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1. A well known vase of sovereign use I sing

First Line:
A well known vase of sovereign use I sing
Last Line:
Ne other joy but you the faithful striplings know
Author:
Christopher Pitt (Absolute)
DMI number:
22094

2. Ah me full sorely is my heart forlorn

First Line:
Ah me full sorely is my heart forlorn
Last Line:
Till reason's morn arise and lead them on their way
Author:
William Shenstone (Absolute)
DMI number:
38216

3. Ah me is all our pleasure mixed with woe

First Line:
Ah me is all our pleasure mixed with woe
Last Line:
And braves the indignant flood and thunders over the field
Author:
Robert Bedingfield (Absolute)
DMI number:
22526

4. Abroad in arms at home in studious kind

First Line:
Abroad in arms at home in studious kind
Last Line:
And day and night her doors to all stand open wide
Author:
Edmund Spenser (Absolute)
DMI number:
9819

5. Ah who can tell how hard it is to climb

First Line:
Ah who can tell how hard it is to climb
Last Line:
Tis meet that I should mourn flow forth afresh my tears
Author:
James Beattie (Absolute)
DMI number:
37728

6. Ah friend forbear nor fright the fields

First Line:
Ah friend forbear nor fright the fields
Last Line:
Their own eternal rights and nature's injured reign
Author:
William Whitehead (Absolute)
DMI number:
22457

7. And you fresh bud of virtue springing fast

First Line:
And you fresh bud of virtue springing fast
Last Line:
And what I cannot quite requite with usury
Author:
Edmund Spenser (Absolute)
DMI number:
14949

8. And by his side rode loathsome gluttony

First Line:
And by his side rode loathsome gluttony
Last Line:
Such one was gluttony the second of that crew
Author:
Edmund Spenser (Absolute)
DMI number:
14894

9. And by the way the sundry purpose found

First Line:
And by the way the sundry purpose found
Last Line:
So loath she was his company for to forsake
Author:
Edmund Spenser (Absolute)
DMI number:
17016

10. And him besides rides fierce avenging wrath

First Line:
And him besides rides fierce avenging wrath
Last Line:
Such one was wrath the last of this ungodly tire
Author:
Edmund Spenser (Absolute)
DMI number:
13530

11. And next to him malicious envy rode

First Line:
And next to him malicious envy rode
Last Line:
Such one vile envy was that first in row did sit
Author:
Edmund Spenser (Absolute)
DMI number:
14608

12. At last with creeping crooked pace forth came

First Line:
At last with creeping crooked pace forth came
Last Line:
His name Ignaro did his nature right aread
Author:
Edmund Spenser (Absolute)
DMI number:
15592

13. At length they came into a larger space

First Line:
At length they came into a larger space
Last Line:
All these before the gates of Pluto lay
Author:
Edmund Spenser (Absolute)
DMI number:
9818

14. As when the silkworm erst the tender care

First Line:
As when the silkworm erst the tender care
Last Line:
Chanting his peerless praise in never dying strains
DMI number:
26745

15. Behold the image of mortality

First Line:
Behold the image of mortality
Last Line:
The strong through pleasure soonest falls the weak through smart
Author:
Edmund Spenser (Absolute)
DMI number:
17026

16. But now let other themes our care engage

First Line:
But now let other themes our care engage
Last Line:
And industry and law maintain their sway severe
Author:
James Beattie (Absolute)
DMI number:
34106

17. Ere yet I sing the round revolving year

First Line:
Ere yet I sing the round revolving year
Last Line:
But at the slightest wound the silken flowers will fade
Author:
Moses Mendez (Absolute)
DMI number:
32517

18. Ere yet I sing the round-revolving year

First Line:
Ere yet I sing the round-revolving year
Last Line:
But at the slightest wound the silken flower will fade
Author:
Moses Mendez (Absolute)
DMI number:
29206

19. Death with a bow in his left hand was seen

First Line:
Death with a bow in his left hand was seen
Last Line:
Made of a dead man's skull a strange and ghastly sight
Author:
Edmund Spenser (Absolute)
DMI number:
1049

