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1. A new found match is made of late

First Line:
A new found match is made of late
Last Line:
Love is a pleasant woe
DMI number:
49675

2. A newfound match is made of late

First Line:
A newfound match is made of late
Last Line:
Love is a pleasant woe
DMI number:
49899

3. A secret murder hath been done of late

First Line:
A secret murder hath been done of late
Last Line:
For at your fight my wound doth bleed anew
DMI number:
44747

4. 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

5. Ah pity Colin cruel fair

First Line:
Ah pity Colin cruel fair
Last Line:
Before it is too late
DMI number:
23565

6. Ah poor Conceit delight is dead thy pleasant days are done

First Line:
Ah poor Conceit delight is dead thy pleasant days are done
Last Line:
And so my senses die
Author:
Nicholas Breton [Britton] (Absolute)
DMI number:
44779

7. Absence hear thou my prostestation

First Line:
Absence hear thou my prostestation
Last Line:
And so I both enjoy and miss her
Author:
John Hoskins (Absolute)
DMI number:
49731

8. Absence hear thou my protestation

First Line:
Absence hear thou my protestation
Last Line:
And so I both enjoy and miss her
Author:
John Hoskins (Absolute)
DMI number:
49900

9. Adieu desert how art thou spent

First Line:
Adieu desert how art thou spent
Last Line:
That thy true heart should cause thy woe
DMI number:
9075

10. Adieu unspotted excellence adieu

First Line:
Adieu unspotted excellence adieu
Last Line:
Since we must thee the boast of it resign
DMI number:
27176

11. Adieu ye oft trod paths of Marlborough's plains

First Line:
Adieu ye oft trod paths of Marlborough's plains
Last Line:
And even my autumn have the charms of May
DMI number:
9409

12. 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

13. Alas my love ye do me wrong

First Line:
Alas my love ye do me wrong
Last Line:
And who but the Lady Greensleeves
DMI number:
49218

14. Alas that ever this day we did see

First Line:
Alas that ever this day we did see
Last Line:
That ever he forced king Edward to die
DMI number:
37013

15. Alas when shall I joy

First Line:
Alas when shall I joy
Last Line:
Will bring me to my grave
DMI number:
9083

16. Ah cruel bloody fate what canst thou now do more

First Line:
Ah cruel bloody fate what canst thou now do more
Last Line:
Then closed her eyes and died
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Confident)
DMI number:
42552

17. Ah cruel love when will thy torments cease

First Line:
Ah cruel love when will thy torments cease
Last Line:
And triumphed over a true and broken heart
DMI number:
43590

18. All in vain

First Line:
All in vain
Last Line:
Till I have reason
DMI number:
43879

19. Answer my soul whence this unmanly fear

First Line:
Answer my soul whence this unmanly fear
Last Line:
All but a god is he whom Laura loves
DMI number:
26910

20. All silent awhile be each breeze

First Line:
All silent awhile be each breeze
Last Line:
When the eye shall behold him no more
DMI number:
31953

21. All wealth I must forsake and pleasures eke forgo

First Line:
All wealth I must forsake and pleasures eke forgo
Last Line:
Or thee begin note well the end is pain and misery
DMI number:
49141

22. And darest thou then insulting lord demand

First Line:
And darest thou then insulting lord demand
Last Line:
Adores the passion and detests but you
Author:
Edward Lovibond (Absolute)
DMI number:
36482

23. As one without refuge

First Line:
As one without refuge
Last Line:
My lady is mine only girl
DMI number:
49219

24. As distant thunder in a rolling cloud

First Line:
As distant thunder in a rolling cloud
Last Line:
What figures we should make and how to live
DMI number:
27122

25. As duck in love with many a mournful quack

First Line:
As duck in love with many a mournful quack
Last Line:
And bid him tell the sot I'd not be seen
DMI number:
5236

26. As I lay all alone on my bed slumbering

First Line:
As I lay all alone on my bed slumbering
Last Line:
Which makes me sigh &c
DMI number:
44234

