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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. And who can doubt my race says she

First Line:
And who can doubt my race says she
Last Line:
To Maro or some such that task bequeath
DMI number:
7908

6. 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

7. 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

8. Amongst the miracles of ancient Rome

First Line:
Amongst the miracles of ancient Rome
Last Line:
The rest with hope to spend another year
Author:
Nahum Tate (Absolute)
DMI number:
7918

9. All that we know of the blest above

First Line:
All that we know of the blest above
Last Line:
Is that they sing and that they love
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Speculation)
DMI number:
6944

10. And from the midst a monstrous man stepped out

First Line:
And from the midst a monstrous man stepped out
Last Line:
And grieves to see them trembling haste away
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
9747

11. And must these waters smile again and play

First Line:
And must these waters smile again and play
Last Line:
Come to our eyes and we will lend thee more
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
7773

12. 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

13. 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

14. At the large foot of a fair hollow tree

First Line:
At the large foot of a fair hollow tree
Last Line:
With peace let tares and acorns be my food
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
952

15. As when the Midland sea is nowhere clear

First Line:
As when the Midland sea is nowhere clear
Last Line:
Thus humbly ere we pass strike sail to you
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
38783

16. 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

17. By a bold people's stubborn arms oppressed

First Line:
By a bold people's stubborn arms oppressed
Last Line:
And on an open stage unburied lye
DMI number:
42600

18. Cease oh my muse the soft delights to sing

First Line:
Cease oh my muse the soft delights to sing
Last Line:
For better poets this the gods reserve
Author:
Aphra Behn (Absolute)
DMI number:
7920

19. 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

20. 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

21. 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

22. 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

23. 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

24. 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

25. 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

26. 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

27. 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

28. For tis but just

First Line:
For tis but just
Last Line:
The writer blush there where the reader must
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
10401

29. 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

30. From life's superfluous cares enlarged

First Line:
From life's superfluous cares enlarged
Last Line:
Whilst yet with life his ashes glow
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
23927

31. Great queen of flowers why is thy snowy breast

First Line:
Great queen of flowers why is thy snowy breast
Last Line:
To be the mouth and sing for all the rest
DMI number:
7901

32. 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

33. 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

34. Great Charles there stop ye trumpeters of fame

First Line:
Great Charles there stop ye trumpeters of fame
Last Line:
Who is most near most like the deity
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
8606

35. Great Charles there stop you trumpeters of fame

First Line:
Great Charles there stop you trumpeters of fame
Last Line:
Who is most near most like the deity
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
7764

36. 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

37. Happy the man who his whole time doth bound

First Line:
Happy the man who his whole time doth bound
Last Line:
The voyage life is longest made at home
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
37166

38. 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

39. Happy the man whom bounteous gods allow

First Line:
Happy the man whom bounteous gods allow
Last Line:
Than lamb and kid lettuce and olives here
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
946

40. Happy the man whom from ambition freed

First Line:
Happy the man whom from ambition freed
Last Line:
Whilst with unsavory breath her title thus she pleads
Author:
Nahum Tate (Absolute)
DMI number:
7909

41. 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

42. Hence and make room for me all you who come

First Line:
Hence and make room for me all you who come
Last Line:
For what I owed his life I'll pay his grave
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
23925

43. 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

44. Hence clouded looks hence briny tears

First Line:
Hence clouded looks hence briny tears
Last Line:
A joyful Venus doth arise
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
7766

45. Here passenger beneath this shed

First Line:
Here passenger beneath this shed
Last Line:
The yet surviving poet's urn
DMI number:
7813

46. Here lies the great false marble tell me where

First Line:
Here lies the great false marble tell me where
Last Line:
Nothing but poor and sordid dust lies here
DMI number:
32462

47. Honest and poor faithful in word and thought

First Line:
Honest and poor faithful in word and thought
Last Line:
But faith go back and keep you where you were
DMI number:
28349

48. How this pretender for no medicine good

First Line:
How this pretender for no medicine good
Last Line:
And from the assembly consciously withdrew
Author:
Nahum Tate (Absolute)
DMI number:
7915

49. 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

50. 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