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1.
And must I go and must I be no more
First Line:
And must I go and must I be no more
Last Line:
I'd even lose myself since I've lost thee
Author:
John Norris (Absolute)
DMI number:
33687
2.
All you that friendship do profess
First Line:
All you that friendship do profess
Last Line:
Sit fast for fear of such a fall
DMI number:
9005
3.
As soon may water wipe me dry
First Line:
As soon may water wipe me dry
Last Line:
And yet my fill I cannot drink
DMI number:
49646
4.
As soone may water wipe me dry
First Line:
As soone may water wipe me dry
Last Line:
And yet my fill I cannot drink
DMI number:
49895
5.
Bright God of day whose genial power
First Line:
Bright God of day whose genial power
Last Line:
And like the spring display benevolence and love
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
28477
6.
Bright god of day whose genial power
First Line:
Bright god of day whose genial power
Last Line:
Long be his prosperous reign and all with glory crowned
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
26245
7.
Blithe Jockey young and gay
First Line:
Blithe Jockey young and gay
Last Line:
He still is in my mind
DMI number:
11696
8.
Britannia's sons might well triumphant sing
First Line:
Britannia's sons might well triumphant sing
Last Line:
Revolving over this glorious coronation
DMI number:
30424
9.
Chased by the hounds which thirst for blood
First Line:
Chased by the hounds which thirst for blood
Last Line:
The rising beams of mercy dart on thee
Author:
T. Bate (Absolute)
DMI number:
6567
10.
Come hither Apollo's bouncing girl
First Line:
Come hither Apollo's bouncing girl
Last Line:
For if ever I have a man square cap for me
Author:
John Cleveland (Absolute)
DMI number:
36591
11.
Come all you freeholders of this noble shire
First Line:
Come all you freeholders of this noble shire
Last Line:
That nothing can save us but brave Stapylton
DMI number:
11250
12.
Come muses all that dwell nigh the fountain
First Line:
Come muses all that dwell nigh the fountain
Last Line:
Be given to well breath Jilian Thrust
DMI number:
44484
13.
Even such is time which takes in trust
First Line:
Even such is time which takes in trust
Last Line:
The lord shall raise me up I trust
DMI number:
29305
14.
Every Christian seeketh to extoll
First Line:
Every Christian seeketh to extoll
Last Line:
Directing her faith to Christ the only mark
DMI number:
33894
15.
Give me leave to rail at you
First Line:
Give me leave to rail at you
Last Line:
And quell the rebel in your arms
Author:
John Wilmot (Confident)
DMI number:
25372
16.
He is stark mad who ever says
First Line:
He is stark mad who ever says
Last Line:
But after one such love can love no more
Author:
John Donne (Absolute)
DMI number:
6729
17.
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
18.
In spite of love at length I've found
First Line:
In spite of love at length I've found
Last Line:
Then drink and never spare it | 'Tis a bottle of good Claret
DMI number:
2625
19.
Little thinkest thou poor flower
First Line:
Little thinkest thou poor flower
Last Line:
As glad to have my body as my mind
Author:
John Donne (Absolute)
DMI number:
9133
20.
My sheep are thoughts which I both guide and serve
First Line:
My sheep are thoughts which I both guide and serve
Last Line:
In you it is you must the judgement give
Author:
Sir Philip Sidney (Absolute)
DMI number:
44854
21.
My Sylvia love demands his due
First Line:
My Sylvia love demands his due
Last Line:
And Sylvia will be kind if you'll be true
DMI number:
6555
22.
I scorn the state of that lover's condition
First Line:
I scorn the state of that lover's condition
Last Line:
And cares not by whether I get her or no
DMI number:
4671
23.
I loved thee once I'll love no more
First Line:
I loved thee once I'll love no more
Last Line:
A begging at a beggar's door
Author:
Sir Robert Ayton (Absolute)
DMI number:
10275
24.
I loved thee once I'll love thee no more
First Line:
I loved thee once I'll love thee no more
Last Line:
A begging at a beggar's door
Author:
Sir Robert Ayton (Absolute)
DMI number:
4649
25.
If love be life I long to die
First Line:
If love be life I long to die
Last Line:
In peace and yet at strife
Author:
Sir Walter Ralegh [Raleigh] (Absolute)
DMI number:
44939
26.
Mark how the bashful morn in vain
First Line:
Mark how the bashful morn in vain
Last Line:
With open ears and with unfolded arms
Author:
Thomas Carew (Absolute)
DMI number:
16234
27.
Madam for your commands to stay
First Line:
Madam for your commands to stay
Last Line:
Who do their duty and no more
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
6390
28.
Neptune frown and Boreas roar
First Line:
Neptune frown and Boreas roar
Last Line:
Remembering Rodondello &c
DMI number:
13756
29.
Now has our swelling deluges of tears
First Line:
Now has our swelling deluges of tears
Last Line:
You and your loyal people may be all but one
DMI number:
8924
30.
