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1. A friend of mine exposed to sale

First Line:
A friend of mine exposed to sale
Last Line:
I will in vengeance give to thee
Author:
Francis Willis (Absolute)
DMI number:
39229

2. A friend of mine exposed to sale

First Line:
A friend of mine exposed to sale
Last Line:
The fire shall thy sole ruin be
Author:
Francis Willis (Absolute)
DMI number:
42587

3. 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

4. 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

5. As Vulcan at his anvil stood

First Line:
As Vulcan at his anvil stood
Last Line:
You know my arrow's but a toy
Author:
Francis Willis (Absolute)
DMI number:
42611

6. As on a purple quilt I chose

First Line:
As on a purple quilt I chose
Last Line:
I only wished to dream again
Author:
Francis Willis (Absolute)
DMI number:
39227

7. As I a rosy garland bound

First Line:
As I a rosy garland bound
Last Line:
Flutters round and tickles me
DMI number:
39269

8. As Cupid once with wanton play

First Line:
As Cupid once with wanton play
Last Line:
And how thou doubly killst with those
Author:
Francis Willis (Absolute)
DMI number:
39255

9. As Cupid roguishly one day

First Line:
As Cupid roguishly one day
Last Line:
And vows he'll never be free again
Author:
Charles Boyle (Speculation)
DMI number:
6537

10. Artist of unrivalled skill

First Line:
Artist of unrivalled skill
Last Line:
Chloe smile upon the bowl
Author:
Edward Burnaby Greene (Speculation)
DMI number:
31424

11. At dead of night when mortals lose

First Line:
At dead of night when mortals lose
Last Line:
But what a wretch I've made of thee
Author:
John Hughes (Confident)
DMI number:
17757

12. At dead of night when stars appear

First Line:
At dead of night when stars appear
Last Line:
Safe is my bow but sick thy heart
Author:
Matthew Prior (Confident)
DMI number:
4182

13. 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

14. Atis half woman poets say

First Line:
Atis half woman poets say
Last Line:
Thus blessed I will I will be mad
DMI number:
23007

15. Assist me each heroic muse

First Line:
Assist me each heroic muse
Last Line:
Love and Fidelio claim each lay
Author:
Mary Goddard (Speculation)
DMI number:
21922

16. Because forsooth you're young and fair

First Line:
Because forsooth you're young and fair
Last Line:
And kiss and hug most decently
Author:
Thomas Wood (Absolute)
DMI number:
42606

17. Because forsooth you're young and fair

First Line:
Because forsooth you're young and fair
Last Line:
Thine be red the white all mine
DMI number:
39248

18. Blessed and happiest artisan

First Line:
Blessed and happiest artisan
Last Line:
The breathing paint will speak anon
DMI number:
25221

19. Best and happiest artisan

First Line:
Best and happiest artisan
Last Line:
The breathing paint will speak anon
DMI number:
25244

20. Best of painters take thy stand

First Line:
Best of painters take thy stand
Last Line:
Fill oh fill each heart with love
Author:
Edward Burnaby Greene (Speculation) & Anacreon (Absolute)
DMI number:
31464

21. Beloved bird who as you fly

First Line:
Beloved bird who as you fly
Last Line:
By one tongue they can't be all expressed
Author:
Thomas Wood (Absolute)
DMI number:
42604

22. Beneath some shade which Sol in vain assails

First Line:
Beneath some shade which Sol in vain assails
Last Line:
No prayers no tears can move the rigid fates
DMI number:
11025

23. By night on purple carpets spread

First Line:
By night on purple carpets spread
Last Line:
I turned and wished to sleep again
Author:
James Macpherson (Absolute)
DMI number:
25915

24. By chance a rustic I espied

First Line:
By chance a rustic I espied
Last Line:
Or thou by heaven shalt burn by mine
Author:
Edward Burnaby Greene (Speculation)
DMI number:
31417

25. Come painter with my rules agree

First Line:
Come painter with my rules agree
Last Line:
From him a true Apollo make
DMI number:
39243

26. Come golden locks come god of love

First Line:
Come golden locks come god of love
Last Line:
And pines and wishes for another
Author:
Anacreon (Absolute)
DMI number:
10028

