Poem Genre / Form: Lament and Pastoral / Poem Theme: Love

1. A shepherd boy all in an evening fair

First Line:: A shepherd boy all in an evening fair
Last Line:: To slumbers soft his sorrowing breast invite
Author:: Ambrose Philips (Confident)
DMI number:: 6478

2. A turtle sat upon a leafless tree

First Line:: A turtle sat upon a leafless tree
Last Line:: to see her montan die
Author:: Thomas Lodge (Absolute)
DMI number:: 44827

3. Ah trees why fall your leaves so fast

First Line:: Ah trees why fall your leaves so fast
Last Line:: We grieve since Phillis nill kind Damon's love consort
Author:: Thomas Lodge (Absolute)
DMI number:: 44851

4. Alas how wander I amidst these woods

First Line:: Alas how wander I amidst these woods
Last Line:: Woe to thy bow thy fire the cause of my decay
Author:: Thomas Lodge (Absolute)
DMI number:: 44908

5. Alas my heart mine eye hath wronged thee

First Line:: Alas my heart mine eye hath wronged thee
Last Line:: She can not love and therefore thou must die
Author:: Sir Edward Dyer (Absolute)
DMI number:: 44736

6. Alas my heart mine eye hath wronged thee

First Line:: Alas my heart mine eye hath wronged thee
Last Line:: She cannot love and therefore thou must die
Author:: Sir Edward Dyer (Absolute)
DMI number:: 44842

7. As I beheld I saw a herdman wild

First Line:: As I beheld I saw a herdman wild
Last Line:: What printed is in heart on tree to blot
Author:: William Byrd (Absolute)
DMI number:: 44897

8. Burst forth my tears assist my forward grief

First Line:: Burst forth my tears assist my forward grief
Last Line:: That both the shepherd kills and his poor flocks
Author:: John Dowland (Absolute)
DMI number:: 44904

9. By flowery banks of tweed whose waters glide

First Line:: By flowery banks of tweed whose waters glide
Last Line:: Now cease ye woods no more resound my strains
Author:: Robert Colvill (Absolute)
DMI number:: 25932

10. Come shepherd's weeds become your master's mind

First Line:: Come shepherd's weeds become your master's mind
Last Line:: Helpless his plaint who spoils him self of bliss
Author:: Sir Philip Sidney (Absolute)
DMI number:: 44852

11. Clorinda false adieu thy love torments me

First Line:: Clorinda false adieu thy love torments me
Last Line:: And sweetly fell a dying
Author:: Thomas Morley (Absolute)
DMI number:: 44885

12. Fair fields proud Flora's vaunt why i'st you smile

First Line:: Fair fields proud Flora's vaunt why i'st you smile
Last Line:: till proud she repent
Author:: Robert Greene (Absolute)
DMI number:: 44811

13. Go my flock go get ye hence

First Line:: Go my flock go get ye hence
Last Line:: her poor slaves unjust decaying
Author:: Sir Philip Sidney (Absolute)
DMI number:: 44794

14. Good muse rock me a sleep

First Line:: Good muse rock me a sleep
Last Line:: or when my sorrow end
Author:: Nicholas Breton [Britton] (Absolute)
DMI number:: 44812

15. Herbs words and stones all maladies have cured

First Line:: Herbs words and stones all maladies have cured
Last Line:: Teach other rules to win a maidenhead
DMI number:: 44882

16. How unhappy is my fate

First Line:: How unhappy is my fate
Last Line:: And dying sighed and thought of you
DMI number:: 42784

17. In silent horror over the boundless waste

First Line:: In silent horror over the boundless waste
Last Line:: When back to Schiraz' walls he bent his way
Author:: William Collins (Absolute)
DMI number:: 26976

18. Like desert woods with darksome shades obscured

First Line:: Like desert woods with darksome shades obscured
Last Line:: Your shepherd's love might be by you regarded
DMI number:: 44860

