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1. A malady there is that runs through all

First Line:: A malady there is that runs through all
Last Line:: Is led before my chariot like a slave
DMI number:: 7824

2. A mighty pain to love it is

First Line:: A mighty pain to love it is
Last Line:: Gold alas does love beget
Author:: Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:: 9748

3. A lusty frog a duck swears is such meat

First Line:: A lusty frog a duck swears is such meat
Last Line:: And sprinkled with my dew the fury cools
DMI number:: 7848

4. After long cold grave matrons in this place

First Line:: After long cold grave matrons in this place
Last Line:: As scholars use upon the business fall
DMI number:: 7887

5. Among children I a baneful weed am thought

First Line:: Among children I a baneful weed am thought
Last Line:: My toils were so in which I met success
DMI number:: 7827

6. Amongst the miracles of ancient Rome

First Line:: Amongst the miracles of ancient Rome
Last Line:: The rest with hope to speed another year
Author:: Nahum Tate (Absolute)
DMI number:: 8613

7. And so it proved if any joy was sent

First Line:: And so it proved if any joy was sent
Last Line:: For striking one it wounded the other most
Author:: Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:: 6022

8. At last when myrrh had wiped her odorous tears

First Line:: At last when myrrh had wiped her odorous tears
Last Line:: And every plant crept to her proper bed
DMI number:: 7897

9. Beauty thou wild fantastic ape

First Line:: Beauty thou wild fantastic ape
Last Line:: Inconstant as thy she professors are
Author:: Abraham Cowley (Confident)
DMI number:: 5516

10. Daunian Arachne who spinst all the day

First Line:: Daunian Arachne who spinst all the day
Last Line:: Think the disease is its own remedy
DMI number:: 7849

11. Cybele's holy mysteries now begin

First Line:: Cybele's holy mysteries now begin
Last Line:: Their president speak and these her dictates were
DMI number:: 7886

12. D'ye slight me cause a bog my belly feeds

First Line:: D'ye slight me cause a bog my belly feeds
Last Line:: Without that's help thus then our leaves we take
DMI number:: 7829

13. Enter sweet stranger to my eyes reveal

First Line:: Enter sweet stranger to my eyes reveal
Last Line:: I reader tell you nothing but what's true
DMI number:: 7837

14. Eat me with bread and oil you'll never repine

First Line:: Eat me with bread and oil you'll never repine
Last Line:: Shall prove if not thy meat thy remedy
DMI number:: 7835

15. Delays are dangerous take a friend's advice

First Line:: Delays are dangerous take a friend's advice
Last Line:: Which as it runs forever will run on
Author:: Abraham Cowley (Speculation)
DMI number:: 1732

16. Dittany though cold winds her lips did close

First Line:: Dittany though cold winds her lips did close
Last Line:: Though she thereof had seemed to take no care
DMI number:: 7889

17. First Penny Royal to advance her fame

First Line:: First Penny Royal to advance her fame
Last Line:: Which Harvey's circulation should deny
DMI number:: 7888

18. 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

19. Foolish prater what dost thou

First Line:: Foolish prater what dost thou
Last Line:: Though men say thou bringest the spring
Author:: Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:: 39230

20. Green berries I and seed and flowers bear

First Line:: Green berries I and seed and flowers bear
Last Line:: But deep the cause lies rooted under ground
DMI number:: 7893

21. Happy insect what can be

First Line:: Happy insect what can be
Last Line:: Thou retirest to endless rest
Author:: Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:: 672

22. Health from the lover of the country me

First Line:: Health from the lover of the country me
Last Line:: The horse doth with the horseman run away
Author:: Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:: 958

23. Happy the man whom bounteous gods allow

First Line:: Happy the man whom bounteous gods allow
Last Line:: Nor does th'affronts of palaces endure
Author:: Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:: 5502

24. He smoothed the rough cast moon's imperfect mold

First Line:: He smoothed the rough cast moon's imperfect mold
Last Line:: With her they rise with her they set again
Author:: Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:: 5567

25. Hence cares my constant troublesome company

First Line:: Hence cares my constant troublesome company
Last Line:: And life it self thy healing virtue needs
DMI number:: 7823

26. How wretched does Prometheus' state appear

First Line:: How wretched does Prometheus' state appear
Last Line:: The flames he once stole from thee grant him now
DMI number:: 12225

27. I being the chief of all the hairy state

First Line:: I being the chief of all the hairy state
Last Line:: Rather than heaven it self I'd choose dry ground
DMI number:: 7820

28. I came I saw and was undone

First Line:: I came I saw and was undone
Last Line:: The poison that was entered there
DMI number:: 11310

29. In my fire that false gold the jaundice I

First Line:: In my fire that false gold the jaundice I
Last Line:: Advantage life to hinder than restore
DMI number:: 7846

