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1. A pox on the times let em go as they will

First Line:
A pox on the times let em go as they will
Last Line:
He fears neighte death nor undoing
DMI number:
5771

2. A pox upon this needless scorn

First Line:
A pox upon this needless scorn
Last Line:
Years would be minutes ages hours
Author:
Aphra Behn (Absolute)
DMI number:
3988

3. Ah my joy you now are in my power

First Line:
Ah my joy you now are in my power
Last Line:
With all my heart I know you will make much of me
DMI number:
43196

4. Aery pleasures are opprobrious names

First Line:
Aery pleasures are opprobrious names
Last Line:
To leave a sting a sad remorse behind
DMI number:
6409

5. As breezes from the southern main

First Line:
As breezes from the southern main
Last Line:
And hie again for sea tomorrow
DMI number:
172

6. As swift as time put round the glass

First Line:
As swift as time put round the glass
Last Line:
For to be merry's to be wise
DMI number:
20740

7. Awake my fair the morning springs

First Line:
Awake my fair the morning springs
Last Line:
And beauties of the soul
Author:
James Barclay (Absolute)
DMI number:
32582

8. Be calm dear captain and serene

First Line:
Be calm dear captain and serene
Last Line:
So that we have not lived in vain
DMI number:
19587

9. Bid me when forty winters more

First Line:
Bid me when forty winters more
Last Line:
And every she that's kind is fair
DMI number:
32776

10. Behold the winter disappears

First Line:
Behold the winter disappears
Last Line:
They only live who life enjoy
DMI number:
23667

11. Believe me dear Lucinda you disgrace

First Line:
Believe me dear Lucinda you disgrace
Last Line:
Lest we should alter as your charms decay
DMI number:
11182

12. Blush not redder than the morning

First Line:
Blush not redder than the morning
Last Line:
Ah ah they part they part for ever | Lest old time &c
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Confident)
DMI number:
42786

13. Blush not redder than the morning

First Line:
Blush not redder than the morning
Last Line:
Ah then they part they part for ever | Lest &c
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Confident)
DMI number:
42530

14. Bend not to Ayres street Tom your way

First Line:
Bend not to Ayres street Tom your way
Last Line:
Ere we can toast is gone
DMI number:
10058

15. Beneath some shade which Sol in vain assails

First Line:
Beneath some shade which Sol in vain assails
Last Line:
No prayers no tears can move the rigid fates
DMI number:
11025

16. Beneath the covert of a grove

First Line:
Beneath the covert of a grove
Last Line:
Think of thy own mortality
DMI number:
42566

17. Cast away care all you that love sorrow

First Line:
Cast away care all you that love sorrow
Last Line:
Fill pots and bottles boys drink all and spare not | Then merrily &c
DMI number:
44260

18. Cast our caps and care away

First Line:
Cast our caps and care away
Last Line:
He doth owe unto his rags
Author:
John Fletcher (Absolute)
DMI number:
43894

19. Chloris it is not in your power

First Line:
Chloris it is not in your power
Last Line:
But change your lover for a friend
Author:
Sir George Etherege (Absolute)
DMI number:
43841

20. Clear up those stormy brows and teach

First Line:
Clear up those stormy brows and teach
Last Line:
And they that cannot see must grope
DMI number:
42423

21. Come Justamond partake with me

First Line:
Come Justamond partake with me
Last Line:
Ever want that pity more
Author:
Samuel Whyte (Speculation)
DMI number:
34339

22. Come let us drink and drown all sorrow

First Line:
Come let us drink and drown all sorrow
Last Line:
This is to all men the best of physic
DMI number:
20736

23. Come let us drink the time invites

First Line:
Come let us drink the time invites
Last Line:
And that's our only treason
DMI number:
42947

24. Come let us laugh let us drink let us sing

First Line:
Come let us laugh let us drink let us sing
Last Line:
Conferring our notes together
DMI number:
44271

25. Come Celia let us agree at last

First Line:
Come Celia let us agree at last
Last Line:
Is never sure too late
DMI number:
21052

