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1. A peasant past his climacteric year

First Line:
A peasant past his climacteric year
Last Line:
Their trouble they forget and wish it gone
DMI number:
6246

2. Begin Sicilian muse the mournful lay

First Line:
Begin Sicilian muse the mournful lay
Last Line:
Beat their fair breasts and weep around his tomb
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
27664

3. Calvus if tears which we profusely shed

First Line:
Calvus if tears which we profusely shed
Last Line:
Though sudden as the joys to think how well you love
DMI number:
8543

4. Cruel hard-hearted man was he who first

First Line:
Cruel hard-hearted man was he who first
Last Line:
Thought nothing here worth living for and died
DMI number:
41860

5. Fade flowers fade nature will have it so

First Line:
Fade flowers fade nature will have it so
Last Line:
That none for them can when they perish grieve
Author:
Edmund Waller (Absolute)
DMI number:
9546

6. From him the Caledonians sought relief

First Line:
From him the Caledonians sought relief
Last Line:
Who yearly round the tomb in feathered flocks repair
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
11663

7. Goatherd the music of yon whistling pine

First Line:
Goatherd the music of yon whistling pine
Last Line:
The goat may chance to leap as well as you
DMI number:
3918

8. He who could often and alone withstand

First Line:
He who could often and alone withstand
Last Line:
But those express the grief and these the name
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
11938

9. Her father dead alone no grief she knows

First Line:
Her father dead alone no grief she knows
Last Line:
But he who mourns in secret mourns indeed
DMI number:
27318

10. Incensed the raging prophet thus replies

First Line:
Incensed the raging prophet thus replies
Last Line:
Eurydice resounds along the lengthening shores
Author:
William Pattison (Absolute)
DMI number:
11881

11. Joys and pleasures mirth and gladness

First Line:
Joys and pleasures mirth and gladness
Last Line:
The only gift I ask from providence
DMI number:
8548

12. My faithful lover I have slain

First Line:
My faithful lover I have slain
Last Line:
And seek in death relief
DMI number:
8547

13. Mopsus since chance does us together bring

First Line:
Mopsus since chance does us together bring
Last Line:
Yet him I could deny and freely give it you
Author:
Richard Duke (Absolute)
DMI number:
41874

14. Mopsus since chance does us together bring

First Line:
Mopsus since chance does us together bring
Last Line:
Yet him I would deny and freely give it you
Author:
Richard Duke (Absolute)
DMI number:
3786

15. Kind relief in all my pain

First Line:
Kind relief in all my pain
Last Line:
The faithless vagrant to my arms
Author:
William Somervile (Absolute)
DMI number:
27782

16. Mean while the queen fanning a secret fire

First Line:
Mean while the queen fanning a secret fire
Last Line:
Which done her whole life vanished into air
Author:
Sidney Godolphin (Confident) & Edmund Waller (Confident)
DMI number:
6735

17. Melpomene whom Jove our father deigns

First Line:
Melpomene whom Jove our father deigns
Last Line:
Which to correct or change exceeds our might
Author:
Sir Thomas Hawkins (Absolute)
DMI number:
42055

18. Now did the saffron morn her beams display

First Line:
Now did the saffron morn her beams display
Last Line:
Ending the funeral with a solemn feast
Author:
William Congreve (Absolute)
DMI number:
4800

19. Oh my Mirtillo if within my breast

First Line:
Oh my Mirtillo if within my breast
Last Line:
Are not thy pains are not thy griefs but mine
DMI number:
22712

20. One labour more O Arethusa yield

First Line:
One labour more O Arethusa yield
Last Line:
Love conquers all and we must yield to love
Author:
Sir William Temple (Absolute)
DMI number:
3793