Poem Genre / Form: Quatrain abab / Poem Theme: Love and Grief / sadness / melancholy

1. Ah pity Colin cruel fair

First Line:: Ah pity Colin cruel fair
Last Line:: Before it is too late
DMI number:: 23565

2. Absent from thee I languish still

First Line:: Absent from thee I languish still
Last Line:: And lose my everlasting rest
Author:: John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:: 4117

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 Colin why should thou despair

First Line:: Ah Colin why should thou despair
Last Line:: Shall pleasantly glide over the green
DMI number:: 12694

5. 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

6. Beneath a cooling shade

First Line:: Beneath a cooling shade
Last Line:: And heaven is but to love
DMI number:: 12817

7. Beneath an aged oak's embowering shade

First Line:: Beneath an aged oak's embowering shade
Last Line:: Nor pain forsake me in the jocund field
Author:: Thomas Percy (Absolute)
DMI number:: 27886

8. Feed still thy self thou fondling with belief

First Line:: Feed still thy self thou fondling with belief
Last Line:: When thou complainst the heat and feeds the fire
Author:: John Lyly (Absolute)
DMI number:: 44740

9. Farewell my useless scrip

First Line:: Farewell my useless scrip
Last Line:: Till death shall set me free
DMI number:: 44425

10. For ever o merciless fair

First Line:: For ever o merciless fair
Last Line:: If you even resolve not to love
DMI number:: 33532

11. Hard by the hall our master's house

First Line:: Hard by the hall our master's house
Last Line:: And whiten all the shore
DMI number:: 15920

12. Have I not offered god of love

First Line:: Have I not offered god of love
Last Line:: If just oh god of love restore
DMI number:: 33521

13. Have I not told thee dearest mine

First Line:: Have I not told thee dearest mine
Last Line:: And frown me to my grave
DMI number:: 44286

14. 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

15. How can a true lover enjoy

First Line:: How can a true lover enjoy
Last Line:: While the nymph she will smile at the wound
DMI number:: 21569

16. How mean the pride how false the shame

First Line:: How mean the pride how false the shame
Last Line:: May meet refined above
DMI number:: 29932

17. How oft to Mira has her favoured youth

First Line:: How oft to Mira has her favoured youth
Last Line:: Peaceful to sleep amongst the silent dead
DMI number:: 36162

18. Imperious love whose secret fire

First Line:: Imperious love whose secret fire
Last Line:: For thy lost friend disdain to flow
DMI number:: 22099

19. In vain Zelinda my fond heart

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

20. My Phillida adieu love

First Line:: My Phillida adieu love
Last Line:: Now Phillida is dead
DMI number:: 37417

21. I prithee leave me love me no more

First Line:: I prithee leave me love me no more
Last Line:: But thus in heaven tormented
DMI number:: 44258

22. If you complain your flames are hot

First Line:: If you complain your flames are hot
Last Line:: Or lamps in antient urns
DMI number:: 43478

23. Marriage that makes two bodies one

First Line:: Marriage that makes two bodies one
Last Line:: And he for something less
DMI number:: 36895

24. Myrtle unsheathed his shining blade

First Line:: Myrtle unsheathed his shining blade
Last Line:: This madman else will stain the floor
DMI number:: 26922

25. No second love shall ever my heart surprize

First Line:: No second love shall ever my heart surprize
Last Line:: She knows my wrongs and will regard my prayer
Author:: James Hammond (Absolute)
DMI number:: 22618

26. No longer will i ask her love

First Line:: No longer will i ask her love
Last Line:: Let M--d--y be her Lord
DMI number:: 35350

27. O cease to mourn unhappy youth

First Line:: O cease to mourn unhappy youth
Last Line:: Who quite have lost my own
DMI number:: 33533

28. O friend by every sympathy endeared

First Line:: O friend by every sympathy endeared
Last Line:: She rise to native heaven from whence she came
Author:: Thomas Blacklock (Absolute)
DMI number:: 25855

29. Oh love whose power and might

First Line:: Oh love whose power and might
Last Line:: And rend her smock in sunder
DMI number:: 42521

30. Phylida was a faire mayde

First Line:: Phylida was a faire mayde
Last Line:: Hath murdred with disdaine
Author:: Thomas Howard (Speculation)
DMI number:: 37821

31. Poor hopeless emblem of Amintor's heart

First Line:: Poor hopeless emblem of Amintor's heart
Last Line:: Their praise that love and are beloved
DMI number:: 42547

32. Phillida was a faire maide

First Line:: Phillida was a faire maide
Last Line:: Hath murdred with disdaine
Author:: Thomas Howard (Speculation)
DMI number:: 37315

33. Retired from any mortal's sight

First Line:: Retired from any mortal's sight
Last Line:: As bore his life away
Author:: Nahum Tate (Absolute)
DMI number:: 38717

