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1. A tower of brass one would have said

First Line:
A tower of brass one would have said
Last Line:
With sparing hand but just enough has given
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
932

2. Ah Pettius I no more indite

First Line:
Ah Pettius I no more indite
Last Line:
My present passion ends
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25647

3. Ah tell me why deluded sex thus we

First Line:
Ah tell me why deluded sex thus we
Last Line:
Will owe our charms of wit of parts and poetry
DMI number:
43034

4. Again new tumults in my breast

First Line:
Again new tumults in my breast
Last Line:
And now on rolling waters snatched away
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
25612

5. Again the cruel deities

First Line:
Again the cruel deities
Last Line:
Venus appeased may grant my prayer
Author:
Isaac Pacatus Shard (Absolute)
DMI number:
26109

6. Aminta fear not to confess

First Line:
Aminta fear not to confess
Last Line:
Than the dear secret's kept unknown
Author:
Aphra Behn (Absolute)
DMI number:
2859

7. At last th'uneasy chain is broke

First Line:
At last th'uneasy chain is broke
Last Line:
She too must be the offspring of the brain
DMI number:
6510

8. At length thy powerful arts I own

First Line:
At length thy powerful arts I own
Last Line:
Pure are thy hands thy heart humane
DMI number:
25652

9. Avow my noble friend thy fond desires

First Line:
Avow my noble friend thy fond desires
Last Line:
A married man and forty years to boot
Author:
William of Bangour Hamilton (Absolute)
DMI number:
26587

10. 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

11. 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

12. Begin the joyous nuptial sing

First Line:
Begin the joyous nuptial sing
Last Line:
Well this pair knew how to die
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
242

13. Behold the snow in pompous pride

First Line:
Behold the snow in pompous pride
Last Line:
When where and how to meet again
DMI number:
10023

14. Blush not my friend to own the fire

First Line:
Blush not my friend to own the fire
Last Line:
Both all my flames and all your fears
DMI number:
25524

15. Blush not to court a common dame

First Line:
Blush not to court a common dame
Last Line:
And bid the L--d confound them all
Author:
Robertson||Alexander||of Struan (Absolute)
DMI number:
36085

16. By night on purple carpets spread

First Line:
By night on purple carpets spread
Last Line:
I turned and wished to sleep again
Author:
James Macpherson (Absolute)
DMI number:
25915

17. Come Phillis gentle Phillis prithee come

First Line:
Come Phillis gentle Phillis prithee come
Last Line:
Many a care is charmed by verse
Author:
Thomas Flatman (Absolute)
DMI number:
42143

18. 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

19. Come ye flutterers of the grove

First Line:
Come ye flutterers of the grove
Last Line:
Greater bliss than to receive
DMI number:
12825

20. Celia when I alone was blessed

First Line:
Celia when I alone was blessed
Last Line:
And in thy arms my life would end
DMI number:
25579

21. 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

22. Close circled in my fond embrace

First Line:
Close circled in my fond embrace
Last Line:
And makes us losers by what most we gain
Author:
Matthew Concanen (Absolute)
DMI number:
11359

23. Daughter than thy fair mother much more fair

First Line:
Daughter than thy fair mother much more fair
Last Line:
And love reciprocal return to me
Author:
Sir Thomas Hawkins (Absolute)
DMI number:
42046

24. Cupid once from Venus strayed

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

25. Damon although you waste in vain

First Line:
Damon although you waste in vain
Last Line:
To hear thee sing and make a safe retreat
Author:
Aphra Behn (Confident)
DMI number:
41847

26. Dear Jenny to confess my mind

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

27. Dear merry knight whose sportive vein

First Line:
Dear merry knight whose sportive vein
Last Line:
Let me be secretary
Author:
Sir Charles Hanbury Williams (Speculation)
DMI number:
19820

28. Did Lyce drink at Tanais' head

First Line:
Did Lyce drink at Tanais' head
Last Line:
The time will come when they can bear no more
DMI number:
25587

29. Fit for the girls in Venus' cause

First Line:
Fit for the girls in Venus' cause
Last Line:
Once tap proud Chloe with up-lifted wand
DMI number:
25606

30. Fair crystal fount whose peaceful bed

First Line:
Fair crystal fount whose peaceful bed
Last Line:
In silence steals away
DMI number:
32229

