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1. A certain free familiar spark

First Line:
A certain free familiar spark
Last Line:
In thee and thy poetic justice
Author:
Richard Owen Cambridge (Absolute)
DMI number:
30539

2. A planter with a was he

First Line:
A planter with a was he
Last Line:
And greater pleasure thence receives
Author:
Sir Richard Fanshawe (Absolute)
DMI number:
42088

3. A two-fold poet through the liquid sky

First Line:
A two-fold poet through the liquid sky
Last Line:
The needless honour of a sepulchre
Author:
Sir Thomas Hawkins (Absolute)
DMI number:
42096

4. A virtuous man whose acts and thoughts are pure

First Line:
A virtuous man whose acts and thoughts are pure
Last Line:
In splendid courts or on a barren plain
Author:
Elizabeth Carter (Absolute)
DMI number:
33823

5. Ah Posthumus the years of man

First Line:
Ah Posthumus the years of man
Last Line:
Which makes the abbots fat
Author:
Sir Richard Fanshawe (Absolute)
DMI number:
42089

6. Alas dear Pettius for a few months past

First Line:
Alas dear Pettius for a few months past
Last Line:
Nothing but a third tempting she can break the chain
DMI number:
5841

7. Again new tumults in my breast

First Line:
Again new tumults in my breast
Last Line:
And now on rolling waters snatched away
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
25612

8. A work outlasting brass and higher

First Line:
A work outlasting brass and higher
Last Line:
Crown crown me willing muse with bays
Author:
Sir Richard Fanshawe (Absolute)
DMI number:
42129

9. An honest and resolved man

First Line:
An honest and resolved man
Last Line:
And with small voice matters so great
Author:
Sir Richard Fanshawe (Absolute)
DMI number:
42100

10. And art thou shipped friend Doggerel get thee gone

First Line:
And art thou shipped friend Doggerel get thee gone
Last Line:
I can be civil too
Author:
Thomas Flatman (Absolute)
DMI number:
42159

11. An honest mind to virtue's precepts true

First Line:
An honest mind to virtue's precepts true
Last Line:
Thy tongue's too feeble for a task so great
Author:
Elijah Fenton (Absolute)
DMI number:
926

12. All songsters have this humour that among

First Line:
All songsters have this humour that among
Last Line:
More happy than thy fained kingship can
Author:
Alexander Brome (Absolute)
DMI number:
42171

13. As Mar his round one morning took

First Line:
As Mar his round one morning took
Last Line:
Shall burn thy clan and curse poor Jocky
Author:
Thomas Tickell (Absolute)
DMI number:
22250

14. As faithless Paris ploughed his liquid way

First Line:
As faithless Paris ploughed his liquid way
Last Line:
And Ilium whelmed beneath a flood of fire
DMI number:
16966

15. As the armour bearer of great Jove

First Line:
As the armour bearer of great Jove
Last Line:
Clews through the maze of war
Author:
Sir Richard Fanshawe (Absolute)
DMI number:
42133

16. As I have oftentimes and long since too

First Line:
As I have oftentimes and long since too
Last Line:
If thou ever lovst me break not my command
Author:
Alexander Brome (Absolute)
DMI number:
42203

17. As I was walking in the mall of late

First Line:
As I was walking in the mall of late
Last Line:
Was prisoner made I set at liberty
Author:
John Oldham (Absolute)
DMI number:
12253

18. At length the dull winter for spring has made way

First Line:
At length the dull winter for spring has made way
Last Line:
Whose beauty each woman with jealousy fires
DMI number:
12624

19. 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

20. Ask me no more my Quintius whether I

First Line:
Ask me no more my Quintius whether I
Last Line:
First death is the last scene of misery
Author:
Robert Thompson (Confident)
DMI number:
42206

21. Asteria why will you consume

First Line:
Asteria why will you consume
Last Line:
Worthy his matchless truth and love
DMI number:
23833

22. Asterie why dost thou mourn

First Line:
Asterie why dost thou mourn
Last Line:
Thou art hard still hard remain
Author:
Sir Richard Fanshawe (Absolute)
DMI number:
42104

23. Be calm dear captain and serene

First Line:
Be calm dear captain and serene
Last Line:
So that we have not lived in vain
DMI number:
19587

24. Between what you collect and what you set

First Line:
Between what you collect and what you set
Last Line:
The promise of a golden harvest yields
Author:
Sneyd Davies (Absolute)
DMI number:
25766

25. Bounteous Maecenas royal by descent

First Line:
Bounteous Maecenas royal by descent
Last Line:
I'll soar above the breath of vulgar praise
Author:
Philip Horneck (Confident)
DMI number:
881

