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1. A cruel tiger all with teeth be bled

First Line:
A cruel tiger all with teeth be bled
Last Line:
Hath slain us both for cloaking of his crime
DMI number:
9071

2. A kind of coal is as men say

First Line:
A kind of coal is as men say
Last Line:
Which wastes and never wears
DMI number:
9050

3. A nightingale in her retreat

First Line:
A nightingale in her retreat
Last Line:
Woe to the humble neighbour of the great
Author:
John Hall-Stevenson (Absolute)
DMI number:
33281

4. A small neat house and little spot of ground

First Line:
A small neat house and little spot of ground
Last Line:
Paced home full grave and ruminating sad
Author:
William Dodd (Absolute)
DMI number:
33283

5. A small neat house and little spot of ground

First Line:
A small neat house and little spot of ground
Last Line:
Packed home full grave and ruminating sad
Author:
William Dodd (Absolute)
DMI number:
33318

6. A little herd-groom for he was no better

First Line:
A little herd-groom for he was no better
Last Line:
Whose voice did help their masters case lament
Author:
Francis Davison (Absolute)
DMI number:
49804

7. A little herd-groom for he was no better

First Line:
A little herd-groom for he was no better
Last Line:
Whose voice did helpe their master's case lament
Author:
Francis Davison (Absolute)
DMI number:
49885

8. A loyal breast

First Line:
A loyal breast
Last Line:
More flames oppressed
DMI number:
41978

9. Ah Jenny Gin your eyes do kill

First Line:
Ah Jenny Gin your eyes do kill
Last Line:
Upon this flowery plain
DMI number:
42813

10. Ah liberty now have I learn'd to know

First Line:
Ah liberty now have I learn'd to know
Last Line:
My faltring tongue so basheth ought to crave
DMI number:
49552

11. Ah love how wayward is his wit what pangs do pierce his breast

First Line:
Ah love how wayward is his wit what pangs do pierce his breast
Last Line:
To them that mean by honest means to come to happy end
DMI number:
9061

12. Ah me that ever I was born

First Line:
Ah me that ever I was born
Last Line:
Till with a marble tomb I'm pressed
DMI number:
42753

13. Ah me vile wretch that ever I was born

First Line:
Ah me vile wretch that ever I was born
Last Line:
To murder him and twas the very same
DMI number:
37059

14. Ah pity love wherever it grows

First Line:
Ah pity love wherever it grows
Last Line:
Though I'm so old I scarce know what
DMI number:
42632

15. All fly the unhappy and I all would fly

First Line:
All fly the unhappy and I all would fly
Last Line:
For sure the soul his wisdom made his power continues still
Author:
Anne Finch [nee Kingsmill] (Speculation) & Anne Wharton [nee Lee] (Absolute)
DMI number:
3879

16. Adieu desert how are thou spent

First Line:
Adieu desert how are thou spent
Last Line:
That thy true heart should cause thy woe
DMI number:
49555

17. Ah tell me my regardless fair

First Line:
Ah tell me my regardless fair
Last Line:
Be kind be gentle to your bleeding slave
DMI number:
5874

18. Ah whither fled are all those roses fair

First Line:
Ah whither fled are all those roses fair
Last Line:
Restore with kindness him you've almost slain
DMI number:
42724

19. Alas alas quo' bonny Heck

First Line:
Alas alas quo' bonny Heck
Last Line:
The famous Heck
Author:
Hamilton||William||of Gilbertfield (Absolute)
DMI number:
4612

20. Alas he's gone farewell beloved light

First Line:
Alas he's gone farewell beloved light
Last Line:
Shall winters cursed idea quite deface
DMI number:
43412

21. Alas so all things now do hold their peace

First Line:
Alas so all things now do hold their peace
Last Line:
To live and lack the thing should rid my pain
Author:
Henry Howard (Absolute)
DMI number:
8719

22. Ah Coridon in vain you boast

First Line:
Ah Coridon in vain you boast
Last Line:
Cloris was true and I deserve her shame
Author:
Henry Neville Payne (Confident)
DMI number:
42538

23. Ah envious hour unpleasant to my ear

First Line:
Ah envious hour unpleasant to my ear
Last Line:
Thousands unwary youths have been undone
DMI number:
21963

24. A woman O curse that there is such a name

First Line:
A woman O curse that there is such a name
Last Line:
To trust him so soon with an arrow
DMI number:
5762