27. Come fill it up and fill it high

First Line:
Come fill it up and fill it high
Last Line:
And be throughout like those above
DMI number:
4834

28. Could I but make grim death withhold

First Line:
Could I but make grim death withhold
Last Line:
Can bribe the fates be drunk and poor
DMI number:
3160

29. Cupid once in evil hour

First Line:
Cupid once in evil hour
Last Line:
They who feel thy dart must know
DMI number:
35726

30. Earth when parched and thirsty grown

First Line:
Earth when parched and thirsty grown
Last Line:
Tis no merit to be sober
DMI number:
37898

31. Downward was the wheeling bear

First Line:
Downward was the wheeling bear
Last Line:
Since thy heart hath got a wound
Author:
Thomas Stanley (Absolute)
DMI number:
15480

32. Draw some Apelles draw me here

First Line:
Draw some Apelles draw me here
Last Line:
Look look her very picture speaks
Author:
Francis Willis (Absolute)
DMI number:
39242

33. Draw some Apelles draw me here

First Line:
Draw some Apelles draw me here
Last Line:
The picture's self I think will speak
Author:
Francis Willis (Absolute)
DMI number:
42595

34. Expressive of the master hand

First Line:
Expressive of the master hand
Last Line:
It pierces through the traitor eyes
Author:
Edward Burnaby Greene (Speculation)
DMI number:
31471

35. Feed cow herd feed thy oxen far away

First Line:
Feed cow herd feed thy oxen far away
Last Line:
Drive home the breathing statue with the herd
Author:
George Sewell (Confident)
DMI number:
1464

36. Fill kind misses fill the bowl

First Line:
Fill kind misses fill the bowl
Last Line:
Love's the high fever of the mind
Author:
Francis Willis (Absolute)
DMI number:
39235

37. 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

38. Fill up the glass when I drink deep

First Line:
Fill up the glass when I drink deep
Last Line:
I'll drink it as my cold grave deep
DMI number:
44610

39. Fair Heliconias is the first descried

First Line:
Fair Heliconias is the first descried
Last Line:
And the pressed grape his honoest soul to drown
Author:
Edward Burnaby Greene (Speculation)
DMI number:
31486

40. 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

41. Flushed with the joys of love and wine

First Line:
Flushed with the joys of love and wine
Last Line:
May I with scenes like these be blessed
Author:
Edward Burnaby Greene (Speculation)
DMI number:
31415

42. Fly me not too lovely fair

First Line:
Fly me not too lovely fair
Last Line:
These are age and those are youth
Author:
Edward Burnaby Greene (Speculation)
DMI number:
31440

43. Give me Homer's godlike lyre

First Line:
Give me Homer's godlike lyre
Last Line:
Rapture calls and I inspire
Author:
Edward Burnaby Greene (Speculation)
DMI number:
31454

44. Give me Homer's tuneful lyre

First Line:
Give me Homer's tuneful lyre
Last Line:
Defiance to sobriety
Author:
Francis Willis (Absolute)
DMI number:
39261

45. Give me o give ye gentle dames

First Line:
Give me o give ye gentle dames
Last Line:
Against this heat of sultry love
DMI number:
1936

46. Gladsome spring brings on the year

First Line:
Gladsome spring brings on the year
Last Line:
And animates the glorious grape
DMI number:
15901

47. Gentle cupid I will yield

First Line:
Gentle cupid I will yield
Last Line:
When my heart is pieced with love
Author:
Edward Burnaby Greene (Speculation)
DMI number:
31421

48. Hail happy little animal

First Line:
Hail happy little animal
Last Line:
And nearly to the gods allied
Author:
Thomas Sheridan (Speculation)
DMI number:
11655

49. Happy art enlarge my soul

First Line:
Happy art enlarge my soul
Last Line:
Phoebus too thy presence deign
Author:
Edward Burnaby Greene (Speculation)
DMI number:
31425

50. Happy creature what below

First Line:
Happy creature what below
Last Line:
Thou art a demi god at least
Author:
Edward Burnaby Greene (Speculation)
DMI number:
31449