26. Brave Aelius sprung from an heroic line

First Line:
Brave Aelius sprung from an heroic line
Last Line:
Armour of proof against ill weather
Author:
Thomas Flatman (Absolute)
DMI number:
42116

27. Brave Nero's favourite my Julius

First Line:
Brave Nero's favourite my Julius
Last Line:
By the lads whose privilege is to be jolly
DMI number:
42212

28. Bright goddess potent queen of love

First Line:
Bright goddess potent queen of love
Last Line:
To satisfy the virgin's fear
Author:
Matthew Concanen (Confident)
DMI number:
11464

29. Believe that every morning's ray

First Line:
Believe that every morning's ray
Last Line:
With double lustre shall it shine
Author:
Philip Francis (Absolute)
DMI number:
33698

30. Blush not my friend to own the love

First Line:
Blush not my friend to own the love
Last Line:
All his flames and all thy fears
Author:
Richard Duke (Absolute)
DMI number:
906

31. Cnidian goddess Paphian queen

First Line:
Cnidian goddess Paphian queen
Last Line:
And last of all friend Mercury
DMI number:
19133

32. Come companions come away

First Line:
Come companions come away
Last Line:
But in those of Egypt's queen
DMI number:
10020

33. Daughter than thy fair mother much more fair

First Line:
Daughter than thy fair mother much more fair
Last Line:
And love reciprocal return to me
Author:
Sir Thomas Hawkins (Absolute)
DMI number:
42046

34. Davies of rural scenes a lover grown

First Line:
Davies of rural scenes a lover grown
Last Line:
Nor spare your friend but justly be severe
Author:
Sneyd Davies (Absolute)
DMI number:
36472

35. Dear friend for surely I may call him so

First Line:
Dear friend for surely I may call him so
Last Line:
A grateful soul and a contented mind
Author:
Edmund Poley (Absolute)
DMI number:
956

36. Dear friend on noisy storms of state

First Line:
Dear friend on noisy storms of state
Last Line:
Nor cared for what old women said
DMI number:
17746

37. Consumed in trifles thus the golden day

First Line:
Consumed in trifles thus the golden day
Last Line:
Tares be my food and liberty my lot
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
30918

38. Cruel as yet and vain of every charm

First Line:
Cruel as yet and vain of every charm
Last Line:
Or now I love why can I charm no more
DMI number:
22969

39. D- of rural scenes a lover grown

First Line:
D- of rural scenes a lover grown
Last Line:
Don't spare thy satire prithee be severe
Author:
Sneyd Davies (Absolute)
DMI number:
23420

40. Dear Jack of ancient race the son

First Line:
Dear Jack of ancient race the son
Last Line:
And mongst the muses write my name
DMI number:
12887

41. Dear Phoebus since in love we see

First Line:
Dear Phoebus since in love we see
Last Line:
And froze with forty winters cold
DMI number:
10288

42. Dear sir to all my trifles you attend

First Line:
Dear sir to all my trifles you attend
Last Line:
For he has twenty cures and I but one
Author:
Christopher Pitt (Absolute)
DMI number:
22107

43. Descend Thalia with a song

First Line:
Descend Thalia with a song
Last Line:
Perithous in three hundred chains
Author:
Sir Richard Fanshawe (Absolute)
DMI number:
42101

44. Did we but once Barine see

First Line:
Did we but once Barine see
Last Line:
And makes her jealous on the wedding night
DMI number:
3847

45. Enshrined oh marble in thy secret breast

First Line:
Enshrined oh marble in thy secret breast
Last Line:
And safely land him on the shore of peace
DMI number:
26716

46. Dryden in never dying verse

First Line:
Dryden in never dying verse
Last Line:
All other subjects I refuse
DMI number:
44689

47. Fair daughter blessed beyond thy mother's charms

First Line:
Fair daughter blessed beyond thy mother's charms
Last Line:
Thou too be changed and make my vows thy own
DMI number:
220

48. Fortune made up of toys and impudence

First Line:
Fortune made up of toys and impudence
Last Line:
Rather than follow such a dull blind whore
Author:
George Villiers (Confident)
DMI number:
934

49. Fortune not much of humbling me can boast

First Line:
Fortune not much of humbling me can boast
Last Line:
Let us be fixed and our own masters still
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28030

50. Friends let the hardy youth be trained in war

First Line:
Friends let the hardy youth be trained in war
Last Line:
And seldom fails to overtake the villain's flight
DMI number:
923

