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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