Poem Genre / Form: Dedication - Blacklight Search Results

1. A new years gift present I here to you

First Line:: A new years gift present I here to you
Last Line:: And new delights adorn the encircling year
DMI number:: 7463

2. Accept great son of art this faint effect

First Line:: Accept great son of art this faint effect
Last Line:: And skilled in nature canst not fail in art
Author:: Nahum Tate (Absolute)
DMI number:: 4708

3. As mariners that in a storm are tossed

First Line:: As mariners that in a storm are tossed
Last Line:: And all obediently her power own
DMI number:: 10915

4. As bards of old in nobler lays could sing

First Line:: As bards of old in nobler lays could sing
Last Line:: Accept the pauper though you scorn the muse
Author:: George Waldron (Absolute)
DMI number:: 15504

5. As I've been at such great expense

First Line:: As I've been at such great expense
Last Line:: I'll sing their everlasting praise
DMI number:: 11235

6. As when Apollo with his artful hand

First Line:: As when Apollo with his artful hand
Last Line:: Than 'twas to conquer the whole land before
DMI number:: 43422

7. By nature formed to rule embarrassed states

First Line:: By nature formed to rule embarrassed states
Last Line:: Under the covert of a fictitious tale
DMI number:: 6421

8. Contending kings and fields of death too long

First Line:: Contending kings and fields of death too long
Last Line:: And more be hastened by this short delay
Author:: Thomas Tickell (Absolute)
DMI number:: 2109

9. Dear Philomela oft you condescend

First Line:: Dear Philomela oft you condescend
Last Line:: Wise as your converse rapturous as your voice
Author:: Mary Barber (Absolute)
DMI number:: 11585

10. Deign worthy Lady England's happy Muse

First Line:: Deign worthy Lady England's happy Muse
Last Line:: So shall they live by thee and thou by them
Author:: Richard More (Absolute)
DMI number:: 44935

11. For vain applause while others tune their lays

First Line:: For vain applause while others tune their lays
Last Line:: And hide the source from whence such favours flow
DMI number:: 19756

12. Gentle Diana goddess bright

First Line:: Gentle Diana goddess bright
Last Line:: The blood of swine
Author:: Thomas Flatman (Absolute)
DMI number:: 42121

13. From this auspicious day three kingdoms date

First Line:: From this auspicious day three kingdoms date
Last Line:: And golden plenty covers all the plain
Author:: Elijah Fenton (Absolute)
DMI number:: 11994

14. Go happy book and let Mirtilla see

First Line:: Go happy book and let Mirtilla see
Last Line:: But still as charming and much happier live
Author:: William Worts (Absolute)
DMI number:: 7018

15. Hail beauteous prophetess in whom alone

First Line:: Hail beauteous prophetess in whom alone
Last Line:: You wave your pen and lo the dead arise
DMI number:: 43587

16. H---y would you know the passion

First Line:: H---y would you know the passion
Last Line:: All the power of your own
Author:: Francois-Marie Arouet de Voltaire (Absolute)
DMI number:: 25788

17. Here every line and meaning page

First Line:: Here every line and meaning page
Last Line:: The author then can't fail to vend it
DMI number:: 19183

18. Here old Sarum lies

First Line:: Here old Sarum lies
Last Line:: There may be room | For ---
Author:: Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:: 27936

19. In moving lines these few epistles tell

First Line:: In moving lines these few epistles tell
Last Line:: And every star its fading fire resigns
Author:: Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:: 6130

20. Long may the laurel flourish on your brow

First Line:: Long may the laurel flourish on your brow
Last Line:: But such as join with Shimei and with Saul
DMI number:: 43286

21. My Lord | Indulge this offering nor the vow disown

First Line:: My Lord | Indulge this offering nor the vow disown
Last Line:: And win the fairest laurel from the brow of France
DMI number:: 11550

22. My lord | Our poet's rules in easy numbers tell

First Line:: My lord | Our poet's rules in easy numbers tell
Last Line:: And be the Juliana of the age
Author:: Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:: 7041

23. I'll not fatigue Belinda's ear

First Line:: I'll not fatigue Belinda's ear
Last Line:: But makes it please the more
Author:: Mary Chandler (Absolute)
DMI number:: 18307

24. If yet your thoughts are loose from state affairs

First Line:: If yet your thoughts are loose from state affairs
Last Line:: For next to what you write is what you praise
Author:: Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:: 6744

25. Ladies | To you I take the liberty

First Line:: Ladies | To you I take the liberty
Last Line:: As it does often cherish you
DMI number:: 7157

26. Lycaeus' son Praxagoras bestowed

First Line:: Lycaeus' son Praxagoras bestowed
Last Line:: The finished work of Anaxagoras
Author:: Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:: 27517

27. No there's nothing nothing here

First Line:: No there's nothing nothing here
Last Line:: And fill the whole soul with the harmonious strain
DMI number:: 10916