20. Deem not ye plaintive crew that suffer wrong

First Line:
Deem not ye plaintive crew that suffer wrong
Last Line:
Where bright he shines eterne the brightest stars among
Author:
William Melmoth (Absolute)
DMI number:
32503

21. For in yourself your only help doth lie

First Line:
For in yourself your only help doth lie
Last Line:
From what they most affect and in due terms contain
Author:
Edmund Spenser (Absolute)
DMI number:
14491

22. From whence returning sad and comfortless

First Line:
From whence returning sad and comfortless
Last Line:
But God you never let his charmed speeches hear
Author:
Edmund Spenser (Absolute)
DMI number:
9820

23. Greedy avarice by him did ride

First Line:
Greedy avarice by him did ride
Last Line:
Such one was avarice the fourth of this fair band
Author:
Edmund Spenser (Absolute)
DMI number:
13613

24. Hard is the doubt and difficult to deem

First Line:
Hard is the doubt and difficult to deem
Last Line:
Far as the ripened gold surmounts the cankery brass
Author:
Edmund Spenser (Absolute)
DMI number:
1046

25. Hard is the doubt and difficult to deem

First Line:
Hard is the doubt and difficult to deem
Last Line:
No less than perfect gold surmounts the meanest brass
Author:
Edmund Spenser (Absolute)
DMI number:
14814

26. Hard is the heart that never knew to love

First Line:
Hard is the heart that never knew to love
Last Line:
Gives me some time to rest and lond with joy I hail
Author:
Moses Mendez (Absolute)
DMI number:
25724

27. His glittering armour shined far away

First Line:
His glittering armour shined far away
Last Line:
He would them gazing blind or turn to other hue
Author:
Edmund Spenser (Absolute)
DMI number:
13584

28. In every town where Thamis rolls his tide

First Line:
In every town where Thamis rolls his tide
Last Line:
Vales spires meandering streams and Windsor's towery pride
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
1957

29. It often falls as here it erst befell

First Line:
It often falls as here it erst befell
Last Line:
Without regard of good dies like ill grounded seeds
Author:
Edmund Spenser (Absolute)
DMI number:
14813

30. In vain said then old Melibee do men

First Line:
In vain said then old Melibee do men
Last Line:
Sith each unto himself his life may fortunize
Author:
Edmund Spenser (Absolute)
DMI number:
14785

31. If that the cause of this your languishment

First Line:
If that the cause of this your languishment
Last Line:
That made them grow so high t' all honourable hap
Author:
Edmund Spenser (Absolute)
DMI number:
13893

32. Meantime the master porter wide displayed

First Line:
Meantime the master porter wide displayed
Last Line:
Sir Porter sat him down and turned to sleep again
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
22860

33. Malicious envy rode

First Line:
Malicious envy rode
Last Line:
Such one vile envy was
Author:
Edmund Spenser (Absolute)
DMI number:
33743

34. Nought is on earth more sacred or divine

First Line:
Nought is on earth more sacred or divine
Last Line:
The justest man alive and truest did appear
Author:
Edmund Spenser (Absolute)
DMI number:
15851

35. Nought under heaven so strongly doth allure

First Line:
Nought under heaven so strongly doth allure
Last Line:
To captive men and make them all the world reject
Author:
Edmund Spenser (Absolute)
DMI number:
13668

36. O goodly discipline from heaven y-sprong

First Line:
O goodly discipline from heaven y-sprong
Last Line:
Those sculptured chiefs did show and their great lives explain
Author:
Gilbert West (Absolute)
DMI number:
25698

37. O the great happiness which shepherds have

First Line:
O the great happiness which shepherds have
Last Line:
In which fond men do all their days turmoil
Author:
Edmund Spenser (Absolute)
DMI number:
24079

38. Scorched by the midday sun I sought the shade

First Line:
Scorched by the midday sun I sought the shade
Last Line:
For fancy spread her wings and swiftly fled away
DMI number:
35594

39. So proud she shined in her princely state

First Line:
So proud she shined in her princely state
Last Line:
And proud Lucifera men did her call
Author:
Edmund Spenser (Absolute)
DMI number:
17311