51. 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

52. Grant me ye gods the life I love

First Line:
Grant me ye gods the life I love
Last Line:
And choose to live an hermit here
Author:
Francis Willis (Absolute)
DMI number:
42592

53. Hence far hence unthinking swain

First Line:
Hence far hence unthinking swain
Last Line:
In pasture with thy lowing kine
Author:
Edward Burnaby Greene (Absolute)
DMI number:
31487

54. Her slaughtered babes while Niob' mourns

First Line:
Her slaughtered babes while Niob' mourns
Last Line:
My idol's very feet to kiss
Author:
Edward Burnaby Greene (Speculation)
DMI number:
31427

55. Here artist all thy skill impart

First Line:
Here artist all thy skill impart
Last Line:
Our wine his western ocean
Author:
Francis Willis (Absolute)
DMI number:
42590

56. Here boy let glasses quick be brought

First Line:
Here boy let glasses quick be brought
Last Line:
Nor would be soaked too soon nor late
DMI number:
39270

57. Here my Bathyllus take thy seat

First Line:
Here my Bathyllus take thy seat
Last Line:
And choose to live a hermit here
DMI number:
39236

58. High in air with rapid wing

First Line:
High in air with rapid wing
Last Line:
Now to all but Chloe free
Author:
Edward Burnaby Greene (Speculation)
DMI number:
31450

59. In the rose's fragrant shade

First Line:
In the rose's fragrant shade
Last Line:
Tortured with the stings of love
Author:
Edward Burnaby Greene (Speculation)
DMI number:
31446

60. In roses cupid peeping

First Line:
In roses cupid peeping
Last Line:
Are those whom thou hast wounded
DMI number:
16660

61. In chains of flowers made

First Line:
In chains of flowers made
Last Line:
And to beauty beauty he returned
Author:
Thomas Wood (Absolute)
DMI number:
42597

62. Let the sparkling bowl go round

First Line:
Let the sparkling bowl go round
Last Line:
And the praise of Bacchus sound
Author:
Edward Burnaby Greene (Speculation)
DMI number:
31447

63. Let's drink let's sing but with design

First Line:
Let's drink let's sing but with design
Last Line:
But praise the best the greatest god
Author:
Thomas Wood (Absolute)
DMI number:
42610

64. Let's drink let's sing but with design

First Line:
Let's drink let's sing but with design
Last Line:
The god of song of dance of wine
Author:
Thomas Wood (Absolute)
DMI number:
39256

65. Liberal nature did dispense

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

66. Love armed with hyacinthine wind

First Line:
Love armed with hyacinthine wind
Last Line:
Dare you still say you cannot love
DMI number:
22953

67. My temples now begin to turn

First Line:
My temples now begin to turn
Last Line:
Who would tremble at the grave
DMI number:
39271

68. I'm told how bodies change their state

First Line:
I'm told how bodies change their state
Last Line:
Nay any thing belongs to you
Author:
Francis Willis (Absolute)
DMI number:
39234

69. I'm told how bodies change their state

First Line:
I'm told how bodies change their state
Last Line:
Nay any thing that belongs to you
Author:
Francis Willis (Absolute)
DMI number:
42591

70. I never could those good companions think

First Line:
I never could those good companions think
Last Line:
With songs of poetry and tales of love
DMI number:
39274

71. I like the youth that does improve

First Line:
I like the youth that does improve
Last Line:
But flowers smile and flames break forth below
DMI number:
44608

72. 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

73. I love the man whom froward age

First Line:
I love the man whom froward age
Last Line:
His youthful thoughts act over again
Author:
Francis Willis (Absolute)
DMI number:
39260

74. If all the sorcery of gold

First Line:
If all the sorcery of gold
Last Line:
Thus I shall longer live than he
Author:
Francis Willis (Absolute)
DMI number:
39237

75. If painter thou true life canst draw

First Line:
If painter thou true life canst draw
Last Line:
For both are gods both loved by me
Author:
Thomas Wood (Absolute)
DMI number:
42596

