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1.
A fair maid wed to prying jealousy
First Line:
A fair maid wed to prying jealousy
Last Line:
sweet life do not my secret love forsake
Author:
Bartholomew Yong (Absolute)
DMI number:
44855
2.
A faithful swain whom love had taught to sing
First Line:
A faithful swain whom love had taught to sing
Last Line:
By night he scorches as he burns by day
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
7032
3.
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
4.
A careful nymph with careless grief oppressed
First Line:
A careful nymph with careless grief oppressed
Last Line:
And farewell weeping I can wait no more
Author:
Anthony Munday (Absolute)
DMI number:
44936
5.
A careful nymph with careless grief oppressed
First Line:
A careful nymph with careless grief oppressed
Last Line:
These with my woe my woes with these increase
Author:
Anthony Munday (Absolute)
DMI number:
13195
6.
A carefull nymph with careless grief oppressed
First Line:
A carefull nymph with careless grief oppressed
Last Line:
And farewell weeping I can wait no more
Author:
Anthony Munday (Absolute)
DMI number:
44834
7.
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
8.
A Stella bright I saw her sit
First Line:
A Stella bright I saw her sit
Last Line:
To win a maidenhead
DMI number:
42652
9.
A swain long tortured with disdain
First Line:
A swain long tortured with disdain
Last Line:
And make us tyrants by their fear
DMI number:
11840
10.
A swain who musing on the various cares
First Line:
A swain who musing on the various cares
Last Line:
Warned him to seek the house and quit his verdant bower
Author:
Richard Lewis (Absolute)
DMI number:
23073
11.
A thoughtful druid on the green
First Line:
A thoughtful druid on the green
Last Line:
And darkness takes the place of day
DMI number:
24376
12.
A shepherd and a shepherdess
First Line:
A shepherd and a shepherdess
Last Line:
Like fortune still befall true love
Author:
Anthony Munday (Absolute)
DMI number:
44911
13.
A shepherd boy all in an evening fair
First Line:
A shepherd boy all in an evening fair
Last Line:
To slumbers soft his sorrowing breast invite
Author:
Ambrose Philips (Confident)
DMI number:
6478
14.
A shepherdess of wondrous fame
First Line:
A shepherdess of wondrous fame
Last Line:
Must come in Mars's guise
DMI number:
6222
15.
A silly shepherd lately sat
First Line:
A silly shepherd lately sat
Last Line:
the honour of his sleep
Author:
Nicholas Breton [Britton] (Absolute)
DMI number:
44839
16.
A scene like this can seldom fail to please
First Line:
A scene like this can seldom fail to please
Last Line:
And praise the great director as I ought
Author:
William Woty (Confident)
DMI number:
32883
17.
A turtle sat upon a leafless tree
First Line:
A turtle sat upon a leafless tree
Last Line:
to see her montan die
Author:
Thomas Lodge (Absolute)
DMI number:
44827
18.
A week's long absence had Liberia kept
First Line:
A week's long absence had Liberia kept
Last Line:
Ah watch your words and let your lovers live
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
16980
19.
A lovely nymph in pensive mood
First Line:
A lovely nymph in pensive mood
Last Line:
Of all her grief and pain
DMI number:
11821
20.
A lowly swain loved a proud nymph in vain
First Line:
A lowly swain loved a proud nymph in vain
Last Line:
Some gentler nymph who'll not your love refuse
DMI number:
43562
21.
Ah gentle pipe thee erst I wont to fill
First Line:
Ah gentle pipe thee erst I wont to fill
Last Line:
And mizling clouds gan warn him homeward hie
DMI number:
28441
22.
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
23.
Ah Jenny Gin your eyes do kill
First Line:
Ah Jenny Gin your eyes do kill
Last Line:
Upon this flowery plain
DMI number:
42813
24.
Ah lovely stream how fitly may thou be
First Line:
Ah lovely stream how fitly may thou be
Last Line:
Could so slight all vicissitudes of fate
DMI number:
43443
25.
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
26.
All conquering heat oh intermit thy wrath
First Line:
All conquering heat oh intermit thy wrath
Last Line:
Unsatisfied and sick tosses in noon
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
29847
27.
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
28.
