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1. Aery pleasures are opprobrious names

First Line:
Aery pleasures are opprobrious names
Last Line:
To leave a sting a sad remorse behind
DMI number:
6409

2. Be calm dear captain and serene

First Line:
Be calm dear captain and serene
Last Line:
So that we have not lived in vain
DMI number:
19587

3. Believe me dear Lucinda you disgrace

First Line:
Believe me dear Lucinda you disgrace
Last Line:
Lest we should alter as your charms decay
DMI number:
11182

4. Beneath some shade which Sol in vain assails

First Line:
Beneath some shade which Sol in vain assails
Last Line:
No prayers no tears can move the rigid fates
DMI number:
11025

5. Beneath the covert of a grove

First Line:
Beneath the covert of a grove
Last Line:
Think of thy own mortality
DMI number:
42566

6. Cast away care all you that love sorrow

First Line:
Cast away care all you that love sorrow
Last Line:
Fill pots and bottles boys drink all and spare not | Then merrily &c
DMI number:
44260

7. Cast our caps and care away

First Line:
Cast our caps and care away
Last Line:
He doth owe unto his rags
Author:
John Fletcher (Absolute)
DMI number:
43894

8. Come Lesbia let us live and love

First Line:
Come Lesbia let us live and love
Last Line:
How much my dear I'm kissed by you
Author:
Francis Willis (Confident)
DMI number:
9823

9. Come let us laugh let us drink let us sing

First Line:
Come let us laugh let us drink let us sing
Last Line:
Conferring our notes together
DMI number:
44271

10. Cruel as yet and vain of every charm

First Line:
Cruel as yet and vain of every charm
Last Line:
Or now I love why can I charm no more
DMI number:
22969

11. Fill the bowl with rosy wine

First Line:
Fill the bowl with rosy wine
Last Line:
To the gods belongs tomorrow
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
6014

12. Fill up the bowl with rosy wine

First Line:
Fill up the bowl with rosy wine
Last Line:
And leave to whom belongs tomorrow
DMI number:
44147

13. For what tomorrow shall disclose

First Line:
For what tomorrow shall disclose
Last Line:
Love and life are for today
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
25006

14. Forbear my dear Strephon with fruitless desire

First Line:
Forbear my dear Strephon with fruitless desire
Last Line:
And take not expect what hereafter'll bestow
Author:
John Hervey (Absolute)
DMI number:
18831

15. Fly me not too lovely fair

First Line:
Fly me not too lovely fair
Last Line:
These are age and those are youth
Author:
Edward Burnaby Greene (Speculation)
DMI number:
31440

16. Fruitless my friend you wreck your brain

First Line:
Fruitless my friend you wreck your brain
Last Line:
Then who so blessed as thee and I
DMI number:
10077

17. Had we but world enough and time

First Line:
Had we but world enough and time
Last Line:
Stand still yet we will make him run
Author:
Andrew Marvell (Absolute)
DMI number:
9322

18. How swift we cry the restless years roll on

First Line:
How swift we cry the restless years roll on
Last Line:
Strew it with flowers to obstruct thy way
DMI number:
15476

19. I care for neither prince nor state

First Line:
I care for neither prince nor state
Last Line:
Doctors cry hold you've drunk enough
DMI number:
44671

20. In hopes so pant upon your snowy breast

First Line:
In hopes so pant upon your snowy breast
Last Line:
Time now's too precious for a moment's waste
DMI number:
44362

21. In vain a thousand slaves have tried

First Line:
In vain a thousand slaves have tried
Last Line:
Both destroyed by time
DMI number:
43215

22. Joan to the maypole away let's run

First Line:
Joan to the maypole away let's run
Last Line:
Fare thee well till the next merry meeting
DMI number:
44154

23. Lose no time nor youth but be

First Line:
Lose no time nor youth but be
Last Line:
In thy sweets be gathered then
DMI number:
44474

24. Let the sparkling bowl go round

First Line:
Let the sparkling bowl go round
Last Line:
And the praise of Bacchus sound
Author:
Edward Burnaby Greene (Speculation)
DMI number:
31447

25. Little songster who dost bring

First Line:
Little songster who dost bring
Last Line:
Falls behind the scene of night
DMI number:
4045

