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1. A hopeless flame did Corydon destroy

First Line:
A hopeless flame did Corydon destroy
Last Line:
Time or some new desire shall this destroy
Author:
Nahum Tate (Absolute)
DMI number:
3782

2. All dangers past at length the lovely bride

First Line:
All dangers past at length the lovely bride
Last Line:
Eurydice the rocks and river banks repied
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
28083

3. Ah Tityrus you can sit beneath a tree

First Line:
Ah Tityrus you can sit beneath a tree
Last Line:
Shadows of hills grow long and the sun low
DMI number:
41828

4. Alas no drug no medicine ever was found

First Line:
Alas no drug no medicine ever was found
Last Line:
Procure though not so fair an easier love
Author:
William Bowman (Confident)
DMI number:
1395

5. And as when heavy sleep has closed the sight

First Line:
And as when heavy sleep has closed the sight
Last Line:
The fury flew athwart and made the endeavour void
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
28601

6. And couldst thou hope dissembler from my sight

First Line:
And couldst thou hope dissembler from my sight
Last Line:
I should not seem quite widowed and undone
Author:
Christopher Pitt (Absolute)
DMI number:
31681

7. Arise O Phosphorus and bring the day

First Line:
Arise O Phosphorus and bring the day
Last Line:
Tis barbarous to insult on one that dies
Author:
William Walsh (Absolute)
DMI number:
6683

8. At that sad prospect that tormenting scene

First Line:
At that sad prospect that tormenting scene
Last Line:
Hope in her looks but anguish at her breast
Author:
Christopher Pitt (Absolute)
DMI number:
31686

9. At this a flood of tears Lavinia shed

First Line:
At this a flood of tears Lavinia shed
Last Line:
Or lilies damasked by the neighbouring rose
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute) & Virgil (Absolute)
DMI number:
31663

10. As when some peasant in a bushy brake

First Line:
As when some peasant in a bushy brake
Last Line:
So from our arms surprised Androgeos flies
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
28551

11. As when two bulls for their fair female fight

First Line:
As when two bulls for their fair female fight
Last Line:
So clash their swords and so their shields resound
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
31672

12. Aurora now had left her saffron bed

First Line:
Aurora now had left her saffron bed
Last Line:
The spouting blood came streaming on her hands
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
28078

13. Both armies from their bloody work desist

First Line:
Both armies from their bloody work desist
Last Line:
And shakes the sounding forest on his sides
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
31671

14. Beneath the beech's venerable shade

First Line:
Beneath the beech's venerable shade
Last Line:
From the vast mountain falls the extended shade
DMI number:
31497

15. But easy quiet a secure retreat

First Line:
But easy quiet a secure retreat
Last Line:
The prints of her departing steps appear
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
30624

16. 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

17. But neither Median groves whose happy soil

First Line:
But neither Median groves whose happy soil
Last Line:
And your just praise in lasting numbers sing
Author:
Knightly Chetwood (Absolute)
DMI number:
3708

18. But neither median woods a plenteous land

First Line:
But neither median woods a plenteous land
Last Line:
And summer suns recede by slow degrees
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute) & Virgil (Absolute)
DMI number:
30623

19. Describe we next the nature of the bees

First Line:
Describe we next the nature of the bees
Last Line:
And think it honour at his feet to die
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute) & Virgil (Absolute)
DMI number:
30628

20. Dost thou me fly by these tears I thee pray

First Line:
Dost thou me fly by these tears I thee pray
Last Line:
Rather I had my flesh in dust were laid
DMI number:
44528

21. Deformed in dust now Turnus pressed the ground

First Line:
Deformed in dust now Turnus pressed the ground
Last Line:
For him do temples rise and sacred altars smoke
Author:
Moses Mendez (Absolute)
DMI number:
31272

22. Fame the great ill from small beginnings grow

First Line:
Fame the great ill from small beginnings grow
Last Line:
To tell of prodigies and cause affright
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
9800

23. Ethereal sweets shall next my muse engage

First Line:
Ethereal sweets shall next my muse engage
Last Line:
And set my Tityrus beneath his shade
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
6619

24. First let thy altars smoke with sacred fire

First Line:
First let thy altars smoke with sacred fire
Last Line:
Their long expected labours of the year
DMI number:
4835

25. Fields to improve and when to till the ground

First Line:
Fields to improve and when to till the ground
Last Line:
They know no check and mock the curbing rein
DMI number:
6632

26. From far huge Atlas' rocky sides he spies

First Line:
From far huge Atlas' rocky sides he spies
Last Line:
The hoary piles of everlasting snow
Author:
Christopher Pitt (Absolute)
DMI number:
31678

