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1. Ah cease this kind persuasive strain

First Line:
Ah cease this kind persuasive strain
Last Line:
Will heave one tuneful sigh and sooth my hovering shade
Author:
William Mason (Absolute)
DMI number:
27947

2. Asterie why dost thou mourn

First Line:
Asterie why dost thou mourn
Last Line:
Thou art hard still hard remain
Author:
Sir Richard Fanshawe (Absolute)
DMI number:
42104

3. Hail goddess of the lonely fields and groves

First Line:
Hail goddess of the lonely fields and groves
Last Line:
And bowed submissive with a lowly nod
DMI number:
18148

4. I grieve to hear you oft enquire

First Line:
I grieve to hear you oft enquire
Last Line:
And not with one gallant content
DMI number:
25649

5. I'll teach him a receipt to make

First Line:
I'll teach him a receipt to make
Last Line:
At which the soul goes out too with the breath
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
5630

6. Melpomene whom Jove our father deigns

First Line:
Melpomene whom Jove our father deigns
Last Line:
Which to correct or change exceeds our might
Author:
Sir Thomas Hawkins (Absolute)
DMI number:
42055

7. The swelling clouds not always pours

First Line:
The swelling clouds not always pours
Last Line:
In far more straightened fields do ride
Author:
Sir Thomas Hawkins (Absolute)
DMI number:
42083

8. What shame what bounds can sorrow know

First Line:
What shame what bounds can sorrow know
Last Line:
To assuage at least the wound she cannot cure
DMI number:
26111

9. What shame what bounds can sorrow know

First Line:
What shame what bounds can sorrow know
Last Line:
To mollify the wound she cannot cure
Author:
William Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25438

10. What measure shall affliction know

First Line:
What measure shall affliction know
Last Line:
When tis in vain to murmur and repine
Author:
William of Bangour Hamilton (Absolute)
DMI number:
26112