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1. A soul exasperated in ill falls out

First Line:: A soul exasperated in ill falls out
Last Line:: With every thing its friend it self
DMI number:: 14175

2. All dark and comfortless

First Line:: All dark and comfortless
Last Line:: Nor see the face of kindred or of friend
DMI number:: 14292

3. All days to me henceforth are equal

First Line:: All days to me henceforth are equal
Last Line:: One hated line of more extended woe
DMI number:: 14170

4. Affliction is the wholesome soil of virtue

First Line:: Affliction is the wholesome soil of virtue
Last Line:: Poisons the soil and its best product kills
Author:: David Mallet (Absolute) & James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:: 28406

5. All hearts alike all faces cannot move

First Line:: All hearts alike all faces cannot move
Last Line:: No more than jet the trembling needle draw
DMI number:: 14239

6. Angels and ministers of grace defend us

First Line:: Angels and ministers of grace defend us
Last Line:: Nay let's follow him
Author:: William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:: 40519

7. Angels preserve my dearest father's life

First Line:: Angels preserve my dearest father's life
Last Line:: Till good men wish him dead or I offend him
DMI number:: 14290

8. Anger is like

First Line:: Anger is like
Last Line:: Self-mettle tires him
Author:: William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:: 13532

9. All women will deny

First Line:: All women will deny
Last Line:: Not the least footstep to be traced for truth
DMI number:: 14165

10. Already Caesar has ravaged

First Line:: Already Caesar has ravaged
Last Line:: Among your works
DMI number:: 14192

11. Ambition deadly tyrant

First Line:: Ambition deadly tyrant
Last Line:: For gilded domes and greatness
Author:: David Mallet (Absolute)
DMI number:: 28413

12. Ambition is a lust that's never quenched

First Line:: Ambition is a lust that's never quenched
Last Line:: Grows more enflamed and madder by enjoyment
DMI number:: 14185

13. Ambition is an idol on whose wings

First Line:: Ambition is an idol on whose wings
Last Line:: To be sublimely great or to be nothing
DMI number:: 14189

14. Ambition is at distance

First Line:: Ambition is at distance
Last Line:: What storms will batter and what tempests shake us
DMI number:: 14179

15. Ambition like a torrent never looks back

First Line:: Ambition like a torrent never looks back
Last Line:: And offers violence to nature's self
DMI number:: 14191

16. Ambition the desire of active souls

First Line:: Ambition the desire of active souls
Last Line:: And elevates the hero to the gods
DMI number:: 14180

17. Ambition the disease of virtue bred

First Line:: Ambition the disease of virtue bred
Last Line:: Meets death in that which is the means of life
DMI number:: 14190

18. Ambition's like a circle on the water

First Line:: Ambition's like a circle on the water
Last Line:: Till by broad spreading it disperse to nought
DMI number:: 14184

19. Ambition's never safe till power be past

First Line:: Ambition's never safe till power be past
Last Line:: As men till impotent are seldom chaste
DMI number:: 14182

20. As at Troy

First Line:: As at Troy
Last Line:: More than the loss of life or victory
DMI number:: 14253

21. At last a soft and solemn breathing sound

First Line:: At last a soft and solemn breathing sound
Last Line:: Under the ribs of death
Author:: John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:: 30886

22. At length I've acted my severest part

First Line:: At length I've acted my severest part
Last Line:: And so thy dearest youth farewell
Author:: Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:: 40410

23. As well the noble savage of the field

First Line:: As well the noble savage of the field
Last Line:: Or vultures sort with doves as I with thee
DMI number:: 14226

24. As when a tree's cut down the secret root

First Line:: As when a tree's cut down the secret root
Last Line:: To find her woman it must be abed
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute) & Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:: 17523

25. Asleep so soon but sorrow minds no seasons

First Line:: Asleep so soon but sorrow minds no seasons
Last Line:: When they are gone then I must count my gains
Author:: William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:: 40522

