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1. A deadly fear over all his vitals reigns

First Line:
A deadly fear over all his vitals reigns
Last Line:
And his chilled blood hangs curdled in his veins
DMI number:
39570

2. A base spirit has this vantage of a

First Line:
A base spirit has this vantage of a
Last Line:
Nothing brings it down not beating
Author:
Francis Beaumont (Absolute) & John Fletcher (Absolute)
DMI number:
14331

3. A coward abuseth no man but makes

First Line:
A coward abuseth no man but makes
Last Line:
And yet he will not cut himself
Author:
Edward Sharpham (Absolute)
DMI number:
14334

4. A coward is the kindest animal

First Line:
A coward is the kindest animal
Last Line:
Tis the most forgiving creature in a fight
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
18561

5. A sullen calm unusual dark and dead

First Line:
A sullen calm unusual dark and dead
Last Line:
His will unerring wisest justest best
Author:
David Mallet (Absolute)
DMI number:
29807

6. All cowards must inconstant be of force

First Line:
All cowards must inconstant be of force
Last Line:
With bold designs none fearful breasts should trust
Author:
William Alexander (Absolute)
DMI number:
14328

7. Alas fears are so powerful

First Line:
Alas fears are so powerful
Last Line:
And to just wishes hopes are much more due
Author:
Sir Robert Howard (Absolute)
DMI number:
15168

8. Aghast he waked and starting from his bed

First Line:
Aghast he waked and starting from his bed
Last Line:
Cold sweats in clammy drops his limbs overspread
DMI number:
39572

9. All mankind

First Line:
All mankind
Last Line:
It is but bravely sinking at the last
Author:
Sir Robert Howard (Absolute)
DMI number:
14335

10. An universal horror

First Line:
An universal horror
Last Line:
Observed a dreadful silence
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
19071

11. 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

12. And taught us all assaults all ills to bear

First Line:
And taught us all assaults all ills to bear
Last Line:
Is not to fly from danger but from fear
DMI number:
41432

13. Am I a coward

First Line:
Am I a coward
Last Line:
With this slave's offal
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
14326

14. As cheats to play with those still aim

First Line:
As cheats to play with those still aim
Last Line:
But against such as will not fight
Author:
Samuel Butler (Absolute)
DMI number:
5580

15. As cheats to play with those still aim

First Line:
As cheats to play with those still aim
Last Line:
But against those that must not fight
Author:
Samuel Butler (Absolute)
DMI number:
27111

16. As some faint pilgrim standing on the shore

First Line:
As some faint pilgrim standing on the shore
Last Line:
Runs to the bank but then stops short again
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
18888

17. At thy dread anger the fixed world shall shake

First Line:
At thy dread anger the fixed world shall shake
Last Line:
That triumph they deserve for their defeat
DMI number:
39575

18. As when some peasant in a bushy brake

First Line:
As when some peasant in a bushy brake
Last Line:
His rising crest blue neck and rolling eyes
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
12909

19. As when some peasant in a bushy brake

First Line:
As when some peasant in a bushy brake
Last Line:
So from our arms surprised Androgeos flies
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
28551

20. Ascend ye ghosts fantastic forms of night

First Line:
Ascend ye ghosts fantastic forms of night
Last Line:
And match the present horror if you can
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
19072

21. But look for ruin when a coward wins

First Line:
But look for ruin when a coward wins
Last Line:
For fear and cruelty were ever twins
Author:
Charles Aleyn (Absolute)
DMI number:
14332

22. Come on sir here's the place stand still how fearful

First Line:
Come on sir here's the place stand still how fearful
Last Line:
Topple down headlong
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
37396

23. Courage in great distress can only aid

First Line:
Courage in great distress can only aid
Last Line:
But fear of what should help will be afraid
DMI number:
41433

24. Cowards and fainthearted runaways

First Line:
Cowards and fainthearted runaways
Last Line:
Our swords shall play the orators for us
Author:
Christopher Marlowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
14325

25. Cowards are scared with threatenings boys are whipped

First Line:
Cowards are scared with threatenings boys are whipped
Last Line:
Acts of itself never asks the body counsel
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
21154

26. Cowards die many times before their deaths

First Line:
Cowards die many times before their deaths
Last Line:
Will come when it will come
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
14411

27. Cowards have courage when they see not death

First Line:
Cowards have courage when they see not death
Last Line:
Still love the sun should witness what they do
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
18560

