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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. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. Amphion strikes the vocal lyre

First Line:
Amphion strikes the vocal lyre
Last Line:
Bring neither brick nor stone
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
8230

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. As Sylvia with Alexis walked

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

13. As in Jove's temple once I prayed

First Line:
As in Jove's temple once I prayed
Last Line:
But in her scornful frowns a hell
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
7977

14. 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

15. Be proud blessed glass and justly too

First Line:
Be proud blessed glass and justly too
Last Line:
And show what none abide
DMI number:
5357

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. By milk-white doves as drawn of old

First Line:
By milk-white doves as drawn of old
Last Line:
As Venus is by Hyde
DMI number:
7438

19. 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

20. Cease charming Flora to complain

First Line:
Cease charming Flora to complain
Last Line:
That feels the harmony
DMI number:
10043

21. Chloe denied by cruel fate

First Line:
Chloe denied by cruel fate
Last Line:
And let the other want
Author:
Samuel Phillips (Speculation)
DMI number:
5781

22. Chloe the creature you have lost

First Line:
Chloe the creature you have lost
Last Line:
And fancy's place supply
DMI number:
6180

23. Come old time and use thy sickle

First Line:
Come old time and use thy sickle
Last Line:
Any real blessings here
DMI number:
5113

24. 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

25. Celia be wise and so comply

First Line:
Celia be wise and so comply
Last Line:
Will cry old woman to your face
DMI number:
5257

26. 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

27. 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

28. 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

29. 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

30. Euphemia played what lively raptures stole

First Line:
Euphemia played what lively raptures stole
Last Line:
Thus still I'd die to live and live to die
DMI number:
22085

31. 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

32. Fairest of thy sex and best

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

33. 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

34. Fixed is the date of all things here below

First Line:
Fixed is the date of all things here below
Last Line:
And steal their beauties from thy mind and face
DMI number:
15497

35. 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

36. Gran-dame thou'rt old and yet I love thee

First Line:
Gran-dame thou'rt old and yet I love thee
Last Line:
A setting sun was never admired before
DMI number:
5172

37. Great are the wretched lovers pains

First Line:
Great are the wretched lovers pains
Last Line:
But I would never never part
DMI number:
5251

38. 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

39. 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

40. How awful the morning breaks over yon hill

First Line:
How awful the morning breaks over yon hill
Last Line:
And consider the world as a jest
DMI number:
32008

41. In Sylvia every grace

First Line:
In Sylvia every grace
Last Line:
Loved and admired by all
DMI number:
17659

42. In Phoebus wit as Ovid said

First Line:
In Phoebus wit as Ovid said
Last Line:
She pays you as a tree
Author:
Thomas Parnell (Absolute)
DMI number:
8399

43. Is it not madness thus to be

First Line:
Is it not madness thus to be
Last Line:
And that is thou art a whore
DMI number:
6628

44. 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

45. 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

46. I sent a pretty finch of late

First Line:
I sent a pretty finch of late
Last Line:
For I my self can sing
DMI number:
5165

47. If beauteous Kitty boasts a charm

First Line:
If beauteous Kitty boasts a charm
Last Line:
Tis folly's self we hear
DMI number:
8269

48. If Celia has no secret I

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

49. 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

50. Madam | Your presence at this tuneful play

First Line:
Madam | Your presence at this tuneful play
Last Line:
Oh you must kill me in your arms
DMI number:
6160