26. Come my dainty doxies

First Line:
Come my dainty doxies
Last Line:
We drink we drab we cheat we shuffle
Author:
Thomas Middleton (Absolute)
DMI number:
43088

27. Come come away

First Line:
Come come away
Last Line:
Tis all thine own thou shalt have standing measure
DMI number:
43348

28. Come faith let us frolic fill some sack

First Line:
Come faith let us frolic fill some sack
Last Line:
The devil go with the dray man
DMI number:
43093

29. Come fill up a bumper to Bacchus

First Line:
Come fill up a bumper to Bacchus
Last Line:
Come come boys then dust it away
DMI number:
44431

30. Come fill us a bumper of red my brave boys

First Line:
Come fill us a bumper of red my brave boys
Last Line:
'Till our own eyes shall bid us good night
Author:
Henry Bold (Speculation)
DMI number:
2713

31. Dear Chloe while thus beyond measure

First Line:
Dear Chloe while thus beyond measure
Last Line:
Decrepid old age can never freeze
Author:
Matthew Prior (Speculation)
DMI number:
17735

32. D The world is full of hurry

First Line:
D The world is full of hurry
Last Line:
D And moderate store of treasure | to entertain the fair
DMI number:
44437

33. Conquered with soft and pleasing charms

First Line:
Conquered with soft and pleasing charms
Last Line:
Shall lie like us despised
DMI number:
884

34. Crown me with the branching vine

First Line:
Crown me with the branching vine
Last Line:
And die without a single frown
DMI number:
32778

35. Dulcy no more mispend your prime

First Line:
Dulcy no more mispend your prime
Last Line:
When age that bloom destroys
DMI number:
795

36. Fear no more the heat of the sun

First Line:
Fear no more the heat of the sun
Last Line:
And renowned be thy grave
DMI number:
43978

37. Fill the bowl with rosy wine

First Line:
Fill the bowl with rosy wine
Last Line:
To the gods belongs tomorrow
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
6014

38. Fill up the bowl with rosy wine

First Line:
Fill up the bowl with rosy wine
Last Line:
And leave to whom belongs tomorrow
DMI number:
44147

39. Farewell farewell ambitious cares

First Line:
Farewell farewell ambitious cares
Last Line:
Indulge to these
Author:
Anthony Hammond (Confident)
DMI number:
10528

40. Frolic and free for pleasure born

First Line:
Frolic and free for pleasure born
Last Line:
Such sweet delusion's real joy
DMI number:
32777

41. Forbear my dear Strephon with fruitless desire

First Line:
Forbear my dear Strephon with fruitless desire
Last Line:
And take not expect what hereafter'll bestow
Author:
John Hervey (Absolute)
DMI number:
18831

42. Fixed is the date of all things here below

First Line:
Fixed is the date of all things here below
Last Line:
And steal their beauties from thy mind and face
DMI number:
15497

43. Fly me not too lovely fair

First Line:
Fly me not too lovely fair
Last Line:
These are age and those are youth
Author:
Edward Burnaby Greene (Speculation)
DMI number:
31440

44. From hunger and cold who live more free

First Line:
From hunger and cold who live more free
Last Line:
The fields afford us a hedge or a hey cock
DMI number:
43001

45. Fruitless my friend you wreck your brain

First Line:
Fruitless my friend you wreck your brain
Last Line:
Then who so blessed as thee and I
DMI number:
10077

46. Go lovely rose

First Line:
Go lovely rose
Last Line:
That are so wondrous sweet and fair
Author:
Edmund Waller (Absolute)
DMI number:
5637

47. Go lovely rose

First Line:
Go lovely rose
Last Line:
Who are so wondrous sweet and fair
Author:
Edmund Waller (Absolute)
DMI number:
30288

48. Gather your rose buds while you may

First Line:
Gather your rose buds while you may
Last Line:
You may for ever tarry
DMI number:
43004

49. Hail burgundy thou juice divine

First Line:
Hail burgundy thou juice divine
Last Line:
Grows free and seems to think
DMI number:
32784

