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1. A beggar a beggar a beggar I'll be

First Line:
A beggar a beggar a beggar I'll be
Last Line:
And there they begot such a bold rogue as I
DMI number:
33018

2. A thousand charms in Celia meet

First Line:
A thousand charms in Celia meet
Last Line:
Preserves so long her virgin reign
DMI number:
16178

3. Arise ye winds from your rough caves

First Line:
Arise ye winds from your rough caves
Last Line:
And then she laid her down and died
DMI number:
42801

4. 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

5. By yea and nay now I am moved

First Line:
By yea and nay now I am moved
Last Line:
God's lambs together thus may play
DMI number:
42805

6. Display the standard let the news be shown

First Line:
Display the standard let the news be shown
Last Line:
In Daphne's reign a nobler laurel shade
DMI number:
5033

7. Faith Bessy you know that I long have loved you

First Line:
Faith Bessy you know that I long have loved you
Last Line:
Such as gentlefolk give to their kind misses
DMI number:
42718

8. Fly Strephon fly when beauty's dart

First Line:
Fly Strephon fly when beauty's dart
Last Line:
Can conquer love who run away
DMI number:
18821

9. Give me leave to rail at you

First Line:
Give me leave to rail at you
Last Line:
And makes the slave grow pleased again
Author:
John Wilmot (Confident)
DMI number:
42299

10. Give me leave to rail at you

First Line:
Give me leave to rail at you
Last Line:
And makes the slaves grow pleased again
Author:
John Wilmot (Confident)
DMI number:
4129

11. Go tell Amynta gentle swain

First Line:
Go tell Amynta gentle swain
Last Line:
Attends but death to close his eyes
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4039

12. Good Damon if you will you may

First Line:
Good Damon if you will you may
Last Line:
And fix her choice on none but you | For if ourselves &c
DMI number:
23137

13. Good people what will you of all be bereft

First Line:
Good people what will you of all be bereft
Last Line:
Why should we why should we be kept in the dark
Author:
Thomas Brown (Speculation) & Henry Hall (Confident)
DMI number:
4547

14. Happy's the love which meets return

First Line:
Happy's the love which meets return
Last Line:
We'll make a paradise on Yarrow
Author:
Allan Ramsay (Absolute)
DMI number:
24063

15. Hard by a river close under a shade

First Line:
Hard by a river close under a shade
Last Line:
And roses are sweetest when brought to the still
DMI number:
42756

16. Hark hark jolly sportsmen awhile to my tale

First Line:
Hark hark jolly sportsmen awhile to my tale
Last Line:
So Luna took care in conducting us home
DMI number:
32210

17. How happy a mason whose bosom still flows

First Line:
How happy a mason whose bosom still flows
Last Line:
If so happy a mason say who'd be a king
DMI number:
28969

18. Here's water to quench maiden fires

First Line:
Here's water to quench maiden fires
Last Line:
Shall do you if no good no harm | What is't you lack &c
DMI number:
21969

19. I am confirmed a woman can

First Line:
I am confirmed a woman can
Last Line:
If ever I dote upon you more
DMI number:
44254

20. In a plain pleasant cottage conveniently neat

First Line:
In a plain pleasant cottage conveniently neat
Last Line:
No monarch more blessed than the man of the mill
Author:
John Cunningham (Absolute)
DMI number:
32837

21. Jugg what zaist thou shall we be married

First Line:
Jugg what zaist thou shall we be married
Last Line:
To think when married what will come after
DMI number:
42808

22. Jocky and Jenny one evening late

First Line:
Jocky and Jenny one evening late
Last Line:
He could catch no fish though they bit ding dong
DMI number:
42655

23. Let's sing to the memory of glorious queen bess

First Line:
Let's sing to the memory of glorious queen bess
Last Line:
Which will make the nation rejoice and be glad
DMI number:
13319

24. If ever o Hymen I add to thy tribe

First Line:
If ever o Hymen I add to thy tribe
Last Line:
Or a maid let me live and a maid let me die
DMI number:
35319

25. If Polly is generous she'll pity my flame

First Line:
If Polly is generous she'll pity my flame
Last Line:
And the green bag shall perish if Polly be kind
DMI number:
13103

