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1. Ah lovely rose how sweetly dost thou smell

First Line:
Ah lovely rose how sweetly dost thou smell
Last Line:
Yet when in bed with her I would be man
DMI number:
7465

2. Amongst the myrtles as I walked

First Line:
Amongst the myrtles as I walked
Last Line:
As do these flowers when knit together
DMI number:
44200

3. Amongst the myrtles as I walked

First Line:
Amongst the myrtles as I walked
Last Line:
Like these short sweets thus knit together
Author:
Thomas Carew (Absolute)
DMI number:
4699

4. As leaves which from the trees blown down

First Line:
As leaves which from the trees blown down
Last Line:
To make me often die and live
DMI number:
4016

5. As in the cool of early day

First Line:
As in the cool of early day
Last Line:
You die with envy I with love
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
17615

6. Ask me no longer whither stray

First Line:
Ask me no longer whither stray
Last Line:
Fixed become as in their sphere
DMI number:
11214

7. Ask me why I send you here

First Line:
Ask me why I send you here
Last Line:
What doubts and fears are in a lover
Author:
Thomas Carew (Absolute)
DMI number:
36104

8. Ask not the cause why sullen spring

First Line:
Ask not the cause why sullen spring
Last Line:
To be the victim for mankind
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4702

9. Be still ye winds Chloe's asleep

First Line:
Be still ye winds Chloe's asleep
Last Line:
Is't you O lord I thought I dreamed
DMI number:
12839

10. Behold the wanton fly that plays

First Line:
Behold the wanton fly that plays
Last Line:
And both are martyrs to the flame
DMI number:
3877

11. By Jove I'll tell her boldly that 'tis she

First Line:
By Jove I'll tell her boldly that 'tis she
Last Line:
That must create or else must be alone
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
42678

12. Celia and I the other day

First Line:
Celia and I the other day
Last Line:
I with thee or without thee die
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
4186

13. Come Bathyllus to the shade

First Line:
Come Bathyllus to the shade
Last Line:
I for you and me have made
Author:
Anacreon (Absolute)
DMI number:
3541

14. Come live with me and be my love

First Line:
Come live with me and be my love
Last Line:
Alas is wiser far than I
Author:
John Donne (Absolute)
DMI number:
6728

15. Come live with me and be my love

First Line:
Come live with me and be my love
Last Line:
To live with thee and be thy love
Author:
Christopher Marlowe (Absolute) & Sir Walter Ralegh [Raleigh] (Speculation)
DMI number:
37746

16. Fair flower thou dost my envy raise

First Line:
Fair flower thou dost my envy raise
Last Line:
Thrice happy were my change to a jonquil
DMI number:
5271

17. Go lovely rose

First Line:
Go lovely rose
Last Line:
That are so wondrous sweet and fair
Author:
Edmund Waller (Absolute)
DMI number:
5637

18. Happy is he that free from mental toil

First Line:
Happy is he that free from mental toil
Last Line:
But at Our Lady puts them out again
Author:
Sir Richard Fanshawe (Absolute)
DMI number:
42150

19. Hark how the bashful morn in vain

First Line:
Hark how the bashful morn in vain
Last Line:
With open ears and with unfolded arms
Author:
Thomas Carew (Absolute)
DMI number:
4698

20. How awful the morning breaks over yon hill

First Line:
How awful the morning breaks over yon hill
Last Line:
And consider the world as a jest
DMI number:
32008

21. How vainly men themselves amaze

First Line:
How vainly men themselves amaze
Last Line:
Be reckoned but with herbs and flowers
Author:
Andrew Marvell (Absolute)
DMI number:
3995

22. In a flowery myrtle grove

First Line:
In a flowery myrtle grove
Last Line:
Painting the evening with unusual red
DMI number:
5773

23. In a garden t'other day

First Line:
In a garden t'other day
Last Line:
When your arrows pierce his heart
DMI number:
3547

24. Live with me and be my love

First Line:
Live with me and be my love
Last Line:
To live with thee and be thy love
Author:
Christopher Marlowe (Absolute) & Sir Walter Ralegh [Raleigh] (Speculation)
DMI number:
37273

25. I'll tell you how the rose did first grow red

First Line:
I'll tell you how the rose did first grow red
Last Line:
They flourish only in your livery
Author:
William Strode (Confident)
DMI number:
11216

