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1. A youth the meanest of the muse's train

First Line:
A youth the meanest of the muse's train
Last Line:
One hapless victim from the untimely grave
DMI number:
33648

2. Aurora fair whose rosy cheeks adorn

First Line:
Aurora fair whose rosy cheeks adorn
Last Line:
Yet still I the hard hearted fair will love
DMI number:
42768

3. Fond Love thy pretty flatteries cease

First Line:
Fond Love thy pretty flatteries cease
Last Line:
Where never any lover happy was
Author:
Aphra Behn (Absolute)
DMI number:
23326

4. Happy was I o love when innocent

First Line:
Happy was I o love when innocent
Last Line:
And all the racks the restless guilty prove
DMI number:
42613

5. Lightning and thunderbolts I can despise

First Line:
Lightning and thunderbolts I can despise
Last Line:
Her cruel heart to pity or to love
Author:
John Morrice (Absolute)
DMI number:
14092

6. Mourn all ye nymphs who used to sing

First Line:
Mourn all ye nymphs who used to sing
Last Line:
Myra is deaf to all my pain
Author:
John Morrice (Absolute)
DMI number:
14106

7. My life & my death are both in your power

First Line:
My life & my death are both in your power
Last Line:
I'll forgive the cruel author of all my past pain
DMI number:
43192

8. Madam behold these fragrant flowers that crown

First Line:
Madam behold these fragrant flowers that crown
Last Line:
As that love's god will ease my lingering pain
DMI number:
42750

9. Madam I can't but wonder why of late

First Line:
Madam I can't but wonder why of late
Last Line:
In losing you they'll lose their number nine
DMI number:
43497

10. Oft have you cried when round your waist I hung

First Line:
Oft have you cried when round your waist I hung
Last Line:
And own he truly loves that loves to death
DMI number:
11622

11. Oft in my jealous transports I would cry

First Line:
Oft in my jealous transports I would cry
Last Line:
To aid his flames and make them burn the more
Author:
Aphra Behn (Absolute)
DMI number:
23331

12. Tell me you hate and flatter me no more

First Line:
Tell me you hate and flatter me no more
Last Line:
A victim to your coldness than your pride
DMI number:
42231

13. Thou grief of my heart and thou pearl of my eyes

First Line:
Thou grief of my heart and thou pearl of my eyes
Last Line:
And hear thy fond owl chant wit to woo wit to woo
Author:
Aphra Behn (Confident)
DMI number:
42536

14. To you great lords I make my just complaint

First Line:
To you great lords I make my just complaint
Last Line:
Farewell forgetful and ingrateful world
Author:
Sir Robert Murray Keith (Absolute)
DMI number:
35304

15. Today as at my glass I stood

First Line:
Today as at my glass I stood
Last Line:
For universal tyranny
Author:
Mary Barber (Absolute)
DMI number:
11568

16. Triumphant queen of beauty

First Line:
Triumphant queen of beauty
Last Line:
That evermore must blaze
DMI number:
42796

17. We only can admire those happy times

First Line:
We only can admire those happy times
Last Line:
And left example how to deal with thine
DMI number:
43060

18. Why dost thou fly me thus oh cruel boy

First Line:
Why dost thou fly me thus oh cruel boy
Last Line:
Thus led by sports and winged by thy disdain
Author:
Philip Ayres (Absolute)
DMI number:
15075

19. Wilt thou not cease at my desire

First Line:
Wilt thou not cease at my desire
Last Line:
I ask but silence while I die
Author:
Philip Ayres (Absolute)
DMI number:
44571

20. Why will you thus my just resentments move

First Line:
Why will you thus my just resentments move
Last Line:
All memory of pain
DMI number:
11623