Blacklight

Search Constraints

1 - 51 of 51
Number of results to display per page
View results as:
List Gallery

Search Results

1. A blooming youth lies buried here

First Line:
A blooming youth lies buried here
Last Line:
But death had quicker wings than love
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
27361

2. Ah dear Amyntas once a sprightly swain

First Line:
Ah dear Amyntas once a sprightly swain
Last Line:
Tis sin to mourn when such a nymph remains
DMI number:
6382

3. As Phillis sat beneath the spreading shade

First Line:
As Phillis sat beneath the spreading shade
Last Line:
Oblige the lover and the husband's lost
DMI number:
33623

4. Attend ye fair and learn what pains await

First Line:
Attend ye fair and learn what pains await
Last Line:
In life divided but in death conjoined
DMI number:
25319

5. Behind an unfrequented glade

First Line:
Behind an unfrequented glade
Last Line:
And knaves and prudes are six times married
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
11870

6. Beneath the covert of a grove

First Line:
Beneath the covert of a grove
Last Line:
Think on thy own mortality
Author:
Ambrose Philips (Absolute)
DMI number:
6979

7. Calvus if tears which we profusely shed

First Line:
Calvus if tears which we profusely shed
Last Line:
Though sudden as the joys to think how well you love
DMI number:
8543

8. By the side of a murmuring stream

First Line:
By the side of a murmuring stream
Last Line:
His ghost shall glide over the green
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
12691

9. Come sing my muse that lamp that once did prove

First Line:
Come sing my muse that lamp that once did prove
Last Line:
And thus enjoyed him in the shades below
DMI number:
41799

10. Dear soul farewell thou now with glory crowned

First Line:
Dear soul farewell thou now with glory crowned
Last Line:
Whilst here on earth so now in heaven above
DMI number:
4674

11. Farewell fond love under whose childish whip

First Line:
Farewell fond love under whose childish whip
Last Line:
The hollow echo shall reply tis I
DMI number:
44043

12. For love she could not die she was so fair

First Line:
For love she could not die she was so fair
Last Line:
And death we may conclude took pet at that
DMI number:
6083

13. Goatherd the music of yon whistling pine

First Line:
Goatherd the music of yon whistling pine
Last Line:
The goat may chance to leap as well as you
DMI number:
3918

14. Hail blessed pair whom love and nature joins

First Line:
Hail blessed pair whom love and nature joins
Last Line:
Death that grim tyrant that does all things blast
DMI number:
42777

15. Here beauty sleeps but beauty void of pride

First Line:
Here beauty sleeps but beauty void of pride
Last Line:
And dying for thy imaged charms adore
DMI number:
34353

16. Here lies a faithful youth and faithful maid

First Line:
Here lies a faithful youth and faithful maid
Last Line:
And wish their love though not their fate the same
DMI number:
29889

17. Here lies a youth who fell a sacrifice

First Line:
Here lies a youth who fell a sacrifice
Last Line:
Now pours her fruitless tears upon his grave
DMI number:
4218

18. Here lies Philander in this gloomy state

First Line:
Here lies Philander in this gloomy state
Last Line:
He sought but earthly joys and gains the skies
DMI number:
6375

19. In Babylon where ramparts rose on high

First Line:
In Babylon where ramparts rose on high
Last Line:
And in one urn still keep their mixed remains
DMI number:
10297

20. In times of old when birds could speak

First Line:
In times of old when birds could speak
Last Line:
Mount up to heaven from whence it came
DMI number:
25034

21. In a large stately cave of old the court

First Line:
In a large stately cave of old the court
Last Line:
And tempering still each other made it thrive
Author:
Nahum Tate (Absolute)
DMI number:
5767

22. Incensed the raging prophet thus replies

First Line:
Incensed the raging prophet thus replies
Last Line:
Eurydice resounds along the lengthening shores
Author:
William Pattison (Absolute)
DMI number:
11881

23. I see my error plainly now for I

First Line:
I see my error plainly now for I
Last Line:
Wit beauty goodness cause they're yours I love
DMI number:
44603

24. I see the fetters I am doomed to wear

First Line:
I see the fetters I am doomed to wear
Last Line:
I'll drink it all and drink it with a gust
DMI number:
16972

25. If it be not love I ought to fear

First Line:
If it be not love I ought to fear
Last Line:
For with my love my life shall end
DMI number:
44232

