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1. A cave there is deep in declining ground

First Line:
A cave there is deep in declining ground
Last Line:
Because thought absent at his wondrous fall
Author:
John Hopkins (Absolute)
DMI number:
5880

2. A Hama-Dryad flourished in these days

First Line:
A Hama-Dryad flourished in these days
Last Line:
How Venus once revenged neglected love
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
12025

3. Acis the lovely youth whose loss I mourn

First Line:
Acis the lovely youth whose loss I mourn
Last Line:
With rapid motion and his name retains
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4854

4. Actaeon's sufferings and Diana's rage

First Line:
Actaeon's sufferings and Diana's rage
Last Line:
Nursed secretly with milk the thriving god
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
11333

5. Advanced in years he died one common date

First Line:
Advanced in years he died one common date
Last Line:
I serve my goddess and attend her chase
Author:
Alexander Stopford Catcott (Confident)
DMI number:
12038

6. Ah tell me love thy nesting place

First Line:
Ah tell me love thy nesting place
Last Line:
First to my face and then to Cynthia's breast
Author:
Philip Ayres (Absolute)
DMI number:
15074

7. Aid me O Venus beauty's powerful queen

First Line:
Aid me O Venus beauty's powerful queen
Last Line:
Tis Heaven to them who can be truly wise
DMI number:
2058

8. 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

9. As it happened on a night

First Line:
As it happened on a night
Last Line:
Your heart was half as safe as they
Author:
George Ogle (Confident)
DMI number:
1821

10. As Venus once Latona's daughter spied

First Line:
As Venus once Latona's daughter spied
Last Line:
When naked caught but not alone you lay
DMI number:
8423

11. As once Leander by his passion moved

First Line:
As once Leander by his passion moved
Last Line:
Not envy thee Neptunius in the waves
DMI number:
17823

12. 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

13. Are souls unequal say o Cupid say

First Line:
Are souls unequal say o Cupid say
Last Line:
Grow old in pleasure please but never cloy
DMI number:
3126

14. Armed at all points the Greek to field is gone

First Line:
Armed at all points the Greek to field is gone
Last Line:
Ovid our master was his art of sail
Author:
Thomas Heywood (Absolute)
DMI number:
8513

15. Armed at all points the Greek to field is gone

First Line:
Armed at all points the Greek to field is gone
Last Line:
Ovid our master was his art our sail
Author:
Thomas Heywood (Absolute)
DMI number:
42445

16. As Cupid wandered out one day

First Line:
As Cupid wandered out one day
Last Line:
Venus tis thy Idalian grove
DMI number:
12838

17. At length thy powerful arts I own

First Line:
At length thy powerful arts I own
Last Line:
Pure are thy hands thy heart humane
DMI number:
25652

18. At midnight when the bear again

First Line:
At midnight when the bear again
Last Line:
Shall reign for ever in thy heart
DMI number:
39223

19. Aurora now had left her saffron bed

First Line:
Aurora now had left her saffron bed
Last Line:
The spouting blood came streaming on her hands
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
28078

20. Aurora rising from old Tithon's bed

First Line:
Aurora rising from old Tithon's bed
Last Line:
Drove the dear shades that hid our joys away
DMI number:
6691

21. Be just dear maid an equal passion prove

First Line:
Be just dear maid an equal passion prove
Last Line:
And mine be ever writ and read with yours
DMI number:
6685

22. Be just dear maid and equal passion prove

First Line:
Be just dear maid and equal passion prove
Last Line:
And mine be ever writ and read with yours
DMI number:
8055

23. By wondrous power of music's artful force

First Line:
By wondrous power of music's artful force
Last Line:
Her formal chastity is much belied
DMI number:
10545

24. 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

25. 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

26. Close by a stream which in a pleasing course

First Line:
Close by a stream which in a pleasing course
Last Line:
That demons can inflict or man invent
DMI number:
66

27. Come lovely nymph the winter now is past

First Line:
Come lovely nymph the winter now is past
Last Line:
Melting in joys the world did never try
DMI number:
42666

28. Come come you ladies of the night

First Line:
Come come you ladies of the night
Last Line:
From Venus and her boy shall have another
DMI number:
44204

