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1. A generous sense of your indulgent care

First Line:
A generous sense of your indulgent care
Last Line:
To be convinced her friend is truly kind
DMI number:
9410

2. A golden treasure is the tried friend

First Line:
A golden treasure is the tried friend
Last Line:
Thy friend to love as one whom thou mayst hate
Author:
J Dolman (Absolute)
DMI number:
14815

3. A certain dog of middling birth

First Line:
A certain dog of middling birth
Last Line:
That they are neither worth your love nor hate
Author:
John Hall-Stevenson (Absolute)
DMI number:
30865

4. A song o Philo from the rural shade

First Line:
A song o Philo from the rural shade
Last Line:
Cheered with the prospect of a happier soil
DMI number:
29849

5. A rival in a friend to see

First Line:
A rival in a friend to see
Last Line:
Than do one infidelity
DMI number:
8535

6. All compliance apart

First Line:
All compliance apart
Last Line:
And do penance in shape of a wife
Author:
Miss Soper (Absolute)
DMI number:
38376

7. Accept these lays the dictates of a heart

First Line:
Accept these lays the dictates of a heart
Last Line:
In gayer moments tune the harmonic lyre
DMI number:
35478

8. Accept this tomb dear friend of mine

First Line:
Accept this tomb dear friend of mine
Last Line:
O drink no Lethe for my sake
DMI number:
203

9. Adieu ye oft trod paths of Marlborough's plains

First Line:
Adieu ye oft trod paths of Marlborough's plains
Last Line:
And even my autumn have the charms of May
DMI number:
9409

10. After venting all my spite

First Line:
After venting all my spite
Last Line:
I to laugh and you grow wise
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Absolute)
DMI number:
11316

11. Agreed at last the blissful day appears

First Line:
Agreed at last the blissful day appears
Last Line:
Precisely grateful and profusely kind
DMI number:
9668

12. Ah cease this kind persuasive strain

First Line:
Ah cease this kind persuasive strain
Last Line:
Will heave one tuneful sigh and sooth my hovering shade
Author:
William Mason (Absolute)
DMI number:
27947

13. An altar raise to friendship's holy flame

First Line:
An altar raise to friendship's holy flame
Last Line:
Come down to teach how happy angels love
Author:
John Hughes (Absolute)
DMI number:
8360

14. All songsters in this common fault agree

First Line:
All songsters in this common fault agree
Last Line:
A happier private man than you a king
DMI number:
25657

15. All things are common amongst friends thou sayest

First Line:
All things are common amongst friends thou sayest
Last Line:
Nothing so common as to use them so
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
6325

16. And so it proved if any joy was sent

First Line:
And so it proved if any joy was sent
Last Line:
For striking one it wounded the other most
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
6022

17. And so my sister dear adieu

First Line:
And so my sister dear adieu
Last Line:
Fear not I'll be a friend to you
DMI number:
8203

18. And thus you may get a friend that will stand by

First Line:
And thus you may get a friend that will stand by
Last Line:
Or stand aloof and gaze but won't come nigh
DMI number:
8194

19. As laurel leaves that cease not to be green

First Line:
As laurel leaves that cease not to be green
Last Line:
Your faithful friend and will be to my last
DMI number:
49486

20. As the other day Dick Harry Tom and I

First Line:
As the other day Dick Harry Tom and I
Last Line:
They act those crimes which they abhor in us
DMI number:
44320

21. As those we love decay we die in part

First Line:
As those we love decay we die in part
Last Line:
Till dying all he can resign is breath
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
25104

22. As papist when his restiff saint

First Line:
As papist when his restiff saint
Last Line:
To find your humble servant there
DMI number:
3881

23. As farmers seeds in plenty sow

First Line:
As farmers seeds in plenty sow
Last Line:
Regardless of the scoffers jest
DMI number:
33368

24. As I was walking in the mall of late

First Line:
As I was walking in the mall of late
Last Line:
Was prisoner made I set at liberty
Author:
John Oldham (Absolute)
DMI number:
12253

25. As when a lofty pile is raised

First Line:
As when a lofty pile is raised
Last Line:
They'll prove my accusation just
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Absolute)
DMI number:
2015

26. At your approach nature herself looks glad

First Line:
At your approach nature herself looks glad
Last Line:
And even winter smile when thou art here
DMI number:
11092

