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1. Alas how swift the crowding minutes pass

First Line:
Alas how swift the crowding minutes pass
Last Line:
Of glutton priests when they their solemn feasts profess
DMI number:
3900

2. Alas my friend the years fly swift away

First Line:
Alas my friend the years fly swift away
Last Line:
The Pope would give his keys of heaven to gain
DMI number:
7172

3. Alas the powers of life decay

First Line:
Alas the powers of life decay
Last Line:
Never ah never to return
Author:
William Broome (Absolute)
DMI number:
27352

4. Beville who with your friend would roam

First Line:
Beville who with your friend would roam
Last Line:
And here your generous tear be paid
Author:
James Marriott (Absolute)
DMI number:
25527

5. Blessed as thou art with beauty's arms

First Line:
Blessed as thou art with beauty's arms
Last Line:
Will youth with all its charms return no more
DMI number:
25626

6. Delia thou dear coquette attend

First Line:
Delia thou dear coquette attend
Last Line:
And on that bosom to expire
DMI number:
33264

7. Excellent poetry whose noble flight

First Line:
Excellent poetry whose noble flight
Last Line:
Read an hic iacet corpus or an o rare Ben
DMI number:
42097

8. For shame for shame give over

First Line:
For shame for shame give over
Last Line:
No garland but a rope
Author:
Thomas Flatman (Confident)
DMI number:
42114

9. For shame leave off thy amorous trade

First Line:
For shame leave off thy amorous trade
Last Line:
And cast aside the amorous lyre
DMI number:
22965

10. Fly me not too lovely fair

First Line:
Fly me not too lovely fair
Last Line:
These are age and those are youth
Author:
Edward Burnaby Greene (Speculation)
DMI number:
31440

11. Fond lad who in thy youthful bloom

First Line:
Fond lad who in thy youthful bloom
Last Line:
Or being now old couldst but be young again
DMI number:
42142

12. Full seldom now the rake's bold beat

First Line:
Full seldom now the rake's bold beat
Last Line:
And lasting myrtle binds
DMI number:
23338

13. Hail eldest of the monthly train

First Line:
Hail eldest of the monthly train
Last Line:
A sweeter flower than May
Author:
Christopher Smart (Absolute)
DMI number:
22097

14. Hours months and years with gliding pace

First Line:
Hours months and years with gliding pace
Last Line:
At their proud feasts the Salian train
Author:
William Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25537

15. Indeed my Phaedria if to find

First Line:
Indeed my Phaedria if to find
Last Line:
Than all that ever bridegroom wore
Author:
Mark Akenside (Absolute)
DMI number:
22627

16. Inheritance of weak but proud mortality

First Line:
Inheritance of weak but proud mortality
Last Line:
And roll a clear and peaceful tide
Author:
James Marriott (Absolute)
DMI number:
32614

17. Long have my prayers slow heaven assailed

First Line:
Long have my prayers slow heaven assailed
Last Line:
End with a stink at last and vanish into night
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
943

18. Life's like a flower the gardener plants

First Line:
Life's like a flower the gardener plants
Last Line:
Born down with many years
DMI number:
23552

19. My prayers are heard O Lyce now

First Line:
My prayers are heard O Lyce now
Last Line:
Now into colder ashes turned
Author:
William Cartwright (Absolute)
DMI number:
42146

20. I like the youth that does improve

First Line:
I like the youth that does improve
Last Line:
But flowers smile and flames break forth below
DMI number:
44608

21. Lyce the gods have heard my prayer

First Line:
Lyce the gods have heard my prayer
Last Line:
Shot such resistless flames to ashes turned
DMI number:
3951

22. Lyce the gods have heard my prayer

First Line:
Lyce the gods have heard my prayer
Last Line:
Shot such restless flames to ashes turned
DMI number:
44577

23. 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

24. Misers say can gold prolong

First Line:
Misers say can gold prolong
Last Line:
Gold which I must leave behind
DMI number:
3542

25. Now I believe tis truth

First Line:
Now I believe tis truth
Last Line:
And answer to the music's cheerful sound
Author:
Robert Lucke (Absolute)
DMI number:
12564

26. Now the gay tribe of wanton youths

First Line:
Now the gay tribe of wanton youths
Last Line:
Friend of the winter
DMI number:
25439