29. Come gentle air the Aeolian shepherd said

First Line:
Come gentle air the Aeolian shepherd said
Last Line:
And pities Procris while her lover dies
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
7402

30. Daughter than thy fair mother much more fair

First Line:
Daughter than thy fair mother much more fair
Last Line:
And love reciprocal return to me
Author:
Sir Thomas Hawkins (Absolute)
DMI number:
42046

31. Cupid quite angry that his dart

First Line:
Cupid quite angry that his dart
Last Line:
I'll break my bow for tis not worth a fart
DMI number:
12209

32. D'you think what ancient bards suppose

First Line:
D'you think what ancient bards suppose
Last Line:
And reign the lovelier deity
DMI number:
3284

33. Cupid once having robbed an hive

First Line:
Cupid once having robbed an hive
Last Line:
After stolen sweets the girls can tell
DMI number:
26

34. Damon whom all the world but I believed

First Line:
Damon whom all the world but I believed
Last Line:
Shook off the beast and proved a God at last
Author:
William Pattison (Absolute)
DMI number:
25001

35. Daphne first taught the fair Latona's son

First Line:
Daphne first taught the fair Latona's son
Last Line:
And with her new formed boughs gave the consenting nod
DMI number:
17747

36. Dare I attempt a flight so high

First Line:
Dare I attempt a flight so high
Last Line:
I'll venture though she strikes me dead
DMI number:
3148

37. Detested plague of human race

First Line:
Detested plague of human race
Last Line:
To five times three her lovers mount
DMI number:
24875

38. Ere long the goddess of the nuptial bed

First Line:
Ere long the goddess of the nuptial bed
Last Line:
Now Ora named and pressed her to his side
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
12033

39. Erechtheus next the Athenian sceptre swayed

First Line:
Erechtheus next the Athenian sceptre swayed
Last Line:
And boldly ventured on the swelling tide
Author:
Samuel Croxall (Confident)
DMI number:
11522

40. Declining Venus has no force over love

First Line:
Declining Venus has no force over love
Last Line:
This dial speaks not but it points | Jack H--
DMI number:
4973

41. Divine Thalia charmer of my breast

First Line:
Divine Thalia charmer of my breast
Last Line:
And Phoebus rose and smiled to see the lover blessed
Author:
John Froud (Absolute)
DMI number:
5979

42. False false are the obliging things she swore

First Line:
False false are the obliging things she swore
Last Line:
You stoop too low to vex your humble slave
DMI number:
41826

43. Fantastic wanton god what dost thou mean

First Line:
Fantastic wanton god what dost thou mean
Last Line:
I dread lest it in time should grow to love
DMI number:
42243

44. First thou that art a freshman and are bent

First Line:
First thou that art a freshman and are bent
Last Line:
Here doth my shaken ship her anchor cast
Author:
Thomas Heywood (Absolute)
DMI number:
8511

45. First thou that art a freshman and art bent

First Line:
First thou that art a freshman and art bent
Last Line:
Here doth my shaken ship her anchor cast
Author:
Thomas Heywood (Absolute)
DMI number:
42444

46. Fair royal maid permit a youth undone

First Line:
Fair royal maid permit a youth undone
Last Line:
And I a victim fall to the injured fair
Author:
Aphra Behn (Absolute)
DMI number:
3657

47. For mighty wars I thought to tune my lute

First Line:
For mighty wars I thought to tune my lute
Last Line:
While in unequal verse I sing my woes
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4148

48. For Proteus thus to virgin Thetis said

First Line:
For Proteus thus to virgin Thetis said
Last Line:
From which embrace the great Achilles sprung
Author:
Samuel Croxall (Confident)
DMI number:
11911

49. For shame be gone maids young and stale

First Line:
For shame be gone maids young and stale
Last Line:
And from our Myrrha takes its name
Author:
Anthony Hammond (Confident)
DMI number:
10531

50. Fond Orpheus went as poets tell

First Line:
Fond Orpheus went as poets tell
Last Line:
And taught him by a look to lose her
Author:
Matthew Concanen (Confident)
DMI number:
2668

51. 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

52. For Cytherea's lips while Cupid pressed

First Line:
For Cytherea's lips while Cupid pressed
Last Line:
Which owe to winds their names in Grecian song
Author:
Laurence Eusden (Confident)
DMI number:
11895