51. For me let wisdom's sacred fountain flow

First Line:
For me let wisdom's sacred fountain flow
Last Line:
Let fools and madmen scramble for the rest
Author:
William of Bangour Hamilton (Absolute)
DMI number:
33129

52. For my new song the lyric muse

First Line:
For my new song the lyric muse
Last Line:
Give all the riches Asian monarchs share
DMI number:
10003

53. For quiet friend the sailor prays

First Line:
For quiet friend the sailor prays
Last Line:
That hates a knave and loathes a fool
DMI number:
36318

54. For shame for shame give over

First Line:
For shame for shame give over
Last Line:
No garland but a rope
Author:
Thomas Flatman (Confident)
DMI number:
42114

55. For shame leave off thy amorous trade

First Line:
For shame leave off thy amorous trade
Last Line:
And cast aside the amorous lyre
DMI number:
22965

56. Forbear my dear Stephen with a fruitless desire

First Line:
Forbear my dear Stephen with a fruitless desire
Last Line:
And take not expect what hereafter'll bestow
Author:
John Hervey (Absolute)
DMI number:
29226

57. Forbear my dear Stephen with a fruitless desire

First Line:
Forbear my dear Stephen with a fruitless desire
Last Line:
And taste not expect what hereafter will bestow
Author:
John Hervey (Absolute)
DMI number:
25551

58. Forbear my dear Strephon with fruitless desire

First Line:
Forbear my dear Strephon with fruitless desire
Last Line:
And take not expect what hereafter'll bestow
Author:
John Hervey (Absolute)
DMI number:
18831

59. Fond lad who in thy youthful bloom

First Line:
Fond lad who in thy youthful bloom
Last Line:
Or being now old couldst but be young again
DMI number:
42142

60. From rags to paper then to pasteboard changed

First Line:
From rags to paper then to pasteboard changed
Last Line:
While Br----n sinks without our least regard
DMI number:
20851

61. From spacious Rome to Aris once went I

First Line:
From spacious Rome to Aris once went I
Last Line:
And here my paper and our journey end
Author:
Alexander Brome (Absolute)
DMI number:
42173

62. Fruitless my friend you wreck your brain

First Line:
Fruitless my friend you wreck your brain
Last Line:
Then who so blessed as thee and I
DMI number:
10077

63. Go when I bid thee muse and wish my friend

First Line:
Go when I bid thee muse and wish my friend
Last Line:
As thou demeanest thy self will value thee
Author:
Alexander Brome (Absolute)
DMI number:
42198

64. Go hang thy self I will not hear

First Line:
Go hang thy self I will not hear
Last Line:
I cannot deal with such a worm as thee
Author:
Thomas Flatman (Absolute)
DMI number:
42167

65. Great sir Septimius understands how vast

First Line:
Great sir Septimius understands how vast
Last Line:
A stouter better man you never did see
Author:
Alexander Brome (Absolute)
DMI number:
42199

66. Grieve not dear Albius that some younger charms

First Line:
Grieve not dear Albius that some younger charms
Last Line:
In spite of beauty keeps poor me her slave
DMI number:
11756

67. Happy is he that free from mental toil

First Line:
Happy is he that free from mental toil
Last Line:
But at Our Lady puts them out again
Author:
Sir Richard Fanshawe (Absolute)
DMI number:
42150

68. Health from the bard who loves the rural sport

First Line:
Health from the bard who loves the rural sport
Last Line:
Twould be one pleasure more could you appear
Author:
Christopher Pitt (Absolute)
DMI number:
22124

69. Health to my friend who loves the town so well

First Line:
Health to my friend who loves the town so well
Last Line:
And wanting nothing in the world but thee
DMI number:
44688

70. Health to my friend who loves the town so well

First Line:
Health to my friend who loves the town so well
Last Line:
And wanting nothing in the world but thee
DMI number:
954

71. Hear Phoebus source of light heaven's brightest grace

First Line:
Hear Phoebus source of light heaven's brightest grace
Last Line:
Allows our prayer and all the powers above
Author:
William Duncombe (Confident)
DMI number:
1828

72. 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

73. He on whose birth Apollo strongly shone

First Line:
He on whose birth Apollo strongly shone
Last Line:
And that I please if I can please is thine
DMI number:
23284

74. How comes it great Maecenas that there's not

First Line:
How comes it great Maecenas that there's not
Last Line:
Is like Crispin's volumes I'll not add a line
Author:
Alexander Brome (Absolute)
DMI number:
42169

75. How liked ye wealthy Nasidenus' feast

First Line:
How liked ye wealthy Nasidenus' feast
Last Line:
Than if a witch had shook her kercher over
Author:
Joseph Washington (Speculation)
DMI number:
42187