34. Sad Philocles sighed to the wind

First Line:: Sad Philocles sighed to the wind
Last Line:: To another sad desperate swain
Author:: William Dawson (Absolute)
DMI number:: 11293

35. Should Jove descend in floods of liquid ore

First Line:: Should Jove descend in floods of liquid ore
Last Line:: And bid the turf lie easy on her breast
Author:: James Hammond (Absolute)
DMI number:: 22609

36. Seest thou yonder craggy rock

First Line:: Seest thou yonder craggy rock
Last Line:: My passion either sooth or school
Author:: Anne Killigrew (Speculation)
DMI number:: 23717

37. Soft smiling Venus heavenly fair

First Line:: Soft smiling Venus heavenly fair
Last Line:: And shield my drooping soul from woe
DMI number:: 33420

38. Streph and Chlo part you knave

First Line:: Streph and Chlo part you knave
Last Line:: If he leaves Chloe too
DMI number:: 22010

39. Sylvia could your eyes but see

First Line:: Sylvia could your eyes but see
Last Line:: Leaving the wretch still to despair
DMI number:: 42671

40. The rising sun through all the grove

First Line:: The rising sun through all the grove
Last Line:: And sigh the live-long day
Author:: Richard Graves (Absolute)
DMI number:: 26722

41. The rose had been washed just washed in a shower

First Line:: The rose had been washed just washed in a shower
Last Line:: May be followed perhaps by a smile
Author:: William Cowper (Absolute)
DMI number:: 36977

42. The sun had scarce drunk up the dew

First Line:: The sun had scarce drunk up the dew
Last Line:: Who is unknown to fame
Author:: Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:: 6300

43. The sun through thickest clouds at last

First Line:: The sun through thickest clouds at last
Last Line:: I owe it to your eyes
DMI number:: 20685

44. The time when first I fell in Love

First Line:: The time when first I fell in Love
Last Line:: Nor minute good to love
DMI number:: 44757

45. There's no dallying with love

First Line:: There's no dallying with love
Last Line:: False love wants not real pain
DMI number:: 43753

46. Thou fairest excellence of heaven

First Line:: Thou fairest excellence of heaven
Last Line:: Desponding now and lost I ask no more
DMI number:: 40586

47. Thou lenient disperser of care

First Line:: Thou lenient disperser of care
Last Line:: For Nancy approves of my flame
DMI number:: 36766

48. Thousands would seek the lasting peace of death

First Line:: Thousands would seek the lasting peace of death
Last Line:: One tear from her is more than all thy pain
Author:: James Hammond (Absolute)
DMI number:: 22612

49. Tis true my wish will never find

First Line:: Tis true my wish will never find
Last Line:: And cautions whom he loves to fly
Author:: William Shenstone (Absolute)
DMI number:: 27853

50. To yon dark grove Alisia flew

First Line:: To yon dark grove Alisia flew
Last Line:: She with a groan expired
Author:: Edward Jerningham (Absolute)
DMI number:: 37072

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1. Ah pity Colin cruel fair

2. Absent from thee I languish still

3. Adieu ye walls that guard my cruel fair

4. Ah Colin why should thou despair

5. As oft as I behold and see

6. Beneath a cooling shade

7. Beneath an aged oak's embowering shade

8. Feed still thy self thou fondling with belief

9. Farewell my useless scrip

10. For ever o merciless fair

11. Hard by the hall our master's house

12. Have I not offered god of love

13. Have I not told thee dearest mine

14. He who could first two gentle hearts unbind

15. How can a true lover enjoy

16. How mean the pride how false the shame

17. How oft to Mira has her favoured youth

18. Imperious love whose secret fire

19. In vain Zelinda my fond heart

20. My Phillida adieu love

21. I prithee leave me love me no more

22. If you complain your flames are hot

23. Marriage that makes two bodies one

24. Myrtle unsheathed his shining blade

25. No second love shall ever my heart surprize

26. No longer will i ask her love

27. O cease to mourn unhappy youth

28. O friend by every sympathy endeared

29. Oh love whose power and might

30. Phylida was a faire mayde

31. Poor hopeless emblem of Amintor's heart

32. Phillida was a faire maide

33. Retired from any mortal's sight

34. Sad Philocles sighed to the wind

35. Should Jove descend in floods of liquid ore

36. Seest thou yonder craggy rock

37. Soft smiling Venus heavenly fair

38. Streph and Chlo part you knave

39. Sylvia could your eyes but see

40. The rising sun through all the grove

41. The rose had been washed just washed in a shower

42. The sun had scarce drunk up the dew

43. The sun through thickest clouds at last

44. The time when first I fell in Love

45. There's no dallying with love

46. Thou fairest excellence of heaven

47. Thou lenient disperser of care

48. Thousands would seek the lasting peace of death

49. Tis true my wish will never find

50. To yon dark grove Alisia flew