53. Greatness does always our desires oppose

First Line:
Greatness does always our desires oppose
Last Line:
And spread a grateful covering over the god
Author:
Charles Hopkins (Confident)
DMI number:
4845

54. Hale scared Cynthia mutable but chaste

First Line:
Hale scared Cynthia mutable but chaste
Last Line:
And in soft dreams preach honour's funeral
DMI number:
44679

55. Here ceased the nymph the fair assembly broke

First Line:
Here ceased the nymph the fair assembly broke
Last Line:
He seeks Titanian Circe's horrid court
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
11950

56. How are you changed of late my love how grown

First Line:
How are you changed of late my love how grown
Last Line:
While all the winds lie hushed the waves asleep
Author:
Charles Hopkins (Confident)
DMI number:
6621

57. How art thou envied let Pygmalion prove

First Line:
How art thou envied let Pygmalion prove
Last Line:
Or how at first hope any more than me
DMI number:
7375

58. How Salmacis with weak enfeebling streams

First Line:
How Salmacis with weak enfeebling streams
Last Line:
And tinged its source to make his wishes good
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
11441

59. How Salmacis with weak enfeebling streams

First Line:
How Salmacis with weak enfeebling streams
Last Line:
To weaken it and make his wishes good
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
6620

60. I kissed the present thrice and thrice I said

First Line:
I kissed the present thrice and thrice I said
Last Line:
Brighter than Venus from a stormy wave
Author:
Thomas Brown (Confident)
DMI number:
41824

61. In ancient days as authors speak

First Line:
In ancient days as authors speak
Last Line:
Joined as they should be hand in hand
DMI number:
3359

62. In anger puffed you say I prove

First Line:
In anger puffed you say I prove
Last Line:
No such will love but all thy wealth
DMI number:
41924

63. In Babylon where first her Queen for state

First Line:
In Babylon where first her Queen for state
Last Line:
And drew attentive all the sister-throng
Author:
Laurence Eusden (Confident)
DMI number:
11404

64. In a fair island in the southern main

First Line:
In a fair island in the southern main
Last Line:
Would prove no doubt as perjured as before
Author:
Matthew Prior (Speculation) & Laetitia Pilkington [nee van Lewen] (Confident)
DMI number:
21718

65. In Babylon whose lofty walls were built

First Line:
In Babylon whose lofty walls were built
Last Line:
And the same urn their ashes does contain
DMI number:
8507

66. In Cupid's school whoever would take degree

First Line:
In Cupid's school whoever would take degree
Last Line:
But here tis time to rest myself and you
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
7332

67. In danger puffed you say I prove

First Line:
In danger puffed you say I prove
Last Line:
No such will love thee but for thy wealth
DMI number:
43796

68. In Homer's time when deities came down

First Line:
In Homer's time when deities came down
Last Line:
The aspiring wretch who dares to tempt his fate
DMI number:
3225

69. In lonely shades distracted with despair

First Line:
In lonely shades distracted with despair
Last Line:
He lays him down breaks his proud heart and dies
Author:
George Granville (Absolute)
DMI number:
4194

70. Ixion as the poets tell us

First Line:
Ixion as the poets tell us
Last Line:
All was a vapour all a cloud
Author:
Anthony Alsop (Absolute)
DMI number:
27890

71. Io triumphe I have won the prize

First Line:
Io triumphe I have won the prize
Last Line:
And many rivals met but murdered none
DMI number:
6745

72. Iphis of vulgar birth by chance had viewed

First Line:
Iphis of vulgar birth by chance had viewed
Last Line:
And both the lovers glow with mutual fire
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
12026

73. Jove for amusement quitted oft his skies

First Line:
Jove for amusement quitted oft his skies
Last Line:
Your sex like ours has had its Phaeton
Author:
Matthew Green (Absolute)
DMI number:
21895

74. It happened once upon a day

First Line:
It happened once upon a day
Last Line:
But all submit admire obey
DMI number:
1945

75. It is a maxim of the schools

First Line:
It is a maxim of the schools
Last Line:
Gainst open force and gainst a thief
DMI number:
11300

76. Like mortal man great Jove grown fond of change

First Line:
Like mortal man great Jove grown fond of change
Last Line:
And Whitehall echoes clean your honour's shoes
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
28493