27. Freed from his keepers thus with broken reins

First Line:
Freed from his keepers thus with broken reins
Last Line:
Before his ample chest the frothy waters fly
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
12911

28. For while he spoke with high disdain and pride

First Line:
For while he spoke with high disdain and pride
Last Line:
The fainting princess to the regal bed
Author:
Christopher Pitt (Absolute)
DMI number:
31683

29. From Libeans temple cometh forth great fame

First Line:
From Libeans temple cometh forth great fame
Last Line:
As messengers of truth and verity
DMI number:
44518

30. From thence his way the Trojan hero bent

First Line:
From thence his way the Trojan hero bent
Last Line:
Then the remaining presents did divide
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
3824

31. Happy the man who verses in nature's laws

First Line:
Happy the man who verses in nature's laws
Last Line:
And hear the din of Acheron sedate
Author:
Virgil (Absolute)
DMI number:
26946

32. He spoke and speaking chased the clouds away

First Line:
He spoke and speaking chased the clouds away
Last Line:
Throws up the reins and skims the watery way
Author:
Christopher Pitt (Absolute)
DMI number:
31669

33. Her breathless sister runs with eager pace

First Line:
Her breathless sister runs with eager pace
Last Line:
Dissolves in air and mingles with the wind
Author:
Christopher Pitt (Absolute)
DMI number:
31694

34. Ho Moeris whither on thy way so fast

First Line:
Ho Moeris whither on thy way so fast
Last Line:
And find a friend at court I'll find a voice
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
3791

35. Ho Nan whose fish are those that look so dry

First Line:
Ho Nan whose fish are those that look so dry
Last Line:
By turns the various sweets and pains of love
DMI number:
21719

36. Here those who by love's cruelty have died

First Line:
Here those who by love's cruelty have died
Last Line:
With fruitless sorrow pities her too late
Author:
Robert Wolseley (Absolute)
DMI number:
4779

37. I Damon and Alpheus loves recite

First Line:
I Damon and Alpheus loves recite
Last Line:
Bid a sad silence through the Arcadian plains
Author:
Knightly Chetwood (Absolute)
DMI number:
3790

38. I first of Romans stooped to rural strains

First Line:
I first of Romans stooped to rural strains
Last Line:
And to prevailing shades the murmuring world resigned
Author:
Wentworth Dillon (Absolute)
DMI number:
3787

39. I first transferred to Rome Sicilian strains

First Line:
I first transferred to Rome Sicilian strains
Last Line:
And sudden night surprised the yet unfinished song
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
8682

40. In peaceful shades which aged oaks diffuse

First Line:
In peaceful shades which aged oaks diffuse
Last Line:
And curling smoke from village tops ascends
Author:
Virgil (Absolute) & John Caryll (Absolute)
DMI number:
3781

41. Is this Dametas Melibeus flock

First Line:
Is this Dametas Melibeus flock
Last Line:
Damm the brook lads ye have well-flowed the mead
DMI number:
41833

42. Incensed the raging prophet thus replies

First Line:
Incensed the raging prophet thus replies
Last Line:
Eurydice resounds along the lengthening shores
Author:
William Pattison (Absolute)
DMI number:
11881

43. Lo while he toils the galling yoke beneath

First Line:
Lo while he toils the galling yoke beneath
Last Line:
Headlong they fall and leave their lives above
Author:
Joseph Warton (Absolute)
DMI number:
30627

44. Like a fair flower by the keen share oppressed

First Line:
Like a fair flower by the keen share oppressed
Last Line:
Whose heavy head is overcharged with rain
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
12915

45. My old acquaintance and my dearest friend

First Line:
My old acquaintance and my dearest friend
Last Line:
Lie down on rushes with the sun get up
Author:
Morrough O'Connor (Absolute)
DMI number:
11846

46. Mopsus since chance does us together bring

First Line:
Mopsus since chance does us together bring
Last Line:
Yet him I could deny and freely give it you
Author:
Richard Duke (Absolute)
DMI number:
41874

47. Mopsus since chance does us together bring

First Line:
Mopsus since chance does us together bring
Last Line:
Yet him I would deny and freely give it you
Author:
Richard Duke (Absolute)
DMI number:
3786

48. Just in the gate and in the jaws of hell

First Line:
Just in the gate and in the jaws of hell
Last Line:
And empty dreams on every leaf are spread
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
9817

49. Mezentius sees him through the squadron ride

First Line:
Mezentius sees him through the squadron ride
Last Line:
The lance besmeared with blood lies broken in the wound
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
28544

50. Mean time the monarch of the watery main

First Line:
Mean time the monarch of the watery main
Last Line:
And in their hopes the fleets already flame
DMI number:
28461