25. 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

26. All is not gold that shineth bright in show

First Line:
All is not gold that shineth bright in show
Last Line:
So flattering looks the lover's life doth spill
DMI number:
44938

27. An eye the plot whereon Love sets his gin according to EV

First Line:
An eye the plot whereon Love sets his gin according to EV
Last Line:
That cost some dear if thou maist ha't for nought
Author:
John Lyly (Absolute)
DMI number:
44763

28. Although I had a check

First Line:
Although I had a check
Last Line:
If I can give the mate
Author:
Henry Howard (Absolute)
DMI number:
49565

29. As they whom ranging fevers burn

First Line:
As they whom ranging fevers burn
Last Line:
That give me first my wound
DMI number:
44651

30. As fair Aenone justly did complain

First Line:
As fair Aenone justly did complain
Last Line:
Till death thy soul from thy lean carcass chase
DMI number:
5449

31. Arise O Phosphorus and bring the day

First Line:
Arise O Phosphorus and bring the day
Last Line:
Tis barbarous to insult on one that dies
Author:
William Walsh (Absolute)
DMI number:
6683

32. Arise ye winds from your rough caves

First Line:
Arise ye winds from your rough caves
Last Line:
And then she laid her down and died
DMI number:
42801

33. As Cypress tree that rent is by the root

First Line:
As Cypress tree that rent is by the root
Last Line:
So wanting my wish I die for my desire
DMI number:
49457

34. Artist that underneath my table

First Line:
Artist that underneath my table
Last Line:
Ends both the spider and the poet
Author:
Edward Littleton (Absolute)
DMI number:
10577

35. At liberty I sit and see

First Line:
At liberty I sit and see
Last Line:
Lo such is hap mark well my song
DMI number:
49478

36. At this late hour the world lies hushed below

First Line:
At this late hour the world lies hushed below
Last Line:
Here let me ever dwell for heaven is here
Author:
David Mallet (Absolute)
DMI number:
17520

37. Avising the bright beams of those fair eyes

First Line:
Avising the bright beams of those fair eyes
Last Line:
Of such a root lo cometh fruit fruitless
Author:
Sir Thomas Wyatt (Absolute)
DMI number:
49293

38. Away deluding fiend thy counsels cease

First Line:
Away deluding fiend thy counsels cease
Last Line:
Unsullied joys begin and everlasting peace
DMI number:
6508

39. 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

40. Aurora now with rosy blushes red

First Line:
Aurora now with rosy blushes red
Last Line:
And at her usual time called forth the day
DMI number:
43406

41. Ask what love is It is a passion

First Line:
Ask what love is It is a passion
Last Line:
Whose glory resteth chiefly on deny
DMI number:
49163

42. Ay me ay me I sigh to see the scythe afield

First Line:
Ay me ay me I sigh to see the scythe afield
Last Line:
So all is thine be it good or bad that grows
DMI number:
49200

43. Be gone fond love I'll dote no more

First Line:
Be gone fond love I'll dote no more
Last Line:
I love my nymph says I I love again says she
DMI number:
44629

44. Because I still kept thee from lies and blame

First Line:
Because I still kept thee from lies and blame
Last Line:
And only doth my look declare my heart
Author:
Sir Thomas Wyatt (Absolute)
DMI number:
49290

45. Behold love thy power how she despiseth

First Line:
Behold love thy power how she despiseth
Last Line:
And as his lord thee lowly here entreateth
Author:
Sir Thomas Wyatt (Absolute)
DMI number:
49311

46. Black maid complain not that I fly

First Line:
Black maid complain not that I fly
Last Line:
And then I will bequeath my self to thee
Author:
Henry King (Absolute)
DMI number:
5062

47. Bred where the sun still with a cheerful ray

First Line:
Bred where the sun still with a cheerful ray
Last Line:
Had you consigned me to my native wood
DMI number:
5129

48. Bright beauty you chief idea of my mind

First Line:
Bright beauty you chief idea of my mind
Last Line:
The cruel murderess with her weapon's slain
DMI number:
42727

49. Behold the pair in transport view

First Line:
Behold the pair in transport view
Last Line:
And breath my soul in sighs
DMI number:
12854

50. By various artful methods once I strove

First Line:
By various artful methods once I strove
Last Line:
From those to whom they help denied before
DMI number:
7629

