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1. A form more fine more accurately wrought

First Line:
A form more fine more accurately wrought
Last Line:
To me the heavenly messengers appear
Author:
Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer] (Confident)
DMI number:
6816

2. A pampered hern of lofty mien and state

First Line:
A pampered hern of lofty mien and state
Last Line:
And gorged that noisome thing for all her pride
DMI number:
12610

3. A primitive christian and a saint in this

First Line:
A primitive christian and a saint in this
Last Line:
And glorious as a rising sun her eye
DMI number:
6869

4. A virgin once I hope in early life

First Line:
A virgin once I hope in early life
Last Line:
Though bad unmarried now am good enough
DMI number:
25249

5. Accept sweet maid each scene that Shakespeare drew

First Line:
Accept sweet maid each scene that Shakespeare drew
Last Line:
May Zara long live happy with a white one
DMI number:
33462

6. After some threescore years of caterwawling

First Line:
After some threescore years of caterwawling
Last Line:
Hell will not bear with her nor she with Heaven
DMI number:
17064

7. All several beauties colours airs and grace

First Line:
All several beauties colours airs and grace
Last Line:
Young and yet wise the wonder of her kind
DMI number:
42216

8. As different poets various subjects choose

First Line:
As different poets various subjects choose
Last Line:
They'd never fail of universal praise
DMI number:
21642

9. At length I'm freed from tragical parade

First Line:
At length I'm freed from tragical parade
Last Line:
But sure the conqueror is the devil within
Author:
William Whitehead (Absolute)
DMI number:
37496

10. Beauty with virtue joined is the bright gem

First Line:
Beauty with virtue joined is the bright gem
Last Line:
Conceited living is a thing as rare
DMI number:
43191

11. Bess does not only hide her privy ware

First Line:
Bess does not only hide her privy ware
Last Line:
Uncovered left what call you that her face
DMI number:
43765

12. Blame not your Almeda nor call her your grief

First Line:
Blame not your Almeda nor call her your grief
Last Line:
And all my kind wishes I strew on your hearse
DMI number:
44285

13. Bonny Kate kenny Kate lay thy leg over me

First Line:
Bonny Kate kenny Kate lay thy leg over me
Last Line:
Bonny lad Jonny lad I'll never forget thee
DMI number:
44038

14. Belinda swears by G-d her hair is black

First Line:
Belinda swears by G-d her hair is black
Last Line:
Is then Belinda perjured I say no
DMI number:
12008

15. Callista's hapless fate her guilty flame

First Line:
Callista's hapless fate her guilty flame
Last Line:
Nor want that pity which thou showst to her
DMI number:
17059

16. Clarinda dearly loved attend

First Line:
Clarinda dearly loved attend
Last Line:
Than virtues of a narrow mind
Author:
Robert Nugent (Absolute)
DMI number:
22433

17. Dame nature seems to make your sisters stand

First Line:
Dame nature seems to make your sisters stand
Last Line:
But the shores murmur from the banks rough brows
DMI number:
43519

18. Did Plato live that sage whose piercing mind

First Line:
Did Plato live that sage whose piercing mind
Last Line:
His bright ideas verified in thee
Author:
Mary Monck (Absolute)
DMI number:
12448

19. Duty and not ambition is her aim

First Line:
Duty and not ambition is her aim
Last Line:
The glorious pleasures of obedience
Author:
Katherine Philips (Speculation)
DMI number:
9610

20. Each softening charm of Clio's smiling song

First Line:
Each softening charm of Clio's smiling song
Last Line:
The muses and the virtues tune thy mind
Author:
Richard Savage (Confident)
DMI number:
13091

21. Early this morn a time to muses kind

First Line:
Early this morn a time to muses kind
Last Line:
Bade me Clarinda write and that was she
DMI number:
16689

22. Deep in the bosom of a vale

First Line:
Deep in the bosom of a vale
Last Line:
They never shall reach my furthest link
DMI number:
36032

23. Divinest thing whom heaven made to show

First Line:
Divinest thing whom heaven made to show
Last Line:
Heaven is too just to be unkind to you
DMI number:
42270

24. Fine shape good features and a handsome face

First Line:
Fine shape good features and a handsome face
Last Line:
And make me happy in contracting you
DMI number:
43528

