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1. All health fair nymph thy Paris sends to thee

First Line:
All health fair nymph thy Paris sends to thee
Last Line:
And all I promise you in Troy shall find
Author:
Richard Duke (Absolute)
DMI number:
5713

2. Captive Briseis in a foreign tongue

First Line:
Captive Briseis in a foreign tongue
Last Line:
Made yours by right of war and right of love
Author:
John Caryll (Absolute)
DMI number:
5738

3. Britain's fond matrons whose endearments prove

First Line:
Britain's fond matrons whose endearments prove
Last Line:
Grow young again and flourish in decay
Author:
Michael Clancy (Confident)
DMI number:
33516

4. Chance does at last let sad Ulysses see

First Line:
Chance does at last let sad Ulysses see
Last Line:
And all the entrancing pleasures of thy bed
DMI number:
5756

5. Dryden thy wit has caterwauled too long

First Line:
Dryden thy wit has caterwauled too long
Last Line:
Why then the marvel that a poet sins
DMI number:
42324

6. From noise and business for a while retired

First Line:
From noise and business for a while retired
Last Line:
And let them thank thee with a heart like mine
Author:
Samuel Whyte (Absolute)
DMI number:
36554

7. Health to the gentle man of war and may

First Line:
Health to the gentle man of war and may
Last Line:
Of thy beloved self I mean of me
Author:
Thomas Flatman (Absolute)
DMI number:
5704

8. How happy are these skins that licence have

First Line:
How happy are these skins that licence have
Last Line:
As those do clip your hands let him your waist
DMI number:
42637

9. In silent fear I read your letter over

First Line:
In silent fear I read your letter over
Last Line:
And since it must be so my dear adieu
Author:
Samuel Butler (Absolute)
DMI number:
5746

10. In your late triumphs I rejoice and share

First Line:
In your late triumphs I rejoice and share
Last Line:
Life ebbs apace and I with pleasure die
Author:
John Oldmixon (Absolute)
DMI number:
6123

11. I'm pleased with the success your valour gave

First Line:
I'm pleased with the success your valour gave
Last Line:
Hyllus farewell my dear I come to thee
Author:
John Oldmixon (Speculation)
DMI number:
5740

12. If thou art unkind I never shall health enjoy

First Line:
If thou art unkind I never shall health enjoy
Last Line:
Think that thou seest the streams that flow from mine
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
5727

13. If streaming blood my fatal letter stain

First Line:
If streaming blood my fatal letter stain
Last Line:
As I perform my cruel father's will
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
5693

14. Laden they say with Jason's golden prize

First Line:
Laden they say with Jason's golden prize
Last Line:
An execrable pair in a detested bed
Author:
Elkanah Settle (Absolute)
DMI number:
5723

15. Oh lingering make Ulysses dear thy wife lo sends to thee

First Line:
Oh lingering make Ulysses dear thy wife lo sends to thee
Last Line:
Love is a careful thing god wot and passing full of dread
DMI number:
9035

16. Penelope this slow epistle sends

First Line:
Penelope this slow epistle sends
Last Line:
Return life of our hopes light of our days
Author:
Anne Wharton [nee Lee] (Absolute)
DMI number:
6117

17. Phillis who entertained thy love and thee

First Line:
Phillis who entertained thy love and thee
Last Line:
He was the cause and hers the hand that killed
DMI number:
6340

18. Say lovely youth that dost my heart command

First Line:
Say lovely youth that dost my heart command
Last Line:
And either cease to live or cease to love
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
6116

19. Read boldly this here you shall swear no more

First Line:
Read boldly this here you shall swear no more
Last Line:
Although for me too little yet too much for thee
Author:
Richard Duke (Absolute)
DMI number:
5744

20. Read this if your new bride will suffer read

First Line:
Read this if your new bride will suffer read
Last Line:
Shall the remains of my blessed life be spent
Author:
John Cooper (Absolute)
DMI number:
5705