51. By what wild frenzy was I led

First Line:
By what wild frenzy was I led
Last Line:
Tis seized and death alone can cure
Author:
Nahum Tate (Confident)
DMI number:
5879

52. Can my own blood betray my disgrace

First Line:
Can my own blood betray my disgrace
Last Line:
Say tis for joy and triumph not for love
DMI number:
5027

53. By the side of the slow running Zoom

First Line:
By the side of the slow running Zoom
Last Line:
His coat shall be turned up with green
Author:
Sir Robert Murray Keith (Absolute)
DMI number:
35301

54. Chloe since you a handsome woman are

First Line:
Chloe since you a handsome woman are
Last Line:
Thy truth my girl shall never come on trial
DMI number:
16976

55. Come old time and use thy sickle

First Line:
Come old time and use thy sickle
Last Line:
Any real blessings here
DMI number:
5113

56. Celio remains disconsolate

First Line:
Celio remains disconsolate
Last Line:
Phillis the falsest of her sex
DMI number:
44452

57. Cloris I come to learn my fate

First Line:
Cloris I come to learn my fate
Last Line:
What she so long delayed
DMI number:
42541

58. Come golden locks come god of love

First Line:
Come golden locks come god of love
Last Line:
And pines and wishes for another
Author:
Anacreon (Absolute)
DMI number:
10028

59. Come Jack let's drink a pot of ale

First Line:
Come Jack let's drink a pot of ale
Last Line:
More faithful friends than they
DMI number:
7061

60. Come anxious grief and every sullen care

First Line:
Come anxious grief and every sullen care
Last Line:
But tis above the virgin goddess reigns
DMI number:
6353

61. Deaf giddy helpless left alone

First Line:
Deaf giddy helpless left alone
Last Line:
I hardly hear a woman's clack
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Absolute)
DMI number:
11315

62. Dear feathered Cupid pratling thing

First Line:
Dear feathered Cupid pratling thing
Last Line:
And Chloe's frowns no longer fear
DMI number:
19128

63. Curse on the authors of our present woes

First Line:
Curse on the authors of our present woes
Last Line:
Reduce their native country to a wretched state
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
5457

64. Cursed be the law but doubly cursed

First Line:
Cursed be the law but doubly cursed
Last Line:
Till I had run the round of love
DMI number:
11152

65. Cursed on the star dear Harry that betrayed

First Line:
Cursed on the star dear Harry that betrayed
Last Line:
To dwell with those whom all combine to shun
Author:
Richardson Pack (Absolute)
DMI number:
20495

66. Custom alas does partial prove

First Line:
Custom alas does partial prove
Last Line:
Or give to mankind less
Author:
Stephen Clay (Confident) & Francis Manning (Speculation)
DMI number:
5937

67. Could I with poems purchase an estate

First Line:
Could I with poems purchase an estate
Last Line:
But as they're dead my plaint is all in vain
DMI number:
35296

68. Coy Delia why must I pursue

First Line:
Coy Delia why must I pursue
Last Line:
Twill cancel the cause of my wound
DMI number:
16574

69. Condemned to Pontus tired with endless toil

First Line:
Condemned to Pontus tired with endless toil
Last Line:
Is a less grief than Caesar to offend
DMI number:
4037

70. Cruel and impartial sickness

First Line:
Cruel and impartial sickness
Last Line:
Till I from myself do depart
DMI number:
49728

71. Cruel and unpartial sickness

First Line:
Cruel and unpartial sickness
Last Line:
Till I from my self depart
DMI number:
49879

72. Cupid beneath a myrtle laid

First Line:
Cupid beneath a myrtle laid
Last Line:
And binds my subjects in his chains
DMI number:
5340

73. Damn the dull fools who're always whining

First Line:
Damn the dull fools who're always whining
Last Line:
And drink myself like thee divine
DMI number:
11108

74. Damon thou never loved me yet

First Line:
Damon thou never loved me yet
Last Line:
When love inflames but so in part
DMI number:
44237

75. Darkness does now the world surround

First Line:
Darkness does now the world surround
Last Line:
I'll haste to slumber in the grave
DMI number:
42764

76. Dear soul who hath encaptived so my heart

First Line:
Dear soul who hath encaptived so my heart
Last Line:
That I will never love none else but you
DMI number:
44462

