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1. A pleasant spring doth rise within my grove

First Line:
A pleasant spring doth rise within my grove
Last Line:
That none but lovers and the muses know
DMI number:
42112

2. A rustic brought of curious mold

First Line:
A rustic brought of curious mold
Last Line:
I swear I'll make a fire of thee
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
27182

3. A lovely nymph of Cyprus isle

First Line:
A lovely nymph of Cyprus isle
Last Line:
Shall sing to Thomasia their queen
DMI number:
25015

4. Absence hear thou my prostestation

First Line:
Absence hear thou my prostestation
Last Line:
And so I both enjoy and miss her
Author:
John Hoskins (Absolute)
DMI number:
49731

5. Absence hear thou my protestation

First Line:
Absence hear thou my protestation
Last Line:
And so I both enjoy and miss her
Author:
John Hoskins (Absolute)
DMI number:
49900

6. Aid me Cupid god of smiles

First Line:
Aid me Cupid god of smiles
Last Line:
Else I'm sure she'll never me sic mine
DMI number:
15317

7. As late of flowrets fresh and fair

First Line:
As late of flowrets fresh and fair
Last Line:
Strange titillations to my heart
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
27355

8. As the god of manual arts

First Line:
As the god of manual arts
Last Line:
Keep it Mars tis but a toy
Author:
George Ogle (Confident)
DMI number:
27305

9. As on a purple bed supine

First Line:
As on a purple bed supine
Last Line:
Again you soft illusions rise
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
27179

10. As over the mountains over the plains

First Line:
As over the mountains over the plains
Last Line:
The sweetest madness wine and love
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
27186

11. Approach celestial dove

First Line:
Approach celestial dove
Last Line:
United three eternal one be thine
DMI number:
43283

12. Artist of unrivalled skill

First Line:
Artist of unrivalled skill
Last Line:
Chloe smile upon the bowl
Author:
Edward Burnaby Greene (Speculation)
DMI number:
31424

13. 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

14. 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

15. At dead of night when mortals lose

First Line:
At dead of night when mortals lose
Last Line:
But what a wretch I've made of thee
Author:
John Hughes (Confident)
DMI number:
17757

16. At length escaped from every human eye

First Line:
At length escaped from every human eye
Last Line:
There yield up all his power ere to divide you more
Author:
George Lyttelton (Absolute)
DMI number:
22334

17. Away away fond fool what dost thou sigh

First Line:
Away away fond fool what dost thou sigh
Last Line:
Between their banks 'tis such a one is fit for me
DMI number:
42067

18. Atys once for Cybel burned

First Line:
Atys once for Cybel burned
Last Line:
Kiss and drink and then am mad
DMI number:
3537

19. Best of painters take thy stand

First Line:
Best of painters take thy stand
Last Line:
Fill oh fill each heart with love
Author:
Edward Burnaby Greene (Speculation) & Anacreon (Absolute)
DMI number:
31464

20. Blessed be those powers above those deities

First Line:
Blessed be those powers above those deities
Last Line:
And give him thousand kisses for his welcome home
DMI number:
42071

21. Boy while here I sit supine

First Line:
Boy while here I sit supine
Last Line:
The joys of wine the sweets of love
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
27412

22. Capricious power to whom all nature yields

First Line:
Capricious power to whom all nature yields
Last Line:
To dwell with thee have made their prudent choice
Author:
Jael Henrietta Pye [nee Mendez; other married name Campbell] (Absolute)
DMI number:
38489

23. By love too long deprived of rest

First Line:
By love too long deprived of rest
Last Line:
And bid him live for love and thee
Author:
Samuel Whyte (Speculation)
DMI number:
29210

24. By chance a rustic I espied

First Line:
By chance a rustic I espied
Last Line:
Or thou by heaven shalt burn by mine
Author:
Edward Burnaby Greene (Speculation)
DMI number:
31417

25. Bring me nymphs the laughing bowl

First Line:
Bring me nymphs the laughing bowl
Last Line:
Ever can force the heat of love
Author:
Edward Burnaby Greene (Speculation) & Anacreon (Absolute)
DMI number:
31428

26. Bring my lyre and tune the strings

First Line:
Bring my lyre and tune the strings
Last Line:
All my songs must be of love
DMI number:
3532

27. Cease to demand the cause why I

First Line:
Cease to demand the cause why I
Last Line:
The application love
DMI number:
10652

28. Come thou rosy dimpled boy

First Line:
Come thou rosy dimpled boy
Last Line:
Only while we love we live
Author:
Charles Parrott (Absolute)
DMI number:
27838

29. Charming destroyer whither wilt thou roll

First Line:
Charming destroyer whither wilt thou roll
Last Line:
To all the unnumbered legions revealed there before
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
5647

30. Close your lids unhappy eyes

First Line:
Close your lids unhappy eyes
Last Line:
To kill none whom love hath fired
DMI number:
49667

31. Come gentle sleep and as I lie

First Line:
Come gentle sleep and as I lie
Last Line:
Then shall the charmer think on me
DMI number:
12097