50. Hang fear cast away care

First Line:
Hang fear cast away care
Last Line:
Where the devil never shall find us
DMI number:
44040

51. Hang up Mars

First Line:
Hang up Mars
Last Line:
And a fig for death or undoing
Author:
Alexander Brome (Absolute)
DMI number:
44180

52. Have you observed the wench in the street

First Line:
Have you observed the wench in the street
Last Line:
We shall find chalk
DMI number:
43859

53. Have you observed the wench in the street

First Line:
Have you observed the wench in the street
Last Line:
What though we have no money we shall find chalk
DMI number:
43135

54. How blest are shepherds how happy their lasses

First Line:
How blest are shepherds how happy their lasses
Last Line:
Age will come time enough for your repenting
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
8283

55. How swift we cry the restless years roll on

First Line:
How swift we cry the restless years roll on
Last Line:
Strew it with flowers to obstruct thy way
DMI number:
15476

56. In hopes so pant upon your snowy breast

First Line:
In hopes so pant upon your snowy breast
Last Line:
Time now's too precious for a moment's waste
DMI number:
44362

57. In love away you do me wrong

First Line:
In love away you do me wrong
Last Line:
Sing hey trolly lolly
DMI number:
43992

58. Is she not wondrous fair But I do see

First Line:
Is she not wondrous fair But I do see
Last Line:
And now it freezes now again it burns
DMI number:
43305

59. Is it not madness thus to be

First Line:
Is it not madness thus to be
Last Line:
And that is thou art a whore
DMI number:
6628

60. In vain a thousand slaves have tried

First Line:
In vain a thousand slaves have tried
Last Line:
Both destroyed by time
DMI number:
43215

61. It is not Celia in our power

First Line:
It is not Celia in our power
Last Line:
But change a lover for a friend
DMI number:
23634

62. Joan to the maypole away let's run

First Line:
Joan to the maypole away let's run
Last Line:
Fare thee well till the next merry meeting
DMI number:
44154

63. Jog on jog on the footpath way

First Line:
Jog on jog on the footpath way
Last Line:
And we have the less to care for
DMI number:
44163

64. Lose no time nor youth but be

First Line:
Lose no time nor youth but be
Last Line:
In thy sweets be gathered then
DMI number:
44474

65. Let the sparkling bowl go round

First Line:
Let the sparkling bowl go round
Last Line:
And the praise of Bacchus sound
Author:
Edward Burnaby Greene (Speculation)
DMI number:
31447

66. Let us sing and be merry dance joke and rejoice

First Line:
Let us sing and be merry dance joke and rejoice
Last Line:
Will all come to nothing an hundred years hence
DMI number:
11790

67. Little songster who dost bring

First Line:
Little songster who dost bring
Last Line:
Falls behind the scene of night
DMI number:
4045

68. Let's drink let's drink all day and night

First Line:
Let's drink let's drink all day and night
Last Line:
Shall still preserve us in our prime | Shall still &c
DMI number:
44305

69. Let's have a dance upon the hearth

First Line:
Let's have a dance upon the hearth
Last Line:
We dance to the echoes of our feet
DMI number:
43996

70. Let's live my dear like lovers too

First Line:
Let's live my dear like lovers too
Last Line:
The boundless measure of our happiness
Author:
Elijah Fenton (Absolute)
DMI number:
6467

71. Let's live my dearest Lesbia and love

First Line:
Let's live my dearest Lesbia and love
Last Line:
And kiss a long eternity away
DMI number:
3924

72. Let's live my Lesbia and let's love

First Line:
Let's live my Lesbia and let's love
Last Line:
If he should find that we've kissed so
DMI number:
10616

73. Let's live my Lesbia while we may

First Line:
Let's live my Lesbia while we may
Last Line:
When our joys are numberless
DMI number:
44561

74. Love Celia love for time will fly

First Line:
Love Celia love for time will fly
Last Line:
Is - you're an antiquated toast
DMI number:
10025

75. I'm by a gentle breathing first begun

First Line:
I'm by a gentle breathing first begun
Last Line:
So are the things we so much dote upon
DMI number:
44391

