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1. A face that should content me wonderous well

First Line:
A face that should content me wonderous well
Last Line:
And knit again with knot that should not slide
Author:
Sir Thomas Wyatt (Absolute)
DMI number:
8819

2. A constancy in love I'll prize

First Line:
A constancy in love I'll prize
Last Line:
He brings a thousand more
DMI number:
43227

3. A sweet disorder in the dress

First Line:
A sweet disorder in the dress
Last Line:
Is too precise in every part
Author:
Robert Herrick (Absolute)
DMI number:
13570

4. A pox upon this needless scorn

First Line:
A pox upon this needless scorn
Last Line:
Years would be minutes ages hours
Author:
Aphra Behn (Absolute)
DMI number:
3988

5. A shepherdess of wondrous fame

First Line:
A shepherdess of wondrous fame
Last Line:
Must come in Mars's guise
DMI number:
6222

6. A lover of late was I

First Line:
A lover of late was I
Last Line:
And now I am myselfe againe
DMI number:
37615

7. Ah happy flower pride of all

First Line:
Ah happy flower pride of all
Last Line:
Forbids the approaches of the sun
DMI number:
43381

8. Ah happy mask that often lies

First Line:
Ah happy mask that often lies
Last Line:
And all the blissful scene display
DMI number:
6512

9. Ah lovely Amoret the care

First Line:
Ah lovely Amoret the care
Last Line:
And haste to catch the flying game
Author:
Edmund Waller (Absolute)
DMI number:
5570

10. 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

11. Ah pardon madam if I ever thought

First Line:
Ah pardon madam if I ever thought
Last Line:
Is not the smallest trophy of our eyes
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
6280

12. Ah Pettius I have done with poetry

First Line:
Ah Pettius I have done with poetry
Last Line:
And shake my constancy
Author:
Thomas Flatman (Absolute)
DMI number:
42160

13. All hail ye fields where constant peace attends

First Line:
All hail ye fields where constant peace attends
Last Line:
And sees his errors while there's time to mend
Author:
William Walsh (Absolute)
DMI number:
6680

14. Accused though I be without desert

First Line:
Accused though I be without desert
Last Line:
Except thou mind to put thy friend to pain
Author:
Sir Thomas Wyatt (Absolute)
DMI number:
8795

15. Adieu ye walls that guard my cruel fair

First Line:
Adieu ye walls that guard my cruel fair
Last Line:
Yet love the coward love still lags behind
Author:
James Hammond (Absolute)
DMI number:
22608

16. Ah tell me my regardless fair

First Line:
Ah tell me my regardless fair
Last Line:
Be kind be gentle to your bleeding slave
DMI number:
5874

17. Ah what avails thy lover's pious care

First Line:
Ah what avails thy lover's pious care
Last Line:
Oh let me with this sigh of love expire
Author:
James Hammond (Absolute)
DMI number:
22614

18. Ah what pains what racking thoughts he proves

First Line:
Ah what pains what racking thoughts he proves
Last Line:
Save me from absence love or let me die
Author:
William Congreve (Absolute)
DMI number:
4226

19. Ah who can the joys discover

First Line:
Ah who can the joys discover
Last Line:
Then ah then ah then expiring
DMI number:
6523

20. Alas in vain I strive to fly

First Line:
Alas in vain I strive to fly
Last Line:
And each is a miss for me
DMI number:
5815

21. Alas Madam for stealing of a kiss

First Line:
Alas Madam for stealing of a kiss
Last Line:
The next shall clean out of my breast it pluck
Author:
Sir Thomas Wyatt (Absolute)
DMI number:
49296

22. Alas madame for stealing of a kiss

First Line:
Alas madame for stealing of a kiss
Last Line:
The next shall clean out of my breast it pluck
Author:
Sir Thomas Wyatt (Absolute)
DMI number:
8774

23. After death nothing is and nothing death

First Line:
After death nothing is and nothing death
Last Line:
Dreams whimsies and no more
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
4140