27. Ask not from whom no matter whence

First Line:
Ask not from whom no matter whence
Last Line:
When labouring in the sharpest throws
DMI number:
5371

28. Assist me muse to hail this sacred morn

First Line:
Assist me muse to hail this sacred morn
Last Line:
Of her enlivened ashes mounts to fame
Author:
Anna Miller [née Riggs] (Confident)
DMI number:
35558

29. Blow blow thou winter wind

First Line:
Blow blow thou winter wind
Last Line:
As friend remembered not
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
23650

30. Bella see the ice in chains

First Line:
Bella see the ice in chains
Last Line:
Whence to thee my numbers flow
Author:
Mary Goddard (Speculation)
DMI number:
21936

31. Beneath a gloomy yew's unhealthy shade

First Line:
Beneath a gloomy yew's unhealthy shade
Last Line:
For my sake live tonight tomorrow die
DMI number:
44566

32. C--s I hoped the little heaven shall spare

First Line:
C--s I hoped the little heaven shall spare
Last Line:
Grateful to him who lived and died thy friend
Author:
Thomas Edwards (Absolute)
DMI number:
23525

33. Can then my love ever doubt my truth

First Line:
Can then my love ever doubt my truth
Last Line:
But here live and die with you
DMI number:
12781

34. Can you conceive my willing friendship such

First Line:
Can you conceive my willing friendship such
Last Line:
Than to refer you to some abler friend
DMI number:
9662

35. By Sylvia if thy charming self be meant

First Line:
By Sylvia if thy charming self be meant
Last Line:
And died in woe that thou might'st live in peace
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
4252

36. By heaven you stir not

First Line:
By heaven you stir not
Last Line:
And curses great as is thy falsehood catch thee
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
35135

37. Come prithee honest Jack fill t'other pipe

First Line:
Come prithee honest Jack fill t'other pipe
Last Line:
There's no such charming liqour in the grave
DMI number:
5768

38. Come Selima my charming friend and share

First Line:
Come Selima my charming friend and share
Last Line:
Content in your Arpasia's heart to reign
Author:
Mary Goddard (Speculation)
DMI number:
21945

39. Charmed with the empty found of pompous words

First Line:
Charmed with the empty found of pompous words
Last Line:
May you seem happy whilst I'm really so
DMI number:
33297

40. 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

41. Come Anacreon drunken priest

First Line:
Come Anacreon drunken priest
Last Line:
Pleasure wafts the notes around
DMI number:
15415

42. Come come my friend to this sweet bower

First Line:
Come come my friend to this sweet bower
Last Line:
Enjoy what princes wish in vain
DMI number:
25809

43. Come Daphne to Miranda's breast retire

First Line:
Come Daphne to Miranda's breast retire
Last Line:
Says nothing of his sting
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
17505

44. Come fill up a bumper and let it go round

First Line:
Come fill up a bumper and let it go round
Last Line:
Kind heaven those blessings to us doth ensure
DMI number:
28952

45. 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

46. Come fill up a bumper to Bacchus

First Line:
Come fill up a bumper to Bacchus
Last Line:
He's poor that takes care for to morrow
DMI number:
44445

47. Dear Bob | Enraptured with your rural sport

First Line:
Dear Bob | Enraptured with your rural sport
Last Line:
Merit that fame and worth that peace secures
DMI number:
35368

48. Dear Chloe while thus beyond measure

First Line:
Dear Chloe while thus beyond measure
Last Line:
That decrepit old age cannot freeze
Author:
Matthew Prior (Speculation)
DMI number:
12440

49. Dear friend for surely I may call him so

First Line:
Dear friend for surely I may call him so
Last Line:
A grateful soul and a contented mind
Author:
Edmund Poley (Absolute)
DMI number:
956

50. Dan Chaucer and the wits of old

First Line:
Dan Chaucer and the wits of old
Last Line:
The fair without a blush look on
DMI number:
17904

51. Dear Tom how melancholy I am grown

First Line:
Dear Tom how melancholy I am grown
Last Line:
And wit that at a quibble never fails
Author:
Richard Duke (Absolute)
DMI number:
8705

52. Dear Tom | Never minding that the weather

First Line:
Dear Tom | Never minding that the weather
Last Line:
I now remain | dear Tom | your humble &c
DMI number:
12886