27. At least withdraw your cruelty

First Line:
At least withdraw your cruelty
Last Line:
And thus till then I end my song
DMI number:
32096

28. Be sorrow banished give not all your bloom

First Line:
Be sorrow banished give not all your bloom
Last Line:
And pleasing melancholy will remain
DMI number:
25919

29. Before such time age made her ruinous

First Line:
Before such time age made her ruinous
Last Line:
In that sad fate of London's dismal fire
DMI number:
43726

30. Best pleased she is when love is most expressed

First Line:
Best pleased she is when love is most expressed
Last Line:
I die for want of love yet killed with kindness
DMI number:
49865

31. Best pleased she is when love is most exprest

First Line:
Best pleased she is when love is most exprest
Last Line:
I die for want of love yet killed with kindness
DMI number:
49733

32. Bleak roared the blast and horror's giant form

First Line:
Bleak roared the blast and horror's giant form
Last Line:
And seal a tyrant's doom
DMI number:
35308

33. Break heavy heart and rid me of this pain

First Line:
Break heavy heart and rid me of this pain
Last Line:
And smarting cry in vain break heavy heart
DMI number:
49679

34. Break heavy heart and rid me of this pain

First Line:
Break heavy heart and rid me of this pain
Last Line:
And smarting cry in vaine break heavy heart
DMI number:
49874

35. Beneath the mournful yew oppressed with grief

First Line:
Beneath the mournful yew oppressed with grief
Last Line:
Give its nights to soft love and its days to brisk claret
DMI number:
42729

36. By wrack late driven on shore from Cupid's Crare

First Line:
By wrack late driven on shore from Cupid's Crare
Last Line:
Farewell fair proud not life's but love's decay
Author:
John Lyly (Absolute)
DMI number:
44761

37. Can this be he could Charles the good the great

First Line:
Can this be he could Charles the good the great
Last Line:
And one destroyed a thousand kings defend
Author:
Thomas Tickell (Absolute)
DMI number:
8425

38. By sea and land strange evils have I borne

First Line:
By sea and land strange evils have I borne
Last Line:
Blessed in their joys and happy in their prayers
DMI number:
33092

39. By sea by land strange evils have I borne

First Line:
By sea by land strange evils have I borne
Last Line:
Watching God's almoners at his church's door
DMI number:
10100

40. 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

41. 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

42. By heaven tis scarce ten days ago

First Line:
By heaven tis scarce ten days ago
Last Line:
But only give me leave to love thee free from hate
DMI number:
43578

43. Cease restless thoughts surcharg'd with heaviness

First Line:
Cease restless thoughts surcharg'd with heaviness
Last Line:
Love fortune and disdain enough of trouble
DMI number:
44769

44. Cherished by fortune now my work's complete

First Line:
Cherished by fortune now my work's complete
Last Line:
Still be her slave nor ever from love will swerve
DMI number:
25890

45. Celia is sick and oh if Celia die

First Line:
Celia is sick and oh if Celia die
Last Line:
Will turn to chaos for the loss of thee
DMI number:
11220

46. Close your lids unhappy eyes

First Line:
Close your lids unhappy eyes
Last Line:
To kill none whom love hath fired
DMI number:
49667

47. Could he whom my dissembled rigour grieves

First Line:
Could he whom my dissembled rigour grieves
Last Line:
Are but the echoes of my own despair
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
8396

48. Could I display the characters of woe

First Line:
Could I display the characters of woe
Last Line:
And rules with mildness all that are his own
DMI number:
9367

49. Cruel disease thus to invade

First Line:
Cruel disease thus to invade
Last Line:
Mine plant a dagger in the heart
DMI number:
26747

50. Cupid abroad was lated in the night

First Line:
Cupid abroad was lated in the night
Last Line:
Therefore I grieve I welcomed such a guest
Author:
Robert Greene (Absolute)
DMI number:
49694

51. Cupid at length I spy thy crafty wile

First Line:
Cupid at length I spy thy crafty wile
Last Line:
No marvel though I cannot when I please
DMI number:
49668