31. 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

32. Fairest of fair ones swear again

First Line:
Fairest of fair ones swear again
Last Line:
Than when they least believe their deity
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
44555

33. Friend Will never think it to thy shame

First Line:
Friend Will never think it to thy shame
Last Line:
Am turned of forty four
DMI number:
1536

34. For my new song the lyric muse

First Line:
For my new song the lyric muse
Last Line:
Give all the riches Asian monarchs share
DMI number:
10003

35. 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

36. Give you nymphs o give your lover

First Line:
Give you nymphs o give your lover
Last Line:
What o what my heart can shade thee
DMI number:
16161

37. From whence usurping man thy boasted claim

First Line:
From whence usurping man thy boasted claim
Last Line:
In choicer gifts but wit to use them well
DMI number:
43036

38. Go lovely rose

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

39. 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

40. Goddess of the fickle sex

First Line:
Goddess of the fickle sex
Last Line:
Breath away my soul each night
DMI number:
12823

41. Happy man the gods outvying

First Line:
Happy man the gods outvying
Last Line:
Now I pant oh now expire
Author:
George Jeffreys (Absolute)
DMI number:
15453

42. Hail thou bright parent of the day

First Line:
Hail thou bright parent of the day
Last Line:
And in each other be for ever blessed
DMI number:
1876

43. Here my Chloe charming maid

First Line:
Here my Chloe charming maid
Last Line:
Can you see and not admire
Author:
Edward Burnaby Greene (Speculation)
DMI number:
27198

44. 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

45. 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

46. I hear my friend you oft enquire

First Line:
I hear my friend you oft enquire
Last Line:
I every wished endowment trace
DMI number:
26670

47. In the dead of the night when with labour oppressed

First Line:
In the dead of the night when with labour oppressed
Last Line:
But you will have trouble enough with your heart
Author:
William Hall (Absolute) & John Hall-Stevenson (Absolute)
DMI number:
27842

48. Indulge not thus thy endless grief

First Line:
Indulge not thus thy endless grief
Last Line:
Than waves that dash the rough Calabrian shore
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25514

49. 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

50. Love commanding I obeyed

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

51. 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

52. 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

53. I saw Clarenda walk about

First Line:
I saw Clarenda walk about
Last Line:
To deck her froze into a gem
DMI number:
44111

54. 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

55. If ever any injured power

First Line:
If ever any injured power
Last Line:
The expected husband from her arms
Author:
Richard Duke (Absolute)
DMI number:
909

56. If ever from heaven the slightest harm

First Line:
If ever from heaven the slightest harm
Last Line:
Should tempt their consorts from their arms
Author:
William Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25529

57. I've often thought but never till now could find

First Line:
I've often thought but never till now could find
Last Line:
And kings choose queens at last
DMI number:
43473

58. If any punishment did follow

First Line:
If any punishment did follow
Last Line:
Their lords away
Author:
Sir Richard Fanshawe (Absolute)
DMI number:
42082

59. 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

60. 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

61. Lydia in heaven's name

First Line:
Lydia in heaven's name
Last Line:
Should him to manly deeds betray
Author:
Sir Richard Fanshawe (Absolute)
DMI number:
42038

62. 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

63. 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

64. 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

65. Now spring begins her smiling round

First Line:
Now spring begins her smiling round
Last Line:
Thy wisdom shall delight his age
Author:
William of Bangour Hamilton (Absolute)
DMI number:
1254

66. 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

67. 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

68. No more the feeble lyre persuade

First Line:
No more the feeble lyre persuade
Last Line:
The easy ravished bliss
DMI number:
16632

69. 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

70. 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

71. 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

72. O Venus queen of smiles and joy

First Line:
O Venus queen of smiles and joy
Last Line:
Of all her sex the rose confessed
DMI number:
22142

73. O Mercury for taught by you

First Line:
O Mercury for taught by you
Last Line:
My epitaph
Author:
Sir Richard Fanshawe (Absolute)
DMI number:
42110

74. Oh tyrant love hast thou possessed

First Line:
Oh tyrant love hast thou possessed
Last Line:
Sacred Hymen these are thine
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
7409

75. Oh what meaneth my sorrowful heart

First Line:
Oh what meaneth my sorrowful heart
Last Line:
And reproach which you cannot forego
DMI number:
35364