30. It was the time when witty poets tell

First Line:: It was the time when witty poets tell
Last Line:: And drew the modest curtains of the night
Author:: Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:: 5568

31. Liberal nature did dispense

First Line:: Liberal nature did dispense
Last Line:: Cap-a-pe with nakedness
Author:: Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:: 39222

32. Life's lowest but far greatest sphere I sing

First Line:: Life's lowest but far greatest sphere I sing
Last Line:: Greater than he a conqueress do so now
DMI number:: 7817

33. My virtue dries all ulcerous running sores

First Line:: My virtue dries all ulcerous running sores
Last Line:: For that the pangs of childbirth I relieve
DMI number:: 7845

34. More poetry you'll cry dost thou return

First Line:: More poetry you'll cry dost thou return
Last Line:: My frenzy still has lucid intervals
DMI number:: 7812

35. 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

36. I'll sing of heroes and of kings

First Line:: I'll sing of heroes and of kings
Last Line:: Love tunes my heart just to my strings
Author:: Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:: 1772

37. I'll sing of heroes sing of kings

First Line:: I'll sing of heroes sing of kings
Last Line:: Love tunes my heart just to my strings
Author:: Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:: 39221

38. If dearest friend it my good fate might be

First Line:: If dearest friend it my good fate might be
Last Line:: Knows a man how to live and does he stay
Author:: Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:: 9740

39. If the green nation sister banish thee

First Line:: If the green nation sister banish thee
Last Line:: So much for virtue as thou for a crime
DMI number:: 7896

40. If thou be wise no glorious fortune choose

First Line:: If thou be wise no glorious fortune choose
Last Line:: To kings or to the favourites of kings
Author:: Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:: 6023

41. Me cruel nature when she made me gave

First Line:: Me cruel nature when she made me gave
Last Line:: But I though sad procure a gladsome mien
DMI number:: 7831

42. Next way-bred rose propped by her seven nerves

First Line:: Next way-bred rose propped by her seven nerves
Last Line:: Like those in spring that blooming flowers grace
DMI number:: 7890

43. 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

44. Oft am I by the women told

First Line:: Oft am I by the women told
Last Line:: And manage wisely the last stake
Author:: Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:: 17779

45. Pleasures abroad the sport of nature yields

First Line:: Pleasures abroad the sport of nature yields
Last Line:: With sleep all night and quiet all the day
Author:: Abraham Cowley (Confident)
DMI number:: 6024

46. Sage who by many virtues gainest renown

First Line:: Sage who by many virtues gainest renown
Last Line:: Your oil embalms and keeps them from decay
DMI number:: 7821

47. See how the yellow gall the deluged eyes

First Line:: See how the yellow gall the deluged eyes
Last Line:: And colour good as in an herb you've seen
DMI number:: 7854

48. See how with pride the groveling pot herb swells

First Line:: See how with pride the groveling pot herb swells
Last Line:: They are the hogs by my large bounty fed
DMI number:: 7844

49. Sol Daphne sees and seeing her admires

First Line:: Sol Daphne sees and seeing her admires
Last Line:: The god of physic sure had cured his own
DMI number:: 22205

50. Such beauty as great strength thinks no disgrace

First Line:: Such beauty as great strength thinks no disgrace
Last Line:: Like some fair pine the loftiest of the wood
Author:: Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:: 27123

51. Some thing your commendation you deserve

First Line:: Some thing your commendation you deserve
Last Line:: Whose fire kills herbs and monsters does create
DMI number:: 7833

52. Ten thousand blessing may the gods bestow

First Line:: Ten thousand blessing may the gods bestow
Last Line:: And blooming beauties thy arrival own
DMI number:: 8611

53. Ten thousand blessings may the gods bestow

First Line:: Ten thousand blessings may the gods bestow
Last Line:: And blooming beauties thy arrival own
DMI number:: 7884

54. That fate which frequently attends on all

First Line:: That fate which frequently attends on all
Last Line:: And her own virtues very boldly praised
DMI number:: 7892

55. Take my advice men and no riddles use

First Line:: Take my advice men and no riddles use
Last Line:: Nor pass the Stygian lake without gray hair
DMI number:: 7851

56. The dropping bloody nose you gently bind

First Line:: The dropping bloody nose you gently bind
Last Line:: Should at the same time open the back door
DMI number:: 7842

57. Then Chian Mastick thus began said she

First Line:: Then Chian Mastick thus began said she
Last Line:: From nature had her anger now made four
DMI number:: 7894

58. The thirsty earth drinks up the rain

First Line:: The thirsty earth drinks up the rain
Last Line:: Thou man of morals tell me why
Author:: Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:: 42915

59. The thirsty earth soaks up the rain

First Line:: The thirsty earth soaks up the rain
Last Line:: But an eternal health goes round
Author:: Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:: 5500

60. The thirsty earth soaks up the rain

First Line:: The thirsty earth soaks up the rain
Last Line:: Why man of morals tell me why
Author:: Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:: 39233