26. Beauty thou art a fair but fading flower

First Line:: Beauty thou art a fair but fading flower
Last Line:: Nor art a blessing but a mark from heaven
DMI number:: 14257

27. Because I knew twas harsh I would not tell

First Line:: Because I knew twas harsh I would not tell
Last Line:: And bear it like a man
DMI number:: 14231

28. Behold her stretched upon a flowery bank

First Line:: Behold her stretched upon a flowery bank
Last Line:: She charms her gallant god to new enjoyment
DMI number:: 14269

29. Behold the African

First Line:: Behold the African
Last Line:: Blesses his stars and thinks it luxury
Author:: Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:: 14178

30. Believe me Portius in my Lucia's absence

First Line:: Believe me Portius in my Lucia's absence
Last Line:: And with variety of pain distract me
Author:: Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:: 14142

31. Blow winds blow and crack your cheeks rage blow

First Line:: Blow winds blow and crack your cheeks rage blow
Last Line:: That's sorry yet for thee
Author:: William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:: 40528

32. Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould

First Line:: Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould
Last Line:: I never heard till now
Author:: John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:: 29844

33. Can it be possible O say my father

First Line:: Can it be possible O say my father
Last Line:: Who wants the courage to assert his own
Author:: John Hoole (Absolute)
DMI number:: 40537

34. By heaven you stir not

First Line:: By heaven you stir not
Last Line:: And curses great as is thy falsehood catch thee
Author:: Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:: 35135

35. But I know young prince that valour soars above

First Line:: But I know young prince that valour soars above
Last Line:: In the smooth seasons and the calms of life
DMI number:: 14173

36. But oh what thought can paint that fair perfection

First Line:: But oh what thought can paint that fair perfection
Last Line:: With lingering surfeits of her fatal beauty
DMI number:: 14270

37. But Theodosius comes hide hide thy charms

First Line:: But Theodosius comes hide hide thy charms
Last Line:: And fix upon the world thy world of beauty
DMI number:: 14249

38. Come on sir | Here's the place stand still how fearful

First Line:: Come on sir | Here's the place stand still how fearful
Last Line:: Topple down headlong
Author:: William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:: 12928

39. Curse on that formal steady villain's face

First Line:: Curse on that formal steady villain's face
Last Line:: Dissemble lie and preach like any priest
DMI number:: 14237

40. Curse on the coward and perfidious tongue

First Line:: Curse on the coward and perfidious tongue
Last Line:: That sweeps these fogs away with all their vermin
Author:: James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:: 30930

41. Cursed Hymen I from thee my life received

First Line:: Cursed Hymen I from thee my life received
Last Line:: Ever brought to light of horror and of shame
DMI number:: 39945

42. Could those who never tried conceive the sweat

First Line:: Could those who never tried conceive the sweat
Last Line:: Applaud the scenes and strip him of the praise
Author:: Colley Cibber (Absolute)
DMI number:: 17524

43. Conscience what art thou thou tremendous power

First Line:: Conscience what art thou thou tremendous power
Last Line:: Nay wise men flatter with the name of life
Author:: Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:: 28963

44. Cricca denies me no persuasion

First Line:: Cricca denies me no persuasion
Last Line:: Quickly O quickly as you love Flavia quickly
Author:: Thomas Tomkis [Tomkys] (Absolute)
DMI number:: 40533

45. Cromwell I charge fling away ambition

First Line:: Cromwell I charge fling away ambition
Last Line:: Thou fall'st a blessed martyr
DMI number:: 14187

46. Dost thou not know superb yet feeble man

First Line:: Dost thou not know superb yet feeble man
Last Line:: But virtue only makes the difference tween them
Author:: James Miller (Absolute)
DMI number:: 28418

47. Fathers we once again are met in council

First Line:: Fathers we once again are met in council
Last Line:: All Rome will be in tears
Author:: Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:: 34094

48. Forth from the thicket rushed another boar

First Line:: Forth from the thicket rushed another boar
Last Line:: The ugly brindled monster to the heart
Author:: Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:: 14299