77. My mother when she was with child of me

First Line:
My mother when she was with child of me
Last Line:
Just as the gods foretold hanged stabbed and drowned
DMI number:
22189

78. My eyes with floods of tears overflow

First Line:
My eyes with floods of tears overflow
Last Line:
The vigorous god into her leaves
Author:
William Broome (Absolute)
DMI number:
7431

79. I' th' narrowest walk of a close grove

First Line:
I' th' narrowest walk of a close grove
Last Line:
To pity men she were divine
Author:
Nahum Tate (Absolute)
DMI number:
5760

80. If there's a wretch who thinks it is a shame

First Line:
If there's a wretch who thinks it is a shame
Last Line:
And other themes I with disdain refuse
DMI number:
6751

81. Leander being fresh and gay

First Line:
Leander being fresh and gay
Last Line:
Her flood gates opt and her own water drowned her
Author:
James Smith (Confident)
DMI number:
8515

82. Mighty goddess who whilom through Hudibras spoke

First Line:
Mighty goddess who whilom through Hudibras spoke
Last Line:
Yet indignant submits to the victor's demands
Author:
William King (Absolute)
DMI number:
33821

83. Lovely Philander O think me not cruel

First Line:
Lovely Philander O think me not cruel
Last Line:
While the little god he doth smile on the pair
DMI number:
40398

84. 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

85. Nor could thy form o Cyllarus foreslow

First Line:
Nor could thy form o Cyllarus foreslow
Last Line:
Whose valour equalled his foreseeing mind
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
11933

86. Nor him alone produced the fruitful queen

First Line:
Nor him alone produced the fruitful queen
Last Line:
And with her pains revenged his mother's fires
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
11894

87. Near Enna's walls a spacious lake is spread

First Line:
Near Enna's walls a spacious lake is spread
Last Line:
The god soon reaches with a rapid flight
Author:
Arthur Maynwaring (Absolute)
DMI number:
11491

88. O come Ulysses quickly come ashore

First Line:
O come Ulysses quickly come ashore
Last Line:
To such harmonious lays as Phoebus self might use
DMI number:
8580

89. 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

90. Now Glaucus with a lover's haste bounds over

First Line:
Now Glaucus with a lover's haste bounds over
Last Line:
Destruction to those barks that beat the seas
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
11952

91. Now Io paean sing now wreaths prepare

First Line:
Now Io paean sing now wreaths prepare
Last Line:
Them I commit to a more skilful hand
Author:
Thomas Yalden (Absolute)
DMI number:
7333

92. Now Minos landed on the Cretan shore

First Line:
Now Minos landed on the Cretan shore
Last Line:
Between Alcides and the dragon blaze
Author:
Samuel Croxall (Confident)
DMI number:
11661

93. Now a long interval of time succeeds

First Line:
Now a long interval of time succeeds
Last Line:
What mortal now shall seek the gods with prayer
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
11716

94. Now Aeolus had with strong chains confined

First Line:
Now Aeolus had with strong chains confined
Last Line:
To know what arts had won Medusa's snakes
Author:
Laurence Eusden (Confident)
DMI number:
11448

95. O Goddess most revered above

First Line:
O Goddess most revered above
Last Line:
Give them to the fools I hate
Author:
Thomas Lisle (Absolute)
DMI number:
27846

96. O Cupid God of whining speeches

First Line:
O Cupid God of whining speeches
Last Line:
I feel my breeches full of blood
Author:
Robert Dodsley (Absolute)
DMI number:
21729

97. No more of war dread Cytherea cease

First Line:
No more of war dread Cytherea cease
Last Line:
Over pleasant fields and purling streams
Author:
Thomas Flatman (Absolute)
DMI number:
42130

98. Observing the lewd lives that women led

First Line:
Observing the lewd lives that women led
Last Line:
But only that which should have crowned the rest
DMI number:
4242

99. O Venus queen of smiles and joy

First Line:
O Venus queen of smiles and joy
Last Line:
Of all her sex the rose confessed
DMI number:
22142

100. O love how cold and slow to take my part

First Line:
O love how cold and slow to take my part
Last Line:
The vassal world is then thy own
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
4139