26. If yet thou any memory retain

First Line:
If yet thou any memory retain
Last Line:
Dear faithless youth oh think what will thou do
DMI number:
12615

27. Kind porter who unworthily does bear

First Line:
Kind porter who unworthily does bear
Last Line:
Ah farewell cruel gate and porter too
DMI number:
43403

28. Let me not sigh my last before I breathe

First Line:
Let me not sigh my last before I breathe
Last Line:
To give such as have an incapacity
DMI number:
43523

29. May every watchful angel guard thy life

First Line:
May every watchful angel guard thy life
Last Line:
The British glory thine shall be enrolled
Author:
Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer] (Absolute)
DMI number:
21275

30. Nor com'st thou yet my slothful love nor yet

First Line:
Nor com'st thou yet my slothful love nor yet
Last Line:
Leander's bosom shall be Hero's tomb
DMI number:
4007

31. Not that I may in worldly wealth abound

First Line:
Not that I may in worldly wealth abound
Last Line:
Where lazily along the livid waters flow
DMI number:
16973

32. O my loved lord our fatal marriage draws

First Line:
O my loved lord our fatal marriage draws
Last Line:
I'll share that fate and expiate thus my love
DMI number:
21257

33. 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

34. Oh fain would I before I die

First Line:
Oh fain would I before I die
Last Line:
With as much joy as I do now
DMI number:
44139

35. Once I confess I doated on that face

First Line:
Once I confess I doated on that face
Last Line:
Will give you what I did before deny
DMI number:
43401

36. One labour more O Arethusa yield

First Line:
One labour more O Arethusa yield
Last Line:
Love conquers all and we must yield to love
Author:
Sir William Temple (Absolute)
DMI number:
3793

37. Reputation love and death

First Line:
Reputation love and death
Last Line:
I once parting part for ever
Author:
Anne Finch [nee Kingsmill] (Absolute)
DMI number:
23854

38. Still let us love my Sylvia and be wise

First Line:
Still let us love my Sylvia and be wise
Last Line:
Godlike dissolving to immortal rest
Author:
Samuel Croxall (Absolute)
DMI number:
23859

39. Some powers regard me or my heart will burn

First Line:
Some powers regard me or my heart will burn
Last Line:
I had a fair judge but a cruel doom
DMI number:
11219

40. Stay Christian stay nor let thy pride disdain

First Line:
Stay Christian stay nor let thy pride disdain
Last Line:
But celebrate an endless nuptial day
DMI number:
32849

41. This is not the Elysian grove

First Line:
This is not the Elysian grove
Last Line:
Dissolve to tears and melt away
DMI number:
43924

42. Thou who with devious steps and anxious mien

First Line:
Thou who with devious steps and anxious mien
Last Line:
Saw her desert and snatched her to the skies
DMI number:
33545

43. Tis all eternal spring around

First Line:
Tis all eternal spring around
Last Line:
And lose the sight of this dull world with joy | Your Lysander
Author:
Aphra Behn (Absolute)
DMI number:
23365

44. To make a truce sweet Mistress with your eyes

First Line:
To make a truce sweet Mistress with your eyes
Last Line:
Whose love and service evermore was true
DMI number:
44772

45. Twixt love and death but one small difference lies

First Line:
Twixt love and death but one small difference lies
Last Line:
Twere to die twice to take it back again
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
17418

46. Wake all you dead what ho what ho

First Line:
Wake all you dead what ho what ho
Last Line:
Lie two in a grave and to bed to bed
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
43956

47. When Arria to her dearest lord bequeathed

First Line:
When Arria to her dearest lord bequeathed
Last Line:
But oh the wound which thou wilt make I feel
DMI number:
6264

48. When first with grief and anger swelled

First Line:
When first with grief and anger swelled
Last Line:
He burned his teeth extinguished his desire
DMI number:
5305

49. While the full breast swells with unuttered woe

First Line:
While the full breast swells with unuttered woe
Last Line:
In endless glory meet to part no more
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
27434

50. Whilst gales of sighs were sent from my sad breast

First Line:
Whilst gales of sighs were sent from my sad breast
Last Line:
Your slave to wear your chains & live in pain
DMI number:
43190

51. Ye sacred nine a beardless boy inspire

First Line:
Ye sacred nine a beardless boy inspire
Last Line:
I court his darts and meet him half the way
DMI number:
10264