21. Receive this letter from Leander fraught

First Line:
Receive this letter from Leander fraught
Last Line:
And whisper its soft message to thy heart
Author:
Nahum Tate (Absolute)
DMI number:
5702

22. So on Maeander's banks when death is nigh

First Line:
So on Maeander's banks when death is nigh
Last Line:
Aeneas gave the rest her arm supplied
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
5728

23. So in unwonted notes when sure to die

First Line:
So in unwonted notes when sure to die
Last Line:
But by his sword and her own hand was slain
Author:
John Somers (Speculation)
DMI number:
5732

24. Since hired for life thy servant muse must sing

First Line:
Since hired for life thy servant muse must sing
Last Line:
And in the land where Spencer sung a new Eliza reigns
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
33669

25. Than savage beasts more fierce more to be feared

First Line:
Than savage beasts more fierce more to be feared
Last Line:
Yet lay my ashes in their peaceful urn
Author:
John Somers (Absolute)
DMI number:
5700

26. The queen of the fairies this summons does send

First Line:
The queen of the fairies this summons does send
Last Line:
My fairies shall bring you by force through the air
DMI number:
23832

27. This dear Orestes this with health to you

First Line:
This dear Orestes this with health to you
Last Line:
Or to untimely fate resign my life
Author:
John Pulteney (Absolute)
DMI number:
5701

28. This tumbledown city so famous of yore

First Line:
This tumbledown city so famous of yore
Last Line:
For there's no other heaven by Cyntra below
DMI number:
35670

29. To that dear brother who alone survives

First Line:
To that dear brother who alone survives
Last Line:
Tis quite disabled with the weight of chains
Author:
James Wright (Speculation)
DMI number:
5699

30. To thee dear Paris lord of my desires

First Line:
To thee dear Paris lord of my desires
Last Line:
And pierce that dear that faithless heart of thine
Author:
Aphra Behn (Absolute)
DMI number:
5708

31. To your Penelope at length break home

First Line:
To your Penelope at length break home
Last Line:
I withered grow in waiting your return
Author:
Thomas Rymer (Absolute)
DMI number:
5721

32. When loose epistles violate chaste eyes

First Line:
When loose epistles violate chaste eyes
Last Line:
And may hereafter better news impart
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute) & John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
5717

33. When roused by stings of sore repentance

First Line:
When roused by stings of sore repentance
Last Line:
The sage the patriot and the man
Author:
Samuel Whyte (Speculation)
DMI number:
36541

34. While Phaon to the flaming Aetna flies

First Line:
While Phaon to the flaming Aetna flies
Last Line:
But let thy life here with thy letter end
Author:
Sir Carr Scrope (Absolute)
DMI number:
5691

35. While this is from recovered Athens sent

First Line:
While this is from recovered Athens sent
Last Line:
My duty and my honour are the cause
DMI number:
6393

36. While you of me so justly nymph complain

First Line:
While you of me so justly nymph complain
Last Line:
Quench thy own fires or reinflame my heart
DMI number:
6394

37. Whilst this is from recovered Athens sent

First Line:
Whilst this is from recovered Athens sent
Last Line:
My duty and my honour are the cause
DMI number:
5757

38. Whilst you of me so justly nymph complain

First Line:
Whilst you of me so justly nymph complain
Last Line:
Quench thy own fires or reinflame my heart
DMI number:
5758

39. With such delight I read your letter over

First Line:
With such delight I read your letter over
Last Line:
They bring what most you prize your Hero's heart
Author:
Nahum Tate (Absolute)
DMI number:
5703

40. Yet I found leisure though a queen to free

First Line:
Yet I found leisure though a queen to free
Last Line:
And when it comes be vast and worthy me
Author:
Nahum Tate (Absolute)
DMI number:
5726

41. You've gone beyond your time and ought to give

First Line:
You've gone beyond your time and ought to give
Last Line:
But her own hand performed the fatal blow
Author:
Edward Pooley (Absolute)
DMI number:
5698