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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