53. Dear Will | I am glad to hear you hold the rudder

First Line:
Dear Will | I am glad to hear you hold the rudder
Last Line:
You may depend upon my story | Your most affectionate | Albion's Glory
DMI number:
31213

54. Dear minister my landard stile

First Line:
Dear minister my landard stile
Last Line:
But from the bottom of my heart | Your ally Keith
Author:
Sir Robert Murray Keith (Absolute)
DMI number:
35300

55. Dear Moyle blessed youth whose forward wit pursues

First Line:
Dear Moyle blessed youth whose forward wit pursues
Last Line:
In a wild maze of thoughts and so dear friend | adieu
DMI number:
8649

56. Dear Ned let us taste the true pleasures of wine

First Line:
Dear Ned let us taste the true pleasures of wine
Last Line:
But fail not to meet thy old friend at the George
DMI number:
17743

57. Dear P--tt--s--n | When Pedro gives his rustic fist and faith

First Line:
Dear P--tt--s--n | When Pedro gives his rustic fist and faith
Last Line:
And keep us friends in truth as well as name
DMI number:
24348

58. Dear sir if rhyming will go down

First Line:
Dear sir if rhyming will go down
Last Line:
I'm half jocund half grave you'll see | Still | yours eternally | J C
DMI number:
32220

59. Dear sir when I received your letter

First Line:
Dear sir when I received your letter
Last Line:
And write you rhyme when they play pools | At Mr T--s
DMI number:
35345

60. Dion he cried Damon be wholly mine

First Line:
Dion he cried Damon be wholly mine
Last Line:
And spare thy life I would not perish all
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
5640

61. Endued with all that could adorn

First Line:
Endued with all that could adorn
Last Line:
At once the lover and the friend
Author:
Andrew Hervey Mills (Absolute)
DMI number:
32536

62. Death will when once as tis by fate designed

First Line:
Death will when once as tis by fate designed
Last Line:
And never after my dear Chloris leave
Author:
John Norris (Absolute)
DMI number:
6865

63. Excuse me bright Lucinda if I dare

First Line:
Excuse me bright Lucinda if I dare
Last Line:
That much to friendship more to love is due
DMI number:
21775

64. Friendship the great pursuit of noble minds

First Line:
Friendship the great pursuit of noble minds
Last Line:
Who trusts too much to either is undone
Author:
Sarah Fyge Egerton (Absolute)
DMI number:
3531

65. Friendship the heavenly theme I sing

First Line:
Friendship the heavenly theme I sing
Last Line:
As light we haste away
Author:
Mary Chandler (Absolute)
DMI number:
15477

66. Friendship thou balm to every bleeding wound

First Line:
Friendship thou balm to every bleeding wound
Last Line:
Where pain and misery are beheld no more
DMI number:
27174

67. Friendship thou plant of tedious growth

First Line:
Friendship thou plant of tedious growth
Last Line:
One moment loses and tis found no more
DMI number:
9399

68. From Bergen's walls with recent bloodshed stained

First Line:
From Bergen's walls with recent bloodshed stained
Last Line:
Their grateful servant and thy faithful friend
Author:
Sir Robert Murray Keith (Confident)
DMI number:
35305

69. Frank who will any friend supply

First Line:
Frank who will any friend supply
Last Line:
No need to waste my paper too
DMI number:
24850

70. Freed from the clamours of the town

First Line:
Freed from the clamours of the town
Last Line:
And in full bowls carouse to Ann's prosperity
DMI number:
5865

71. Friend to my life and parent of my youth

First Line:
Friend to my life and parent of my youth
Last Line:
Through devious tracts and paths unknown before
DMI number:
28338

72. Friends are to friends as lesser Gods while they

First Line:
Friends are to friends as lesser Gods while they
Last Line:
Thy head thy heart thy fortune to thy friend
DMI number:
33745

73. Friends like to leaves that on the trees do grow

First Line:
Friends like to leaves that on the trees do grow
Last Line:
But he more happy that no friend doth need
DMI number:
43714

74. Friendship adieu thou dear deceitful good

First Line:
Friendship adieu thou dear deceitful good
Last Line:
And find ourselves at once deserted and alone
Author:
Samuel Boyse (Absolute)
DMI number:
31972

75. Friendship I've always thought resembles love

First Line:
Friendship I've always thought resembles love
Last Line:
Is valued only for the hand that gave
DMI number:
33242