27. No more of war dread Cytherea cease

First Line:
No more of war dread Cytherea cease
Last Line:
Over pleasant fields and purling streams
Author:
Thomas Flatman (Absolute)
DMI number:
42130

28. O health capricious maid

First Line:
O health capricious maid
Last Line:
Is thine fair queen alone
Author:
William Shenstone (Absolute)
DMI number:
27224

29. O whither Lydia are thy lovers gone

First Line:
O whither Lydia are thy lovers gone
Last Line:
Thy snowy age cool every one but only thee
Author:
Robert Lucke (Absolute)
DMI number:
12620

30. Oft with wanton smiles and jeers

First Line:
Oft with wanton smiles and jeers
Last Line:
Not to love is not to live
DMI number:
27184

31. Scarce scattered here and there display

First Line:
Scarce scattered here and there display
Last Line:
Ah never never to return
Author:
Edward Burnaby Greene (Speculation)
DMI number:
31474

32. Septimius ready bent with me

First Line:
Septimius ready bent with me
Last Line:
Over the warm ashes of thy friend
Author:
Sir Thomas Hawkins (Absolute)
DMI number:
42079

33. See see my friend the fleeting years

First Line:
See see my friend the fleeting years
Last Line:
Shall riot over our grave
DMI number:
22140

34. Shame on thy beard that thou canst bugbears dread

First Line:
Shame on thy beard that thou canst bugbears dread
Last Line:
Thy crazy and decrepid limbs before
Author:
Nahum Tate (Absolute)
DMI number:
5878

35. Talk not to me of pedant rules

First Line:
Talk not to me of pedant rules
Last Line:
And dream of love and wine no more
Author:
William Broome (Absolute)
DMI number:
27296

36. The gods have Lyce heard my vow

First Line:
The gods have Lyce heard my vow
Last Line:
A burning torch to ashes worn
Author:
Sir Thomas Hawkins (Absolute)
DMI number:
42145

37. The circling sun has through the zodiac rolled

First Line:
The circling sun has through the zodiac rolled
Last Line:
Ripe in wisdom's lore the atlas of the north
DMI number:
25033

38. The rolling year begins his course

First Line:
The rolling year begins his course
Last Line:
It withers on the vine
DMI number:
23869

39. 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

40. The wanton youths inflamed with love

First Line:
The wanton youths inflamed with love
Last Line:
Herbs withered and decayed
DMI number:
26113

41. Thou wife of Ibycus the poor

First Line:
Thou wife of Ibycus the poor
Last Line:
Grown old and bending to the tomb
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25594

42. Tho in pale whites my face appear

First Line:
Tho in pale whites my face appear
Last Line:
Chequering Anacreon with thee
DMI number:
44609

43. Though cold winter over my brow

First Line:
Though cold winter over my brow
Last Line:
I the lily you the rose
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
27294

44. Tis true thou yet art fair my Ligurine

First Line:
Tis true thou yet art fair my Ligurine
Last Line:
Why am I old or why was ever young
Author:
Thomas Flatman (Absolute)
DMI number:
42141

45. What schemes the Swedes or Russians frame

First Line:
What schemes the Swedes or Russians frame
Last Line:
Can't raise your drooping spirits
DMI number:
26588

46. What the Cantabrian stout or Scythian think

First Line:
What the Cantabrian stout or Scythian think
Last Line:
Tie her neglected hair in careless braids
Author:
Sir Thomas Hawkins (Absolute)
DMI number:
42086

47. When sprightly youths my eyes survey

First Line:
When sprightly youths my eyes survey
Last Line:
In pleasing arts of trifling well
Author:
William Broome (Absolute)
DMI number:
27345

48. When I view youth's blithsome train

First Line:
When I view youth's blithsome train
Last Line:
Nobly mad when mad with wine
Author:
Edward Burnaby Greene (Speculation)
DMI number:
31469

49. While roses round our temples twine

First Line:
While roses round our temples twine
Last Line:
And make an old man young again
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
27149

50. While soft through water earth and air

First Line:
While soft through water earth and air
Last Line:
To paradise extends
Author:
Elizabeth Carter (Absolute)
DMI number:
27777