25. First see her free from that insipid thing

First Line:
First see her free from that insipid thing
Last Line:
And loudly sounds her prostituted fame
DMI number:
38383

26. Fair excellence such strange commands you lay

First Line:
Fair excellence such strange commands you lay
Last Line:
Quarrel with them that give you not your due
DMI number:
42263

27. Fair mistress I would gladly know

First Line:
Fair mistress I would gladly know
Last Line:
What would you more there's one for the other
DMI number:
44010

28. Fair without scorn and witty without pride

First Line:
Fair without scorn and witty without pride
Last Line:
I'll die if Philomela is not she
Author:
John Dunton (Speculation)
DMI number:
6867

29. Freedom from vice is in her nature's part

First Line:
Freedom from vice is in her nature's part
Last Line:
But's witnessed and rewarded both at home
Author:
Katherine Philips (Speculation)
DMI number:
9612

30. For every station of a woman fit

First Line:
For every station of a woman fit
Last Line:
The image faithful though the copy faint
Author:
Samuel Whyte (Speculation)
DMI number:
35969

31. For every turn of human chance prepared

First Line:
For every turn of human chance prepared
Last Line:
In her the primitive saint and poet joined
Author:
Robert Gould (Absolute)
DMI number:
6870

32. Frugalia's charms are far above

First Line:
Frugalia's charms are far above
Last Line:
That has a vast and boundless store
DMI number:
9641

33. Hail happy queen with duty we approve

First Line:
Hail happy queen with duty we approve
Last Line:
When to refuse and when accept a crown
DMI number:
18021

34. Hail O Belinda flattered fair

First Line:
Hail O Belinda flattered fair
Last Line:
O foolish age O dull mankind
Author:
Catullus (Confident)
DMI number:
12007

35. Happy the maid whose soul serene and chaste

First Line:
Happy the maid whose soul serene and chaste
Last Line:
In various shapes another and the same
DMI number:
25336

36. He's happy that avoids lust female kind

First Line:
He's happy that avoids lust female kind
Last Line:
Faith in them filed they have a wicked man
DMI number:
41927

37. He's happy that avoids lust female kind

First Line:
He's happy that avoids lust female kind
Last Line:
Faith in them filled they have a wicked mind
DMI number:
41928

38. How dead and no presaging star to show

First Line:
How dead and no presaging star to show
Last Line:
And in so doing bless our late posterity
DMI number:
42884

39. I am confirmed a woman can

First Line:
I am confirmed a woman can
Last Line:
If ever I dote upon you more
DMI number:
44254

40. In crowds the Ladies throng where pleasure calls

First Line:
In crowds the Ladies throng where pleasure calls
Last Line:
They've nothing else to do but mind their souls
DMI number:
25188

41. In vain too cruel Delia you implore

First Line:
In vain too cruel Delia you implore
Last Line:
The merciful alone shall mercy find
DMI number:
19620

42. Lo Caroline what crowds on crowds arise

First Line:
Lo Caroline what crowds on crowds arise
Last Line:
Could they but view the picture of thy mind
DMI number:
18012

43. I little thought the time would ever be

First Line:
I little thought the time would ever be
Last Line:
To womankind epitomized in you
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
12398

44. I would tell thee thou art fair

First Line:
I would tell thee thou art fair
Last Line:
He received Eliza's hand
DMI number:
23447

45. If mercy should some humane likeness take

First Line:
If mercy should some humane likeness take
Last Line:
Music no more was an harmonious sound
Author:
Robert Gould (Absolute)
DMI number:
6873

46. If weeping love inquirers seek to know

First Line:
If weeping love inquirers seek to know
Last Line:
Though her each atom was an angel's tongue
DMI number:
13661

47. If writing seems so difficult a task

First Line:
If writing seems so difficult a task
Last Line:
And thou more mad my slighter follies spare
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
26676

48. If she be fair I fear the rest

First Line:
If she be fair I fear the rest
Last Line:
That can love all though I wed none
DMI number:
44015

49. If Tarquin's guilt Lucretia pleased thy soul

First Line:
If Tarquin's guilt Lucretia pleased thy soul
Last Line:
You lived a strumpet or a fool you died
DMI number:
17136

50. Lesbi the subject of my endless song

First Line:
Lesbi the subject of my endless song
Last Line:
Whilst Lesbi's soaring pinions mount the skies
DMI number:
12680