28. Danger is nothing but a bugbear word

First Line:
Danger is nothing but a bugbear word
Last Line:
Bravely to dare is bravely to get out
Author:
Sir John Suckling (Absolute)
DMI number:
18539

29. Death by a conduct strange and new

First Line:
Death by a conduct strange and new
Last Line:
And died because he feared to die
DMI number:
32261

30. Did his genius

First Line:
Did his genius
Last Line:
To skulk behind my sword
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
18419

31. Disguised in all the mask of night

First Line:
Disguised in all the mask of night
Last Line:
Believes tis always left behind
Author:
Samuel Butler (Absolute)
DMI number:
9794

32. Disguised in all the masks of night

First Line:
Disguised in all the masks of night
Last Line:
Believes tis always left behind
DMI number:
39596

33. Disguised in all the masks of night

First Line:
Disguised in all the masks of night
Last Line:
They win the day that win the race
Author:
Samuel Butler (Absolute)
DMI number:
5581

34. Doubt's the worst tyrant of a generous mind

First Line:
Doubt's the worst tyrant of a generous mind
Last Line:
Falls to wretchedness his fears create
DMI number:
39477

35. Distraction heartens fear in desperate deeds

First Line:
Distraction heartens fear in desperate deeds
Last Line:
Constraint in coward thoughts rash valour breeds
DMI number:
14324

36. Fear is my vassal when I frown he flies

First Line:
Fear is my vassal when I frown he flies
Last Line:
A hundred times in life a coward dies
Author:
John Marston (Absolute) & Lewis Machin (Absolute) & William Barksted [Backsted or Baxter] (Absolute)
DMI number:
14330

37. Fear is the last of ills

First Line:
Fear is the last of ills
Last Line:
In time we hate that which we often fear
DMI number:
18887

38. Foolish deaf to all advice

First Line:
Foolish deaf to all advice
Last Line:
Keep obdurate as thou art
DMI number:
22758

39. Have I not seen the Britons quite disheartened

First Line:
Have I not seen the Britons quite disheartened
Last Line:
And hoot their fears to one another nightly
Author:
John Fletcher (Absolute)
DMI number:
18563

40. He never stoops in person to subdue

First Line:
He never stoops in person to subdue
Last Line:
He dares not look on war
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
14336

41. He that's besotted to his fear or ease

First Line:
He that's besotted to his fear or ease
Last Line:
Will make his patience prove his worst disease
Author:
John Tatham (Absolute)
DMI number:
17100

42. Hence slavish fear thy Stygian wings display

First Line:
Hence slavish fear thy Stygian wings display
Last Line:
And guarded by the gods of love and poetry
Author:
John Hughes (Absolute)
DMI number:
898

43. How blessed is he who for his country dies

First Line:
How blessed is he who for his country dies
Last Line:
Slow vengeance like a bloodhound at his heels
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Absolute)
DMI number:
32346

44. Him approaching near

First Line:
Him approaching near
Last Line:
And plunged amid the thickest Trojans lies
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
12908

45. Himself he slew when he the foe would fly

First Line:
Himself he slew when he the foe would fly
Last Line:
What madness this for fear of death to die
DMI number:
27367

46. His knocking knees are bent beneath the load

First Line:
His knocking knees are bent beneath the load
Last Line:
And shivering cold congeals his vital blood
DMI number:
39573

47. I hate lay vulgar make no noise

First Line:
I hate lay vulgar make no noise
Last Line:
For wealth accompanied with toil
Author:
Sir Richard Fanshawe (Absolute)
DMI number:
42098

48. I hate the common herd hence ye profane

First Line:
I hate the common herd hence ye profane
Last Line:
Charmed with the guileless sports the woods and waters yield
Author:
Barton Booth (Absolute)
DMI number:
25569

49. I feel my sinews slackened with the fright

First Line:
I feel my sinews slackened with the fright
Last Line:
As if I were dissolving into waters
Author:
Thomas Shadwell (Absolute)
DMI number:
18886

50. It comes like thunder grumbling in a cloud

First Line:
It comes like thunder grumbling in a cloud
Last Line:
And in a moment turn my heart to ashes
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
21157

51. In youth by hope removed to distant days

First Line:
In youth by hope removed to distant days
Last Line:
And follow Jesus to the realms of day
DMI number:
32373

