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1. All hardy youths from valiant fathers sprung

First Line:
All hardy youths from valiant fathers sprung
Last Line:
And hid the vain experience which they brought
DMI number:
41760

2. Aemonian matrons who their absence mourned

First Line:
Aemonian matrons who their absence mourned
Last Line:
And his indulgent nurse's youth renewed
Author:
Nahum Tate (Confident)
DMI number:
11618

3. Ah why so vain though blooming in thy spring

First Line:
Ah why so vain though blooming in thy spring
Last Line:
The ground eternal as the work divine
Author:
Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:
30199

4. Age does alas disclose though never so wise

First Line:
Age does alas disclose though never so wise
Last Line:
A thousand troubles hid from youthful eyes
Author:
Robert Gould (Absolute)
DMI number:
9602

5. Ancient Phyllis has young graces

First Line:
Ancient Phyllis has young graces
Last Line:
Where's the wonder now
Author:
William Congreve (Absolute)
DMI number:
12227

6. All things decay with time the forest sees

First Line:
All things decay with time the forest sees
Last Line:
Droops dies and falls without the cleaver's stroke
DMI number:
40901

7. And they whose high examples youth obeys

First Line:
And they whose high examples youth obeys
Last Line:
Ends in an age imperfect and unsound
DMI number:
41762

8. And to rash youth tis an unhappy fate

First Line:
And to rash youth tis an unhappy fate
Last Line:
To come too early to a great estate
DMI number:
41763

9. As in a green old age his hair just grizzled

First Line:
As in a green old age his hair just grizzled
Last Line:
-
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute) & Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
20170

10. Authority kept up old age secures

First Line:
Authority kept up old age secures
Last Line:
Whose dignity as long as life endures
Author:
Sir John Denham (Absolute)
DMI number:
13612

11. Be affable and courteous in youth that

First Line:
Be affable and courteous in youth that
Last Line:
Shall in their declining states reap pity
DMI number:
41750

12. Be wise today tis madness to defer

First Line:
Be wise today tis madness to defer
Last Line:
Soon close where passed the shaft no trace is found
Author:
Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:
37477

13. Birthright's a vulgar road to kingly sway

First Line:
Birthright's a vulgar road to kingly sway
Last Line:
Heaven's choice a low inglorious rightful drone
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
18724

14. Cacilius vainly said each day we spend

First Line:
Cacilius vainly said each day we spend
Last Line:
As well received by you as yours by me
Author:
Sir John Denham (Absolute)
DMI number:
16907

15. But do not so I have five hundred crowns

First Line:
But do not so I have five hundred crowns
Last Line:
In all your business and necessities
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
37416

16. But now that I am old and on my head

First Line:
But now that I am old and on my head
Last Line:
Our brighter days are gone
DMI number:
27919

17. But old men have prerogative of tongue

First Line:
But old men have prerogative of tongue
Last Line:
And kings of power and parents that of nature
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20178

18. But we'll grow auld together and never find

First Line:
But we'll grow auld together and never find
Last Line:
Beneath ilk storm frae every airth maun bow
Author:
Allan Ramsay (Absolute)
DMI number:
22719

19. Cheerful his age not tedious or severe

First Line:
Cheerful his age not tedious or severe
Last Line:
And being sullen hope men think them wise
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
16905

20. Changes in froward age are natural

First Line:
Changes in froward age are natural
Last Line:
Who hopes for constant weather in the fall
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20177

21. Could we which we never can

First Line:
Could we which we never can
Last Line:
And our youth before us dies
Author:
Edmund Waller (Absolute)
DMI number:
34320

22. Count not how many years he is bereaved

First Line:
Count not how many years he is bereaved
Last Line:
He full of years departs and dieth old
Author:
William Browne (Absolute)
DMI number:
16105

23. Decrepid bodies worn to ruin

First Line:
Decrepid bodies worn to ruin
Last Line:
And to let drop the soul
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20171

24. Doddered with age the winter of man's life

First Line:
Doddered with age the winter of man's life
Last Line:
The gloomy eve of endless night
DMI number:
39993

25. For youth no less becomes

First Line:
For youth no less becomes
Last Line:
Importing health and graveness
DMI number:
41752