26. Madam though my hairs are grey

First Line:
Madam though my hairs are grey
Last Line:
Two such colours now can do
DMI number:
3545

27. Now civil wars a second age consume

First Line:
Now civil wars a second age consume
Last Line:
To point good men to a good land
Author:
Sir Richard Fanshawe (Absolute)
DMI number:
42165

28. No more shall meads be decked with flowers

First Line:
No more shall meads be decked with flowers
Last Line:
If ever I leave bright Celia's love
Author:
Thomas Carew (Absolute)
DMI number:
4700

29. Queen of fragrance lovely rose

First Line:
Queen of fragrance lovely rose
Last Line:
Queen of fragrance lovely rose
Author:
William Broome (Absolute)
DMI number:
37876

30. Phillis men say that all my vows

First Line:
Phillis men say that all my vows
Last Line:
Beneath the myrtle shade
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
6306

31. Say lovely offspring of the May

First Line:
Say lovely offspring of the May
Last Line:
I love I die through sad despair
Author:
William Broome (Confident)
DMI number:
7302

32. See Sylvia see this new blown rose

First Line:
See Sylvia see this new blown rose
Last Line:
Come on and crop me whilst you may
Author:
Elijah Fenton (Absolute)
DMI number:
6470

33. See these two little brooks that slowly creep

First Line:
See these two little brooks that slowly creep
Last Line:
Slakes but his thirst and goes away
Author:
William Cartwright (Absolute)
DMI number:
4812

34. See how lovely spring comes in

First Line:
See how lovely spring comes in
Last Line:
Fruit that soon will load the tree
DMI number:
3546

35. So the long absent winter sun

First Line:
So the long absent winter sun
Last Line:
We had a paradise that's lost
DMI number:
6641

36. Sulmo's one third of the Pelinian land

First Line:
Sulmo's one third of the Pelinian land
Last Line:
And bow their towering heads to smooth your way
DMI number:
7303

37. Stay my pretty dove and tell

First Line:
Stay my pretty dove and tell
Last Line:
Thou makest me chatter like a crow
DMI number:
3535

38. The country now in all its pride

First Line:
The country now in all its pride
Last Line:
But none so fair and sweet as you
DMI number:
25832

39. The fragrant painting of our flowery fields

First Line:
The fragrant painting of our flowery fields
Last Line:
And that which showed thy beauty show its use
Author:
Thomas Tickell (Absolute)
DMI number:
6999

40. The earth we see drinks up the rain

First Line:
The earth we see drinks up the rain
Last Line:
For shame don't say I must not drink
DMI number:
6199

41. The beauteous scene of aged mountains

First Line:
The beauteous scene of aged mountains
Last Line:
Without guilt and without measure
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
5946

42. The lark now leaves his watery nest

First Line:
The lark now leaves his watery nest
Last Line:
But when you're present always day
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
6255

43. The sun far sunk in his descent

First Line:
The sun far sunk in his descent
Last Line:
Her conquest over the flowers proclaims
Author:
Nahum Tate (Absolute)
DMI number:
5775

44. The youth that in the watry glass

First Line:
The youth that in the watry glass
Last Line:
And perished by her eyes
DMI number:
5329

45. Though placed where no reviving breeze

First Line:
Though placed where no reviving breeze
Last Line:
A spring to cool me --- but the fair
DMI number:
25566

46. Tired with the business of the day

First Line:
Tired with the business of the day
Last Line:
At once to lose so good a dream and smock
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
3554

47. Underneath a myrtle shade

First Line:
Underneath a myrtle shade
Last Line:
When the gods shall send me there
DMI number:
3534

48. Welcome thou glorious spring of light and heat

First Line:
Welcome thou glorious spring of light and heat
Last Line:
The fishes leap for joy and wanton in their stream
Author:
John How (Absolute)
DMI number:
4774

49. Where to address in this degenerate age

First Line:
Where to address in this degenerate age
Last Line:
And I shall surely reap the harvest of my toil
DMI number:
3526

50. You meaner beauties of the night

First Line:
You meaner beauties of the night
Last Line:
As in the presence of the sun
Author:
Sir Henry Wotton (Confident)
DMI number:
2421