Accept my fair this humble lay
First Line:
Accept my fair this humble lay
Last Line:
In cheerfulness and love
DMI number:
25446
29.
Ah Strephon how can you despise
First Line:
Ah Strephon how can you despise
Last Line:
And make thee tear thy tainted hide
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Absolute)
DMI number:
23983
30.
Ah Sylvia if I still pursue
First Line:
Ah Sylvia if I still pursue
Last Line:
By constant faith and tender love
DMI number:
43696
31.
Ah Thyrsis how shall humble swains
First Line:
Ah Thyrsis how shall humble swains
Last Line:
If every spring bring such a May
Author:
William Savile (Confident) & George Cholmondeley (Confident)
DMI number:
41882
32.
Ah trees why fall your leaves so fast
First Line:
Ah trees why fall your leaves so fast
Last Line:
We grieve since Phillis nill kind Damon's love consort
Author:
Thomas Lodge (Absolute)
DMI number:
44851
33.
Ah well a day how long must I endure
First Line:
Ah well a day how long must I endure
Last Line:
Stay simple girl a lover cannot harm
Author:
Ambrose Philips (Absolute)
DMI number:
22697
34.
Alas how wander I amidst these woods
First Line:
Alas how wander I amidst these woods
Last Line:
Woe to thy bow thy fire the cause of my decay
Author:
Thomas Lodge (Absolute)
DMI number:
44908
35.
Alas my heart mine eye hath wronged thee
First Line:
Alas my heart mine eye hath wronged thee
Last Line:
She can not love and therefore thou must die
Author:
Sir Edward Dyer (Absolute)
DMI number:
44736
36.
Alas my heart mine eye hath wronged thee
First Line:
Alas my heart mine eye hath wronged thee
Last Line:
She cannot love and therefore thou must die
Author:
Sir Edward Dyer (Absolute)
DMI number:
44842
37.
Alas no drug no medicine ever was found
First Line:
Alas no drug no medicine ever was found
Last Line:
Procure though not so fair an easier love
Author:
William Bowman (Confident)
DMI number:
1395
38.
Alas what pleasure now the pleasant spring
First Line:
Alas what pleasure now the pleasant spring
Last Line:
The sun which lights our world is always one
Author:
Edmund Bolton (Absolute)
DMI number:
44797
39.
Alexis a shepherd young constant and kind
First Line:
Alexis a shepherd young constant and kind
Last Line:
With joy I shall wed him I really believe
DMI number:
32913
40.
Alexis shunned his fellow swains
First Line:
Alexis shunned his fellow swains
Last Line:
He bowed obeyed and died
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
808
41.
Alexis the pride of the plain
First Line:
Alexis the pride of the plain
Last Line:
And imparts more than time steals away
DMI number:
32602
42.
Ah Amarillis far more beautiful
First Line:
Ah Amarillis far more beautiful
Last Line:
Shall speak and tell thee that love's martyr dies
DMI number:
22695
43.
Ah Celia arise
First Line:
Ah Celia arise
Last Line:
Such joys to discover
DMI number:
42728
44.
Ah Colin why should thou despair
First Line:
Ah Colin why should thou despair
Last Line:
Shall pleasantly glide over the green
DMI number:
12694
45.
Ah Damon dear shepherd adieu
First Line:
Ah Damon dear shepherd adieu
Last Line:
Ah Damon dear shepherd farewell
DMI number:
22186
46.
Ah dear Amyntas once a sprightly swain
First Line:
Ah dear Amyntas once a sprightly swain
Last Line:
Tis sin to mourn when such a nymph remains
DMI number:
6382
47.
All my hard fate me Mopsus did foretell
First Line:
All my hard fate me Mopsus did foretell
Last Line:
And talk familiar with the feathered race
DMI number:
22713
48.
All nature mourns the skies relent in showers
First Line:
All nature mourns the skies relent in showers
Last Line:
And vanquished nature seems to charm no more
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
22693
49.
Anthis and Cete combed thier flowing hair
First Line:
Anthis and Cete combed thier flowing hair
Last Line:
And thus increase the terrors of the night
Author:
William Diaper (Absolute)
DMI number:
36353
50.
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
51.
