Poem Genre / Form: Quatrain abab and Lyric / Poem Theme: Love

1. A constancy in love I'll prize

First Line:: A constancy in love I'll prize
Last Line:: He brings a thousand more
DMI number:: 43227

2. A shepherdess of wondrous fame

First Line:: A shepherdess of wondrous fame
Last Line:: Must come in Mars's guise
DMI number:: 6222

3. Adieu ye walls that guard my cruel fair

First Line:: Adieu ye walls that guard my cruel fair
Last Line:: Yet love the coward love still lags behind
Author:: James Hammond (Absolute)
DMI number:: 22608

4. Ah what avails thy lover's pious care

First Line:: Ah what avails thy lover's pious care
Last Line:: Oh let me with this sigh of love expire
Author:: James Hammond (Absolute)
DMI number:: 22614

5. Alas in vain I strive to fly

First Line:: Alas in vain I strive to fly
Last Line:: And each is a miss for me
DMI number:: 5815

6. After the pangs of fierce desire

First Line:: After the pangs of fierce desire
Last Line:: Serve only to endear the coast
Author:: Charles Hopkins (Confident)
DMI number:: 6610

7. Ah Celia where are now the charms

First Line:: Ah Celia where are now the charms
Last Line:: Or she has not a heart like thine
Author:: William Walsh (Absolute)
DMI number:: 6679

8. A woman O curse that there is such a name

First Line:: A woman O curse that there is such a name
Last Line:: To trust him so soon with an arrow
DMI number:: 5762

9. Amongst the myrtles as I walked

First Line:: Amongst the myrtles as I walked
Last Line:: Like these short sweets thus knit together
Author:: Thomas Carew (Absolute)
DMI number:: 4699

10. All thoughts of freedom are too late

First Line:: All thoughts of freedom are too late
Last Line:: May last with equal pleasure too
DMI number:: 6169

11. As virtuous men pass mildly away

First Line:: As virtuous men pass mildly away
Last Line:: And makes me end where I begun
Author:: John Donne (Absolute)
DMI number:: 6731

12. As oft as I behold and see

First Line:: As oft as I behold and see
Last Line:: Of ill sown seed such is the fruit
DMI number:: 32104

13. As free as wanton winds I lived

First Line:: As free as wanton winds I lived
Last Line:: My letters made it good
DMI number:: 43225

14. As Sylvia with Alexis walked

First Line:: As Sylvia with Alexis walked
Last Line:: For I'm your fellow slave
DMI number:: 24345

15. At setting day and rising morn

First Line:: At setting day and rising morn
Last Line:: A heart that never can wander
Author:: Allan Ramsay (Absolute)
DMI number:: 18406

16. Belinda long my heart assailed

First Line:: Belinda long my heart assailed
Last Line:: Dear Cynthia let me thus be blest
DMI number:: 15491

17. Belinda why do you distrust

First Line:: Belinda why do you distrust
Last Line:: Or slight her charming graces
Author:: Edward Ward (Confident)
DMI number:: 5388

18. Bring bring my mistress to my arms

First Line:: Bring bring my mistress to my arms
Last Line:: What feeds puts out the fire
DMI number:: 5308

19. Come thou most charming object of my love

First Line:: Come thou most charming object of my love
Last Line:: And in sweet transports give up all my love
Author:: Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer] (Confident)
DMI number:: 4082

20. Celia too late you would repent

First Line:: Celia too late you would repent
Last Line:: Before our love is gone
Author:: William Walsh (Absolute)
DMI number:: 6665

21. Chloris farewell I now must go

First Line:: Chloris farewell I now must go
Last Line:: But make my constant meals at home
Author:: Edmund Waller (Absolute)
DMI number:: 6642

22. Come little infant love me now

First Line:: Come little infant love me now
Last Line:: And we both shall monarchs prove
Author:: Andrew Marvell (Absolute)
DMI number:: 3800

23. Dear Chloe while thus beyond measure

First Line:: Dear Chloe while thus beyond measure
Last Line:: That decrepit old age cannot freeze
Author:: Matthew Prior (Speculation)
DMI number:: 12440

24. Cruel Amynta can you see

First Line:: Cruel Amynta can you see
Last Line:: Who much security beguiles
Author:: William Congreve (Absolute)
DMI number:: 4229

25. Enchanted by your voice and face

First Line:: Enchanted by your voice and face
Last Line:: Whenever they please can raise the dead
DMI number:: 6538

26. Dorinda's sparkling wit and eyes

First Line:: Dorinda's sparkling wit and eyes
Last Line:: That runs his link full in your face
Author:: Charles Sackville (Absolute)
DMI number:: 3848

27. Fair Aminta art thou mad

First Line:: Fair Aminta art thou mad
Last Line:: And in a scoff salute
Author:: Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:: 6288

28. Farewell that liberty our fathers gave

First Line:: Farewell that liberty our fathers gave
Last Line:: The froward lover hence this angry song
Author:: James Hammond (Absolute)
DMI number:: 22607

29. Fairest of thy sex and best

First Line:: Fairest of thy sex and best
Last Line:: But freedom to adore
DMI number:: 4828

30. For want of something else to do

First Line:: For want of something else to do
Last Line:: For all are centered there
DMI number:: 21973

31. Gentlest air thou breath of lovers

First Line:: Gentlest air thou breath of lovers
Last Line:: Every nymph may read thee here
Author:: Anne Finch [nee Kingsmill] (Absolute)
DMI number:: 17933