76. Pyrrha what slender youth reclined

First Line:
Pyrrha what slender youth reclined
Last Line:
To the great power that rules the main
DMI number:
31194

77. Say why does fair Asterie mourn

First Line:
Say why does fair Asterie mourn
Last Line:
Yet still be cruel and his suit deny
DMI number:
25575

78. Say will no white robed son of light

First Line:
Say will no white robed son of light
Last Line:
Thus the almighty spake he spake and called me truth
Author:
William Mason (Absolute)
DMI number:
24542

79. Roman resolve thou shalt desertless taste

First Line:
Roman resolve thou shalt desertless taste
Last Line:
An offspring fuller of abuse
Author:
Sir Thomas Hawkins (Absolute)
DMI number:
42103

80. Sabina flies me like a fawn

First Line:
Sabina flies me like a fawn
Last Line:
Thou art ripe for man thy rattles fling away
Author:
Matthew Concanen (Confident)
DMI number:
11463

81. She comes she comes now pants my heart

First Line:
She comes she comes now pants my heart
Last Line:
Who took my heart o take me all
DMI number:
16168

82. So flies the timorous fawn her mother gone

First Line:
So flies the timorous fawn her mother gone
Last Line:
Thy mother at that age did so herself
Author:
Robert Thompson (Confident)
DMI number:
42054

83. Sister of Phoebus gentle queen

First Line:
Sister of Phoebus gentle queen
Last Line:
To steal his heart or find my own
Author:
Martha Peckard [née Ferrar] (Absolute)
DMI number:
27779

84. Sleep thou imaginary cure of care

First Line:
Sleep thou imaginary cure of care
Last Line:
And choose the more substantial joy
DMI number:
11487

85. The arms that wax-like bend

First Line:
The arms that wax-like bend
Last Line:
And twisted with their threads of life
Author:
Sir Richard Fanshawe (Absolute)
DMI number:
42043

86. Survey my fair that lucid stream

First Line:
Survey my fair that lucid stream
Last Line:
So Laura's words be not unkind
Author:
William Shenstone (Absolute)
DMI number:
26733

87. That love's my conduct where I go

First Line:
That love's my conduct where I go
Last Line:
That love's concerned in all I do for you
Author:
Aphra Behn (Absolute)
DMI number:
2853

88. Tell me Maria tell me why

First Line:
Tell me Maria tell me why
Last Line:
Leave mamma's arms and come to mine
Author:
William of Bangour Hamilton (Absolute)
DMI number:
26110

89. Tell me o Lydia for by heaven I swear

First Line:
Tell me o Lydia for by heaven I swear
Last Line:
Lest eager hungry Citts should carry him away
DMI number:
44682

90. Tell me thou nimble fire that dost dilate

First Line:
Tell me thou nimble fire that dost dilate
Last Line:
To charming Paris yields her heart and bed
Author:
Aphra Behn (Absolute)
DMI number:
23518

91. Tell me what can he design

First Line:
Tell me what can he design
Last Line:
But only such as may give no offence
Author:
Aphra Behn (Absolute)
DMI number:
2855

92. The country girl that's well inclined

First Line:
The country girl that's well inclined
Last Line:
Never to be heard of more
Author:
Sir Charles Hanbury Williams (Speculation)
DMI number:
17944

93. 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

94. The gods over mortals prove their sway

First Line:
The gods over mortals prove their sway
Last Line:
To tread on if trod on by thee
Author:
William Broome (Absolute)
DMI number:
27196

95. The gods are not more blessed than he

First Line:
The gods are not more blessed than he
Last Line:
I sigh I tremble and I die
Author:
Aphra Behn (Speculation)
DMI number:
3950

96. The gods are not more blest than he

First Line:
The gods are not more blest than he
Last Line:
I sigh I tremble and I die
Author:
William Bowles (Confident)
DMI number:
44576

97. The wanton youths inflamed with love

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

98. The tyrant queen of soft desires

First Line:
The tyrant queen of soft desires
Last Line:
The goddess may incline her heart to yield
Author:
William Congreve (Absolute)
DMI number:
894

99. The wicked men a journey make

First Line:
The wicked men a journey make
Last Line:
One part of the world shall bear Europa's name
DMI number:
41850

100. 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