Amintas led me to a grove
First Line:
Amintas led me to a grove
Last Line:
Oh who can guess the rest
Author:
Aphra Behn (Absolute)
DMI number:
39406
52.
Amoret and Strephon lay
First Line:
Amoret and Strephon lay
Last Line:
For a reward shall all be his
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
5623
53.
All wet and weary William home returned
First Line:
All wet and weary William home returned
Last Line:
Home hasting I'll thy news from far attend
DMI number:
36320
54.
Along the river's side did Cynthia stray
First Line:
Along the river's side did Cynthia stray
Last Line:
Her presence fills with perfumes all the field
Author:
Philip Ayres (Absolute)
DMI number:
15065
55.
As it fell upon a day
First Line:
As it fell upon a day
Last Line:
Faithful friend from flattering foe
DMI number:
38524
56.
As it fell upon a day
First Line:
As it fell upon a day
Last Line:
None alive will pity me
Author:
Richard Barnfield (Absolute)
DMI number:
44825
57.
As late by Thames's verdant side
First Line:
As late by Thames's verdant side
Last Line:
Poor Chloe quite forgot her song
Author:
Sir Charles Hanbury Williams (Absolute)
DMI number:
31627
58.
As late I strove Lucilla's lip to kiss
First Line:
As late I strove Lucilla's lip to kiss
Last Line:
Like me be scorned nor ever taste a kiss
Author:
Thomas Warton (Absolute)
DMI number:
24536
59.
As late to shun the noon day's scorching heat
First Line:
As late to shun the noon day's scorching heat
Last Line:
And cursed the shepherd who was dead to love
DMI number:
41767
60.
As love sick Corydon beside
First Line:
As love sick Corydon beside
Last Line:
And broke at last his heart
Author:
Joseph Mitchell (Absolute)
DMI number:
2372
61.
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
62.
As through the woods I roved
First Line:
As through the woods I roved
Last Line:
Produced a thousand charms
DMI number:
42806
63.
As Thyrsis reclined by her side he loved best
First Line:
As Thyrsis reclined by her side he loved best
Last Line:
And pay each inconstant in kind
DMI number:
32877
64.
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
65.
As on a bank where violets blow
First Line:
As on a bank where violets blow
Last Line:
Confessed herself the Cyprian queen
Author:
Thomas Cooke (Absolute)
DMI number:
22594
66.
As on a summer's day
First Line:
As on a summer's day
Last Line:
And a shepherd all thy own
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
20615
67.
As Phoebus darted forth a milder ray
First Line:
As Phoebus darted forth a milder ray
Last Line:
And gained a living conquest by her death
Author:
William Pattison (Speculation)
DMI number:
11877
68.
As Phoebus darted forth his milder ray
First Line:
As Phoebus darted forth his milder ray
Last Line:
And gained a living conquest by her death
Author:
William Pattison (Absolute) & Alexander Pope (Speculation)
DMI number:
35678
69.
As grateful in spring are the flowers to the bee
First Line:
As grateful in spring are the flowers to the bee
Last Line:
And brighten the sunshine of virtue and love
DMI number:
26980
70.
As he lay in the plain his arm under his head
First Line:
As he lay in the plain his arm under his head
Last Line:
And our eyes tell each other what neither dare name
DMI number:
3485
71.
As I beheld I saw a herdman wild
First Line:
As I beheld I saw a herdman wild
Last Line:
What printed is in heart on tree to blot
Author:
William Byrd (Absolute)
DMI number:
44897
72.
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
73.
Arise my Lycas in yon woody wilds
First Line:
Arise my Lycas in yon woody wilds
Last Line:
Shall never profane the silence of the groves
Author:
Thomas Warton (Absolute)
DMI number:
32527
74.
Arise my sweet Phillis and let's to the grove
First Line:
Arise my sweet Phillis and let's to the grove
Last Line:
In mighty love's name that should still command all
DMI number:
42654
75.
Arise O Phosphorus and bring the day
First Line:
Arise O Phosphorus and bring the day
Last Line:
Tis barbarous to insult on one that dies
Author:
William Walsh (Absolute)
DMI number:
6683
76.
As Celia in her garden strayed
First Line:
As Celia in her garden strayed
Last Line:
She fires with endless love
DMI number:
16318
77.