49. For I would choose to scramble at a door

First Line:: For I would choose to scramble at a door
Last Line:: If but in thought consenting to another
DMI number:: 14168

50. For endless joys are in that heaven of love

First Line:: For endless joys are in that heaven of love
Last Line:: And every sigh more rosy than the morn
DMI number:: 14250

51. Fixed in astonishment I gaze upon thee

First Line:: Fixed in astonishment I gaze upon thee
Last Line:: In dreadful looks a monument of wrath
DMI number:: 14215

52. Give me a horse bind up my wounds

First Line:: Give me a horse bind up my wounds
Last Line:: I am but man and and faith do thou dispose me
Author:: Colley Cibber (Absolute)
DMI number:: 30981

53. From thirst of rule what dire disasters flow

First Line:: From thirst of rule what dire disasters flow
Last Line:: And levels all its towering schemes in dust
Author:: Tobias George Smollett (Absolute)
DMI number:: 28412

54. Frowning he went

First Line:: Frowning he went
Last Line:: And kindle rivers in its course
DMI number:: 14199

55. Go bid thy mistress when my drink is ready

First Line:: Go bid thy mistress when my drink is ready
Last Line:: Wake Duncan with this knocking would thou couldst
Author:: William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:: 40541

56. Ha false to me

First Line:: Ha false to me
Last Line:: I am your own for ever
Author:: William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:: 40551

57. Had you less beauteous been you had known less care

First Line:: Had you less beauteous been you had known less care
Last Line:: Ladies are happiest moderately fair
DMI number:: 14244

58. Hence all ye vain delights

First Line:: Hence all ye vain delights
Last Line:: Nothing's so dainty sweet as lovely melancholy
Author:: John Fletcher (Absolute)
DMI number:: 31004

59. Hear me bounteous heaven

First Line:: Hear me bounteous heaven
Last Line:: Harmless as her own thoughts and prop her virtue
DMI number:: 14286

60. Have I then no tears for thee my father

First Line:: Have I then no tears for thee my father
Last Line:: Be nobly wretched but her father happy
Author:: James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:: 29831

61. He carries anger as the flint bears fire

First Line:: He carries anger as the flint bears fire
Last Line:: And straight is cold again
DMI number:: 14196

62. He jests at scars that never felt a wound

First Line:: He jests at scars that never felt a wound
Last Line:: His help to crave and my dear hap to tell
Author:: William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:: 40517

63. Her beauty hangs upon the cheek of night

First Line:: Her beauty hangs upon the cheek of night
Last Line:: As yonder lady over her fellow shows
DMI number:: 14274

64. Horrible thought good Suffolk for a while

First Line:: Horrible thought good Suffolk for a while
Last Line:: Presumptuous rebel
Author:: Thomas Francklin (Absolute)
DMI number:: 40527

65. How brightly her betraying blushes move

First Line:: How brightly her betraying blushes move
Last Line:: And seem a glorious traitor to her love
DMI number:: 14296

66. Honour and fame | Forever wait the emperor may our prophet

First Line:: Honour and fame | Forever wait the emperor may our prophet
Last Line:: But with herself herself the goddess pays
Author:: Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:: 40530

67. Hold cruel mother drive the furies hence

First Line:: Hold cruel mother drive the furies hence
Last Line:: Mark how the dreadful snakes around them hiss
DMI number:: 39939

68. How happy a state does the miller possess

First Line:: How happy a state does the miller possess
Last Line:: If so happy a miller pray who'd be a king
Author:: Robert Dodsley (Absolute)
DMI number:: 31520

69. Hide not thy tears weep boldly and be proud

First Line:: Hide not thy tears weep boldly and be proud
Last Line:: In soft adoption of another's sorrow
Author:: Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:: 30899

70. How rash how inconsiderate is rage

First Line:: How rash how inconsiderate is rage
Last Line:: Succeeds a train of woes an age of torments
Author:: Philip Frowde (Absolute)
DMI number:: 30543