76. If from the iron hand of death

First Line:
If from the iron hand of death
Last Line:
Friendship is the soul of love
Author:
Edward Burnaby Greene (Speculation)
DMI number:
31429

77. Kind bird whose flights returning bring

First Line:
Kind bird whose flights returning bring
Last Line:
What tongue so many Cupids name
DMI number:
39247

78. Let other poets build their glory

First Line:
Let other poets build their glory
Last Line:
And every look commands a heart
Author:
Francis Willis (Absolute)
DMI number:
39232

79. Let proud Gyges what care I

First Line:
Let proud Gyges what care I
Last Line:
Mortals quaff the foaming store
Author:
Edward Burnaby Greene (Speculation)
DMI number:
31422

80. Madness vengeful Rhea proved

First Line:
Madness vengeful Rhea proved
Last Line:
Boundless joys of love and wine
Author:
Edward Burnaby Greene (Speculation)
DMI number:
31420

81. Make me a bowl a mighty bowl

First Line:
Make me a bowl a mighty bowl
Last Line:
The gods thus drunk in effigy
Author:
John Oldham (Absolute)
DMI number:
36114

82. Misers say can hoarded gold

First Line:
Misers say can hoarded gold
Last Line:
Hoard up gold to leave behind
Author:
Mr. Hume (Absolute)
DMI number:
10250

83. Love's fetters tis a pain to bear

First Line:
Love's fetters tis a pain to bear
Last Line:
Cupid's darts are tipped with gold
Author:
Edward Burnaby Greene (Speculation)
DMI number:
31452

84. Nimble courser of the air

First Line:
Nimble courser of the air
Last Line:
Take my heart and there's an end
DMI number:
19476

85. Naked the spring would seem and bare

First Line:
Naked the spring would seem and bare
Last Line:
Did itself to Bacchus dedicate
Author:
Thomas Wood (Absolute)
DMI number:
39266

86. Nature send us all aborad

First Line:
Nature send us all aborad
Last Line:
And thus we'll find the way to live
DMI number:
39238

87. Nature sent us all abroad

First Line:
Nature sent us all abroad
Last Line:
And thus we'll find the way to live
Author:
Thomas Wood (Absolute)
DMI number:
42593

88. Nothing undistinguished lies

First Line:
Nothing undistinguished lies
Last Line:
Is by his tell tale looks expressed
Author:
Francis Willis (Absolute)
DMI number:
39268

89. 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

90. 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

91. 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

92. Oft the reverend dotards cry

First Line:
Oft the reverend dotards cry
Last Line:
Of their own mistaken rules
DMI number:
4832

93. Of trumpets drums guns and the bold bloody battle

First Line:
Of trumpets drums guns and the bold bloody battle
Last Line:
But tune up my fiddle to sonnets of love
DMI number:
22066

94. Old as I am I can contain

First Line:
Old as I am I can contain
Last Line:
Silenus is a drone to me
Author:
Thomas Wood (Absolute) & Anacreon (Absolute)
DMI number:
39252

95. Old in body young in soul

First Line:
Old in body young in soul
Last Line:
If I cannot dance I'll reel
Author:
Edward Burnaby Greene (Speculation)
DMI number:
31444

96. Oh how pleasant is it how sweet

First Line:
Oh how pleasant is it how sweet
Last Line:
Oh how sweet a life is mine
DMI number:
4833

97. Over all when night had silence spread

First Line:
Over all when night had silence spread
Last Line:
That thou shalt scorch and burn with love
Author:
Thomas Wood (Absolute)
DMI number:
42559

98. Overcharged with wine a dance I love

First Line:
Overcharged with wine a dance I love
Last Line:
Melted with love and harmony
Author:
Thomas Wood (Absolute)
DMI number:
39257

99. Painter be all thy art expressed

First Line:
Painter be all thy art expressed
Last Line:
Soon soon will speak the pictured maid
Author:
Edward Burnaby Greene (Speculation)
DMI number:
31434

100. Once in my dream I seemed to fly

First Line:
Once in my dream I seemed to fly
Last Line:
Nor is it strange she's all to me
Author:
Francis Willis (Absolute)
DMI number:
39258