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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.
Be wise today tis madness to defer
First Line:
Be wise today tis madness to defer
Last Line:
Over those we love we drop it in the grave
Author:
Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:
35739
10.
Be wise today tis madness to defer
First Line:
Be wise today tis madness to defer
Last Line:
Over those we love we drop it in their grave
Author:
Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:
34985
11.
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
12.
Behold the winter disappears
First Line:
Behold the winter disappears
Last Line:
They only live who life enjoy
DMI number:
23667
13.
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
14.
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
15.
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
16.
Blush not redder than the morning
First Line:
Blush not redder than the morning
Last Line:
And they'll part they'll part forever
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Confident)
DMI number:
42284
17.
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
18.
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
19.
Beneath the covert of a grove
First Line:
Beneath the covert of a grove
Last Line:
Think of thy own mortality
DMI number:
42566
20.
Busy curious thirsty fly
First Line:
Busy curious thirsty fly
Last Line:
They will appear as short as one
DMI number:
17591
21.
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
22.
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
23.
Cease fondly to enquire what France and Spain
First Line:
Cease fondly to enquire what France and Spain
Last Line:
With arts of dress and needless care
DMI number:
3505
24.
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
25.
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
26.
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
27.
Come Lesbia let us live and love
First Line:
Come Lesbia let us live and love
Last Line:
How much my dear I'm kissed by you
Author:
Francis Willis (Confident)
DMI number:
9823
28.
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
29.
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
30.
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
31.
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
32.
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
33.
Come come away
First Line:
Come come away
Last Line:
Tis all thine own thou shalt have standing measure
DMI number:
43348
34.
Come dear heart and let us dally
First Line:
Come dear heart and let us dally
Last Line:
Her smock was whiter than the milk
DMI number:
43319
35.
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
36.
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
37.
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
38.
Dear Chloe while the busy crowd
First Line:
Dear Chloe while the busy crowd
Last Line:
And smooth the bed of death
Author:
Nathaniel Cotton (Absolute)
DMI number:
25822
39.
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
40.
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
41.
Coriana in the bloom of youth
First Line:
Coriana in the bloom of youth
Last Line:
And age is virtue's season
DMI number:
43213
42.
Conquered with soft and pleasing charms
First Line:
Conquered with soft and pleasing charms
Last Line:
Shall lie like us despised
DMI number:
884
43.
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
44.
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
45.
Dear Silvia let's no farther strive
First Line:
Dear Silvia let's no farther strive
Last Line:
Let us enjoy today we'll die tomorrow
DMI number:
43703
46.
Did the thing for which I sue
First Line:
Did the thing for which I sue
Last Line:
Kind to yourself if not to me
Author:
Thomas Carew (Absolute)
DMI number:
14602
47.
Dulcy no more mispend your prime
First Line:
Dulcy no more mispend your prime
Last Line:
When age that bloom destroys
DMI number:
795
48.
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
49.
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
50.
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
51.
Farewell farewell ambitious cares
First Line:
Farewell farewell ambitious cares
Last Line:
Indulge to these
Author:
Anthony Hammond (Confident)
DMI number:
10528
52.
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
53.
For what tomorrow shall disclose
First Line:
For what tomorrow shall disclose
Last Line:
Love and life are for today
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
25006
54.
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
55.
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
56.
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
57.
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
58.
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
59.
Go lovely rose
First Line:
Go lovely rose
Last Line:
That are so wondrous sweet and fair
Author:
Edmund Waller (Absolute)
DMI number:
5637
60.
Go lovely rose
First Line:
Go lovely rose
Last Line:
Who are so wondrous sweet and fair
Author:
Edmund Waller (Absolute)
DMI number:
30288
61.
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
62.
Hail burgundy thou juice divine
First Line:
Hail burgundy thou juice divine
Last Line:
Grows free and seems to think
DMI number:
32784
63.
Hang fear cast away care
First Line:
Hang fear cast away care
Last Line:
Where the devil never shall find us
DMI number:
44040
64.
Hang up Mars
First Line:
Hang up Mars
Last Line:
And a fig for death or undoing
Author:
Alexander Brome (Absolute)
DMI number:
44180
65.
Had we but world enough and time
First Line:
Had we but world enough and time
Last Line:
Stand still yet we will make him run
Author:
Andrew Marvell (Absolute)
DMI number:
9322
66.
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
67.
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
68.
He makes a state
First Line:
He makes a state
Last Line:
Though life be short let us not make it so
Author:
Benjamin Jonson (Absolute)
DMI number:
16097
69.
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
70.
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
71.
I care for neither prince nor state
First Line:
I care for neither prince nor state
Last Line:
Doctors cry hold you've drunk enough
DMI number:
44671
72.
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
73.
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
74.
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
75.
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
76.
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
77.
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
78.
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
79.
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
80.
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
81.
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
82.
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
83.
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
84.
Little songster who dost bring
First Line:
Little songster who dost bring
Last Line:
Falls behind the scene of night
DMI number:
4045
85.
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
86.
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
87.
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
88.
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
89.
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
90.
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
91.
Let's live my Lesbia whilst we may
First Line:
Let's live my Lesbia whilst we may
Last Line:
The member will I defend from harm
DMI number:
44599
92.
Liber thou joy of all thy friends
First Line:
Liber thou joy of all thy friends
Last Line:
Wisely doubles his short time
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
6303
93.
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
94.
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
95.
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
96.
I'll warrant now you think you're mighty wise
First Line:
I'll warrant now you think you're mighty wise
Last Line:
And she has given you all the world beside
DMI number:
11864
97.
I make it kend he that will spend
First Line:
I make it kend he that will spend
Last Line:
And sing on tway and tway
DMI number:
10908
98.
If all the world in love were young
First Line:
If all the world in love were young
Last Line:
To live with thee and be thy love
DMI number:
32826
99.
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
100.
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
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