24. After the pangs of fierce desire

First Line:
After the pangs of fierce desire
Last Line:
Serve only to endear the coast
Author:
Charles Hopkins (Confident)
DMI number:
6610

25. Ah blame not me if no despair

First Line:
Ah blame not me if no despair
Last Line:
My looks betray me every hour
Author:
Robert Wolseley (Speculation)
DMI number:
3867

26. Ah Celia where are now the charms

First Line:
Ah Celia where are now the charms
Last Line:
Or she has not a heart like thine
Author:
William Walsh (Absolute)
DMI number:
6679

27. Ah cruel fair one thus to vex

First Line:
Ah cruel fair one thus to vex
Last Line:
Your hearts are now grown hard as stone
DMI number:
5241

28. Ah Cupid Cupid why so cruel ar't

First Line:
Ah Cupid Cupid why so cruel ar't
Last Line:
And let not Delia still so cruel be
DMI number:
7623

29. Ah fairest Delia when

First Line:
Ah fairest Delia when
Last Line:
Of being unjust and so divinely fair
DMI number:
5363

30. A woman O curse that there is such a name

First Line:
A woman O curse that there is such a name
Last Line:
To trust him so soon with an arrow
DMI number:
5762

31. A wretch long tortured with disdain

First Line:
A wretch long tortured with disdain
Last Line:
And make us tyrants by their fear
Author:
Anne Finch [nee Kingsmill] (Speculation)
DMI number:
8388

32. All in thy look my life doth whole depend

First Line:
All in thy look my life doth whole depend
Last Line:
I in thy look and thou most in my grief
Author:
Sir Thomas Wyatt (Absolute)
DMI number:
8816

33. All other blessings are but toys

First Line:
All other blessings are but toys
Last Line:
And quickly brought the stone away
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
6571

34. Ancient person for whom I

First Line:
Ancient person for whom I
Last Line:
Yet still I love thee without art | Ancient person of my heart
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
4119

35. And art thou shipped friend Doggerel get thee gone

First Line:
And art thou shipped friend Doggerel get thee gone
Last Line:
I can be civil too
Author:
Thomas Flatman (Absolute)
DMI number:
42159

36. 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

37. 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

38. Amphion strikes the vocal lyre

First Line:
Amphion strikes the vocal lyre
Last Line:
Bring neither brick nor stone
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
8230

39. Amyntas while you

First Line:
Amyntas while you
Last Line:
Some hard hearted nymph may return you your own
Author:
Aphra Behn (Absolute)
DMI number:
6197

40. All thoughts of freedom are too late

First Line:
All thoughts of freedom are too late
Last Line:
May last with equal pleasure too
DMI number:
6169

41. And here and there she innocently slays

First Line:
And here and there she innocently slays
Last Line:
How can it choose but fall
DMI number:
6850

42. Amidst the shades and cool refreshing streams

First Line:
Amidst the shades and cool refreshing streams
Last Line:
And damps the cheerful choir
DMI number:
4519

43. As joy of joys and never dying bliss

First Line:
As joy of joys and never dying bliss
Last Line:
Much more should I enjoying of your sight
DMI number:
44764

44. As lately I was fowling along a wood side

First Line:
As lately I was fowling along a wood side
Last Line:
As he lay in close ambush in Coelia's bright eyes
DMI number:
5197

45. 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

46. As the snow in vallies lying

First Line:
As the snow in vallies lying
Last Line:
To your unbelieving friends
DMI number:
4216

47. As the vexed tyrant when for blood designed

First Line:
As the vexed tyrant when for blood designed
Last Line:
And where you placed 'em there they rooted stand
Author:
John Hopkins (Absolute)
DMI number:
5819

48. As virtuous men pass mildly away

First Line:
As virtuous men pass mildly away
Last Line:
And makes me end where I begun
Author:
John Donne (Absolute)
DMI number:
6731

