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1. Alas how swift the crowding minutes pass

First Line:
Alas how swift the crowding minutes pass
Last Line:
Of glutton priests when they their solemn feasts profess
DMI number:
3900

2. Alas my friend the years fly swift away

First Line:
Alas my friend the years fly swift away
Last Line:
The Pope would give his keys of heaven to gain
DMI number:
7172

3. At last thou antiquated whore

First Line:
At last thou antiquated whore
Last Line:
With rosary and psalter dangling at your side
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
7104

4. At length thou antiquated whore

First Line:
At length thou antiquated whore
Last Line:
With rosary and psalter dangling at your side
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
43426

5. Brave Nero's favourite my Julius

First Line:
Brave Nero's favourite my Julius
Last Line:
By the lads whose privilege is to be jolly
DMI number:
42212

6. Cruel as yet and vain of every charm

First Line:
Cruel as yet and vain of every charm
Last Line:
Or now I love why can I charm no more
DMI number:
22969

7. Excellent poetry whose noble flight

First Line:
Excellent poetry whose noble flight
Last Line:
Read an hic iacet corpus or an o rare Ben
DMI number:
42097

8. For shame for shame give over

First Line:
For shame for shame give over
Last Line:
No garland but a rope
Author:
Thomas Flatman (Confident)
DMI number:
42114

9. For shame leave off thy amorous trade

First Line:
For shame leave off thy amorous trade
Last Line:
And cast aside the amorous lyre
DMI number:
22965

10. Fond lad who in thy youthful bloom

First Line:
Fond lad who in thy youthful bloom
Last Line:
Or being now old couldst but be young again
DMI number:
42142

11. Full seldom now the rake's bold beat

First Line:
Full seldom now the rake's bold beat
Last Line:
And lasting myrtle binds
DMI number:
23338

12. 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

13. Look up my friend look up and see

First Line:
Look up my friend look up and see
Last Line:
She hates nae war than blate-face
DMI number:
36141

14. Lisetta why so wondrous coy

First Line:
Lisetta why so wondrous coy
Last Line:
The joys I never knew
Author:
Francis Manning (Speculation)
DMI number:
942

15. My virgin muse began to sing of you

First Line:
My virgin muse began to sing of you
Last Line:
The godlike stoic's just like other men
DMI number:
3863

16. My prayers are heard O Lyce now

First Line:
My prayers are heard O Lyce now
Last Line:
Now into colder ashes turned
Author:
William Cartwright (Absolute)
DMI number:
42146

17. Lyce thank heaven old age's claws

First Line:
Lyce thank heaven old age's claws
Last Line:
And go out in a stink
DMI number:
11482

18. 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

19. Lucy at last thank heaven I trace

First Line:
Lucy at last thank heaven I trace
Last Line:
And go out in a stink
DMI number:
11769

20. O friend how fleeting are the years of man

First Line:
O friend how fleeting are the years of man
Last Line:
As pampered pontiffs when they treat their priests
DMI number:
10092

21. No more of war dread Cytherea cease

First Line:
No more of war dread Cytherea cease
Last Line:
Over pleasant fields and purling streams
Author:
Thomas Flatman (Absolute)
DMI number:
42130

22. O whither Lydia are thy lovers gone

First Line:
O whither Lydia are thy lovers gone
Last Line:
Thy snowy age cool every one but only thee
Author:
Robert Lucke (Absolute)
DMI number:
12620

23. Old lady for shame

First Line:
Old lady for shame
Last Line:
And for music some Holborn-Hill ditty
Author:
William Bray (Speculation)
DMI number:
17744

24. Septimius ready bent with me

First Line:
Septimius ready bent with me
Last Line:
Over the warm ashes of thy friend
Author:
Sir Thomas Hawkins (Absolute)
DMI number:
42079

25. See see my friend the fleeting years

First Line:
See see my friend the fleeting years
Last Line:
Shall riot over our grave
DMI number:
22140

26. Thanks to the gods they've heard my prayers

First Line:
Thanks to the gods they've heard my prayers
Last Line:
Now into dirty ashes turned
DMI number:
11770

27. The gods have Lyce heard my vow

First Line:
The gods have Lyce heard my vow
Last Line:
A burning torch to ashes worn
Author:
Sir Thomas Hawkins (Absolute)
DMI number:
42145

28. Then heaven has heard my prayers at last

First Line:
Then heaven has heard my prayers at last
Last Line:
Laugh at her snuff and triumph in her shame
DMI number:
44596

29. Thou wife of Ibycus the poor

First Line:
Thou wife of Ibycus the poor
Last Line:
Grown old and bending to the tomb
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25594

30. Tis true thou yet art fair my Ligurine

First Line:
Tis true thou yet art fair my Ligurine
Last Line:
Why am I old or why was ever young
Author:
Thomas Flatman (Absolute)
DMI number:
42141

31. To me thou superannuated bitch

First Line:
To me thou superannuated bitch
Last Line:
Thy feeble lechery to chafe
Author:
Thomas Flatman (Speculation)
DMI number:
42157

32. Unable yet the yoke to bear

First Line:
Unable yet the yoke to bear
Last Line:
Or Chloe's eye or Celia's breast
DMI number:
2782

33. What schemes the Swedes or Russians frame

First Line:
What schemes the Swedes or Russians frame
Last Line:
To raise your drooping spirits
DMI number:
26753

34. Well Lyce now the gods declare

First Line:
Well Lyce now the gods declare
Last Line:
Be slighted scorned and have her wrinkles told
DMI number:
3132

35. What the Cantabrian stout or Scythian think

First Line:
What the Cantabrian stout or Scythian think
Last Line:
Tie her neglected hair in careless braids
Author:
Sir Thomas Hawkins (Absolute)
DMI number:
42086

36. Why dost thou me with gifts and letters

First Line:
Why dost thou me with gifts and letters
Last Line:
Useless as if I had a clap
Author:
Thomas Flatman (Speculation)
DMI number:
42161

37. Willy never enquire what end

First Line:
Willy never enquire what end
Last Line:
And carry ay the Gree awa'
DMI number:
1255