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1. A bat by dismal chance one day

First Line:
A bat by dismal chance one day
Last Line:
'S occasional conformity
DMI number:
5124

2. A thing more strange all men will say

First Line:
A thing more strange all men will say
Last Line:
Explain my name and what I am
DMI number:
23997

3. Be safe nor fear thyself so good a fame

First Line:
Be safe nor fear thyself so good a fame
Last Line:
I'm more ashamed to have thee thought my foe
Author:
Benjamin Jonson (Absolute)
DMI number:
24922

4. Bleak roared the blast and horror's giant form

First Line:
Bleak roared the blast and horror's giant form
Last Line:
And seal a tyrant's doom
DMI number:
35308

5. Calm was the air and through the silent shade

First Line:
Calm was the air and through the silent shade
Last Line:
Ceasing with them departs the shepherd swain
DMI number:
28404

6. Can you not Silvia in my eyes

First Line:
Can you not Silvia in my eyes
Last Line:
The joy for which he burns
DMI number:
16606

7. For beauty's sake though love doth dread thy might

First Line:
For beauty's sake though love doth dread thy might
Last Line:
The ruthless iron heart that will not break
DMI number:
49159

8. Grand Dieu tes jugements sont remplis d'equite

First Line:
Grand Dieu tes jugements sont remplis d'equite
Last Line:
Qui ne soit tout couvert du sang de Jesus Christ
Author:
Vallé||Jacques||Seigneur des Barreaux (Speculation)
DMI number:
27274

9. Helen was just slipped into bed

First Line:
Helen was just slipped into bed
Last Line:
Alas no eyebrows for tomorrow
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
13511

10. Here Grubinot lies on very ill terms

First Line:
Here Grubinot lies on very ill terms
Last Line:
His old friend that lay dead before him
DMI number:
1422

11. In those fair meads beside that favoured stream

First Line:
In those fair meads beside that favoured stream
Last Line:
Whose heart but feels too strongly what he sings
DMI number:
36161

12. I speak a prologue what strange whim I wonder

First Line:
I speak a prologue what strange whim I wonder
Last Line:
Which surely you will not deny
DMI number:
38109

13. I little thought the time would ever be

First Line:
I little thought the time would ever be
Last Line:
To womankind epitomized in you
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
12398

14. Lyk as the dum solsequium with cair owrecum

First Line:
Lyk as the dum solsequium with cair owrecum
Last Line:
Fareweil with patiens per forss till day
Author:
Alexander Montgomerie (Absolute)
DMI number:
10945

15. Nymphs that mountain wood or hill

First Line:
Nymphs that mountain wood or hill
Last Line:
Hymen resound the woods and hills and shores along
DMI number:
28109

16. Orinda's judgment's just and true

First Line:
Orinda's judgment's just and true
Last Line:
The other when she blamed her own
Author:
Josiah Relph (Absolute)
DMI number:
25212

17. Praised be Diana's fair and harmless light

First Line:
Praised be Diana's fair and harmless light
Last Line:
With Circes let them dwell that think not so
Author:
Sir Walter Ralegh [Raleigh] (Absolute)
DMI number:
44744

18. The flower of Phoebus on a summer's morn

First Line:
The flower of Phoebus on a summer's morn
Last Line:
Since his own beams are lost in Cinthia's eyes
DMI number:
3176

19. The blooming spring delightful May

First Line:
The blooming spring delightful May
Last Line:
The poet's art her mind
Author:
Matthew Concanen (Confident)
DMI number:
11420

20. The prepositions make appear

First Line:
The prepositions make appear
Last Line:
And peace that never dies
Author:
William le Tans'ur (Absolute)
DMI number:
36494

21. There's many talk of Robin Hood

First Line:
There's many talk of Robin Hood
Last Line:
And a la mode are oaths and pride
DMI number:
36918

22. Thou struttest as if thou wert the only lord

First Line:
Thou struttest as if thou wert the only lord
Last Line:
Were they alive they'd be ashamed of thee
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
6322

23. Though I but seventeen do declare

First Line:
Though I but seventeen do declare
Last Line:
A parson wears a band
Author:
William le Tans'ur (Absolute)
DMI number:
36921

24. Tis nobly said my friend what be enslaved

First Line:
Tis nobly said my friend what be enslaved
Last Line:
Down tamely on the straw he lies
DMI number:
36464

25. Well may some pinching farmers smile

First Line:
Well may some pinching farmers smile
Last Line:
Then art and trade is sure to stand
DMI number:
36818

26. What man is he that can control

First Line:
What man is he that can control
Last Line:
The grave that must mankind entomb
DMI number:
34495

27. Where ugliness in pride's combined

First Line:
Where ugliness in pride's combined
Last Line:
He formed and called the ancient maid
DMI number:
2029

28. Why will you thus my just resentments move

First Line:
Why will you thus my just resentments move
Last Line:
All memory of pain
DMI number:
11623

29. Yes happy Albion over thy king

First Line:
Yes happy Albion over thy king
Last Line:
The grisly frown of care and wrinkled brow of age
DMI number:
28374

30. Ye gentle nymphs and generous dames

First Line:
Ye gentle nymphs and generous dames
Last Line:
And boast the fetters wrought by you
Author:
William Shenstone (Absolute)
DMI number:
27233