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1. Ah me why am I so uneasy grown

First Line:: Ah me why am I so uneasy grown
Last Line:: The same victorious arm that conquers saves
Author:: Thomas Creech (Absolute)
DMI number:: 6684

2. All thy verse is softer far

First Line:: All thy verse is softer far
Last Line:: All with Venus' girdle bound
Author:: Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:: 28387

3. As over the vast Atlantic sea

First Line:: As over the vast Atlantic sea
Last Line:: His soul was all her own
Author:: Samuel Whyte (Speculation)
DMI number:: 36568

4. Aurora rising from old Tithon's bed

First Line:: Aurora rising from old Tithon's bed
Last Line:: Drove the dear shades that hid our joys away
DMI number:: 6691

5. Be just dear maid an equal passion prove

First Line:: Be just dear maid an equal passion prove
Last Line:: And mine be ever writ and read with yours
DMI number:: 6685

6. Be just dear maid and equal passion prove

First Line:: Be just dear maid and equal passion prove
Last Line:: And mine be ever writ and read with yours
DMI number:: 8055

7. By wondrous power of music's artful force

First Line:: By wondrous power of music's artful force
Last Line:: Her formal chastity is much belied
DMI number:: 10545

8. Goddess of numbers and of thoughts sublime

First Line:: Goddess of numbers and of thoughts sublime
Last Line:: And peace restored shall wear her olive crown again
Author:: John Hughes (Absolute)
DMI number:: 4568

9. Great Mars see Delia bowing at thy shrine

First Line:: Great Mars see Delia bowing at thy shrine
Last Line:: Graced with a thousand robes and adding grace to all
DMI number:: 23293

10. Hear ye bright muses your own Dryden's dead

First Line:: Hear ye bright muses your own Dryden's dead
Last Line:: She left her garment and to heaven aspired
DMI number:: 3528

11. Her self half dead to find her queen expired

First Line:: Her self half dead to find her queen expired
Last Line:: Retire and mourn the short remains of life away
Author:: Nahum Tate (Absolute)
DMI number:: 11191

12. Io triumphe I have won the prize

First Line:: Io triumphe I have won the prize
Last Line:: And many rivals met but murdered none
DMI number:: 6745

13. In vain by being great

First Line:: In vain by being great
Last Line:: And blessed the wind that blew them to the gainful shore
DMI number:: 42831

14. Mourn all ye groves in darker shades be seen

First Line:: Mourn all ye groves in darker shades be seen
Last Line:: Would try to move the rigid king of hell
Author:: John Oldham (Absolute)
DMI number:: 4111

15. Mourn all ye loves the fair Adonis dies

First Line:: Mourn all ye loves the fair Adonis dies
Last Line:: But cruel Prosperine is deaf to prayer
Author:: Anne Finch [nee Kingsmill] (Speculation) & Charles Finch (Speculation)
DMI number:: 3828

16. My wife a native of Phaliscan plains

First Line:: My wife a native of Phaliscan plains
Last Line:: Nor more to those that serve them than to me
DMI number:: 6792

17. I sing but ah my theme I need not tell

First Line:: I sing but ah my theme I need not tell
Last Line:: Sees his world burst at once and disappear
Author:: Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:: 11192

18. If there's a wretch who thinks it is a shame

First Line:: If there's a wretch who thinks it is a shame
Last Line:: And other themes I with disdain refuse
DMI number:: 6751

19. If Memnon's fate bewailed with constant dew

First Line:: If Memnon's fate bewailed with constant dew
Last Line:: And be as soft and easy as his muse
Author:: George Stepney (Absolute)
DMI number:: 6777

20. Now Ceres' feast is come the trees are blown

First Line:: Now Ceres' feast is come the trees are blown
Last Line:: These gifts will please our master powers above
DMI number:: 6778