71. I charge thee loiter now but haste to bless me

First Line:: I charge thee loiter now but haste to bless me
Last Line:: And break my heart with grief for thy unkind delay
DMI number:: 14148

72. I bring you brother most unwelcome news

First Line:: I bring you brother most unwelcome news
Last Line:: Surprised to hear the worst
DMI number:: 14232

73. I do remember an apothecary

First Line:: I do remember an apothecary
Last Line:: Were thinly scattered to make up a show
Author:: William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:: 14204

74. In life how weak how helpless is a woman

First Line:: In life how weak how helpless is a woman
Last Line:: And dresses her most amiably in tears
Author:: Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:: 30967

75. Is she not brighter than a summer's morn

First Line:: Is she not brighter than a summer's morn
Last Line:: And flecked with blushes like a riffled maid
DMI number:: 14262

76. Is she not more than painting can express

First Line:: Is she not more than painting can express
Last Line:: Or youthful poets fancy when they love
DMI number:: 14260

77. Is there no way for men to be but women

First Line:: Is there no way for men to be but women
Last Line:: The very devils cannot plague them better
Author:: William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:: 40545

78. It drives my soul back to her inmost seats

First Line:: It drives my soul back to her inmost seats
Last Line:: And freezes every stifling limb to marble
DMI number:: 14211

79. It must be so Plato thou reasonst well

First Line:: It must be so Plato thou reasonst well
Last Line:: The wreck of matter and the crush of worlds
Author:: Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:: 35133

80. It was not kind

First Line:: It was not kind
Last Line:: Heal my unquiet mind and tune my soul
Author:: Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:: 14144

81. Is she not as harmless as the turtles of the woods

First Line:: Is she not as harmless as the turtles of the woods
Last Line:: The pride of nature and the joy of sense
DMI number:: 14258

82. Long has the fate of kings and empires been

First Line:: Long has the fate of kings and empires been
Last Line:: And heaven in justice made that one a queen
Author:: Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:: 17522

83. Let truth and virtue be their earliest teachers

First Line:: Let truth and virtue be their earliest teachers
Last Line:: That scorches freezes racks and kills the beggar
Author:: David Mallet (Absolute)
DMI number:: 30092

84. Let us not Lucia aggravate our sorrows

First Line:: Let us not Lucia aggravate our sorrows
Last Line:: And a new heaven in its fair bosom shows
DMI number:: 14174

85. My soul is wrapped in dreadful expectation

First Line:: My soul is wrapped in dreadful expectation
Last Line:: And listens to thee as if fate were speaking
DMI number:: 14219

86. My lord they say five moons were seen tonight

First Line:: My lord they say five moons were seen tonight
Last Line:: I conjure thee but slowly run more fast
Author:: William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:: 40529

87. My lord you are well encountered here has been

First Line:: My lord you are well encountered here has been
Last Line:: And die with pleasure for my country's good
Author:: Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:: 34126

88. My lord | We bring an order for your execution

First Line:: My lord | We bring an order for your execution
Last Line:: Till then farewell
Author:: John Banks (Absolute)
DMI number:: 35134

89. My eyes are robbed of what they loved to see

First Line:: My eyes are robbed of what they loved to see
Last Line:: To change these humble roofs and sit above
DMI number:: 14159

90. My heart can danger but not absence bear

First Line:: My heart can danger but not absence bear
Last Line:: To love tis wax but adamant so fear
DMI number:: 14164

91. Moments to absent lovers tedious grow

First Line:: Moments to absent lovers tedious grow
Last Line:: Tis not how time but how the mind does go
DMI number:: 14161

92. I'll lie and listen here as reverently

First Line:: I'll lie and listen here as reverently
Last Line:: Tell me for I would be as still as night
DMI number:: 14220

93. I'd rather wander through the world a beggar

First Line:: I'd rather wander through the world a beggar
Last Line:: And live on sordid scraps at proud mens surly doors
DMI number:: 14280

94. If dying lovers yet deserve a tear

First Line:: If dying lovers yet deserve a tear
Last Line:: O were you but as kind we know you are as fair
Author:: Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:: 17530