52. Death is my doom awarded by disdain

First Line:
Death is my doom awarded by disdain
Last Line:
I rest content although I die therefore
DMI number:
49828

53. Disdain that so doth fill me

First Line:
Disdain that so doth fill me
Last Line:
Desire will wear away
DMI number:
49671

54. Deem as thee list upon good cause

First Line:
Deem as thee list upon good cause
Last Line:
I would I thought it were not
DMI number:
49137

55. Distressed o god yet passive how the scales

First Line:
Distressed o god yet passive how the scales
Last Line:
And nothing able to resist thy will
DMI number:
22083

56. Divide my times and rate my wretched hours

First Line:
Divide my times and rate my wretched hours
Last Line:
Whose better hap may live to more delight
Author:
Sir Edward Dyer (Absolute)
DMI number:
44776

57. Farewell Three Kings where I have spent

First Line:
Farewell Three Kings where I have spent
Last Line:
Which is the sport of sports
DMI number:
42455

58. Farewell ye shady walks and fountains

First Line:
Farewell ye shady walks and fountains
Last Line:
Her parallel or second she
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
16949

59. Even he that whilom was thy faithful friend most just

First Line:
Even he that whilom was thy faithful friend most just
Last Line:
A better hap and that he may a truer mistress find
DMI number:
49127

60. Fain would I learn of thee thou murdering eye

First Line:
Fain would I learn of thee thou murdering eye
Last Line:
Kill me as often as thou wilt
DMI number:
49871

61. Fain would I learn of thee thou murth'ring eye

First Line:
Fain would I learn of thee thou murth'ring eye
Last Line:
Kill me as often as thou wilt
DMI number:
49833

62. Fain would I learn of thee thou murthering eye

First Line:
Fain would I learn of thee thou murthering eye
Last Line:
Kill me as often as thou wilt
DMI number:
49645

63. Feed still thy self thou fondling with belief

First Line:
Feed still thy self thou fondling with belief
Last Line:
When thou complainst the heat and feeds the fire
Author:
John Lyly (Absolute)
DMI number:
44740

64. Farewell my useless scrip

First Line:
Farewell my useless scrip
Last Line:
Till death shall set me free
DMI number:
44425

65. Farewell the pleasant violet scented shade

First Line:
Farewell the pleasant violet scented shade
Last Line:
And crown with annual wealth her laughing fields
Author:
John Scott (Absolute)
DMI number:
32301

66. Fair Chloe by a river's side

First Line:
Fair Chloe by a river's side
Last Line:
Are all my joys in view
DMI number:
15337

67. Fair dames if puppets may presume to sue

First Line:
Fair dames if puppets may presume to sue
Last Line:
That though his humble friends we never eat
DMI number:
33438

68. Fair is thy face and that thou knowest too well

First Line:
Fair is thy face and that thou knowest too well
Last Line:
But leave that I may love thee still
DMI number:
49670

69. Frankin why would'st thou die

First Line:
Frankin why would'st thou die
Last Line:
Poor were that sacrifice
DMI number:
20702

70. For beauty's sake though love doth dread thy might

First Line:
For beauty's sake though love doth dread thy might
Last Line:
The ruthless iron heart that will not break
DMI number:
49159

71. Garden more than Eden blessed

First Line:
Garden more than Eden blessed
Last Line:
Far surmounts all reach of words
DMI number:
49727

72. Great god how oft I see the tyrant death

First Line:
Great god how oft I see the tyrant death
Last Line:
Of happiness and glory heaven and thee
DMI number:
26217

73. Hadst thou Amintas lived in that great age

First Line:
Hadst thou Amintas lived in that great age
Last Line:
Unless that glorious age could be redeemed
DMI number:
43654

74. Heart what makes thee thus to be

First Line:
Heart what makes thee thus to be
Last Line:
Receive her for your joy
DMI number:
49221

75. He's gone and was it then by your decree

First Line:
He's gone and was it then by your decree
Last Line:
Shall the defect of written grief supply
Author:
George Stepney (Absolute)
DMI number:
4819

