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1. Amoret and Strephon lay

First Line:
Amoret and Strephon lay
Last Line:
For a reward shall all be his
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
5623

2. Bacchus once thought to get the lands

First Line:
Bacchus once thought to get the lands
Last Line:
His tigers yoked and drove away
DMI number:
25040

3. Behind what then so to enlight the earth

First Line:
Behind what then so to enlight the earth
Last Line:
Than straight from one Olympus to another
DMI number:
42453

4. Chloe you write to me for coin

First Line:
Chloe you write to me for coin
Last Line:
Enjoyed god Bacchus and became a star
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
6756

5. Come Ganymede and fill each glass with wine

First Line:
Come Ganymede and fill each glass with wine
Last Line:
But the chief fuel's private interest
DMI number:
43076

6. For arms to shield the Phrygian knight

First Line:
For arms to shield the Phrygian knight
Last Line:
And self protective stands the trial
Author:
Charles Cotton (Speculation) & William Pattison (Absolute)
DMI number:
3110

7. For Bacchus I am and for Bacchus I'll be

First Line:
For Bacchus I am and for Bacchus I'll be
Last Line:
We'll drink and we'll kiss and we'll never have done
DMI number:
44300

8. Great Bacchus born in thunder and in fire

First Line:
Great Bacchus born in thunder and in fire
Last Line:
The moral says mix water with your wine
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
12421

9. Let's drink let's sing but with design

First Line:
Let's drink let's sing but with design
Last Line:
But praise the best the greatest god
Author:
Thomas Wood (Absolute)
DMI number:
42610

10. Nor this sufficed the god's disgust remains

First Line:
Nor this sufficed the god's disgust remains
Last Line:
To tell the important secret both combined
Author:
Samuel Croxall (Confident)
DMI number:
11903

11. Naked the spring would seem and bare

First Line:
Naked the spring would seem and bare
Last Line:
Did itself to Bacchus dedicate
Author:
Thomas Wood (Absolute)
DMI number:
39266

12. Not I I have done with kings heroes and gods

First Line:
Not I I have done with kings heroes and gods
Last Line:
All quaft off a requiem to the Spaniards departed
DMI number:
3889

13. Now Bacchus calls me to his jolly rites

First Line:
Now Bacchus calls me to his jolly rites
Last Line:
The bridegroom's liquor lays the bride asleep
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4151

14. Now each partakes the feast the wine prepares

First Line:
Now each partakes the feast the wine prepares
Last Line:
And over the banquet every heart be gay
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31644

15. Now riches hoarded by paternal care

First Line:
Now riches hoarded by paternal care
Last Line:
He ceased his words concluding with a groan
Author:
Thomas Vernon (Absolute)
DMI number:
11706

16. No plant like the vine will on Tibur's mild soil

First Line:
No plant like the vine will on Tibur's mild soil
Last Line:
Leaky faith like a sieve letting every thing pass
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25433

17. Of all the trees plant me the sacred vine

First Line:
Of all the trees plant me the sacred vine
Last Line:
And a glass bosom pouring secrets forth
Author:
Sir Richard Fanshawe (Absolute)
DMI number:
42048

18. On Neptune's feasts what else do we

First Line:
On Neptune's feasts what else do we
Last Line:
The night shall likewise have his due
Author:
Sir Thomas Hawkins (Absolute)
DMI number:
42127

19. Perish then Bacchus and his darling vine

First Line:
Perish then Bacchus and his darling vine
Last Line:
And cool itself gives heroes all their fire
DMI number:
23335

20. Sing o muse Phoebus wrath say what cause could persuade

First Line:
Sing o muse Phoebus wrath say what cause could persuade
Last Line:
To his lodge drove sir Mars and Vol trudged to his glass house
Author:
William King (Absolute)
DMI number:
33830