52. It seems the coldness of declining age

First Line:
It seems the coldness of declining age
Last Line:
Hath killed thy courage with a frost of fears
DMI number:
41418

53. Let us appear not rash nor diffident

First Line:
Let us appear not rash nor diffident
Last Line:
Betrays like treason
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
18533

54. Let valiant fools

First Line:
Let valiant fools
Last Line:
A coward dares in ill do more than they
Author:
James Shirley (Absolute)
DMI number:
14333

55. My thoughts grow wild

First Line:
My thoughts grow wild
Last Line:
And let in fears of ugly form upon me
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
21084

56. My anxious soul is tore with doubtful strife

First Line:
My anxious soul is tore with doubtful strife
Last Line:
On earth self satisfied and crowned in heaven
Author:
William of Bangour Hamilton (Absolute)
DMI number:
21788

57. My heart is lost only for luve of one

First Line:
My heart is lost only for luve of one
Last Line:
That scho wald speik to comfort me again
Author:
William Stewart (Speculation)
DMI number:
10940

58. My heart rebelled

First Line:
My heart rebelled
Last Line:
Beaten and tumbled with my rolling fears
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
20289

59. My dear comrade and chiefest friend

First Line:
My dear comrade and chiefest friend
Last Line:
Transported when I treat my friend
Author:
Alexander Brome (Absolute)
DMI number:
42080

60. If we could recount

First Line:
If we could recount
Last Line:
The words would add more anguish than the wounds
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
19073

61. If evils come not then our fears are vain

First Line:
If evils come not then our fears are vain
Last Line:
And if they do fear but augments the pain
Author:
Sir Thomas More (Speculation)
DMI number:
17068

62. Let fear upon the prosperous hearts take hold

First Line:
Let fear upon the prosperous hearts take hold
Last Line:
Cowards themselves in miseries grow bold
Author:
Sir Robert Howard (Absolute)
DMI number:
5579

63. Kings rule their flocks with awful sway

First Line:
Kings rule their flocks with awful sway
Last Line:
For the more cumbrous riches of the great
DMI number:
25568

64. Let ill presages guide the ill

First Line:
Let ill presages guide the ill
Last Line:
Europe from thee
Author:
Sir Richard Fanshawe (Absolute)
DMI number:
42126

65. Methinks we stand on ruin nature shakes

First Line:
Methinks we stand on ruin nature shakes
Last Line:
Has driven him headlong back
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute) & Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
19068

66. Not therefore humble he who seeks retreat

First Line:
Not therefore humble he who seeks retreat
Last Line:
His pride in reasoning not in acting lies
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
22412

67. O goddess of the gloomy scene

First Line:
O goddess of the gloomy scene
Last Line:
In druid dreams dissolved and dead
Author:
Thomas Warton (Confident)
DMI number:
22202

68. O thou dread foe of honour wealth and fame

First Line:
O thou dread foe of honour wealth and fame
Last Line:
No more the foe of every glorious deed
Author:
John Scott (Absolute)
DMI number:
32392

69. O then I see Queen Mab hath been with you

First Line:
O then I see Queen Mab hath been with you
Last Line:
And being thus frighted swears a prayer or two | And sleeps again
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
35121

70. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard

First Line:
Of all the wonders that I yet have heard
Last Line:
Will come when it will come
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
18562

71. Of tyrants even the wrong revenge affords

First Line:
Of tyrants even the wrong revenge affords
Last Line:
All fear but theirs and they fear all men's swords
DMI number:
41389

72. Oh I can bear no more

First Line:
Oh I can bear no more
Last Line:
And in her room avenging thunder rolls | To blast thee
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute) & Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
21107

73. Oh my offence is rank it smells to heaven

First Line:
Oh my offence is rank it smells to heaven
Last Line:
All may be well
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
33035

74. On your brow

First Line:
On your brow
Last Line:
A thousand deaths sit menacing my soul
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
19328

75. Quiet the trembling merchant cries

First Line:
Quiet the trembling merchant cries
Last Line:
But can disdain
Author:
Sir Richard Fanshawe (Absolute)
DMI number:
42092

76. Since all must certainly to death resign

First Line:
Since all must certainly to death resign
Last Line:
To reach the haven of eternal light
Author:
Sir Robert Howard (Absolute)
DMI number:
3854

