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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. As to the blooming prime

First Line:
As to the blooming prime
Last Line:
Your breaths Favonius hath increast the store
Author:
Edmund Bolton (Absolute)
DMI number:
44875

3. 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

4. Come Anacreon drunken priest

First Line:
Come Anacreon drunken priest
Last Line:
Pleasure wafts the notes around
DMI number:
15415

5. Come gentle power from whom arose

First Line:
Come gentle power from whom arose
Last Line:
Behold the change they die and are no more
Author:
James Scott (Absolute)
DMI number:
32698

6. Friendship thou plant of tedious growth

First Line:
Friendship thou plant of tedious growth
Last Line:
One moment loses and tis found no more
DMI number:
9399

7. Friendship peculiar boon of heaven

First Line:
Friendship peculiar boon of heaven
Last Line:
Shall aid our happiness above
Author:
Samuel Johnson (Absolute)
DMI number:
32397

8. Hero sprung from ancient blood

First Line:
Hero sprung from ancient blood
Last Line:
Shalt share his fame and make his triumphs thine
Author:
Jonathan Smedley (Confident)
DMI number:
11526

9. Hymns ye regents of the lyre

First Line:
Hymns ye regents of the lyre
Last Line:
And Anna's glory dies
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
27435

10. My dear comrade and chiefest friend

First Line:
My dear comrade and chiefest friend
Last Line:
Transported when I treat my friend
Author:
Alexander Brome (Absolute)
DMI number:
42080

11. If the treasured gold could give

First Line:
If the treasured gold could give
Last Line:
Friends sincere and beauty kind
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
27199

12. If from the iron hand of death

First Line:
If from the iron hand of death
Last Line:
Friendship is the soul of love
Author:
Edward Burnaby Greene (Speculation)
DMI number:
31429

13. Kind friend with whom I sip and smoke

First Line:
Kind friend with whom I sip and smoke
Last Line:
Procure a nap though never so tipsy
DMI number:
5942

14. None but the vulgar and unwise

First Line:
None but the vulgar and unwise
Last Line:
But thou shalt be alone my theme and muse
DMI number:
33202

15. Never dear Faz torment thy brain

First Line:
Never dear Faz torment thy brain
Last Line:
God send them all much wiser
Author:
Sir Charles Hanbury Williams (Speculation) & William Pulteney (Absolute)
DMI number:
19525

16. No foolish boy to virtuous fame

First Line:
No foolish boy to virtuous fame
Last Line:
Where is the firm the cautious or the wise
Author:
Mark Akenside (Absolute)
DMI number:
22631

17. No more fond love shall wound my breast

First Line:
No more fond love shall wound my breast
Last Line:
Of Friendship's sacred fire
Author:
Frances Brooke [née Moore] (Absolute)
DMI number:
32639

18. O thou the choicest boon of heaven

First Line:
O thou the choicest boon of heaven
Last Line:
And life's best joys prolong
DMI number:
37916

19. O Strephon leave me to complain

First Line:
O Strephon leave me to complain
Last Line:
Nor change my constant love
DMI number:
12766

20. Pompey with me to utmost dangers driven

First Line:
Pompey with me to utmost dangers driven
Last Line:
Rejoice to revel for a friend restored
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25528

21. 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

22. Septimius who with me to Spain

First Line:
Septimius who with me to Spain
Last Line:
Shall drink the tear to friendship due
Author:
William Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25526

23. See gathering clouds obscure the sky

First Line:
See gathering clouds obscure the sky
Last Line:
Can best the cares of life allay
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
26667

24. Sir while your heart with transport glows

First Line:
Sir while your heart with transport glows
Last Line:
Should look well to their neck
DMI number:
38659

25. Strongly dear friend paint in thy mind

First Line:
Strongly dear friend paint in thy mind
Last Line:
While thou art true and Nanny kind
Author:
Thomas Cooke (Absolute)
DMI number:
15392

26. The dismal regions which no sun beholds

First Line:
The dismal regions which no sun beholds
Last Line:
From the bright object which your pleasure heeds
Author:
William Walsh (Absolute)
DMI number:
13054

27. The peaceful evening breathes her balmy store

First Line:
The peaceful evening breathes her balmy store
Last Line:
Messiah's cross far blazing over the skies
Author:
William Julius Mickle (Absolute)
DMI number:
32541

28. The spring's companions Thracian gales

First Line:
The spring's companions Thracian gales
Last Line:
In season and our thoughts unbend
DMI number:
25629

29. The wretched mortal who hath sense

First Line:
The wretched mortal who hath sense
Last Line:
And thus the world goes round
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
8018

30. Thou goest now our fleets general

First Line:
Thou goest now our fleets general
Last Line:
Or squander like his heir
Author:
Sir Richard Fanshawe (Absolute)
DMI number:
42149

31. To endless rounds of hopes and fears

First Line:
To endless rounds of hopes and fears
Last Line:
Were formed for one another
DMI number:
264

32. What means this tumult in my veins

First Line:
What means this tumult in my veins
Last Line:
Whitehall a meadow be the exchange a field
Author:
Sir Francis Fane (Absolute)
DMI number:
44550

33. What glorious verse from love has sprung

First Line:
What glorious verse from love has sprung
Last Line:
Which they to others give
Author:
Sir Charles Hanbury Williams (Absolute)
DMI number:
27498

34. Who ever thought to see

First Line:
Who ever thought to see
Last Line:
I'll enter a debauch world without end
Author:
Robert Thompson (Confident)
DMI number:
42081

35. Why dost thou talk of dying so

First Line:
Why dost thou talk of dying so
Last Line:
For me an humble lambkin dies
Author:
Sir Richard Fanshawe (Absolute)
DMI number:
42093

36. With me coeval in the year

First Line:
With me coeval in the year
Last Line:
Till rising Phoebus chase the stars away
DMI number:
25601

37. With glasses formed for jovial joy

First Line:
With glasses formed for jovial joy
Last Line:
And free thee from this monster's fatal arms
DMI number:
25442

38. Yes you condemn the perjured maid

First Line:
Yes you condemn the perjured maid
Last Line:
You meant the fair apostate to upbraid
Author:
Mark Akenside (Absolute)
DMI number:
36958