Poem Genre / Form: Answer/reply / Related People: Not attributed

First Line:: Good madam when ladies are willing
Last Line:: Indeed is too mellow for me
Author:: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu [nee Pierrepont] (Confident) & Sir William Yonge (Confident)
DMI number:: 10988

71. He's a fool in his heart that takes any care

First Line:: He's a fool in his heart that takes any care
Last Line:: Say the word what it will I will never give over
DMI number:: 44304

72. Happy the man thrice happy be

First Line:: Happy the man thrice happy be
Last Line:: Drove by its own wild force
DMI number:: 43558

73. Hard is the task and all unsafe to engage

First Line:: Hard is the task and all unsafe to engage
Last Line:: In different ways and pour forth all the heart
DMI number:: 26727

74. He I say I love and if thou ask how well

First Line:: He I say I love and if thou ask how well
Last Line:: And will not lie unless with you
DMI number:: 44126

75. Henceforth vain youth your arts forbear

First Line:: Henceforth vain youth your arts forbear
Last Line:: But Harry's poor and just
DMI number:: 12860

76. Hosier with indignant sorrow

First Line:: Hosier with indignant sorrow
Last Line:: And for England shamed in thee
DMI number:: 17834

77. How honest a thing is a wedding

First Line:: How honest a thing is a wedding
Last Line:: The wise Ulysses tied in nuptial bands
DMI number:: 42482

78. Hold Matthew Prior by your leave

First Line:: Hold Matthew Prior by your leave
Last Line:: Nassau's the offspring of a god
Author:: Matthew Concanen (Speculation)
DMI number:: 11772

79. Hold out sweet heart hold out

First Line:: Hold out sweet heart hold out
Last Line:: Sweet Robin thou hast lost thy fiddle
DMI number:: 33265

80. Hold quaff no more

First Line:: Hold quaff no more
Last Line:: For an act and two red coats will rout all the ranters
DMI number:: 43075

81. Hold there's enough nay tis over mickle

First Line:: Hold there's enough nay tis over mickle
Last Line:: If I adore that rebel Pindar
DMI number:: 43545

82. How strange it is that man the lord of all

First Line:: How strange it is that man the lord of all
Last Line:: By him who honours all that's good o' th' kind
DMI number:: 7737

83. How now pretty Phillis what no Queen of may

First Line:: How now pretty Phillis what no Queen of may
Last Line:: Thou art the foolishest Phillis that ever was born
DMI number:: 20678

84. I hear thy voice Strephon love commands

First Line:: I hear thy voice Strephon love commands
Last Line:: Heaven's thunders blast those that unconstant prove
DMI number:: 42667

85. In crowds the Ladies throng where pleasure calls

First Line:: In crowds the Ladies throng where pleasure calls
Last Line:: They've nothing else to do but mind their souls
DMI number:: 25188

86. In days of old some drest the Dead

First Line:: In days of old some drest the Dead
Last Line:: He'd never been hanged upon a tree
DMI number:: 36821

87. In my conceit she him would soonest have

First Line:: In my conceit she him would soonest have
Last Line:: She doth most honour she most love doth bear
Author:: William Basse (Absolute)
DMI number:: 42016

88. Inclined of late to contemplation

First Line:: Inclined of late to contemplation
Last Line:: But nemo mortalium omnibus horis sapit
DMI number:: 7883

89. Indeed old sir seven bottles you did bear

First Line:: Indeed old sir seven bottles you did bear
Last Line:: You'll find my labour with success is crowned
DMI number:: 7649

90. Ingenious arts and sciences I love

First Line:: Ingenious arts and sciences I love
Last Line:: All humane arts indeed to numbers bow
DMI number:: 7790

91. Lewis the great

First Line:: Lewis the great
Last Line:: He proudly God defied and ravaged every land
DMI number:: 8121

92. Like a cat with tail fast held by a peg

First Line:: Like a cat with tail fast held by a peg
Last Line:: Just like an honest man and his wife
DMI number:: 42480

93. Like a dog that runs madding at sheep or at cows

First Line:: Like a dog that runs madding at sheep or at cows
Last Line:: Just like an honest man and his wife
DMI number:: 42479

94. Most witty shepherd you did surely keep

First Line:: Most witty shepherd you did surely keep
Last Line:: If I'm not wrong three hundred living sheep
DMI number:: 7660

95. Much ado I have I wot

First Line:: Much ado I have I wot
Last Line:: When with kisses love's concluded
DMI number:: 44120

96. Musing one night what might this riddle mean

First Line:: Musing one night what might this riddle mean
Last Line:: I fell asleep and found it in a dream
DMI number:: 7643

97. My gentle Celia think again

First Line:: My gentle Celia think again
Last Line:: You did not die a maid
DMI number:: 21536

98. My husband of his wife does cry

First Line:: My husband of his wife does cry
Last Line:: You've heard by this song what has been my lot
DMI number:: 8305

99. My labour at length with success hath been crowned

First Line:: My labour at length with success hath been crowned
Last Line:: With the number of bushells of corn it holds too
DMI number:: 7822

100. My life on't a wag I'll never come there

First Line:: My life on't a wag I'll never come there
Last Line:: We dishonour ourselves in not giving their due
DMI number:: 21766

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