26. Near the side of a pond at the foot of a hill

First Line:
Near the side of a pond at the foot of a hill
Last Line:
May all loyal souls act the man of the mill
DMI number:
32872

27. O how could I venture to love one like thee

First Line:
O how could I venture to love one like thee
Last Line:
And live on thy friendship when passion's no more
DMI number:
19568

28. One evening good humour took wit as his guest

First Line:
One evening good humour took wit as his guest
Last Line:
Now we're certain our drinking is always well timed
Author:
George Alexander Stevens (Absolute)
DMI number:
31808

29. One moon-shiny night as I walked out late

First Line:
One moon-shiny night as I walked out late
Last Line:
But take my advice for I speak as I find
DMI number:
42803

30. So ravishing fair is the nymph that I love

First Line:
So ravishing fair is the nymph that I love
Last Line:
She has to destroy me overwhelmed in love's tower
DMI number:
42783

31. Soft sounds and gently raised lest some harsh sound

First Line:
Soft sounds and gently raised lest some harsh sound
Last Line:
Too strong fro fancy and too full for rhyme
DMI number:
44634

32. Soldier soldier take off thy wine

First Line:
Soldier soldier take off thy wine
Last Line:
Then take off your drink as I take mine
DMI number:
13278

33. The smiling morn the breathing spring

First Line:
The smiling morn the breathing spring
Last Line:
Among the birks of Invermay
Author:
David Mallet (Confident)
DMI number:
37377

34. The sportsman may boast of his well scented hound

First Line:
The sportsman may boast of his well scented hound
Last Line:
And you useless exist till you're finished by man
DMI number:
31814

35. The sun in virgin lustre shone

First Line:
The sun in virgin lustre shone
Last Line:
And now their life's all holiday
DMI number:
32834

36. Tis money that seduces all mankind

First Line:
Tis money that seduces all mankind
Last Line:
The statesman sells his country and his king
DMI number:
17701

37. Twa bonny lads were Sawny and Jockey

First Line:
Twa bonny lads were Sawny and Jockey
Last Line:
And vowed and swore I'd never stay behind him
DMI number:
42812

38. Twas in that season of the year

First Line:
Twas in that season of the year
Last Line:
And charms this ravished breast of mine
DMI number:
38174

39. Well met pretty nymph says a jolly young swain

First Line:
Well met pretty nymph says a jolly young swain
Last Line:
Now when shall we see such a wedding in town
DMI number:
32875

40. What means that tender sigh my dear

First Line:
What means that tender sigh my dear
Last Line:
A sweet perfume that never dies
DMI number:
31796

41. What though in Celia's form is seen

First Line:
What though in Celia's form is seen
Last Line:
For fancy is reason sufficient for love
DMI number:
21063

42. When Jove to fair Danae in showers of gold

First Line:
When Jove to fair Danae in showers of gold
Last Line:
If he but with gold and with silver be sped
DMI number:
42810

43. When lovely Phillis thou art kind

First Line:
When lovely Phillis thou art kind
Last Line:
And drive out one god by power of another
DMI number:
13268

44. When lovely Phillis thou art kind

First Line:
When lovely Phillis thou art kind
Last Line:
Then straight with a bumper I banish despair | So bravely contemn both the boy and his mother | And drive out one god by the power of another
DMI number:
15534

45. When here Lucinda first we came

First Line:
When here Lucinda first we came
Last Line:
Adieu the sweets of Arno's vale
Author:
Charles Sackville (Absolute)
DMI number:
32631

46. When morn her sweets shall first unfold

First Line:
When morn her sweets shall first unfold
Last Line:
The happy moment made us one
DMI number:
23150

47. Why doe you boast of Arthur and his knightes

First Line:
Why doe you boast of Arthur and his knightes
Last Line:
St George he was for England St Dennis was for France | Sing honi soit qui mal y pense
DMI number:
37639

48. Wouldst thou all the joys receive

First Line:
Wouldst thou all the joys receive
Last Line:
We can make an heaven below
DMI number:
23126

49. Young Anna and Philip a kind loving pair

First Line:
Young Anna and Philip a kind loving pair
Last Line:
In the wood where we live they may all of em graze
DMI number:
12294