19. My Phillis hath the morning sun

First Line:: My Phillis hath the morning sun
Last Line:: Pray here before I did she will come see me
Author:: Thomas Lodge (Absolute)
DMI number:: 44820

20. My flocks feed not my ewes breed not

First Line:: My flocks feed not my ewes breed not
Last Line:: Other help for him I see that there is none
Author:: Thomas Weelkes (Absolute)
DMI number:: 44824

21. My life young shepherdess for thee

First Line:: My life young shepherdess for thee
Last Line:: Or die when life is lost
Author:: Bartholomew Yong (Absolute)
DMI number:: 44867

22. I serve Aminta whiter than the snow

First Line:: I serve Aminta whiter than the snow
Last Line:: Yet will I serve although I die therefore
Author:: Anthony Munday (Absolute)
DMI number:: 44864

23. If to be lov'd it thee offend

First Line:: If to be lov'd it thee offend
Last Line:: whiles that my life maintains my will
Author:: Bartholomew Yong (Absolute)
DMI number:: 44899

24. Let other poets all their art employ

First Line:: Let other poets all their art employ
Last Line:: Quite innocent but loved alas too well
DMI number:: 10301

25. Nights were short and days were long

First Line:: Nights were short and days were long
Last Line:: I hied me home my sheep to fold
Author:: Richard Barnfield (Absolute)
DMI number:: 44840

26. Near to a bank with roses set about

First Line:: Near to a bank with roses set about
Last Line:: hath his last will in keeping
Author:: Michael Drayton (Absolute)
DMI number:: 44910

27. O gentle love ungentle for thy deed

First Line:: O gentle love ungentle for thy deed
Last Line:: I take the wound and die at Venus' foot
Author:: George Peele (Absolute)
DMI number:: 44932

28. No more oh cruel nymph now hast thou prayed

First Line:: No more oh cruel nymph now hast thou prayed
Last Line:: Nor I to pay the fault my rashness lent me
Author:: Bartholomew Yong (Absolute)
DMI number:: 44863

29. On a day alack the day

First Line:: On a day alack the day
Last Line:: Turning mortal for my love
Author:: William Hunnis (Absolute)
DMI number:: 44823

30. On a goodly summer's day

First Line:: On a goodly summer's day
Last Line:: You shall hear from me
Author:: Anthony Munday (Absolute)
DMI number:: 44814

31. Oh woods unto your walks my body hies

First Line:: Oh woods unto your walks my body hies
Last Line:: And honour her that scorns to yield relief
Author:: Thomas Lodge (Absolute)
DMI number:: 44727

32. Oh shady vales oh fair enriched meads

First Line:: Oh shady vales oh fair enriched meads
Last Line:: where after storms winds frosts your life is won
Author:: Thomas Lodge (Absolute)
DMI number:: 44846

33. Panthea long had felt love's pleasing smart

First Line:: Panthea long had felt love's pleasing smart
Last Line:: For what is life without the swain I love
Author:: John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:: 8404

34. Ring out your bells let mourning shows be spread

First Line:: Ring out your bells let mourning shows be spread
Last Line:: Good Lord deliver us
Author:: Sir Philip Sidney (Absolute)
DMI number:: 44792

35. Sad Philocles sighed to the wind

First Line:: Sad Philocles sighed to the wind
Last Line:: To another sad desperate swain
Author:: William Dawson (Absolute)
DMI number:: 11293

36. Shepherds give ear and now be still

First Line:: Shepherds give ear and now be still
Last Line:: with after grief
Author:: Bartholomew Yong (Absolute)
DMI number:: 44859

37. Shall I say that I love you

First Line:: Shall I say that I love you
Last Line:: woe worth such chosing
Author:: Henry Noel (Absolute)
DMI number:: 44920

38. Shepherd saw you not

First Line:: Shepherd saw you not
Last Line:: spare to speak and want of speed
Author:: John Grange (Absolute)
DMI number:: 44913