77. Eternal source of joys

First Line:
Eternal source of joys
Last Line:
And fix a lasting empire firmly in each heart
DMI number:
10541

78. Eternal time that wasteth without waste

First Line:
Eternal time that wasteth without waste
Last Line:
All are in thee thou in thy self alone
Author:
Sir Walter Ralegh [Raleigh] (Absolute)
DMI number:
49703

79. Did Dorinda but smile I'd not grieve at my fate

First Line:
Did Dorinda but smile I'd not grieve at my fate
Last Line:
And Dorinda consents to't so Dorinda adieu t'you
DMI number:
5223

80. Disgraced undone forlorn made fortune's sport

First Line:
Disgraced undone forlorn made fortune's sport
Last Line:
Next after you by --- I will be king
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
4769

81. Enough of time I have now spent in vain

First Line:
Enough of time I have now spent in vain
Last Line:
And never perplex my self with woman more
DMI number:
12667

82. Each day I die

First Line:
Each day I die
Last Line:
If you deny
DMI number:
41986

83. Each man me tell'th I change most my device

First Line:
Each man me tell'th I change most my device
Last Line:
But always one your own both firm and stable
Author:
Sir Thomas Wyatt (Absolute)
DMI number:
49516

84. Divine mistress | Since 'tis my fate to be thy slave

First Line:
Divine mistress | Since 'tis my fate to be thy slave
Last Line:
By death am freed from misery
DMI number:
42668

85. Do way your physic I faint no more

First Line:
Do way your physic I faint no more
Last Line:
For lo your salve comes all to late
DMI number:
49550

86. Farewell to court and proud Augusta's charms

First Line:
Farewell to court and proud Augusta's charms
Last Line:
From faithless friends and the more faithless fair
DMI number:
5369

87. Even such is time that takes on trust

First Line:
Even such is time that takes on trust
Last Line:
My God shall raise me up I trust
DMI number:
43371

88. Fair boy alas why flyest thou me

First Line:
Fair boy alas why flyest thou me
Last Line:
And thou shalt need no shade but I
Author:
Henry Reynolds (Confident)
DMI number:
5642

89. Farewell deluding world tempt me no more

First Line:
Farewell deluding world tempt me no more
Last Line:
Want and enjoyment still's unsatisfied
DMI number:
5154

90. Farewell false love the oracle of lies

First Line:
Farewell false love the oracle of lies
Last Line:
Dead is the root from which such fancies grew
Author:
William Byrd (Confident) & Thomas Deloney (Confident)
DMI number:
4716

91. Farewell false woman know I'll ever be

First Line:
Farewell false woman know I'll ever be
Last Line:
That loves a woman at no other rate
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
5416

92. Farewell love and all thy laws forever

First Line:
Farewell love and all thy laws forever
Last Line:
Me list no longer rotten boughs to climb
Author:
Sir Thomas Wyatt (Absolute)
DMI number:
49341

93. Farewell the heart of cruelty

First Line:
Farewell the heart of cruelty
Last Line:
Welcome among my pleasant smart
Author:
Sir Thomas Wyatt (Absolute)
DMI number:
49303

94. For when thou are not as thou wont of y'ore

First Line:
For when thou are not as thou wont of y'ore
Last Line:
Now lig we laid as drowned in heavy dream
DMI number:
49582

95. Forgive me heaven if I now accuse

First Line:
Forgive me heaven if I now accuse
Last Line:
My soul long since to her my heaven fled
DMI number:
44600

96. For that a restless head must somewhat have in ure

First Line:
For that a restless head must somewhat have in ure
Last Line:
And though wrong denied I be therein truth it will try in time
DMI number:
49446

97. Gently ah gently lady touch the wound

First Line:
Gently ah gently lady touch the wound
Last Line:
For I too weak for bleeding grow
DMI number:
42676

98. Frown not my dear in what can I offend

First Line:
Frown not my dear in what can I offend
Last Line:
And plagues the land with burning heats and sweats
DMI number:
5058

99. Garrick I've read your Fool's Petition

First Line:
Garrick I've read your Fool's Petition
Last Line:
The luxury of hearing you
DMI number:
33456

100. Great monarch of the world from whose power springs

First Line:
Great monarch of the world from whose power springs
Last Line:
Yet though we perish bless this church and state
DMI number:
10333