76. I'll tell her the next time said I

First Line:
I'll tell her the next time said I
Last Line:
My breath is spent in sighs my eyes are drowned in tears
DMI number:
43212

77. If the quick spirit Delia in your eye

First Line:
If the quick spirit Delia in your eye
Last Line:
They furnish motives strong for present love
DMI number:
17396

78. If wealth a man could keep alive

First Line:
If wealth a man could keep alive
Last Line:
Never blush at the name of a drinker
Author:
Alexander Brome (Absolute)
DMI number:
7053

79. Keep to the church while yet you may

First Line:
Keep to the church while yet you may
Last Line:
You may for every vary
DMI number:
44336

80. Know Astreas time has wings

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

81. Let not brittle beauty make

First Line:
Let not brittle beauty make
Last Line:
And seed in age your hot desire
DMI number:
44108

82. Let others write with vain designs

First Line:
Let others write with vain designs
Last Line:
For love is but an April day
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
32122

83. Let some great joys pretend to find

First Line:
Let some great joys pretend to find
Last Line:
But one continued joy go round | Since life's &c
Author:
Thomas Shadwell (Confident)
DMI number:
42535

84. Let the bowl pass free

First Line:
Let the bowl pass free
Last Line:
We will prove so do every thing in it
DMI number:
44159

85. Maids they are grown so coy of late

First Line:
Maids they are grown so coy of late
Last Line:
When two may lye together
DMI number:
43300

86. Madam behold these fragrant flowers that crown

First Line:
Madam behold these fragrant flowers that crown
Last Line:
As that love's god will ease my lingering pain
DMI number:
42750

87. Mistaken fair lay Sherlock by

First Line:
Mistaken fair lay Sherlock by
Last Line:
Tis I must learn to die
Author:
Philip Dormer Stanhope (Absolute)
DMI number:
10971

88. Lovely blushing prickly rose

First Line:
Lovely blushing prickly rose
Last Line:
Blooms and smiles in endless youth
DMI number:
27078

89. Lovely blushing prickly rose

First Line:
Lovely blushing prickly rose
Last Line:
Blossoms in immortal youth
DMI number:
27056

90. Lucilla though it likes me best

First Line:
Lucilla though it likes me best
Last Line:
Without a nosegay at thy breast
DMI number:
24402

91. Nature send us all aborad

First Line:
Nature send us all aborad
Last Line:
And thus we'll find the way to live
DMI number:
39238

92. Nature sent us all abroad

First Line:
Nature sent us all abroad
Last Line:
And thus we'll find the way to live
Author:
Thomas Wood (Absolute)
DMI number:
42593

93. Nay prithee Sylvia be not coy

First Line:
Nay prithee Sylvia be not coy
Last Line:
And only thee dear Sylvia will I prize
DMI number:
43425

94. Never dear Faz torment thy brain

First Line:
Never dear Faz torment thy brain
Last Line:
God send them all much wiser
Author:
William Pulteney (Absolute) & Sir Charles Hanbury Williams (Speculation)
DMI number:
19525

95. Never trouble thy self at the times or their turnings

First Line:
Never trouble thy self at the times or their turnings
Last Line:
Let us scorn our content from others to borrow
DMI number:
43084

96. No marble pomp no monumental praise

First Line:
No marble pomp no monumental praise
Last Line:
Employ that well for that's within thy power
Author:
Samuel Bowden (Absolute)
DMI number:
24029

97. Now conscience thou art fled and gone

First Line:
Now conscience thou art fled and gone
Last Line:
And frolic all the universe
DMI number:
10697

98. Now we are met let's merry merry be

First Line:
Now we are met let's merry merry be
Last Line:
Let's laugh and drink our bellies full
DMI number:
44176

99. Observe the rose bud ere it blows

First Line:
Observe the rose bud ere it blows
Last Line:
Let time possess it when it dies
DMI number:
32781

100. Of all my experience how vast the amount

First Line:
Of all my experience how vast the amount
Last Line:
For if I had you I might still be a maid
Author:
Christopher Smart (Absolute)
DMI number:
22122