39. Sweet Violets Love's paradise that spread

First Line:: Sweet Violets Love's paradise that spread
Last Line:: Dry up my tears and dwell within her heart
DMI number:: 44783

40. The nightingale so soon as April bringeth

First Line:: The nightingale so soon as April bringeth
Last Line:: Thy thorn without my thorn my heart endureth
Author:: Sir Philip Sidney (Absolute)
DMI number:: 44912

41. The nightingale so soon as April bringeth

First Line:: The nightingale so soon as April bringeth
Last Line:: Thy thorn without my thorn my heart inuadeth
Author:: Sir Philip Sidney (Absolute)
DMI number:: 44937

42. Thestylis a silly swain when love did him forsake

First Line:: Thestylis a silly swain when love did him forsake
Last Line:: If that I die it shall be said that thou hast slain thine own
DMI number:: 44819

43. Though Amarillis dance in green

First Line:: Though Amarillis dance in green
Last Line:: hey ho chill love no more
Author:: William Byrd (Absolute)
DMI number:: 44895

44. What change's here oh hair

First Line:: What change's here oh hair
Last Line:: And written in the sand
Author:: Sir Philip Sidney (Absolute)
DMI number:: 44880

45. What are my sheep without their wonted food

First Line:: What are my sheep without their wonted food
Last Line:: Whereto this solace ends
Author:: Robert Greene (Absolute)
DMI number:: 44798

46. When the dog

First Line:: When the dog
Last Line:: Sith love dooth so desire
Author:: Thomas Lodge (Absolute)
DMI number:: 44888

47. Would mine eyes were crystal fountains

First Line:: Would mine eyes were crystal fountains
Last Line:: Therefore eyes and thoughts go free
Author:: Thomas Bradshaw (Absolute)
DMI number:: 44848

48. Young Colin Clout a lad of peerless meed

First Line:: Young Colin Clout a lad of peerless meed
Last Line:: Then saw the cow well served and took a groat
Author:: John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:: 31217

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1. A shepherd boy all in an evening fair

2. A turtle sat upon a leafless tree

3. Ah trees why fall your leaves so fast

4. Alas how wander I amidst these woods

5. Alas my heart mine eye hath wronged thee

6. Alas my heart mine eye hath wronged thee

7. As I beheld I saw a herdman wild

8. Burst forth my tears assist my forward grief

9. By flowery banks of tweed whose waters glide

10. Come shepherd's weeds become your master's mind

11. Clorinda false adieu thy love torments me

12. Fair fields proud Flora's vaunt why i'st you smile

13. Go my flock go get ye hence

14. Good muse rock me a sleep

15. Herbs words and stones all maladies have cured

16. How unhappy is my fate

17. In silent horror over the boundless waste

18. Like desert woods with darksome shades obscured

19. My Phillis hath the morning sun

20. My flocks feed not my ewes breed not

21. My life young shepherdess for thee

22. I serve Aminta whiter than the snow

23. If to be lov'd it thee offend

24. Let other poets all their art employ

25. Nights were short and days were long

26. Near to a bank with roses set about

27. O gentle love ungentle for thy deed

28. No more oh cruel nymph now hast thou prayed

29. On a day alack the day

30. On a goodly summer's day

31. Oh woods unto your walks my body hies

32. Oh shady vales oh fair enriched meads

33. Panthea long had felt love's pleasing smart

34. Ring out your bells let mourning shows be spread

35. Sad Philocles sighed to the wind

36. Shepherds give ear and now be still

37. Shall I say that I love you

38. Shepherd saw you not

39. Sweet Violets Love's paradise that spread

40. The nightingale so soon as April bringeth

41. The nightingale so soon as April bringeth

42. Thestylis a silly swain when love did him forsake

43. Though Amarillis dance in green

44. What change's here oh hair

45. What are my sheep without their wonted food

46. When the dog

47. Would mine eyes were crystal fountains

48. Young Colin Clout a lad of peerless meed