26. Let's have a dance upon the hearth

First Line:
Let's have a dance upon the hearth
Last Line:
We dance to the echoes of our feet
DMI number:
43996

27. Let's live my dear like lovers too

First Line:
Let's live my dear like lovers too
Last Line:
The boundless measure of our happiness
Author:
Elijah Fenton (Absolute)
DMI number:
6467

28. Let's live my dearest Lesbia and love

First Line:
Let's live my dearest Lesbia and love
Last Line:
And kiss a long eternity away
DMI number:
3924

29. Let's live my Lesbia and let's love

First Line:
Let's live my Lesbia and let's love
Last Line:
If he should find that we've kissed so
DMI number:
10616

30. Let's live my Lesbia whilst we may

First Line:
Let's live my Lesbia whilst we may
Last Line:
The member will I defend from harm
DMI number:
44599

31. Love Celia love for time will fly

First Line:
Love Celia love for time will fly
Last Line:
Is - you're an antiquated toast
DMI number:
10025

32. I'm by a gentle breathing first begun

First Line:
I'm by a gentle breathing first begun
Last Line:
So are the things we so much dote upon
DMI number:
44391

33. I'll warrant now you think you're mighty wise

First Line:
I'll warrant now you think you're mighty wise
Last Line:
And she has given you all the world beside
DMI number:
11864

34. Keep still an equal mind not sunk

First Line:
Keep still an equal mind not sunk
Last Line:
To eternal banishment
Author:
Sir Richard Fanshawe (Absolute)
DMI number:
42076

35. Let not brittle beauty make

First Line:
Let not brittle beauty make
Last Line:
And seed in age your hot desire
DMI number:
44108

36. Let numerous acres others hopes employ

First Line:
Let numerous acres others hopes employ
Last Line:
Than to scorn wealth and not be counted poor
DMI number:
23300

37. Man sen thy lyfe is ay in weir

First Line:
Man sen thy lyfe is ay in weir
Last Line:
That it not after be thy case | Sae spend thy ain quhyle thou has space
Author:
William Dunbar (Absolute)
DMI number:
10836

38. 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

39. Lovely blushing prickly rose

First Line:
Lovely blushing prickly rose
Last Line:
Blooms and smiles in endless youth
DMI number:
27078

40. Lovely blushing prickly rose

First Line:
Lovely blushing prickly rose
Last Line:
Blossoms in immortal youth
DMI number:
27056

41. Lucilla though it likes me best

First Line:
Lucilla though it likes me best
Last Line:
Without a nosegay at thy breast
DMI number:
24402

42. Nature send us all aborad

First Line:
Nature send us all aborad
Last Line:
And thus we'll find the way to live
DMI number:
39238

43. Nature sent us all abroad

First Line:
Nature sent us all abroad
Last Line:
And thus we'll find the way to live
Author:
Thomas Wood (Absolute)
DMI number:
42593

44. Nay prithee Sylvia be not coy

First Line:
Nay prithee Sylvia be not coy
Last Line:
And only thee dear Sylvia will I prize
DMI number:
43425

45. Never strive Leuconoe never strive to know

First Line:
Never strive Leuconoe never strive to know
Last Line:
Live well to day and never trust tomorrow
Author:
Samuel Woodford (Absolute)
DMI number:
42041

46. No marble pomp no monumental praise

First Line:
No marble pomp no monumental praise
Last Line:
Employ that well for that's within thy power
Author:
Samuel Bowden (Absolute)
DMI number:
24029

47. Oft am I by the woman told

First Line:
Oft am I by the woman told
Last Line:
And manage wisely the last stake
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
42588

48. Oft the wanton women cry

First Line:
Oft the wanton women cry
Last Line:
And be the merriest there of all
Author:
Edward Burnaby Greene (Speculation)
DMI number:
31418

49. Oh my love how happy am I

First Line:
Oh my love how happy am I
Last Line:
Since hearts are joyned we'll quickly joyn our Hands
DMI number:
43186

50. Rapturous bliss enflames my soul

First Line:
Rapturous bliss enflames my soul
Last Line:
All the soul the care of joy
Author:
Edward Burnaby Greene (Speculation)
DMI number:
31448