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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.
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
6.
Ah pity Colin cruel fair
First Line:
Ah pity Colin cruel fair
Last Line:
Before it is too late
DMI number:
23565
7.
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
8.
All day I weep my weary woes
First Line:
All day I weep my weary woes
Last Line:
And live in peace
Author:
Thomas Lodge (Absolute)
DMI number:
44724
9.
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
10.
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
11.
Actaeon lost in middle of his sport
First Line:
Actaeon lost in middle of his sport
Last Line:
Though love hath grav'n her name within my heart
Author:
Thomas Watson (Absolute)
DMI number:
44826
12.
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
13.
Adieu unspotted excellence adieu
First Line:
Adieu unspotted excellence adieu
Last Line:
Since we must thee the boast of it resign
DMI number:
27176
14.
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
15.
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
16.
Ah what avails this short sublunar sphere
First Line:
Ah what avails this short sublunar sphere
Last Line:
And happy lovers shudder at the tale
Author:
Daniel Hayes (Absolute)
DMI number:
32707
17.
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
18.
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
19.
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
20.
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
21.
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
22.
Alas when shall I joy
First Line:
Alas when shall I joy
Last Line:
Will bring me to my grave
DMI number:
9083
23.
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
24.
Ah cruel day must we for ever grieve
First Line:
Ah cruel day must we for ever grieve
Last Line:
Then think his soul informed her body too
DMI number:
42880
25.
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
26.
All in vain
First Line:
All in vain
Last Line:
Till I have reason
DMI number:
43879
27.
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
28.
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
29.
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
30.
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
31.
As it fell upon a day
First Line:
As it fell upon a day
Last Line:
None alive will pity me
Author:
Richard Barnfield (Absolute)
DMI number:
44825
32.
As one without refuge
First Line:
As one without refuge
Last Line:
My lady is mine only girl
DMI number:
49219
33.
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
34.
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
35.
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
36.
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
37.
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
38.
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
39.
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
40.
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
41.
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
42.
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
43.
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
44.
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
45.
Bright Chloris shun thy glass for it has vexed
First Line:
Bright Chloris shun thy glass for it has vexed
Last Line:
I'll pine with sorrow and with anguish die
DMI number:
23066
46.
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
47.
Beneath the shade a spreading beech displays
First Line:
Beneath the shade a spreading beech displays
Last Line:
And the low sun had lengthened every shade
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
7033
48.
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
49.
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
50.
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
51.
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
52.
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
53.
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
54.
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
55.
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
56.
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
57.
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
58.
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
59.
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
60.
Close your lids unhappy eyes
First Line:
Close your lids unhappy eyes
Last Line:
To kill none whom love hath fired
DMI number:
49667
61.
Dear brother so far as you advance
First Line:
Dear brother so far as you advance
Last Line:
Their hell a smaller curse had been
DMI number:
43455
62.
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
63.
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
64.
Come younglings come that seem to make such moan
First Line:
Come younglings come that seem to make such moan
Last Line:
Long was I dead ere death would let me die
Author:
Nicholas Breton [Britton] (Absolute)
DMI number:
44738
65.
Cruel disease thus to invade
First Line:
Cruel disease thus to invade
Last Line:
Mine plant a dagger in the heart
DMI number:
26747
66.
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
67.
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
68.
Dear why hath my long love and faith unfained
First Line:
Dear why hath my long love and faith unfained
Last Line:
No woman loves a faithful worthy Lover
Author:
Francis Davison (Absolute)
DMI number:
49617
69.
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
70.
Departe departe departe allace I most departe
First Line:
Departe departe departe allace I most departe
Last Line:
Fare weill and haif gud nycht I say no moir
Author:
Alexander Scott (Absolute)
DMI number:
30110
71.
Disdain that so doth fill me
First Line:
Disdain that so doth fill me
Last Line:
Desire will wear away
DMI number:
49671
72.
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
73.
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
74.
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
75.
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
76.
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
77.
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
78.
Fain to be content I bend myself to write
First Line:
Fain to be content I bend myself to write
Last Line:
Else all will cease to live and pen to write
Author:
Thomas Lodge (Absolute)
DMI number:
44731
79.
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
80.
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
81.
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
82.
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
83.
Farewell my useless scrip
First Line:
Farewell my useless scrip
Last Line:
Till death shall set me free
DMI number:
44425
84.
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
85.
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
86.
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
87.
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
88.
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
89.
Frankin why would'st thou die
First Line:
Frankin why would'st thou die
Last Line:
Poor were that sacrifice
DMI number:
20702
90.
For pity pretty eyes surcease
First Line:
For pity pretty eyes surcease
Last Line:
But unto you pertains the loss
Author:
Thomas Lodge (Absolute)
DMI number:
44734
91.
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
92.
Gife langour makis men licht
First Line:
Gife langour makis men licht
Last Line:
Fairweill I say no moir
DMI number:
30122
93.
From things considered with a stricter view
First Line:
From things considered with a stricter view
Last Line:
The blossom's withered and our hopes are fled
Author:
Laurence Eusden (Absolute)
DMI number:
7026
94.
From this vain world where ills abound
First Line:
From this vain world where ills abound
Last Line:
When that's the port and he the friend
DMI number:
22994
95.
Go wailing accents go
First Line:
Go wailing accents go
Last Line:
His heart wherein loves heaven you may view
Author:
Francis Davison (Absolute)
DMI number:
49891
96.
Go wailing accents go
First Line:
Go wailing accents go
Last Line:
To his heart wherein love's heaven you may view
Author:
Francis Davison (Absolute)
DMI number:
49614
97.
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
98.
Garden more than Eden blessed
First Line:
Garden more than Eden blessed
Last Line:
Far surmounts all reach of words
DMI number:
49727
99.
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
100.
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
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