Of a hectoring bully
First Line:
Of a hectoring bully
Last Line:
That if once the brave Orange approaches too nigh | The gay flower-de-luces will wither and die
DMI number:
4933
31.
O pitiful creature concerning earthly sepulchre
First Line:
O pitiful creature concerning earthly sepulchre
Last Line:
Shall he be saved from endless pain
DMI number:
34151
32.
Out alas what a griefe is this
First Line:
Out alas what a griefe is this
Last Line:
To avoide the sorrowful heigh ho
Author:
Elderton William (Absolute)
DMI number:
37345
33.
Queen of the human heart at whose command
First Line:
Queen of the human heart at whose command
Last Line:
Dissolved in liquid air and all the vision flew
Author:
Robert Dodsley (Absolute)
DMI number:
29238
34.
Phrine as odious as youth well can be
First Line:
Phrine as odious as youth well can be
Last Line:
And but for faults on both sides never had met
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
6339
35.
Sawney was tall and of noble race
First Line:
Sawney was tall and of noble race
Last Line:
And Sawney will never be my love again
DMI number:
42540
36.
So have I seen the glorious god of day
First Line:
So have I seen the glorious god of day
Last Line:
One chast as Lucrece and as fair as Shore
DMI number:
6445
37.
Since all the features of love that adorn thee
First Line:
Since all the features of love that adorn thee
Last Line:
Contracted by a mystique union
DMI number:
43332
38.
The aged father summoned by his fate
First Line:
The aged father summoned by his fate
Last Line:
Died so many years ago
DMI number:
29887
39.
That death should thus from hence our butler catch
First Line:
That death should thus from hence our butler catch
Last Line:
The butlers gone the keys are left behind
Author:
Henry Parrot (Absolute)
DMI number:
29457
40.
The glories of our birth and state
First Line:
The glories of our birth and state
Last Line:
Smell sweet and blossom in the dust
Author:
James Shirley (Absolute)
DMI number:
1091
41.
Then heaven has heard my prayers at last
First Line:
Then heaven has heard my prayers at last
Last Line:
Laugh at her snuff and triumph in her shame
DMI number:
44596
42.
The shining season to some
First Line:
The shining season to some
Last Line:
The happy end exceedeth all
DMI number:
8995
43.
Thou that loved once now loves no more
First Line:
Thou that loved once now loves no more
Last Line:
She now sits begging at thy door
Author:
Sir Robert Ayton (Absolute)
DMI number:
4650
44.
Thou that loved once now lovest no more
First Line:
Thou that loved once now lovest no more
Last Line:
She now sits begging at thy door
Author:
Sir Robert Ayton (Absolute)
DMI number:
10276
45.
Tis a sport to our prince
First Line:
Tis a sport to our prince
Last Line:
For an Orange once planted upon the French shore | May gay flower-de-luces will flourish no more
DMI number:
42340
46.
Tis a sport to our prince
First Line:
Tis a sport to our prince
Last Line:
For an Orange once planted upon the French shore | My gay flower de luces will flourish no more
DMI number:
4934
47.
Victorious men of earth no more
First Line:
Victorious men of earth no more
Last Line:
Shall have the cunning skill to break a heart
Author:
James Shirley (Absolute)
DMI number:
37350
48.
Was ever a man so vexed with a trull
First Line:
Was ever a man so vexed with a trull
Last Line:
For the cure of a scold but I'll say no more
DMI number:
42553
49.
When a noble nature's raised
First Line:
When a noble nature's raised
Last Line:
A mere upbraiding grief and torturing punishment
Author:
Benjamin Jonson (Absolute)
DMI number:
17298
50.
Where gottest thou the Haver-mill bonack
First Line:
Where gottest thou the Haver-mill bonack
Last Line:
They valiantly fought as Highlanders can | In spite of the Looans they set themselves free | And so bid adieu to bonny Dundee
DMI number:
11432
51.
When whispering strains with creeping wind
First Line:
When whispering strains with creeping wind
Last Line:
And change his soul for harmony
Author:
William Strode (Absolute)
DMI number:
7081
52.
Who hath of Cupid's cates and dainties preyed
First Line:
Who hath of Cupid's cates and dainties preyed
Last Line:
Since to thy sweet content thou seek'st to train me
Author:
Bartholomew Yong (Absolute)
DMI number:
44873
53.
While blooming youth and gay delight
First Line:
While blooming youth and gay delight
Last Line:
While we still way to joy and live to love | So time itself &c
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
2389
54.
Yet once more glorious god of day
First Line:
Yet once more glorious god of day
Last Line:
And reap the golden fruits of what his autumn sowed
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
26246
55.
Yet once more glorious god of day
First Line:
Yet once more glorious god of day
Last Line:
And reaped the golden fruits of what his autumn sowed
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
30620