61. The thirsty earth soaks up the rain

First Line:: The thirsty earth soaks up the rain
Last Line:: Why men of morals tell me why
Author:: Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:: 793

62. The thirsty earth soaks up the rain

First Line:: The thirsty earth soaks up the rain
Last Line:: Why men of mortals tell me why
Author:: Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:: 20744

63. The thunderer who without the female bed

First Line:: The thunderer who without the female bed
Last Line:: So much he esteemed his pleasure above his state
Author:: Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:: 12277

64. The world's a scene of changes and to be

First Line:: The world's a scene of changes and to be
Last Line:: Beauty and colour stay not when we die
Author:: Abraham Cowley (Confident)
DMI number:: 5948

65. This is a truth so certain and so clear

First Line:: This is a truth so certain and so clear
Last Line:: The coronation day's more than a thousand years
Author:: Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:: 4721

66. Thou wretched shrub in passionate tones said she

First Line:: Thou wretched shrub in passionate tones said she
Last Line:: Checked all their stirs and silence filled the place
DMI number:: 7895

67. Thou neither leaf nor stalk nor root can'st show

First Line:: Thou neither leaf nor stalk nor root can'st show
Last Line:: That men small things preserve for less may kill
DMI number:: 7826

68. Thus Aglaus a man unknown to men

First Line:: Thus Aglaus a man unknown to men
Last Line:: With his own hands in his own little ground
Author:: Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:: 35128

69. Thy conquered ivy Bacchus now throw down

First Line:: Thy conquered ivy Bacchus now throw down
Last Line:: A soul and moisture for her body takes
DMI number:: 7841

70. To this great ship which round the globe has run

First Line:: To this great ship which round the globe has run
Last Line:: To her in Oxford and to him in heaven
Author:: Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:: 17780

71. To know my virtues briefly if you can

First Line:: To know my virtues briefly if you can
Last Line:: And what he once was I am like to last
DMI number:: 12726

72. To know my virtues briefly you in vain

First Line:: To know my virtues briefly you in vain
Last Line:: And what he once was I am like to last
DMI number:: 7818

73. To say the truth nature's too kind to thee

First Line:: To say the truth nature's too kind to thee
Last Line:: And bids thee merry though Jove angry be
DMI number:: 7839

74. To find a name for me the gods took care

First Line:: To find a name for me the gods took care
Last Line:: Th'unsavoury place perfuming while she spoke
Author:: Nahum Tate (Absolute)
DMI number:: 8612

75. Tomorrow you will live you always cry

First Line:: Tomorrow you will live you always cry
Last Line:: Today itself's too late the wife lived yesterday
Author:: Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:: 12392

76. Unhurt untouched did I complain

First Line:: Unhurt untouched did I complain
Last Line:: My burning bull the first do try
Author:: Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:: 5526

77. Underneath this marble stone

First Line:: Underneath this marble stone
Last Line:: And their earth to earth again
Author:: Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:: 29267

78. Underneath this myrtle shade

First Line:: Underneath this myrtle shade
Last Line:: All are stoics in the grave
Author:: Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:: 5601

79. Welcome thrice welcome sacred mistletoe

First Line:: Welcome thrice welcome sacred mistletoe
Last Line:: Born out of oaks were the first mistletoe
DMI number:: 7852

80. Virtue now nor noble blood

First Line:: Virtue now nor noble blood
Last Line:: Gold alas does love beget
Author:: Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:: 5958

81. Upon the slippery tops of human state

First Line:: Upon the slippery tops of human state
Last Line:: Nor what he is nor whither he's to go
Author:: Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:: 22901

82. When all the stars are by thee told

First Line:: When all the stars are by thee told
Last Line:: And parched loves beneath the line
Author:: Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:: 39246

83. When as the sun flings down his richest rays

First Line:: When as the sun flings down his richest rays
Last Line:: And all the rest are shadows unto me
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute) & John Dunton (Speculation) & Thomas D'Urfey (Speculation) & James Day (Speculation) & Robert Gould (Speculation) & Nahum Tate (Speculation) & Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:: 6880

84. When I stand musing as I often do

First Line:: When I stand musing as I often do
Last Line:: And fragments with them of the stone convey
DMI number:: 7838

85. Whilst on Septimius's panting breast

First Line:: Whilst on Septimius's panting breast
Last Line:: With Acme's and Septimus's life
Author:: Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:: 9755

86. Yes I will love then I will love

First Line:: Yes I will love then I will love
Last Line:: For from the body can they fly
Author:: Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:: 42589

87. You Cretan dittany who such poisons mix

First Line:: You Cretan dittany who such poisons mix
Last Line:: The oracular laurel's words they all admired
DMI number:: 7891

88. You who in sacred wedlock coupled are

First Line:: You who in sacred wedlock coupled are
Last Line:: Could find her lurking in the verdant bed
DMI number:: 7885