49. As oft as I behold and see

First Line:
As oft as I behold and see
Last Line:
Of ill sown seed such is the fruit
DMI number:
32104

50. As oft with death or blindness they

First Line:
As oft with death or blindness they
Last Line:
Till void of light as is my soul of joy
DMI number:
10055

51. As on her snowy breast I lay

First Line:
As on her snowy breast I lay
Last Line:
Or fall to a less fragrant place
DMI number:
7589

52. As fair Olinda sat beneath a shady tree

First Line:
As fair Olinda sat beneath a shady tree
Last Line:
O kill me stick me stick me kill me kill me quite my dear
DMI number:
4003

53. As free as wanton winds I lived

First Line:
As free as wanton winds I lived
Last Line:
My letters made it good
DMI number:
43225

54. As Chloris full of harmless thought

First Line:
As Chloris full of harmless thought
Last Line:
And yielded to a swain
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
23629

55. As Sylvia with Alexis walked

First Line:
As Sylvia with Alexis walked
Last Line:
For I'm your fellow slave
DMI number:
24345

56. As in Jove's temple once I prayed

First Line:
As in Jove's temple once I prayed
Last Line:
But in her scornful frowns a hell
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
7977

57. 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

58. As in those nations where they yet adore

First Line:
As in those nations where they yet adore
Last Line:
Beauty a raging plague if never kind
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
6286

59. At setting day and rising morn

First Line:
At setting day and rising morn
Last Line:
A heart that never can wander
Author:
Allan Ramsay (Absolute)
DMI number:
18406

60. As when the business of the day is done

First Line:
As when the business of the day is done
Last Line:
As bright as Venus from the dancing sea
DMI number:
6203

61. Awake awake bright nymph appear

First Line:
Awake awake bright nymph appear
Last Line:
But give me opportunity
DMI number:
3520

62. Awake my eyes at night my thoughts pursue

First Line:
Awake my eyes at night my thoughts pursue
Last Line:
Fair Amidea that I once might know
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
6391

63. Away despair the death of hopeless hearts

First Line:
Away despair the death of hopeless hearts
Last Line:
The glory of their pains had not been great
Author:
Thomas Watson (Absolute)
DMI number:
44785

64. Away foolish boy

First Line:
Away foolish boy
Last Line:
To sleep in his bowers
DMI number:
42719

65. Away with these self-loving lads

First Line:
Away with these self-loving lads
Last Line:
Yet without love nought worth to me
Author:
Fulke Greville (Absolute) & H. Greville (Absolute)
DMI number:
13175

66. Atys once for Cybel burned

First Line:
Atys once for Cybel burned
Last Line:
Kiss and drink and then am mad
DMI number:
3537

67. As wretched vain and indiscreet

First Line:
As wretched vain and indiscreet
Last Line:
Views the half-match and digs the richer mine
DMI number:
5656

68. 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

69. Ask me no more where Jove bestows

First Line:
Ask me no more where Jove bestows
Last Line:
And in your fragrant bosom dies
Author:
Thomas Carew (Confident)
DMI number:
436

70. 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

71. 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

72. Be gone be gone thou traitor of my breast

First Line:
Be gone be gone thou traitor of my breast
Last Line:
The wrongs I've found from you
Author:
Edward Ward (Confident)
DMI number:
5386

73. Be gone ye sighs be gone ye tears

First Line:
Be gone ye sighs be gone ye tears
Last Line:
While you with all your wisdom live in pain
Author:
William Walsh (Absolute)
DMI number:
6666

74. Be proud blessed glass and justly too

First Line:
Be proud blessed glass and justly too
Last Line:
And show what none abide
DMI number:
5357

75. 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

76. Beat on proud billows Boreas blow

First Line:
Beat on proud billows Boreas blow
Last Line:
Disgrace to rebels honour to my king
Author:
Sir Roger L'Estrange (Absolute)
DMI number:
5450

