absolute)
DMI number:
26734

18. Of vagrant loves and fickle flames

First Line:
Of vagrant loves and fickle flames
Last Line:
Could ever cease to love
Author:
William Shenstone (Absolute)
DMI number:
27854

19. On every tree in every plain

First Line:
On every tree in every plain
Last Line:
Will pitying Delia join the prayer
Author:
William Shenstone (Absolute)
DMI number:
27235

20. Says Richard to Thomas and seemed half afraid

First Line:
Says Richard to Thomas and seemed half afraid
Last Line:
And ere night had informed her what Thomas had said
Author:
William Shenstone (Absolute)
DMI number:
27246

21. So rude and tuneless are thy lays

First Line:
So rude and tuneless are thy lays
Last Line:
But tis his herds that low
Author:
William Shenstone (Absolute)
DMI number:
32425

22. Sir will you please to walk before

First Line:
Sir will you please to walk before
Last Line:
Go forward friends or he'll surprise ye
Author:
William Shenstone (Absolute)
DMI number:
27239

23. Survey my fair that lucid stream

First Line:
Survey my fair that lucid stream
Last Line:
So Laura's words be not unkind
Author:
William Shenstone (Absolute)
DMI number:
26733

24. The warmest friend I ever proved

First Line:
The warmest friend I ever proved
Last Line:
His happiness with mine
Author:
William Shenstone (Absolute)
DMI number:
27852

25. The western sky was purpled over

First Line:
The western sky was purpled over
Last Line:
That stream shall cease to flow
Author:
William Shenstone (Absolute)
DMI number:
27209

26. Thy verses friend are Kidderminster stuff

First Line:
Thy verses friend are Kidderminster stuff
Last Line:
And in good truth thou hast measured out enough
Author:
William Shenstone (Absolute)
DMI number:
32426

27. To thee fair freedom I retire

First Line:
To thee fair freedom I retire
Last Line:
His warmest welcome at an inn
Author:
William Shenstone (Absolute)
DMI number:
27242

28. Tis true my wish will never find

First Line:
Tis true my wish will never find
Last Line:
And cautions whom he loves to fly
Author:
William Shenstone (Absolute)
DMI number:
27853

29. Twas not by beauty's aid alone

First Line:
Twas not by beauty's aid alone
Last Line:
Then took the field and died
Author:
William Shenstone (Absolute)
DMI number:
27229

30. Twas always held and ever will

First Line:
Twas always held and ever will
Last Line:
Before an ape below
Author:
William Shenstone (Absolute)
DMI number:
27855

31. Too timorous maid can time or chance

First Line:
Too timorous maid can time or chance
Last Line:
Yet find thy swain an evergreen
Author:
William Shenstone (Absolute)
DMI number:
39150

32. What village but has often seen

First Line:
What village but has often seen
Last Line:
Must prove as pleasant as bear-baiting
Author:
William Shenstone (Absolute)
DMI number:
27238

33. When tepid breezes fanned the air

First Line:
When tepid breezes fanned the air
Last Line:
Which Damon then will most resemble
Author:
William Shenstone (Absolute)
DMI number:
27851

34. When Tom to Cambridge first was sent

First Line:
When Tom to Cambridge first was sent
Last Line:
Of dressing a calf's head
Author:
William Shenstone (Absolute)
DMI number:
27245

35. Will you hear how once repining

First Line:
Will you hear how once repining
Last Line:
None had triumphed over my tomb
Author:
William Shenstone (Absolute)
DMI number:
26735

36. Why mourns my friend why weeps his downcast eye

First Line:
Why mourns my friend why weeps his downcast eye
Last Line:
From Jessy floating on her watery bier
Author:
William Shenstone (Absolute)
DMI number:
24586

37. Why over the verdant banks of Ooze

First Line:
Why over the verdant banks of Ooze
Last Line:
As yonder Halcyon skims the stream
Author:
William Shenstone (Absolute)
DMI number:
38709

38. Ye shepherds so cheerful and gay

First Line:
Ye shepherds so cheerful and gay
Last Line:
Was faithless and I am undone
Author:
William Shenstone (Absolute)
DMI number:
25536

39. Ye gentle nymphs and generous dames

First Line:
Ye gentle nymphs and generous dames
Last Line:
And boast the fetters wrought by you
Author:
William Shenstone (Absolute)
DMI number:
27233