32. Hail to the light the day and thee my dear

First Line:: Hail to the light the day and thee my dear
Last Line:: Their work and pleasure is to sing and love
Author:: Anthony Hammond (Confident)
DMI number:: 10522

33. He who could first two gentle hearts unbind

First Line:: He who could first two gentle hearts unbind
Last Line:: And when he durst no longer hope he died
Author:: James Hammond (Absolute)
DMI number:: 22615

34. I ask not my Celia would love me again

First Line:: I ask not my Celia would love me again
Last Line:: Since all others but increase my desire
Author:: Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:: 6287

35. Impatient with desire at last

First Line:: Impatient with desire at last
Last Line:: By our own folly she's unkind
Author:: George Granville (Absolute)
DMI number:: 6640

36. In vain Zelinda my fond heart

First Line:: In vain Zelinda my fond heart
Last Line:: But who offends them die
DMI number:: 22976

37. Love still has something of the sea

First Line:: Love still has something of the sea
Last Line:: I could no deeper love
Author:: Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:: 6284

38. Love when 'tis true needs not the aid

First Line:: Love when 'tis true needs not the aid
Last Line:: To set to show what none can hide
Author:: Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:: 6275

39. Love bid me hope and I obeyed

First Line:: Love bid me hope and I obeyed
Last Line:: In women mean mistrustful shame
Author:: John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:: 598

40. Love how unequal are thy laws

First Line:: Love how unequal are thy laws
Last Line:: And its too late to leave it
Author:: Sir Charles Sedley (Speculation)
DMI number:: 6360

41. Love I did send you forth enamelled fair

First Line:: Love I did send you forth enamelled fair
Last Line:: Where change doth use all shapes of tyranny
Author:: Fulke Greville (Absolute)
DMI number:: 13178

42. I've found the way to conquest now

First Line:: I've found the way to conquest now
Last Line:: Who conquers from the battle flies
DMI number:: 7179

43. I saw last night a pretty sight

First Line:: I saw last night a pretty sight
Last Line:: My heart had got the wound
Author:: Aphra Behn (Confident)
DMI number:: 6159

44. I looked and I sighed and I wish I could speak

First Line:: I looked and I sighed and I wish I could speak
Last Line:: A very good end of this wooing
Author:: William Congreve (Absolute)
DMI number:: 40496

45. I looked and I sighed and I wished I could speak

First Line:: I looked and I sighed and I wished I could speak
Last Line:: A very good end of this wooing
Author:: William Congreve (Absolute)
DMI number:: 4225

46. If Celia has no secret I

First Line:: If Celia has no secret I
Last Line:: And penetrate each part
DMI number:: 10590

47. If love's a pleasure what is pain

First Line:: If love's a pleasure what is pain
Last Line:: More joys than with em all
DMI number:: 6176

48. If you reward my love with love again

First Line:: If you reward my love with love again
Last Line:: My curse my death my hell I must esteem you
Author:: Francis Davison (Absolute)
DMI number:: 49618

49. Let others boast their heaps of shining gold

First Line:: Let others boast their heaps of shining gold
Last Line:: While pitying maids our wondrous loves relate
Author:: James Hammond (Absolute)
DMI number:: 22619

50. Lay down proud heart thy rebel arms

First Line:: Lay down proud heart thy rebel arms
Last Line:: Shade thou thy light I cannot turn my eyes
DMI number:: 7167

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1. A constancy in love I'll prize

2. A shepherdess of wondrous fame

3. Adieu ye walls that guard my cruel fair

4. Ah what avails thy lover's pious care

5. Alas in vain I strive to fly

6. After the pangs of fierce desire

7. Ah Celia where are now the charms

8. A woman O curse that there is such a name

9. Amongst the myrtles as I walked

10. All thoughts of freedom are too late

11. As virtuous men pass mildly away

12. As oft as I behold and see

13. As free as wanton winds I lived

14. As Sylvia with Alexis walked

15. At setting day and rising morn

16. Belinda long my heart assailed

17. Belinda why do you distrust

18. Bring bring my mistress to my arms

19. Come thou most charming object of my love

20. Celia too late you would repent

21. Chloris farewell I now must go

22. Come little infant love me now

23. Dear Chloe while thus beyond measure

24. Cruel Amynta can you see

25. Enchanted by your voice and face

26. Dorinda's sparkling wit and eyes

27. Fair Aminta art thou mad

28. Farewell that liberty our fathers gave

29. Fairest of thy sex and best

30. For want of something else to do

31. Gentlest air thou breath of lovers

32. Hail to the light the day and thee my dear

33. He who could first two gentle hearts unbind

34. I ask not my Celia would love me again

35. Impatient with desire at last

36. In vain Zelinda my fond heart

37. Love still has something of the sea

38. Love when 'tis true needs not the aid

39. Love bid me hope and I obeyed

40. Love how unequal are thy laws

41. Love I did send you forth enamelled fair

42. I've found the way to conquest now

43. I saw last night a pretty sight

44. I looked and I sighed and I wish I could speak

45. I looked and I sighed and I wished I could speak

46. If Celia has no secret I

47. If love's a pleasure what is pain

48. If you reward my love with love again

49. Let others boast their heaps of shining gold

50. Lay down proud heart thy rebel arms