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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 lead them on their way
Author:
William Shenstone (Absolute)
DMI number:
38216
3.
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
4.
Adieu ye jovial youths who join
First Line:
Adieu ye jovial youths who join
Last Line:
And value reason next to love
Author:
William Shenstone (Absolute)
DMI number:
27281
5.
Ah what is science what is art
First Line:
Ah what is science what is art
Last Line:
And happiest he who most excels
Author:
William Shenstone (Absolute)
DMI number:
27225
6.
Ah why for ever on the wing
First Line:
Ah why for ever on the wing
Last Line:
The sweets of friendship and of love
Author:
William Shenstone (Absolute)
DMI number:
27210
7.
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
8.
Come listen to my mournful tale
First Line:
Come listen to my mournful tale
Last Line:
So sad so tender and so true
Author:
William Shenstone (Absolute)
DMI number:
37299
9.
Cupid over human breasts resistless reigns
First Line:
Cupid over human breasts resistless reigns
Last Line:
Oh blind to truth the brilliant forms it all
DMI number:
37858
10.
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
11.
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
12.
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
13.
Hail curious wights to whom so fair
First Line:
Hail curious wights to whom so fair
Last Line:
Than cherish moths that eat them
Author:
William Shenstone (Absolute)
DMI number:
27240
14.
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
15.
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
16.
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
17.
Here here she lies a budding rose
First Line:
Here here she lies a budding rose
Last Line:
To them more bright in heaven
Author:
William Shenstone (Absolute)
DMI number:
36779
18.
Here in cool grot and mossy cell
First Line:
Here in cool grot and mossy cell
Last Line:
Who dares our hallowed haunt profane
Author:
William Shenstone (Absolute)
DMI number:
40508
19.
Here in cool grot and mossy cell
First Line:
Here in cool grot and mossy cell
Last Line:
Who dares our hallowed haunts profane | Oberon
Author:
William Shenstone (Absolute)
DMI number:
27283
20.
Here in cool grot and mossy cell
First Line:
Here in cool grot and mossy cell
Last Line:
Who dares these hallowed haunts profane | Oberon
DMI number:
37845
21.
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
22.
How blithely passed the summer's day
First Line:
How blithely passed the summer's day
Last Line:
This loss to Damon's bower
Author:
William Shenstone (Absolute)
DMI number:
26736
23.
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
24.
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
25.
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
26.
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
27.
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
28.
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
29.
I told my nymph I told her true
First Line:
I told my nymph I told her true
Last Line:
I know my Flavia's love sincere
Author:
William Shenstone (Absolute)
DMI number:
27231
30.
Now in the cowslip's dewy cell
First Line:
Now in the cowslip's dewy cell
Last Line:
Tis you can cure my smart
Author:
William Shenstone (Absolute)
DMI number:
33094
31.
O you that bathe in courtly blysse
First Line:
O you that bathe in courtly blysse
Last Line:
From whyche these peacefull glennes are free
Author:
William Shenstone (Absolute)
DMI number:
27285
32.
O health capricious maid
First Line:
O health capricious maid
Last Line:
Is thine fair queen alone
Author:
William Shenstone (Absolute)
DMI number:
27224
33.
O let me haunt this peaceful shade
First Line:
O let me haunt this peaceful shade
Last Line:
Whose latent course resembles thine
Author:
William Shenstone (Absolute)
DMI number:
27284
34.
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
35.
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
36.
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
37.
On fair Asteria's blissful plains
First Line:
On fair Asteria's blissful plains
Last Line:
With pride recall this winter's day
Author:
William Shenstone (Absolute)
DMI number:
27226
38.
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
39.
See Flavia see that budding rose
First Line:
See Flavia see that budding rose
Last Line:
Or what the rose's blush unseen
Author:
William Shenstone (Confident)
DMI number:
27280
40.
Shall love alone for ever claim
First Line:
Shall love alone for ever claim
Last Line:
I burn I faint I die
Author:
William Shenstone (Absolute)
DMI number:
33093
41.
Shepherd wouldst thou here obtain
First Line:
Shepherd wouldst thou here obtain
Last Line:
Close thy wish and seek no more
Author:
William Shenstone (Absolute)
DMI number:
27208
42.
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
43.
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
44.
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
45.
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
46.
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
47.
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
48.
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
49.
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
50.
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
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