77. Before I sigh my last gasp let me breathe

First Line:
Before I sigh my last gasp let me breathe
Last Line:
To invent and practise this one way to annihilate thee
Author:
John Donne (Absolute)
DMI number:
5009

78. Behold and listen while the fair

First Line:
Behold and listen while the fair
Last Line:
Men strive not but deplore the fire
Author:
Edmund Waller (Confident)
DMI number:
5660

79. Black girl complain not that I fly

First Line:
Black girl complain not that I fly
Last Line:
And I'll bequeath myself to thee
Author:
Henry King (Absolute)
DMI number:
5928

80. Black maid complain not that I fly

First Line:
Black maid complain not that I fly
Last Line:
And then I will bequeath my self to thee
Author:
Henry King (Absolute)
DMI number:
5062

81. Blasted with sighs and surrounded with tears

First Line:
Blasted with sighs and surrounded with tears
Last Line:
Who's therefore true because her truth kills me
Author:
John Donne (Absolute)
DMI number:
6708

82. Brave lads now squeeze for room

First Line:
Brave lads now squeeze for room
Last Line:
With endless life are crowned
Author:
Robert Herrick (Confident)
DMI number:
6909

83. 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

84. Being struck by Julia with a ball of snow

First Line:
Being struck by Julia with a ball of snow
Last Line:
Julia alone must do't with equal fire
Author:
Alexander Brome (Confident)
DMI number:
5800

85. Believe me Chloe and attend

First Line:
Believe me Chloe and attend
Last Line:
And hymen bind the knot today
DMI number:
22165

86. Believe me friend all lovers soldiers are

First Line:
Believe me friend all lovers soldiers are
Last Line:
The man that wants employment let him love
DMI number:
43400

87. Belinda long my heart assailed

First Line:
Belinda long my heart assailed
Last Line:
Dear Cynthia let me thus be blest
DMI number:
15491

88. Belinda why do you distrust

First Line:
Belinda why do you distrust
Last Line:
Or slight her charming graces
Author:
Edward Ward (Confident)
DMI number:
5388

89. Bend my wits and beat my weary brain

First Line:
Bend my wits and beat my weary brain
Last Line:
That faining might have greater grace procured
Author:
Francis Davison (Absolute)
DMI number:
49584

90. Beneath a cool shade where some here have been

First Line:
Beneath a cool shade where some here have been
Last Line:
All ravished with billing and dying with pleasure
DMI number:
4043

91. Calling to mind mine eye long went about

First Line:
Calling to mind mine eye long went about
Last Line:
I lov'd myself because myself lov'd you
Author:
Sir Walter Ralegh [Raleigh] (Absolute)
DMI number:
44750

92. 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

93. By milk-white doves as drawn of old

First Line:
By milk-white doves as drawn of old
Last Line:
As Venus is by Hyde
DMI number:
7438

94. Burst out my soul in main of tears

First Line:
Burst out my soul in main of tears
Last Line:
It might be seen into my heart
Author:
James Graham (Confident)
DMI number:
4691

95. But if my lines may not be held excused

First Line:
But if my lines may not be held excused
Last Line:
With equal love my love must be repayed
Author:
Walter Davison (Absolute)
DMI number:
49624

96. Bright star by Venus fixed above

First Line:
Bright star by Venus fixed above
Last Line:
Who lately stole my heart away
Author:
George Stepney (Absolute)
DMI number:
6577

97. Bring bring my mistress to my arms

First Line:
Bring bring my mistress to my arms
Last Line:
What feeds puts out the fire
DMI number:
5308

98. Bring my lyre and tune the strings

First Line:
Bring my lyre and tune the strings
Last Line:
All my songs must be of love
DMI number:
3532

99. Cease charming Flora to complain

First Line:
Cease charming Flora to complain
Last Line:
That feels the harmony
DMI number:
10043

100. Cease Damon cease nor more pursue

First Line:
Cease Damon cease nor more pursue
Last Line:
And courts the flame in which he dies
DMI number:
5148