77. So flies the timorous fawn her mother gone

First Line:
So flies the timorous fawn her mother gone
Last Line:
Thy mother at that age did so herself
Author:
Robert Thompson (Confident)
DMI number:
42054

78. Sir John he got him an ambling nag

First Line:
Sir John he got him an ambling nag
Last Line:
And never saw the enemy more a
Author:
Sir John Mennes (Absolute)
DMI number:
37830

79. Sir John he got him an ambling nag

First Line:
Sir John he got him an ambling nag
Last Line:
At Barwick away it went-a
Author:
Sir John Mennes (Absolute)
DMI number:
37466

80. Somnus thou god who easest cares

First Line:
Somnus thou god who easest cares
Last Line:
For those that let me suffer pain
DMI number:
42781

81. Terror froze up his hair and on his face

First Line:
Terror froze up his hair and on his face
Last Line:
Showers of cold sweat rolled trembling down apace
DMI number:
39571

82. Sure tis a horror more than darkness brings

First Line:
Sure tis a horror more than darkness brings
Last Line:
Over all the wretched race of men below
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
19067

83. Sure tis the end of all things fate has torn

First Line:
Sure tis the end of all things fate has torn
Last Line:
Why these gigantic forms etherial monsters
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute) & Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
19069

84. Surprised with fear he fled along the field

First Line:
Surprised with fear he fled along the field
Last Line:
The mortal tumult mounts and thunders in the skies
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
28603

85. Tell me what means this anger of the heavens

First Line:
Tell me what means this anger of the heavens
Last Line:
So heavy on the brows of bended mountains
Author:
Charles Hopkins (Absolute)
DMI number:
19070

86. The grit debate and turnament

First Line:
The grit debate and turnament
Last Line:
And tuke him to a mill | To hyde him as a coward false of fay
Author:
Alexander Scott (Absolute)
DMI number:
10936

87. The grit debate and turnament

First Line:
The grit debate and turnament
Last Line:
And tuke him to a mill | To hyde him as coward false of fay
Author:
Alexander Scott (Absolute)
DMI number:
11210

88. The good we act the ill that we endure

First Line:
The good we act the ill that we endure
Last Line:
For all men would be cowards if they durst
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
5578

89. The doubt of future foes

First Line:
The doubt of future foes
Last Line:
And gape for such like joy
Author:
Elizabeth I (Absolute)
DMI number:
38581

90. The doubt of future foes

First Line:
The doubt of future foes
Last Line:
Or gape for such like joy
Author:
Elizabeth I (Absolute)
DMI number:
38161

91. The doubt of future foes

First Line:
The doubt of future foes
Last Line:
Such change and gape for joy
Author:
Elizabeth I (Absolute)
DMI number:
37661

92. The chaste Sempronia knows not how to escape

First Line:
The chaste Sempronia knows not how to escape
Last Line:
Is not Sempronia left at sex and seven
Author:
Francis Quarles (Absolute)
DMI number:
17067

93. The man my friend whose conscious heart

First Line:
The man my friend whose conscious heart
Last Line:
Her voice and smiles my song shall grace
Author:
Samuel Johnson (Absolute)
DMI number:
25436

94. The rich | Have wakeful nights whilst the poor man's turf

First Line:
The rich | Have wakeful nights whilst the poor man's turf
Last Line:
From frigid fears all day at night with rest
Author:
Thomas Goffe [Gough] (Absolute)
DMI number:
17237

95. Then Hudibras | Turned pale as ashes or a clout

First Line:
Then Hudibras | Turned pale as ashes or a clout
Last Line:
With too much or too little valour
DMI number:
39381

96. The silver moon with terror paler grew

First Line:
The silver moon with terror paler grew
Last Line:
And neighbouring Hermon sweated flowery dew
DMI number:
39578

97. The soul secured in her existence smiles

First Line:
The soul secured in her existence smiles
Last Line:
At the drawn dagger and defies its point
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
35255

98. The youth my friends robust in war

First Line:
The youth my friends robust in war
Last Line:
That halting vengeance lags behind
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25570

99. These are feeble vows

First Line:
These are feeble vows
Last Line:
Can force performance
DMI number:
41511

100. These hopes are poor for fear is with them mixed

First Line:
These hopes are poor for fear is with them mixed
Last Line:
All fears are weak where any hope is fixed
Author:
Fulke Greville (Absolute)
DMI number:
15156