76. Health I thee send if he may give that which himself doth miss

First Line:
Health I thee send if he may give that which himself doth miss
Last Line:
And thank thee God who gives thee grace to grant me love for love
Author:
Thomas Howell (Absolute)
DMI number:
49124

77. Have pity ye shepherds and hear me complain

First Line:
Have pity ye shepherds and hear me complain
Last Line:
To adore what I cannot obtain
DMI number:
35705

78. Hark hark my injured countryman

First Line:
Hark hark my injured countryman
Last Line:
The sudden death of their poor cider mill
DMI number:
26548

79. He rose and shut the door his man he blames

First Line:
He rose and shut the door his man he blames
Last Line:
Amen say all if it be thy blessed will
DMI number:
37061

80. 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

81. Here native worth and honest love of good

First Line:
Here native worth and honest love of good
Last Line:
Lived to be loved to be lamented died
DMI number:
40606

82. Her mourning languid eyes are rarely shown

First Line:
Her mourning languid eyes are rarely shown
Last Line:
In all the harmony her soul can entertain
Author:
Aphra Behn (Absolute)
DMI number:
40493

83. How can the cripple get in running race the game

First Line:
How can the cripple get in running race the game
Last Line:
To temper this my woeful life or else to kill me straight
DMI number:
49128

84. How loathes my soul this sorrowful abode

First Line:
How loathes my soul this sorrowful abode
Last Line:
Yet but unquiet rest if Canaan we obtain
DMI number:
23291

85. How long shall I a martyr be

First Line:
How long shall I a martyr be
Last Line:
Inspired with scorn and well as she
DMI number:
44461

86. How long shall I pine for love

First Line:
How long shall I pine for love
Last Line:
Let the mill let the mill go round
Author:
John Fletcher (Absolute)
DMI number:
44221

87. How long shall I thus live condemned to mourn

First Line:
How long shall I thus live condemned to mourn
Last Line:
Darkness to me is day the morning night
DMI number:
43635

88. How hard is an heart to be cured

First Line:
How hard is an heart to be cured
Last Line:
But she raised him again from the dead
DMI number:
44074

89. How hard is an heart to be cured

First Line:
How hard is an heart to be cured
Last Line:
Shall say I'll be cruel no more
DMI number:
44277

90. How shall I paint the pangs with which I part

First Line:
How shall I paint the pangs with which I part
Last Line:
And with a kiss seal down her fading eyes
Author:
Martha Sansom [nee Fowke] (Confident)
DMI number:
10602

91. How sweet to recall the sweet moments of joy

First Line:
How sweet to recall the sweet moments of joy
Last Line:
Tis the pain of her absense adds lead to his feet
Author:
Philip Parsons (Absolute)
DMI number:
32636

92. How unhappy is my fate

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

93. How or where have I lost my life unhappy

First Line:
How or where have I lost my life unhappy
Last Line:
So that dead or alive I may behold them
DMI number:
49848

94. How or where have I lost my self unhappy I

First Line:
How or where have I lost my self unhappy I
Last Line:
So that dead or alive I may behold them
DMI number:
49657

95. Hushed are the winds and past the driving shower

First Line:
Hushed are the winds and past the driving shower
Last Line:
And time's last faltering accents tell of thee
DMI number:
25926

96. I have used to resort unto the brook

First Line:
I have used to resort unto the brook
Last Line:
To think on joys that now are past to ease my present grief
DMI number:
43751

97. In the isle of Great Britain a laurel once grew

First Line:
In the isle of Great Britain a laurel once grew
Last Line:
Less by strength of his head than by stench of his tail
DMI number:
33578

98. 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

99. In Chatworth's groves and vales I've seen

First Line:
In Chatworth's groves and vales I've seen
Last Line:
Her every path with flowers
DMI number:
33585

100. In happy time the wished fair is come

First Line:
In happy time the wished fair is come
Last Line:
And I each day feel now increase of wrong
DMI number:
49673