76. How great a virtue tis and how it tends

First Line:
How great a virtue tis and how it tends
Last Line:
And in all troubles quit your selves like men
Author:
Alexander Brome (Absolute)
DMI number:
42180

77. How happy in his low degree

First Line:
How happy in his low degree
Last Line:
And put it out again
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
945

78. How rich is he who free from care

First Line:
How rich is he who free from care
Last Line:
The miser put it out again
Author:
William Oldisworth (Speculation)
DMI number:
12098

79. In this impartial glass my muse intends

First Line:
In this impartial glass my muse intends
Last Line:
And the sad burden of some merry song
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28017

80. In time to come if such a crime should be

First Line:
In time to come if such a crime should be
Last Line:
She'll never kiss you I dare swear
Author:
Thomas Flatman (Absolute)
DMI number:
42152

81. In times of yore an honest country mouse

First Line:
In times of yore an honest country mouse
Last Line:
My slender pulse and bless the calm retreat
DMI number:
22088

82. Illustrious Townshend born of noble blood

First Line:
Illustrious Townshend born of noble blood
Last Line:
And shroud my head above the starry sphere
Author:
William Bowman (Confident)
DMI number:
1393

83. In health and peace my friend to live

First Line:
In health and peace my friend to live
Last Line:
I scorn the crowd and am at peace
DMI number:
18832

84. In what part of the world Claudius fights now

First Line:
In what part of the world Claudius fights now
Last Line:
In sacrifice for your desired return
Author:
Alexander Brome (Absolute)
DMI number:
42191

85. It was a lovely melancholy night

First Line:
It was a lovely melancholy night
Last Line:
And then twill be my turn to laugh
Author:
Thomas Flatman (Absolute)
DMI number:
42164

86. It was one evening when the rising moon

First Line:
It was one evening when the rising moon
Last Line:
Laugh at thy fate and triumph in my turn
Author:
Thomas Yalden (Absolute)
DMI number:
947

87. Jove governs heaven with his nod

First Line:
Jove governs heaven with his nod
Last Line:
And give his mind some relaxation
Author:
Sir Richard Fanshawe (Absolute)
DMI number:
42102

88. Joy and good fortune muse to Celsus bear

First Line:
Joy and good fortune muse to Celsus bear
Last Line:
As thou thy fortune Celsus thee we'll bear
DMI number:
36440

89. Long have I heard your favourite theme

First Line:
Long have I heard your favourite theme
Last Line:
Perhaps or send you to the Turk
Author:
Richard Owen Cambridge (Absolute)
DMI number:
30538

90. Licinius if you would obtain

First Line:
Licinius if you would obtain
Last Line:
Too fondly court the prosperous gale
DMI number:
22100

91. Most of those rambling folk who fancy

First Line:
Most of those rambling folk who fancy
Last Line:
We'll tempt the winds and plough the main
DMI number:
22193

92. Mourn not Tibullus if some younger charms

First Line:
Mourn not Tibullus if some younger charms
Last Line:
Has charms enough to make poor poets slaves
Author:
John Hughes (Speculation)
DMI number:
902

93. My virgin muse began to sing of you

First Line:
My virgin muse began to sing of you
Last Line:
The godlike stoic's just like other men
DMI number:
3863

94. Much will always wanting be

First Line:
Much will always wanting be
Last Line:
With sparing hand but just enough has given
Author:
Thomas Creech (Speculation)
DMI number:
33605

95. My muse by Phoebus was rebuked of late

First Line:
My muse by Phoebus was rebuked of late
Last Line:
And brave Aeneas Cytheraea's son
Author:
Sir Thomas Hawkins (Absolute)
DMI number:
42148

96. My prayers are heard O Lyce now

First Line:
My prayers are heard O Lyce now
Last Line:
Now into colder ashes turned
Author:
William Cartwright (Absolute)
DMI number:
42146

97. My lord whence comes it that with wavering thought

First Line:
My lord whence comes it that with wavering thought
Last Line:
Lest Crispin's tedious rhymes should be reputed mine
DMI number:
949

98. My friends I would accommodate

First Line:
My friends I would accommodate
Last Line:
His drooping votaries relieves
Author:
Sir Richard Fanshawe (Absolute)
DMI number:
42139

99. My blunt friend Lollius if I know thee right

First Line:
My blunt friend Lollius if I know thee right
Last Line:
Let me alone to get a quiet mind
Author:
Alexander Brome (Absolute)
DMI number:
42208

100. I've listened long and now would silence break

First Line:
I've listened long and now would silence break
Last Line:
To increase the number I've sent there before
DMI number:
12261