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1. A furlong or so from bonny Dumblain

First Line:
A furlong or so from bonny Dumblain
Last Line:
She broke her vow and married him next day
Author:
Alexander Pennecuik (Absolute)
DMI number:
25402

2. A choir of bright beauties in spring did appear

First Line:
A choir of bright beauties in spring did appear
Last Line:
When Pan and his son and fair Syrinx return
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4176

3. Ah happy grove dark and secure retreat

First Line:
Ah happy grove dark and secure retreat
Last Line:
And whilst they live their flames can never die
Author:
Wentworth Dillon (Absolute) & Giovanni Battista Guarini (Absolute)
DMI number:
3417

4. Ah Perigot my lad why stand you here

First Line:
Ah Perigot my lad why stand you here
Last Line:
While the good shepherd shook his head and sighed
Author:
William Dodd (Absolute)
DMI number:
33095

5. All day I wander over the plains

First Line:
All day I wander over the plains
Last Line:
That earth or sea does treasure
DMI number:
42746

6. An humble muse from long-kept silence breaks

First Line:
An humble muse from long-kept silence breaks
Last Line:
For Barber's name shall make their glory rise
DMI number:
18812

7. As the plodding ploughman goes

First Line:
As the plodding ploughman goes
Last Line:
Bid the setting sun adieu
Author:
John Cunningham (Absolute)
DMI number:
29003

8. Are you grown lazy or does some disease

First Line:
Are you grown lazy or does some disease
Last Line:
When stretched and yawning in her bed she lies
Author:
William Bowles (Absolute)
DMI number:
3919

9. At the brow of a hill a fair shepherdess dwelt

First Line:
At the brow of a hill a fair shepherdess dwelt
Last Line:
But remember the lass at the brow of the hill
Author:
Mary Jones (Absolute)
DMI number:
23690

10. Bleak mountains and wild staring rocks

First Line:
Bleak mountains and wild staring rocks
Last Line:
And the nymphs as polite as the swains
Author:
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu [nee Pierrepont] (Absolute)
DMI number:
37846

11. Behold | The green fields yellowing into corny gold

First Line:
Behold | The green fields yellowing into corny gold
Last Line:
The circling summons to a cool repast
Author:
William Pattison (Absolute)
DMI number:
29825

12. Beneath a gloomy yew's unhealthy shade

First Line:
Beneath a gloomy yew's unhealthy shade
Last Line:
For my sake live tonight tomorrow die
DMI number:
44566

13. Beneath an hawthorn bush secreted shade

First Line:
Beneath an hawthorn bush secreted shade
Last Line:
S'lud if I catch him by this hand he dies
Author:
William Dodd (Absolute)
DMI number:
20443

14. Beneath the beech's venerable shade

First Line:
Beneath the beech's venerable shade
Last Line:
From the vast mountain falls the extended shade
DMI number:
31497

15. But sing o muse the swain the happy swain

First Line:
But sing o muse the swain the happy swain
Last Line:
Of pride and bold ambition pities kings
DMI number:
40638

16. Come shepherds we'll follow the hearse

First Line:
Come shepherds we'll follow the hearse
Last Line:
And thus let me break it in twain
Author:
John Cunningham (Absolute)
DMI number:
28995

17. Come Wattie while our hirsels feed thegither

First Line:
Come Wattie while our hirsels feed thegither
Last Line:
Reik me my kent and let us hameward steer
DMI number:
15355

18. Close by the entrance of the woodland plain

First Line:
Close by the entrance of the woodland plain
Last Line:
Fled from the Yate and clapped the cottage door
Author:
William Dawson (Absolute)
DMI number:
25353

19. Come lovely Phillis sit thee down

First Line:
Come lovely Phillis sit thee down
Last Line:
And now farewell my dear
DMI number:
40080

20. Corin most unhappie swaine

First Line:
Corin most unhappie swaine
Last Line:
Is the lover's sharpest hell
DMI number:
37357