40. So down he fell and forth his life did breathe

First Line:
So down he fell and forth his life did breathe
Last Line:
So down he fell and like an heaped mountain lay
Author:
Edmund Spenser (Absolute)
DMI number:
14689

41. Sir Scudamore there entering much admired

First Line:
Sir Scudamore there entering much admired
Last Line:
Those pensiveness did move and sighs the bellows were
Author:
Edmund Spenser (Absolute)
DMI number:
13838

42. Tempestuous fortune hath spent all her spite

First Line:
Tempestuous fortune hath spent all her spite
Last Line:
If less than that I fear more favour have I found
Author:
Edmund Spenser (Absolute)
DMI number:
16573

43. That darksome cave they enter where they find

First Line:
That darksome cave they enter where they find
Last Line:
And made an open passage for the gushing flood
Author:
Edmund Spenser (Absolute)
DMI number:
14481

44. That girdle gave the virtue of chaste love

First Line:
That girdle gave the virtue of chaste love
Last Line:
And snatching from her hand
Author:
Edmund Spenser (Absolute)
DMI number:
37484

45. The first was fancy like a lovely boy

First Line:
The first was fancy like a lovely boy
Last Line:
Vile poverty and lastly death with infamy
Author:
Edmund Spenser (Absolute)
DMI number:
13183

46. The best said he that I can you advise

First Line:
The best said he that I can you advise
Last Line:
So shall you soon repair your present evil plight
Author:
Edmund Spenser (Absolute)
DMI number:
14492

47. The longer life I wote the greater sin

First Line:
The longer life I wote the greater sin
Last Line:
All which and thousands more do make a loathsome life
Author:
Edmund Spenser (Absolute)
DMI number:
16092

48. There entering in they found the good man self

First Line:
There entering in they found the good man self
Last Line:
Those be unquiet thoughts that careful minds invade
Author:
Edmund Spenser (Absolute)
DMI number:
13837

49. What frantic fit quoth he hath thus distraught

First Line:
What frantic fit quoth he hath thus distraught
Last Line:
Death is the end of woes
Author:
Edmund Spenser (Absolute)
DMI number:
14405

50. When a weary traveller that strays

First Line:
When a weary traveller that strays
Last Line:
Forgetful of his own that minds anothers cares
Author:
Edmund Spenser (Absolute)
DMI number:
13969

51. What war so cruel or what siege so sore

First Line:
What war so cruel or what siege so sore
Last Line:
No wretchedness is like to sinful villeinage
Author:
Edmund Spenser (Absolute)
DMI number:
13424

52. Where early Phoebus sheds his milder beams

First Line:
Where early Phoebus sheds his milder beams
Last Line:
Unyoke the toiled steers the weary sun goes down
Author:
Glocester Ridley (Absolute)
DMI number:
22547

53. Who so in pomp of proud estate quoth she

First Line:
Who so in pomp of proud estate quoth she
Last Line:
And day and night her doors to all stand open wide
Author:
Edmund Spenser (Absolute)
DMI number:
15076

54. With him went danger clothed in raged weed

First Line:
With him went danger clothed in raged weed
Last Line:
For whom he could not kill he practised to entrap
Author:
Edmund Spenser (Absolute)
DMI number:
14389

55. With him went hope in rank a handsome maid

First Line:
With him went hope in rank a handsome maid
Last Line:
Great liking unto many but true love to few
Author:
Edmund Spenser (Absolute)
DMI number:
15145

56. Wise was that Spartan lawgiver of old

First Line:
Wise was that Spartan lawgiver of old
Last Line:
As in another place hereafter shall be shown
Author:
Gilbert West (Absolute)
DMI number:
22345

57. With filthy locks about her scattered wide

First Line:
With filthy locks about her scattered wide
Last Line:
Her spiteful words did prick and wound the inner part
Author:
Edmund Spenser (Absolute)
DMI number:
33756

58. Why should the muse in high ambitious verse

First Line:
Why should the muse in high ambitious verse
Last Line:
Nor wants a loving wife his honest joys to crown
DMI number:
36931