51. Mean while the queen fanning a secret fire

First Line:
Mean while the queen fanning a secret fire
Last Line:
Which done her whole life vanished into air
Author:
Edmund Waller (Confident) & Sidney Godolphin (Confident)
DMI number:
6735

52. Next I will sing ethereal dews refined

First Line:
Next I will sing ethereal dews refined
Last Line:
Under the beechen shade thee Tityrus I sung
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
6345

53. Now from the sight of land our galleys move

First Line:
Now from the sight of land our galleys move
Last Line:
And curling smoke ascending from their height
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
28401

54. Now night with sable wings the world overspread

First Line:
Now night with sable wings the world overspread
Last Line:
Of full desire and sunk to pleasing rest
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
3956

55. Now over the glittering lawns Aurora spread

First Line:
Now over the glittering lawns Aurora spread
Last Line:
With all the glorious temples of the gods
Author:
Christopher Pitt (Absolute)
DMI number:
31693

56. O happy if he knew his happy state

First Line:
O happy if he knew his happy state
Last Line:
Tis time to set at ease the smoking horse
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
12926

57. O happy if he knew his happy state

First Line:
O happy if he knew his happy state
Last Line:
To lands that lie beneath another sun
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
28297

58. Now rose the ruddy morn from Tithon's bed

First Line:
Now rose the ruddy morn from Tithon's bed
Last Line:
But added colours to the world revealed
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
29686

59. Now scorching Sirius burnt the thirsty moors

First Line:
Now scorching Sirius burnt the thirsty moors
Last Line:
Eurydice Eurydice the banks resound
Author:
Richard Maitland (Absolute) & Thomas Creech (Speculation)
DMI number:
3917

60. On death and wounds Camilla looks with joy

First Line:
On death and wounds Camilla looks with joy
Last Line:
And murmuring with disdain the beauteous body leaves
Author:
John Stafford (Absolute)
DMI number:
3929

61. On ship board went the church at heaven's command

First Line:
On ship board went the church at heaven's command
Last Line:
And pilot us into the port of heaven
DMI number:
28139

62. One labour Arethusa to the past

First Line:
One labour Arethusa to the past
Last Line:
Love conquers all and we must yield to love
Author:
Joseph Trapp (Absolute)
DMI number:
6992

63. One labour more O Arethusa yield

First Line:
One labour more O Arethusa yield
Last Line:
Love conquers all and we must yield to love
Author:
Sir William Temple (Absolute)
DMI number:
3793

64. Perhaps you may of Priam's fate enquire

First Line:
Perhaps you may of Priam's fate enquire
Last Line:
Leaped headlong from the heights and flames consumed the rest
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
31675

65. Sad Damon's and Alphesiboeus muse

First Line:
Sad Damon's and Alphesiboeus muse
Last Line:
My Daphnis comes he comes he flies into my arms
Author:
John Stafford (Absolute)
DMI number:
3789

66. Sicilian muse begin a loftier strain

First Line:
Sicilian muse begin a loftier strain
Last Line:
No god shall crown the board no goddess bless the bed
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
31070

67. Sicilian muse begin a loftier strain

First Line:
Sicilian muse begin a loftier strain
Last Line:
No god shall crown the board nor goddess bless the bed
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
3785

68. Sicilian muse sublimer strains inspire

First Line:
Sicilian muse sublimer strains inspire
Last Line:
Nor shalt thou share the immortal feasts above
Author:
James Beattie (Absolute)
DMI number:
25921

69. Sicilian muse thy voice and subject raise

First Line:
Sicilian muse thy voice and subject raise
Last Line:
Where thou first drew thy breath dost there commence thy reign
DMI number:
4596

70. Sicilian muses sing sublimer strains

First Line:
Sicilian muses sing sublimer strains
Last Line:
No god shall grace his feast nor goddess bless his bed
DMI number:
3172

71. Sicilian nymph assist my mournful strains

First Line:
Sicilian nymph assist my mournful strains
Last Line:
My kid for you have had a feast to day
DMI number:
41889

72. Sicilian nymph assist my mournful strains

First Line:
Sicilian nymph assist my mournful strains
Last Line:
My kids for you have had a feast to day
Author:
John Stafford (Absolute)
DMI number:
3792

73. Since you with skill can touch the tender reed

First Line:
Since you with skill can touch the tender reed
Last Line:
But all his beauty all his prayers were vain
Author:
James Beattie (Absolute)
DMI number:
25922

74. So fierce her looks such terrors from her eyes

First Line:
So fierce her looks such terrors from her eyes
Last Line:
Her sister furies tremble and retire
Author:
Christopher Pitt (Absolute)
DMI number:
31665