26. For age with shame of youths fond deeds struck blind

First Line:
For age with shame of youths fond deeds struck blind
Last Line:
Doth oft abhor to bear the same in mind
DMI number:
16879

27. Folly may be in youth

First Line:
Folly may be in youth
Last Line:
Have almost shaken into a disease
DMI number:
41757

28. Grief seldom joined with blooming youth is seen

First Line:
Grief seldom joined with blooming youth is seen
Last Line:
But wisdom does unlucky age misguide
Author:
Sir Robert Howard (Absolute) & John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
21691

29. Good feeble king he could not do much harm

First Line:
Good feeble king he could not do much harm
Last Line:
When all the strength is only in desire
Author:
Michael Drayton (Absolute)
DMI number:
16892

30. Have we no brain

First Line:
Have we no brain
Last Line:
Youth thinks that age age knows that youth is vain
Author:
John Marston (Absolute)
DMI number:
16894

31. He like a lamp would live to the last wink

First Line:
He like a lamp would live to the last wink
Last Line:
And crawl upon the utmost verge of life
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20175

32. He that known great men's secrets and proves slight

First Line:
He that known great men's secrets and proves slight
Last Line:
That man never lives to see his beard turn white
DMI number:
40930

33. His blear eyes ran in gutters to his chin

First Line:
His blear eyes ran in gutters to his chin
Last Line:
His beard was stubble and his cheeks were thin
DMI number:
39995

34. His snowy age o old Andronicus

First Line:
His snowy age o old Andronicus
Last Line:
His task's the hardest
DMI number:
16898

35. How happy is the evening tide of life

First Line:
How happy is the evening tide of life
Last Line:
That toss the thoughtful active busy mind
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
20168

36. I am no deity replied the dame

First Line:
I am no deity replied the dame
Last Line:
A Greek's at last aboard a Trojan found
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
11963

37. I knew him tyrannous and tyrants fears

First Line:
I knew him tyrannous and tyrants fears
Last Line:
Decrease not but grow faster than their years
DMI number:
41384

38. In the heat of youth

First Line:
In the heat of youth
Last Line:
When my blood boiled and nature worked me high
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
21682

39. In age to wish for youth is full as vain

First Line:
In age to wish for youth is full as vain
Last Line:
As for a youth to turn a child again
Author:
Sir John Denham (Absolute)
DMI number:
16909

40. In youth alone unhappy mortals live

First Line:
In youth alone unhappy mortals live
Last Line:
And age and death's inexorable doom
DMI number:
40382

41. Is not the elder

First Line:
Is not the elder
Last Line:
Upon their baser metal
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
18723

42. Jove grant me length of life and years good store

First Line:
Jove grant me length of life and years good store
Last Line:
She sits at squat and scrubs her leathern face
DMI number:
39991

43. It is as proper to our age

First Line:
It is as proper to our age
Last Line:
To lack discretion
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
16880

44. Long have I sailed through time's vexatious sea

First Line:
Long have I sailed through time's vexatious sea
Last Line:
So men decays of youth repair in brain
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
14659

45. Let's take the instant by the forward top

First Line:
Let's take the instant by the forward top
Last Line:
Steals ere we can effect them
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
37430

46. Much of man's sand through time's wide glass does run

First Line:
Much of man's sand through time's wide glass does run
Last Line:
Ere he considers what he's born to do
Author:
Robert Baron (Absolute)
DMI number:
16417

47. My father's old what then age like a caterpillar

First Line:
My father's old what then age like a caterpillar
Last Line:
To a proud slave
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
16913

48. My claim to her by eldership I prove

First Line:
My claim to her by eldership I prove
Last Line:
Age is a plea in empire not in love
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
18725

49. I'm reading sir of a short treatise here

First Line:
I'm reading sir of a short treatise here
Last Line:
Reason with all his beams cannot beat through em
Author:
John Fletcher (Absolute)
DMI number:
16896

50. I've glutted nature with satiety

First Line:
I've glutted nature with satiety
Last Line:
When I have sat it out to grudge to rise
Author:
Thomas Southerne (Absolute)
DMI number:
20176