As Chloe by a river's side
First Line:
As Chloe by a river's side
Last Line:
All my joys in view
DMI number:
18204
78.
As Chloris full of harmless thought
First Line:
As Chloris full of harmless thought
Last Line:
And yielded to a swain
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
23629
79.
As Chloris full of harmless thoughts
First Line:
As Chloris full of harmless thoughts
Last Line:
And yielded to the swain
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
380
80.
As cupid tired with many a prank
First Line:
As cupid tired with many a prank
Last Line:
Too sure you'll find your arrows there
DMI number:
12597
81.
As Cynthia late within the grove
First Line:
As Cynthia late within the grove
Last Line:
But boldly ask a cure
DMI number:
23622
82.
As Damon late with Chloe sat
First Line:
As Damon late with Chloe sat
Last Line:
The silent flute's the sweetest
DMI number:
622
83.
As Damon that unhappy swain
First Line:
As Damon that unhappy swain
Last Line:
The body flies and leaves the soul behind
DMI number:
41809
84.
As I to cool me bathed one sultry day
First Line:
As I to cool me bathed one sultry day
Last Line:
Yet often stopped and often turned her eye
Author:
Ambrose Philips (Absolute)
DMI number:
25226
85.
As I went over the meadows no matter the day
First Line:
As I went over the meadows no matter the day
Last Line:
Nor go while I live for a give to the fair
DMI number:
32886
86.
At dead of night when rapt in sleep
First Line:
At dead of night when rapt in sleep
Last Line:
And cursed approaching day
DMI number:
3775
87.
At large beneath this floating foliage laid
First Line:
At large beneath this floating foliage laid
Last Line:
My sweeter Colin Clout outpipes you both at home
Author:
William Thompson (Absolute)
DMI number:
30466
88.
At noon in a sultry summer's day
First Line:
At noon in a sultry summer's day
Last Line:
By me mistaken maid
Author:
Mr. Ramodon (Confident) & Charles Sackville (Absolute)
DMI number:
5599
89.
At noon in a sunshiny day
First Line:
At noon in a sunshiny day
Last Line:
By me mistaken maid
Author:
Charles Sackville (Absolute)
DMI number:
2576
90.
At noon on a sun shiny day
First Line:
At noon on a sun shiny day
Last Line:
By me mistaken maid
Author:
Charles Sackville (Absolute)
DMI number:
33522
91.
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
92.
As withereth the primrose by the river
First Line:
As withereth the primrose by the river
Last Line:
As shine by fountains bubbles flowers or snow
Author:
Edmund Bolton (Absolute)
DMI number:
44793
93.
As young Selinda led her flock
First Line:
As young Selinda led her flock
Last Line:
The heights of love and amity | And all the day &c
Author:
Aphra Behn (Confident)
DMI number:
41845
94.
Ask not the cause why all the tuneful swains
First Line:
Ask not the cause why all the tuneful swains
Last Line:
While hyacinths and myrtles round her spring
Author:
Elijah Fenton (Absolute)
DMI number:
6463
95.
Aspiring Phoebus who alone can warm
First Line:
Aspiring Phoebus who alone can warm
Last Line:
That each may fill the circle made by heaven
DMI number:
21961
96.
Be still fond youth and cease the rueful noise
First Line:
Be still fond youth and cease the rueful noise
Last Line:
The frightened sailor will forbode a storm
Author:
William Diaper (Absolute)
DMI number:
36349
97.
Beauty sat bathing by a spring
First Line:
Beauty sat bathing by a spring
Last Line:
hey nonnie nonnie etc
Author:
Anthony Munday (Absolute)
DMI number:
44802
98.
Begin begin Diana's praise
First Line:
Begin begin Diana's praise
Last Line:
And do the work of Caesar's sword the mighty work of fate
DMI number:
43423
99.
Behold Alexis see the gloomy shade
First Line:
Behold Alexis see the gloomy shade
Last Line:
As once on earth were seen Pastora's eyes
Author:
William Congreve (Absolute)
DMI number:
6773
100.
Behold Alexis see this gloomy shade
First Line:
Behold Alexis see this gloomy shade
Last Line:
As once on earth were seen Pastora's eyes
Author:
William Congreve (Absolute)
DMI number:
2113
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