75. Such words the prophet's indignation raise

First Line:
Such words the prophet's indignation raise
Last Line:
Unfortunate Eurydice and died
Author:
Samuel Humphreys (Speculation)
DMI number:
12443

76. Some peasants not to omit the nicest care

First Line:
Some peasants not to omit the nicest care
Last Line:
In tender souls of pliant plants produce
DMI number:
30171

77. Tell me Dametas tell whose sheep these are

First Line:
Tell me Dametas tell whose sheep these are
Last Line:
Boys shut your streams the fields have drunk enough
Author:
Thomas Creech (Absolute)
DMI number:
3784

78. Surprised with fear he fled along the field

First Line:
Surprised with fear he fled along the field
Last Line:
The mortal tumult mounts and thunders in the skies
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
28603

79. The good old man with suppliant hands implored

First Line:
The good old man with suppliant hands implored
Last Line:
And loaded up the hill convey my sire
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
31676

80. The fiery courser when he hears from far

First Line:
The fiery courser when he hears from far
Last Line:
He bears his rider headlong on the foe
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
30626

81. The calf by nature and by genius made

First Line:
The calf by nature and by genius made
Last Line:
Impatient of the lash and restive to the rein
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
30625

82. The morn ensuing from the mountain's height

First Line:
The morn ensuing from the mountain's height
Last Line:
From out their flaming nostrils breathed the day
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
29688

83. Then as a hungry lion who beholds

First Line:
Then as a hungry lion who beholds
Last Line:
With unchewed morsels while he churns the gore
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
12907

84. Then fell proud Ilion's bulwarks towers and spires

First Line:
Then fell proud Ilion's bulwarks towers and spires
Last Line:
And stretched out huge in length the unmeasured ruin lies
Author:
Christopher Pitt (Absolute)
DMI number:
31670

85. Then fell the king who yet survived the state

First Line:
Then fell the king who yet survived the state
Last Line:
A headless carcass and a nameless thing
Author:
Sir John Denham (Absolute)
DMI number:
42027

86. The shepherd Aristaeus grieving sees

First Line:
The shepherd Aristaeus grieving sees
Last Line:
And wondering mortals with his praises fills
DMI number:
36109

87. The valiant Nisus took his lot to wait

First Line:
The valiant Nisus took his lot to wait
Last Line:
Or Rome's majestic lord the conquered world command
Author:
Christopher Pitt (Absolute)
DMI number:
28043

88. The sun reveals the secrets of the sky

First Line:
The sun reveals the secrets of the sky
Last Line:
And mighty relics of gigantic bones
DMI number:
30169

89. The Trojan camp the common danger shared

First Line:
The Trojan camp the common danger shared
Last Line:
And spread where ever the Roman eagle flies
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
3825

90. The winds embattled as the mountain rent

First Line:
The winds embattled as the mountain rent
Last Line:
Grim death appeared and glared in every face
Author:
Christopher Pitt (Absolute)
DMI number:
31668

91. Then to secure the camp and naval powers

First Line:
Then to secure the camp and naval powers
Last Line:
Strong piles infixed stood adverse to those foe
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28637

92. Then to the tent his hasty court he sped

First Line:
Then to the tent his hasty court he sped
Last Line:
To raise this sated town this second Troy
DMI number:
28434

93. Then young Alcanius whose before this day

First Line:
Then young Alcanius whose before this day
Last Line:
The conquered war is due and the vast world is theirs
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
31673

94. They slay the guards they burst the gates and join

First Line:
They slay the guards they burst the gates and join
Last Line:
From some steep rock the sounding ruin hears
Author:
Christopher Pitt (Absolute)
DMI number:
31674

95. Thus equal deaths are dealt and equal chance

First Line:
Thus equal deaths are dealt and equal chance
Last Line:
And the disdainful soul came rushing through the wound
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
3913

96. Thus raged the goddess and with fury fraught

First Line:
Thus raged the goddess and with fury fraught
Last Line:
Admit the deluge of the briny streams
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
28400

97. Thy fields propitious Pales I rehearse

First Line:
Thy fields propitious Pales I rehearse
Last Line:
Consumes the parching limbs and makes the life his prey
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
6627

98. To these the Sybil thus her speech addressed

First Line:
To these the Sybil thus her speech addressed
Last Line:
Where lives Anchises ---
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
12641

99. Tis usual now an inmate grass to see

First Line:
Tis usual now an inmate grass to see
Last Line:
Of alien trees and apples not her own
DMI number:
30170

100. Tis not for nothing when just heaven does frown

First Line:
Tis not for nothing when just heaven does frown
Last Line:
Eurydice resounds from every side
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
1432