28. O dearest master father friend

First Line:: O dearest master father friend
Last Line:: In thee he lives without thee dies
Author:: Adrian Drift (Absolute)
DMI number:: 15509

29. O Johnson famed for elegance and sense

First Line:: O Johnson famed for elegance and sense
Last Line:: To you inscribes what from your genius came
Author:: Anne Penny (Absolute)
DMI number:: 30291

30. O matchless genius whose exalted lays

First Line:: O matchless genius whose exalted lays
Last Line:: Charm and compose the moral world to peace
DMI number:: 5897

31. O morall Gower this boke I directe

First Line:: O morall Gower this boke I directe
Last Line:: Of your benignitees and zeles good
Author:: Geoffrey Chaucer (Absolute)
DMI number:: 13124

32. Oft have I thought great bard in my poor cell

First Line:: Oft have I thought great bard in my poor cell
Last Line:: And judgment grown maturer greatly rise
Author:: Francis Peck (Absolute)
DMI number:: 15506

33. Read here the pangs of unsuccessful love

First Line:: Read here the pangs of unsuccessful love
Last Line:: And happier Hammonds shall record your name
DMI number:: 36601

34. Receive great bard thanks from the meanest muse

First Line:: Receive great bard thanks from the meanest muse
Last Line:: To build the house of god be Prior's praise
Author:: J. Newcome (Absolute)
DMI number:: 15505

35. Reader this book which I prefer to you

First Line:: Reader this book which I prefer to you
Last Line:: Is filled with pleasant mirth and profit too
DMI number:: 8319

36. Shepherds on other banks your flocks may play

First Line:: Shepherds on other banks your flocks may play
Last Line:: Till the pale crescent shed her trembling ray
DMI number:: 36939

37. Sir | My childish muse is in her spring and yet

First Line:: Sir | My childish muse is in her spring and yet
Last Line:: The earliest offering of her grateful pen
Author:: Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:: 7756

38. Such were the notes thy once-loved poet sung

First Line:: Such were the notes thy once-loved poet sung
Last Line:: Nor fears to tell that Mortimer is he
Author:: Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:: 7447

39. The first great man who made the world his own

First Line:: The first great man who made the world his own
Last Line:: Till he had strung another age's song
DMI number:: 15487

40. The piercing cold the stormy winds

First Line:: The piercing cold the stormy winds
Last Line:: Remember time is on the wing
Author:: Mary Chandler (Absolute)
DMI number:: 18300

41. The nymph whose virgin heart thy charms have taught

First Line:: The nymph whose virgin heart thy charms have taught
Last Line:: Too happy should I meet the same return
Author:: Anne Finch [nee Kingsmill] (Speculation)
DMI number:: 15490

42. These various strains where every talent charms

First Line:: These various strains where every talent charms
Last Line:: Thus Chaucer is and Fenton thus shall be
Author:: Walter Harte (Absolute)
DMI number:: 36654

43. This lamp which Prior to his Harley gave

First Line:: This lamp which Prior to his Harley gave
Last Line:: Before the muse to burn with purer flame
Author:: Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:: 16971

44. This latter age the lees of time hath known

First Line:: This latter age the lees of time hath known
Last Line:: The birch which crowned her then is grown a bay
DMI number:: 7796

45. This verse be thine my friend nor thou refuse

First Line:: This verse be thine my friend nor thou refuse
Last Line:: Thou but preservest a face and I a name
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 12292

46. Through various climes of censure and applause

First Line:: Through various climes of censure and applause
Last Line:: Excuse his agent and encourage him
DMI number:: 6553

47. To that clear majesty which in the north

First Line:: To that clear majesty which in the north
Last Line:: Which makst each place a heaven wherein thou art
Author:: Sir John Davies (Absolute)
DMI number:: 27113

48. To whom should I but to Cornelius make

First Line:: To whom should I but to Cornelius make
Last Line:: Beyond an age that are inscribed to thee
DMI number:: 8594

49. To you right worshipful the brewers

First Line:: To you right worshipful the brewers
Last Line:: So gentry of the dray adieu
DMI number:: 10706

50. Two shining maids this happy work displays

First Line:: Two shining maids this happy work displays
Last Line:: And Roman muses sung her beauty's charms
Author:: John Hughes (Absolute)
DMI number:: 8339

51. Too long your sex its sprightly thoughts employs

First Line:: Too long your sex its sprightly thoughts employs
Last Line:: Who vindicates from ignorance their fame
Author:: Richard Shackleton (Absolute)
DMI number:: 21917

52. Welcome thou sacred solemn guest

First Line:: Welcome thou sacred solemn guest
Last Line:: And be eternity thy care
Author:: Mary Barber (Absolute)
DMI number:: 11394

53. What all our sex in one sad hour undone

First Line:: What all our sex in one sad hour undone
Last Line:: What worlds of love must circle in her arms
DMI number:: 16919

