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1. Ah pity love wherever it grows

First Line:
Ah pity love wherever it grows
Last Line:
Though I'm so old I scarce know what
DMI number:
42632

2. 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

3. Ah Cloris that I now could sit

First Line:
Ah Cloris that I now could sit
Last Line:
What fortune they must see
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
42534

4. Ah fly me not bright creature stay

First Line:
Ah fly me not bright creature stay
Last Line:
Preserves gay youth and makes the aged strong
DMI number:
41812

5. As youthful Daphne in the cool of day

First Line:
As youthful Daphne in the cool of day
Last Line:
To meet my wishes and perform my will
DMI number:
18233

6. Because forsooth you're young and fair

First Line:
Because forsooth you're young and fair
Last Line:
Thine be red the white all mine
DMI number:
39248

7. Dear Chloe whilst thus beyond measure

First Line:
Dear Chloe whilst thus beyond measure
Last Line:
Which decrepid old age cannot freeze
Author:
Matthew Prior (Speculation)
DMI number:
23639

8. Fie Delia talk no more of love

First Line:
Fie Delia talk no more of love
Last Line:
Of cuckolding my ancestors
Author:
Charles Cotton (Absolute)
DMI number:
12417

9. How fain thou beautiful wouldst seem to be

First Line:
How fain thou beautiful wouldst seem to be
Last Line:
And dream not wanton of a bridal bed
DMI number:
42638

10. In vain the bashful morning sues

First Line:
In vain the bashful morning sues
Last Line:
And open like the marigold
DMI number:
5198

11. Long have my prayers slow heaven assailed

First Line:
Long have my prayers slow heaven assailed
Last Line:
End with a stink at last and vanish into night
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
943

12. Lords knights and squires the numerous band

First Line:
Lords knights and squires the numerous band
Last Line:
When she begins to comprehend it
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
4185

13. Let your nice city ladies choose spindle-shanked beaus

First Line:
Let your nice city ladies choose spindle-shanked beaus
Last Line:
Be a constant memento mori
DMI number:
5772

14. Love let me have my mistress such

First Line:
Love let me have my mistress such
Last Line:
Mandrake to all eternity
DMI number:
43346

15. Love you by all that's good I do

First Line:
Love you by all that's good I do
Last Line:
The winter out cause I've enjoyed the spring
DMI number:
20634

16. I loathe that I died love

First Line:
I loathe that I died love
Last Line:
So shall ye waste to dust
DMI number:
8991

17. Lyce the gods have heard my prayer

First Line:
Lyce the gods have heard my prayer
Last Line:
Shot such resistless flames to ashes turned
DMI number:
3951

18. Madam though my hairs are grey

First Line:
Madam though my hairs are grey
Last Line:
Two such colours now can do
DMI number:
3545

19. 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

20. No no thou all of red and white

First Line:
No no thou all of red and white
Last Line:
Is better than elsewhere success
DMI number:
43955

21. Oft the reverend dotards cry

First Line:
Oft the reverend dotards cry
Last Line:
Of their own mistaken rules
DMI number:
4832

22. Oft with wanton smiles and jeers

First Line:
Oft with wanton smiles and jeers
Last Line:
Not to love is not to live
DMI number:
27184

23. Oh cruel proud and fair

First Line:
Oh cruel proud and fair
Last Line:
Why had I ever charms or why are they so quickly gone
DMI number:
43579

24. Pish never tell me I'm too young

First Line:
Pish never tell me I'm too young
Last Line:
Lovers like poets are not made but born
Author:
Alexander Brome (Absolute)
DMI number:
5770

25. Say why are you of late so drowsy grown

First Line:
Say why are you of late so drowsy grown
Last Line:
Whilst both our hearts as if in one agree
DMI number:
43187

26. Scorn me not fair because you see

First Line:
Scorn me not fair because you see
Last Line:
Be taught by them so let us join
Author:
Sir Edward Sherburne (Absolute)
DMI number:
4537

27. See how Damon's age appears

First Line:
See how Damon's age appears
Last Line:
Are old and grey as well as he
DMI number:
4811

28. Since girls of twelve or thirteen only charm

First Line:
Since girls of twelve or thirteen only charm
Last Line:
I can be foolish as a girl of ten
DMI number:
18212

29. That love is a child by all is confessed

First Line:
That love is a child by all is confessed
Last Line:
Since a child's the beginning and ending of love
DMI number:
22008

30. The fire of love in youthful blood

First Line:
The fire of love in youthful blood
Last Line:
Yet is the heat as strong
Author:
Charles Sackville (Absolute)
DMI number:
3514

31. The fire of love in youthful blood

First Line:
The fire of love in youthful blood
Last Line:
Yet is the heat the heat as strong
Author:
Charles Sackville (Absolute)
DMI number:
20666

32. The minutes the hours the days and the years

First Line:
The minutes the hours the days and the years
Last Line:
But time cannot change or destroy
DMI number:
27861

33. Though I am young and cannot tell

First Line:
Though I am young and cannot tell
Last Line:
Extremes to touch and mean nothing
DMI number:
44025

34. Thus blooming youth in ripening years

First Line:
Thus blooming youth in ripening years
Last Line:
How she should grant or he should ask
Author:
Samuel Derrick (Speculation) & Dr. Baillie (Speculation)
DMI number:
21889

35. Tush never tell me I'm too young

First Line:
Tush never tell me I'm too young
Last Line:
We can arrive at ten
DMI number:
43538

36. Too rigid too censorious and severe

First Line:
Too rigid too censorious and severe
Last Line:
And non-acquaintance with the wiles of love
DMI number:
43555

37. Vain are the charms of white and red

First Line:
Vain are the charms of white and red
Last Line:
And dead she crowns my joys
DMI number:
12266

38. Where a fair mead its verdure spread

First Line:
Where a fair mead its verdure spread
Last Line:
Those charms and own that he is true
DMI number:
16467

39. While roses round our temples twine

First Line:
While roses round our temples twine
Last Line:
And make an old man young again
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
27149

40. While blooming youth and gay delight

First Line:
While blooming youth and gay delight
Last Line:
While still we wake to joy and live to love
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
3805

41. Why askest thou the cause

First Line:
Why askest thou the cause
Last Line:
And I must learn to die
DMI number:
49147

42. Yet let me one more youthful tale rehearse

First Line:
Yet let me one more youthful tale rehearse
Last Line:
We are well-wishers to some pleasing ill
DMI number:
43563

43. Would'st thou my blooming Amoret be skilled

First Line:
Would'st thou my blooming Amoret be skilled
Last Line:
In age shall with the charms of youth engage
DMI number:
5869

44. Young and simple though I am

First Line:
Young and simple though I am
Last Line:
Love he must or flatter me
Author:
Thomas Campion (Absolute)
DMI number:
44198

45. Young I am and yet unskilled

First Line:
Young I am and yet unskilled
Last Line:
That you'll despair you'll despair me to enjoy
DMI number:
44421