95. If it were done when tis done then twere well

First Line:: If it were done when tis done then twere well
Last Line:: False face must hide what the false heart doth know
Author:: William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:: 40540

96. If oaths be disregarded come confusion

First Line:: If oaths be disregarded come confusion
Last Line:: Razing all virtue from the human heart
Author:: William Havard [Harvard or Haverd] (Absolute)
DMI number:: 30492

97. If that be she who yonder pensive comes

First Line:: If that be she who yonder pensive comes
Last Line:: To light the world below
DMI number:: 14264

98. Just reeking from my arms oh thou adulteress

First Line:: Just reeking from my arms oh thou adulteress
Last Line:: And joys which I must never dream of more
DMI number:: 14167

99. Kind heaven has surely endless stores

First Line:: Kind heaven has surely endless stores
Last Line:: And thou wert born for yet unheard of wonders
DMI number:: 14291

100. Lead me over bones and skulls and mouldering earth

First Line:: Lead me over bones and skulls and mouldering earth
Last Line:: Of Garcia's more detested bed
DMI number:: 14225

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1. A soul exasperated in ill falls out

2. All dark and comfortless

3. All days to me henceforth are equal

4. Affliction is the wholesome soil of virtue

5. All hearts alike all faces cannot move

6. Angels and ministers of grace defend us

7. Angels preserve my dearest father's life

8. Anger is like

9. All women will deny

10. Already Caesar has ravaged

11. Ambition deadly tyrant

12. Ambition is a lust that's never quenched

13. Ambition is an idol on whose wings

14. Ambition is at distance

15. Ambition like a torrent never looks back

16. Ambition the desire of active souls

17. Ambition the disease of virtue bred

18. Ambition's like a circle on the water

19. Ambition's never safe till power be past

20. As at Troy

21. At last a soft and solemn breathing sound

22. At length I've acted my severest part

23. As well the noble savage of the field

24. As when a tree's cut down the secret root

25. Asleep so soon but sorrow minds no seasons

26. Beauty thou art a fair but fading flower

27. Because I knew twas harsh I would not tell

28. Behold her stretched upon a flowery bank

29. Behold the African

30. Believe me Portius in my Lucia's absence

31. Blow winds blow and crack your cheeks rage blow

32. Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould

33. Can it be possible O say my father

34. By heaven you stir not

35. But I know young prince that valour soars above

36. But oh what thought can paint that fair perfection

37. But Theodosius comes hide hide thy charms

38. Come on sir | Here's the place stand still how fearful

39. Curse on that formal steady villain's face

40. Curse on the coward and perfidious tongue

41. Cursed Hymen I from thee my life received

42. Could those who never tried conceive the sweat

43. Conscience what art thou thou tremendous power

44. Cricca denies me no persuasion

45. Cromwell I charge fling away ambition

46. Dost thou not know superb yet feeble man

47. Fathers we once again are met in council

48. Forth from the thicket rushed another boar

49. For I would choose to scramble at a door

50. For endless joys are in that heaven of love

51. Fixed in astonishment I gaze upon thee

52. Give me a horse bind up my wounds

53. From thirst of rule what dire disasters flow

54. Frowning he went

55. Go bid thy mistress when my drink is ready

56. Ha false to me

57. Had you less beauteous been you had known less care

58. Hence all ye vain delights

59. Hear me bounteous heaven

60. Have I then no tears for thee my father

61. He carries anger as the flint bears fire

62. He jests at scars that never felt a wound

63. Her beauty hangs upon the cheek of night

64. Horrible thought good Suffolk for a while

65. How brightly her betraying blushes move

66. Honour and fame | Forever wait the emperor may our prophet

67. Hold cruel mother drive the furies hence

68. How happy a state does the miller possess

69. Hide not thy tears weep boldly and be proud

70. How rash how inconsiderate is rage

71. I charge thee loiter now but haste to bless me

72. I bring you brother most unwelcome news