54. When Dryden's tuneful celebrated muse

First Line:: When Dryden's tuneful celebrated muse
Last Line:: The critic's judgement and the poet's wit
DMI number:: 5896

55. When heaven did first poetic gifts dispense

First Line:: When heaven did first poetic gifts dispense
Last Line:: While those that have the sun's warm beams shall fade
DMI number:: 43287

56. When I perceive the lease bound tenants prove

First Line:: When I perceive the lease bound tenants prove
Last Line:: When years shall cease and time shall be no more
DMI number:: 43339

57. When Prior's muse prepares to sing

First Line:: When Prior's muse prepares to sing
Last Line:: Happy am I if but inspired by thee
DMI number:: 15488

58. When man's good-genius viewed the world around

First Line:: When man's good-genius viewed the world around
Last Line:: This was what Morley practised every day
Author:: George Waldron (Absolute)
DMI number:: 15513

59. While here the poet paints the charms

First Line:: While here the poet paints the charms
Last Line:: The picture and the life
Author:: David Garrick (Absolute)
DMI number:: 22545

60. While in thy verse such rival graces meet

First Line:: While in thy verse such rival graces meet
Last Line:: And bid perfection crown his favourite plan
DMI number:: 19752

61. When tuneful ladies strike the trembling lyre

First Line:: When tuneful ladies strike the trembling lyre
Last Line:: Proud that his feathers can the fair employ
DMI number:: 6001

62. Whilst Harley with more near approaches blessed

First Line:: Whilst Harley with more near approaches blessed
Last Line:: Write while love lasts and we will ask no more
DMI number:: 15496

63. Worthily famous Lord whose virtues rare

First Line:: Worthily famous Lord whose virtues rare
Last Line:: Accept of these as pictures of your worth
Author:: Francis Davison (Absolute)
DMI number:: 49619

64. Ye virtuousi have it to you assigned

First Line:: Ye virtuousi have it to you assigned
Last Line:: And leave it to you what force they have to guess
Author:: Sir Simeon Steward (Confident)
DMI number:: 4619

65. Worthy the high distinction shewn

First Line:: Worthy the high distinction shewn
Last Line:: A flag must very soon be thine
DMI number:: 29631

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1. A new years gift present I here to you

2. Accept great son of art this faint effect

3. As mariners that in a storm are tossed

4. As bards of old in nobler lays could sing

5. As I've been at such great expense

6. As when Apollo with his artful hand

7. By nature formed to rule embarrassed states

8. Contending kings and fields of death too long

9. Dear Philomela oft you condescend

10. Deign worthy Lady England's happy Muse

11. For vain applause while others tune their lays

12. Gentle Diana goddess bright

13. From this auspicious day three kingdoms date

14. Go happy book and let Mirtilla see

15. Hail beauteous prophetess in whom alone

16. H---y would you know the passion

17. Here every line and meaning page

18. Here old Sarum lies

19. In moving lines these few epistles tell

20. Long may the laurel flourish on your brow

21. My Lord | Indulge this offering nor the vow disown

22. My lord | Our poet's rules in easy numbers tell

23. I'll not fatigue Belinda's ear

24. If yet your thoughts are loose from state affairs

25. Ladies | To you I take the liberty

26. Lycaeus' son Praxagoras bestowed

27. No there's nothing nothing here

28. O dearest master father friend

29. O Johnson famed for elegance and sense

30. O matchless genius whose exalted lays

31. O morall Gower this boke I directe

32. Oft have I thought great bard in my poor cell

33. Read here the pangs of unsuccessful love

34. Receive great bard thanks from the meanest muse

35. Reader this book which I prefer to you

36. Shepherds on other banks your flocks may play

37. Sir | My childish muse is in her spring and yet

38. Such were the notes thy once-loved poet sung

39. The first great man who made the world his own

40. The piercing cold the stormy winds

41. The nymph whose virgin heart thy charms have taught

42. These various strains where every talent charms

43. This lamp which Prior to his Harley gave

44. This latter age the lees of time hath known

45. This verse be thine my friend nor thou refuse

46. Through various climes of censure and applause

47. To that clear majesty which in the north

48. To whom should I but to Cornelius make

49. To you right worshipful the brewers

50. Two shining maids this happy work displays

51. Too long your sex its sprightly thoughts employs

52. Welcome thou sacred solemn guest

53. What all our sex in one sad hour undone

54. When Dryden's tuneful celebrated muse

55. When heaven did first poetic gifts dispense

56. When I perceive the lease bound tenants prove

57. When Prior's muse prepares to sing

58. When man's good-genius viewed the world around

59. While here the poet paints the charms

60. While in thy verse such rival graces meet

61. When tuneful ladies strike the trembling lyre

62. Whilst Harley with more near approaches blessed

63. Worthily famous Lord whose virtues rare

64. Ye virtuousi have it to you assigned

65. Worthy the high distinction shewn