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1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. As Celia in her garden strayed

First Line:
As Celia in her garden strayed
Last Line:
She fires with endless love
DMI number:
16318

10. As Cynthia late within the grove

First Line:
As Cynthia late within the grove
Last Line:
But boldly ask a cure
DMI number:
23622

11. Beneath a spreading willow's shade

First Line:
Beneath a spreading willow's shade
Last Line:
And be like me unkindly used
DMI number:
42232

12. Cast my love thine eyes around

First Line:
Cast my love thine eyes around
Last Line:
If her Damon is not near
Author:
Thomas Cooke (Absolute)
DMI number:
23110

13. Come shepherds come

First Line:
Come shepherds come
Last Line:
If you crave it
DMI number:
44236

14. Come Chloris leave thy wandering sheep

First Line:
Come Chloris leave thy wandering sheep
Last Line:
And steal each others heart away
DMI number:
44190

15. Cupid instruct an amorous swain

First Line:
Cupid instruct an amorous swain
Last Line:
Is to suppose them blind
DMI number:
4215

16. Damon regardless of his flocks

First Line:
Damon regardless of his flocks
Last Line:
Protected by her charms
DMI number:
43221

17. Darkness does now the world surround

First Line:
Darkness does now the world surround
Last Line:
I'll haste to slumber in the grave
DMI number:
42764

18. Diaphenia like the daffadowndilly

First Line:
Diaphenia like the daffadowndilly
Last Line:
then in requite sweet Virgin love me
Author:
Henry Chettle (Absolute)
DMI number:
44857

19. Ephelia while her flocks were fair

First Line:
Ephelia while her flocks were fair
Last Line:
That she did lately scorn
DMI number:
42258

20. Fair in a morn oh fairest morn

First Line:
Fair in a morn oh fairest morn
Last Line:
and Sunday shall be holy day
Author:
Nicholas Breton [Britton] (Absolute)
DMI number:
44822

21. Francelia's heart is still the same

First Line:
Francelia's heart is still the same
Last Line:
Beauty takes delight in killing
DMI number:
42433

22. Hard by a river close under a shade

First Line:
Hard by a river close under a shade
Last Line:
And roses are sweetest when brought to the still
DMI number:
42756

23. Haste my Nannette

First Line:
Haste my Nannette
Last Line:
And the sheep stray
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
15531

24. Haste sluggish morn why dost thou stay

First Line:
Haste sluggish morn why dost thou stay
Last Line:
To every man and woman that nights dream
DMI number:
44004

25. Have you not seen the morning sun

First Line:
Have you not seen the morning sun
Last Line:
He'll think me still a maid
DMI number:
23662

26. Herbs words and stones all maladies have cured

First Line:
Herbs words and stones all maladies have cured
Last Line:
Teach other rules to win a maidenhead
DMI number:
44882

27. How can they taste of joys or grief

First Line:
How can they taste of joys or grief
Last Line:
Neaera's cold disdainful heart
DMI number:
2327

28. How heavy the time rolls along

First Line:
How heavy the time rolls along
Last Line:
But haste my dear charmer away
DMI number:
32806

29. How unhappy is my fate

First Line:
How unhappy is my fate
Last Line:
And dying sighed and thought of you
DMI number:
42784

30. How vain are the efforts of art

First Line:
How vain are the efforts of art
Last Line:
For the day how I eagerly pine
DMI number:
25929

31. In a sad unfrequented cyprus grove

First Line:
In a sad unfrequented cyprus grove
Last Line:
Give him a thousand thousand joys beside
DMI number:
41843

32. In a vale fringed with woodland where grottos abound

First Line:
In a vale fringed with woodland where grottos abound
Last Line:
And the muses are all in alliance with love
Author:
William Shenstone (Absolute)
DMI number:
27278

33. In may when the gowans appear on the green

First Line:
In may when the gowans appear on the green
Last Line:
May I live in her presence and die in her arms
Author:
John Logan (Speculation) & Michael Bruce (Absolute)
DMI number:
30155

34. In dew of roses steeping her lovely cheeks

First Line:
In dew of roses steeping her lovely cheeks
Last Line:
Still shall haunt thee
Author:
Thomas Morley (Absolute)
DMI number:
44903

35. In pursuit of some lambs from my flocks that had strayed

First Line:
In pursuit of some lambs from my flocks that had strayed
Last Line:
So no longer I labour in vain
DMI number:
29220

36. It chanced of late a shepherd swain

First Line:
It chanced of late a shepherd swain
Last Line:
And laughed that pleasant sight to see
Author:
Francis Davison (Absolute)
DMI number:
31255

37. My life young shepherdess for thee

First Line:
My life young shepherdess for thee
Last Line:
Or die when life is lost
Author:
Bartholomew Yong (Absolute)
DMI number:
44867

38. More bright the sun began to dawn

First Line:
More bright the sun began to dawn
Last Line:
And who aye who'd have thought it
DMI number:
32909

39. Morpheus Morpheus god of sleep

First Line:
Morpheus Morpheus god of sleep
Last Line:
And wanton in the breaking day
DMI number:
43223

40. I see thee jolly Shepherd merry

First Line:
I see thee jolly Shepherd merry
Last Line:
Then my desert but not desire
Author:
Bartholomew Yong (Absolute)
DMI number:
44870

41. I serve Aminta whiter than the snow

First Line:
I serve Aminta whiter than the snow
Last Line:
Yet will I serve although I die therefore
Author:
Anthony Munday (Absolute)
DMI number:
44864

42. I prithee keepe my kine for me

First Line:
I prithee keepe my kine for me
Last Line:
The nipping frost and beams of parching sun
Author:
Bartholomew Yong (Absolute)
DMI number:
44849

43. If to be lov'd it thee offend

First Line:
If to be lov'd it thee offend
Last Line:
whiles that my life maintains my will
Author:
Bartholomew Yong (Absolute)
DMI number:
44899

44. If that the gentle wind

First Line:
If that the gentle wind
Last Line:
sweet life do not my secret love forsake
Author:
Bartholomew Yong (Absolute)
DMI number:
44856

45. Know Astreas time has wings

First Line:
Know Astreas time has wings
Last Line:
Odours to increase delight
DMI number:
41849

46. Love's queen long waiting for her true love

First Line:
Love's queen long waiting for her true love
Last Line:
Now she coys that hath undone me
DMI number:
44866

47. Melampus when will Love be void of fears

First Line:
Melampus when will Love be void of fears
Last Line:
When deeds win meeds and words Love's works do prove
Author:
George Peele (Absolute)
DMI number:
44807

48. Melpomene the muse of tragic songs

First Line:
Melpomene the muse of tragic songs
Last Line:
False Paris hath to his Oenone been
Author:
George Peele (Absolute)
DMI number:
44933

49. Near to a bank with roses set about

First Line:
Near to a bank with roses set about
Last Line:
hath his last will in keeping
Author:
Michael Drayton (Absolute)
DMI number:
44910

50. Near to the river banks with green

First Line:
Near to the river banks with green
Last Line:
Which to himself he did rehearse
Author:
Bartholomew Yong (Absolute)
DMI number:
44891