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1. Alas how swift the crowding minutes pass

First Line:
Alas how swift the crowding minutes pass
Last Line:
Of glutton priests when they their solemn feasts profess
DMI number:
3900

2. Ah friend the posting years how fast they fly

First Line:
Ah friend the posting years how fast they fly
Last Line:
Shall flow and make the drunken pavement shine
Author:
John Potenger (Absolute)
DMI number:
917

3. Be calm my Delius and serene

First Line:
Be calm my Delius and serene
Last Line:
Never never more
DMI number:
904

4. Blush not illustrious bard to own

First Line:
Blush not illustrious bard to own
Last Line:
And give new joys to life
DMI number:
5119

5. Caught in a storm the frightened merchant prays

First Line:
Caught in a storm the frightened merchant prays
Last Line:
Not fearing censure if you deign to praise
DMI number:
38436

6. Come lyrist tune thy harp and play

First Line:
Come lyrist tune thy harp and play
Last Line:
To grace him in the genial hour
Author:
William Broome (Absolute)
DMI number:
27343

7. Enough my muse of earthly things

First Line:
Enough my muse of earthly things
Last Line:
That he will still require some waters to his blood
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Confident)
DMI number:
4105

8. Enough of pagan idle toys

First Line:
Enough of pagan idle toys
Last Line:
Canst thou mortal grudge thy tears
DMI number:
16969

9. Excellent poetry whose noble flight

First Line:
Excellent poetry whose noble flight
Last Line:
Read an hic iacet corpus or an o rare Ben
DMI number:
42097

10. Hence ye prophane I hate ye all

First Line:
Hence ye prophane I hate ye all
Last Line:
Much will be wanting still and much will be amiss
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
24459

11. Hours months and years with gliding pace

First Line:
Hours months and years with gliding pace
Last Line:
At their proud feasts the Salian train
Author:
William Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25537

12. More happy than the gods is he

First Line:
More happy than the gods is he
Last Line:
I seem quite languishing in death
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
27599

13. If the treasured gold could give

First Line:
If the treasured gold could give
Last Line:
Friends sincere and beauty kind
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
27199

14. Now is the time the bowl to drain

First Line:
Now is the time the bowl to drain
Last Line:
A queen she lived and like a queen she died
Author:
William Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25518

15. Now let us gaily drink and join

First Line:
Now let us gaily drink and join
Last Line:
To celebrate the god of wine
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
27301

16. Reclined at ease on this soft bed

First Line:
Reclined at ease on this soft bed
Last Line:
And drown my cares in rosy wine
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
27145

17. Scarce scattered here and there display

First Line:
Scarce scattered here and there display
Last Line:
Ah never never to return
Author:
Edward Burnaby Greene (Speculation)
DMI number:
31474

18. See with precipitated course

First Line:
See with precipitated course
Last Line:
By thy triumphant worthier son
DMI number:
31514

19. See see my friend the fleeting years

First Line:
See see my friend the fleeting years
Last Line:
Shall riot over our grave
DMI number:
22140

20. Since I'm born a mortal man

First Line:
Since I'm born a mortal man
Last Line:
With Lyaeus young and gay
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
27200

21. Sound in mind of judgment clear

First Line:
Sound in mind of judgment clear
Last Line:
But charity replaced his bones
Author:
John Ozell (Speculation)
DMI number:
6221

22. Some wretch with sacrilegious hand

First Line:
Some wretch with sacrilegious hand
Last Line:
Of Proserpine behind him
DMI number:
26589

23. The clouds not always pour forth rain

First Line:
The clouds not always pour forth rain
Last Line:
To bounds prescribed be now the glorious theme
DMI number:
25530

24. The snow is gone the grass returns

First Line:
The snow is gone the grass returns
Last Line:
From cold forgetfulness and death
DMI number:
42137

25. The snow is melted see the ground

First Line:
The snow is melted see the ground
Last Line:
The adamantine fetters of his friend
DMI number:
25621

26. Though skilled to measure sea and land

First Line:
Though skilled to measure sea and land
Last Line:
And winds propitious on thy sails shall blow
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25443

27. What shame what bounds can sorrow know

First Line:
What shame what bounds can sorrow know
Last Line:
To mollify the wound she cannot cure
Author:
William Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25438

28. When I drain the rosy bowl

First Line:
When I drain the rosy bowl
Last Line:
Death is common to us all
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
27299

29. Whoever with sacrilegious hand

First Line:
Whoever with sacrilegious hand
Last Line:
Of lions and the lynx's spotted race
Author:
William Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25535

30. Why am I killed with your complaint

First Line:
Why am I killed with your complaint
Last Line:
For me an humble lamb shall yield her blood
DMI number:
25542

31. Winter's dissolved behold a world's new face

First Line:
Winter's dissolved behold a world's new face
Last Line:
Theseus no more can break his adamantine chain
DMI number:
940