32. Cupid abroad was lated in the night

First Line:
Cupid abroad was lated in the night
Last Line:
Therefore I grieve I welcomed such a guest
Author:
Robert Greene (Absolute)
DMI number:
49694

33. Cupid once from Venus strayed

First Line:
Cupid once from Venus strayed
Last Line:
Venus never could get him freed
DMI number:
3544

34. Dear Jenny to confess my mind

First Line:
Dear Jenny to confess my mind
Last Line:
As love and I desire
DMI number:
33104

35. Desire and hope have moved my mind

First Line:
Desire and hope have moved my mind
Last Line:
If so great love be aught but fear of youth
DMI number:
49654

36. Desire and Hope have moved my minde

First Line:
Desire and Hope have moved my minde
Last Line:
If so great love be ought but of youth
DMI number:
49896

37. Eternal source of joys

First Line:
Eternal source of joys
Last Line:
And fix a lasting empire firmly in each heart
DMI number:
10541

38. Disdain that so doth fill me

First Line:
Disdain that so doth fill me
Last Line:
Desire will wear away
DMI number:
49671

39. Evening now from purple wings

First Line:
Evening now from purple wings
Last Line:
Love possesses all the breast
Author:
Samuel Johnson (Absolute)
DMI number:
30684

40. Evening now from purple wings

First Line:
Evening now from purple wings
Last Line:
Lovers all but love disdain
Author:
Samuel Johnson (Absolute)
DMI number:
32595

41. Expressive of the master hand

First Line:
Expressive of the master hand
Last Line:
It pierces through the traitor eyes
Author:
Edward Burnaby Greene (Speculation)
DMI number:
31471

42. Fill fill sweet girls the foaming bowl

First Line:
Fill fill sweet girls the foaming bowl
Last Line:
Love is the fever of the mind
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
27197

43. Fair rose whom joyful heaven does beget

First Line:
Fair rose whom joyful heaven does beget
Last Line:
By thee she longs to have her temples bound
DMI number:
43387

44. Fairest Lydia my delight

First Line:
Fairest Lydia my delight
Last Line:
Till I'm dead upon the spot
Author:
H Walker (Confident)
DMI number:
7485

45. Flushed with the joys of love and wine

First Line:
Flushed with the joys of love and wine
Last Line:
May I with scenes like these be blessed
Author:
Edward Burnaby Greene (Speculation)
DMI number:
31415

46. Gentle cupid I will yield

First Line:
Gentle cupid I will yield
Last Line:
When my heart is pieced with love
Author:
Edward Burnaby Greene (Speculation)
DMI number:
31421

47. Go lovely rose

First Line:
Go lovely rose
Last Line:
That are so wondrous sweet and fair
Author:
Edmund Waller (Absolute)
DMI number:
5637

48. Happy the youth who free from care

First Line:
Happy the youth who free from care
Last Line:
Doomed in a moment doomed to die
Author:
Edward Burnaby Greene (Speculation)
DMI number:
31481

49. He that in verse would to the world declare

First Line:
He that in verse would to the world declare
Last Line:
New life to him that was a-dying just before
DMI number:
42087

50. Her slaughtered babes while Niob' mourns

First Line:
Her slaughtered babes while Niob' mourns
Last Line:
My idol's very feet to kiss
Author:
Edward Burnaby Greene (Speculation)
DMI number:
31427

51. Hermes by whom Amphion's song

First Line:
Hermes by whom Amphion's song
Last Line:
My pious love in softly plaintive verse
DMI number:
25588

52. High in air with rapid wing

First Line:
High in air with rapid wing
Last Line:
Now to all but Chloe free
Author:
Edward Burnaby Greene (Speculation)
DMI number:
31450

53. 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

54. I have been in heaven I think

First Line:
I have been in heaven I think
Last Line:
I shall have a heaven below
DMI number:
44458

55. In the rose's fragrant shade

First Line:
In the rose's fragrant shade
Last Line:
Tortured with the stings of love
Author:
Edward Burnaby Greene (Speculation)
DMI number:
31446

56. In a garden t'other day

First Line:
In a garden t'other day
Last Line:
When your arrows pierce his heart
DMI number:
3547

57. In roses cupid peeping

First Line:
In roses cupid peeping
Last Line:
Are those whom thou hast wounded
DMI number:
16660

58. In his Lemnos' loved abode

First Line:
In his Lemnos' loved abode
Last Line:
Hapless god I wish thee joy
Author:
Edward Burnaby Greene (Speculation)
DMI number:
31451

59. In every grove if thou canst show

First Line:
In every grove if thou canst show
Last Line:
Feels the point of cupid's dart
Author:
Edward Burnaby Greene (Speculation)
DMI number:
31438

60. 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

61. Little cupid aid my lays

First Line:
Little cupid aid my lays
Last Line:
Queen of love and littleness
DMI number:
15302

62. Love waving awful in his hand

First Line:
Love waving awful in his hand
Last Line:
Dare you still boast you will not love
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
27177

63. Love's a pain that works our woe

First Line:
Love's a pain that works our woe
Last Line:
Love alas is bought and sold
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
27329

64. Love commanding I obeyed

First Line:
Love commanding I obeyed
Last Line:
All was ecstacy and love
DMI number:
12824