76. Friendship peculiar boon of heaven

First Line:
Friendship peculiar boon of heaven
Last Line:
Shall aid our happiness above
Author:
Samuel Johnson (Absolute)
DMI number:
32397

77. Friendship source of bliss sedate

First Line:
Friendship source of bliss sedate
Last Line:
Thy honour brightens and thy praise secures
DMI number:
30846

78. Forbear my outside friend to shake my hand

First Line:
Forbear my outside friend to shake my hand
Last Line:
And fresh affronts deserve a smarter stroke
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
7992

79. From friendship's cradle up the verdant paths

First Line:
From friendship's cradle up the verdant paths
Last Line:
Of toil and honour for thy father's son
Author:
Sneyd Davies (Absolute)
DMI number:
27895

80. From friendship's cradle up the verdant paths

First Line:
From friendship's cradle up the verdant paths
Last Line:
Of toil and honour for your father's son
Author:
Sneyd Davies (Absolute)
DMI number:
23440

81. From me dear Charles inspired with ale

First Line:
From me dear Charles inspired with ale
Last Line:
The cart would drive and I be hanged | With a fa la la &c
Author:
William Tunstall (Absolute)
DMI number:
9332

82. From rosy fingers morning shook the dew

First Line:
From rosy fingers morning shook the dew
Last Line:
With guiltless mirth to crown the happy day
Author:
John Hawkesworth (Absolute)
DMI number:
25320

83. Gladly the call of friendship I obey

First Line:
Gladly the call of friendship I obey
Last Line:
Not only both must love but both obey
DMI number:
30840

84. Gellius I did not therefore hope you'd prove

First Line:
Gellius I did not therefore hope you'd prove
Last Line:
So much you joy in what is like a fault
DMI number:
8539

85. From these lone walls and this ungrateful shore

First Line:
From these lone walls and this ungrateful shore
Last Line:
So long nor longer let me call thee mine
DMI number:
25868

86. From Utrecht's silent walks by winds I send

First Line:
From Utrecht's silent walks by winds I send
Last Line:
And dying finds too late he lived in vain
Author:
Ambrose Philips (Absolute)
DMI number:
11777

87. 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

88. Go thou loved tea go to the matchless fair

First Line:
Go thou loved tea go to the matchless fair
Last Line:
That their acceptance makes him full amends
DMI number:
3303

89. Gay as the season of the year

First Line:
Gay as the season of the year
Last Line:
Good sense the power maintain
Author:
Mary Goddard (Speculation)
DMI number:
22377

90. Gods have their flying mercury but we

First Line:
Gods have their flying mercury but we
Last Line:
The jarring world in bonds of amity
Author:
John Morrice (Absolute)
DMI number:
14045

91. Hail beauteous pair whom friendship binds

First Line:
Hail beauteous pair whom friendship binds
Last Line:
The joys of love and friendship too
Author:
John Hoadly (Absolute)
DMI number:
27742

92. Hail masonry thou craft divine

First Line:
Hail masonry thou craft divine
Last Line:
Their praise in lofty lodge resound
DMI number:
28679

93. Hail noble critic whose pervading mind

First Line:
Hail noble critic whose pervading mind
Last Line:
Change nature's laws and curse his race with fools
DMI number:
29019

94. Hail royal synod sons of loyalty

First Line:
Hail royal synod sons of loyalty
Last Line:
And every glass with Caesar's health be crowned
DMI number:
44306

95. Grant me kind heaven what I request

First Line:
Grant me kind heaven what I request
Last Line:
Gain from our bounteous hands relief
DMI number:
28682

96. Grant me propitious powers this one request

First Line:
Grant me propitious powers this one request
Last Line:
But thrive be green and prosper all the year
DMI number:
6544

97. Hail sacred friend this comes to let thee know

First Line:
Hail sacred friend this comes to let thee know
Last Line:
Ah cease thy wonders give me moisture too
DMI number:
43385

98. Good Mr Ware

First Line:
Good Mr Ware
Last Line:
To you know who
DMI number:
9645

99. Health to my friend who loves the town so well

First Line:
Health to my friend who loves the town so well
Last Line:
And wanting nothing in the world but thee
DMI number:
44688

100. Hear the greatest wish I have

First Line:
Hear the greatest wish I have
Last Line:
Fate hasn't a greater bliss in store
Author:
Mary Goddard (Speculation)
DMI number:
21939