65. Moments winged with smiling pleasure

First Line:
Moments winged with smiling pleasure
Last Line:
That virtue's charms inspired my harmless lays
DMI number:
24312

66. More happy than the gods is he

First Line:
More happy than the gods is he
Last Line:
I seem quite languishing in death
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
27599

67. I never yet could see that face

First Line:
I never yet could see that face
Last Line:
More constant than the man loves always all
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
5511

68. I lately thought delightful theme

First Line:
I lately thought delightful theme
Last Line:
Ever since with raging love I glow
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
27395

69. Idalian god with golden hair

First Line:
Idalian god with golden hair
Last Line:
And fondly loves some happier swain
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute) & Anacreon (Absolute)
DMI number:
27394

70. If absence so much racks my charmer's heart

First Line:
If absence so much racks my charmer's heart
Last Line:
A pleasure lasting as the life of man
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
16952

71. 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

72. If my decay be your encrease

First Line:
If my decay be your encrease
Last Line:
Vouchsafe some little rest to give
DMI number:
49898

73. If my decay be your increase

First Line:
If my decay be your increase
Last Line:
Vouchsafe some little rest to give
DMI number:
49666

74. 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

75. Late the muses cupid found

First Line:
Late the muses cupid found
Last Line:
Love with beauty will remain
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
27206

76. Mighty god of flames and darts

First Line:
Mighty god of flames and darts
Last Line:
Melt the yielding fair to love
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute) & Anacreon (Absolute)
DMI number:
27393

77. Mark when the evenings cooler wings

First Line:
Mark when the evenings cooler wings
Last Line:
That does poor souls refine and makes them drossy things neglect
DMI number:
44393

78. Madness vengeful Rhea proved

First Line:
Madness vengeful Rhea proved
Last Line:
Boundless joys of love and wine
Author:
Edward Burnaby Greene (Speculation)
DMI number:
31420

79. Lyce at length my vows are heard

First Line:
Lyce at length my vows are heard
Last Line:
Still lives the public scorn
Author:
Richard Roderick (Absolute)
DMI number:
23511

80. 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

81. 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

82. Miraculous what love me one whole day

First Line:
Miraculous what love me one whole day
Last Line:
Practise thy worst of change I'll alter too
DMI number:
42681

83. Mistake me not I am not of that mind

First Line:
Mistake me not I am not of that mind
Last Line:
And all for truth shall take it
Author:
Alexander Brome (Absolute)
DMI number:
5592

84. Love's fetters tis a pain to bear

First Line:
Love's fetters tis a pain to bear
Last Line:
Cupid's darts are tipped with gold
Author:
Edward Burnaby Greene (Speculation)
DMI number:
31452

85. Lovely swallow once a year

First Line:
Lovely swallow once a year
Last Line:
In my breast no tongue can tell
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
27293

86. Nay nay thou striv'st in vain my heart

First Line:
Nay nay thou striv'st in vain my heart
Last Line:
Yet never fear to fly
DMI number:
49685

87. Now have I learned with much ado at last

First Line:
Now have I learned with much ado at last
Last Line:
Or thou and all thy skill despised
Author:
Sir Walter Ralegh [Raleigh] (Absolute)
DMI number:
44945

88. Now see my goddess earthly born

First Line:
Now see my goddess earthly born
Last Line:
I'll scorn the scorn of all the wise
DMI number:
29008

89. O thou the dear inflamer of my eyes

First Line:
O thou the dear inflamer of my eyes
Last Line:
Lest thou shouldst rent a heart I'le give thee mine
DMI number:
44448

90. O spare me Venus goddess spare

First Line:
O spare me Venus goddess spare
Last Line:
My cruel fugitive pursue in vain
Author:
William Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25611

91. O Strephon leave me to complain

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

92. O venus awful sovereign of the spring

First Line:
O venus awful sovereign of the spring
Last Line:
Lucy at last was married to an earl
Author:
John Hall-Stevenson (Absolute)
DMI number:
37262

93. 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

94. Oh ye blessed powers propitious be

First Line:
Oh ye blessed powers propitious be
Last Line:
That did my heart betray
DMI number:
43534

95. Oh from thy throne with flowery show

First Line:
Oh from thy throne with flowery show
Last Line:
For ah I long to be at peace
Author:
Edward Burnaby Greene (Speculation)
DMI number:
31478

96. Painter be all thy art expressed

First Line:
Painter be all thy art expressed
Last Line:
Soon soon will speak the pictured maid
Author:
Edward Burnaby Greene (Speculation)
DMI number:
31434

97. Once more the queen of love invades my breast

First Line:
Once more the queen of love invades my breast
Last Line:
Over woods and plains and seas the scornful maid pursue
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
3830

98. Once as Cupid tired with play

First Line:
Once as Cupid tired with play
Last Line:
He that's stung by thee sustains
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
27300

99. Say chattering bird that darest invade

First Line:
Say chattering bird that darest invade
Last Line:
Phyllis the fair the young the gay
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
27185

100. Rare artist whose inventive skill

First Line:
Rare artist whose inventive skill
Last Line:
See see a second Venus lives
DMI number:
27339