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1.
A friend is gold if true he'll never leave thee
First Line:
A friend is gold if true he'll never leave thee
Last Line:
Yet both without a touchstone may deceive thee
Author:
Thomas Randolph (Absolute)
DMI number:
14831
2.
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
3.
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
4.
A brace of bucks in friendship bound
First Line:
A brace of bucks in friendship bound
Last Line:
Smile on her cheek and bloom without decay
DMI number:
36520
5.
A brace of vigorous hot young gallants
First Line:
A brace of vigorous hot young gallants
Last Line:
Ay ay Jack but I won't be bammed
DMI number:
12354
6.
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
7.
A curious statue we are told
First Line:
A curious statue we are told
Last Line:
A meaner were unworthy Swift
Author:
Mary Barber (Absolute)
DMI number:
11376
8.
A tassel that hangs at my purse strings he dogs
First Line:
A tassel that hangs at my purse strings he dogs
Last Line:
I bear them and beat him
Author:
John Marston (Absolute)
DMI number:
17003
9.
A precisian | In state is a ridiculous miracle
First Line:
A precisian | In state is a ridiculous miracle
Last Line:
He mounts to glory
Author:
James Shirley (Absolute) & George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
17214
10.
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
11.
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
12.
A seasoned friend not tainted with design
First Line:
A seasoned friend not tainted with design
Last Line:
Who made those words grow useless mine and thine
Author:
William Cartwright (Absolute)
DMI number:
14832
13.
A treacherous friend will be a timerous foe
First Line:
A treacherous friend will be a timerous foe
Last Line:
-
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
21176
14.
Ah me what pangs a tender heart must feel
First Line:
Ah me what pangs a tender heart must feel
Last Line:
And see that all his ways are right and best
DMI number:
41770
15.
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
16.
All hail sweet poet and full of more strong fire
First Line:
All hail sweet poet and full of more strong fire
Last Line:
All the world's lion though I be thy ape
Author:
John Donne (Absolute)
DMI number:
9201
17.
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
18.
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
19.
Accept young prince the moral lay
First Line:
Accept young prince the moral lay
Last Line:
That human heroes rule like me
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
24842
20.
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
21.
After those reverend papers whose soul is
First Line:
After those reverend papers whose soul is
Last Line:
In length and ease are alike every where
Author:
John Donne (Absolute)
DMI number:
9212
22.
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
23.
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
24.
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
25.
Ah courteous death one minute more allow
First Line:
Ah courteous death one minute more allow
Last Line:
And death shall never more our loves disjoin
DMI number:
23231
26.
A wolf with hunger fierce and bold
First Line:
A wolf with hunger fierce and bold
Last Line:
But a pretended friend is worse
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
24334
27.
A word Lucilius
First Line:
A word Lucilius
Last Line:
Sink in the trial
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
14819
28.
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
29.
All songsters have this humour that among
First Line:
All songsters have this humour that among
Last Line:
More happy than thy fained kingship can
Author:
Alexander Brome (Absolute)
DMI number:
42171
30.
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
31.
All the commanding powers that awe mankind
First Line:
All the commanding powers that awe mankind
Last Line:
Mercy to him for justice done to you
Author:
Sir Richard Steele (Absolute)
DMI number:
35909
32.
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
33.
And hitherto doth love on fortune tend
First Line:
And hitherto doth love on fortune tend
Last Line:
Directly seasons him his enemy
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
14818
34.
And must these waters smile again and play
First Line:
And must these waters smile again and play
Last Line:
Come to our eyes and we will lend thee more
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
7773
35.
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
36.
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
37.
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
38.
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
39.
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
40.
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
41.
As to the blooming prime
First Line:
As to the blooming prime
Last Line:
Your breaths Favonius hath increast the store
Author:
Edmund Bolton (Absolute)
DMI number:
44875
42.
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
43.
As farmers seeds in plenty sow
First Line:
As farmers seeds in plenty sow
Last Line:
Regardless of the scoffers jest
DMI number:
33368
44.
As flattery too oft like friendship shows
First Line:
As flattery too oft like friendship shows
Last Line:
So them who speak plain truth we think our foes
DMI number:
41377
45.
Art thou not half my self
First Line:
Art thou not half my self
Last Line:
Guided our wills
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
18954
46.
As Rochfoucault his maxims drew
First Line:
As Rochfoucault his maxims drew
Last Line:
Methinks you may forgive his ashes
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Absolute)
DMI number:
19383
47.
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
48.
At last dear Lycidas I'll set thee free
First Line:
At last dear Lycidas I'll set thee free
Last Line:
It will renew and rouse into a storm
Author:
Aphra Behn (Absolute)
DMI number:
23261
49.
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
50.
As when a prophet feels the god retired
First Line:
As when a prophet feels the god retired
Last Line:
And in accepting this oblige your friend
Author:
Charles Hopkins (Confident)
DMI number:
6609
51.
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
52.
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
53.
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
54.
Behold Britannia waves her flag on high
First Line:
Behold Britannia waves her flag on high
Last Line:
Salute thy sails and hail thee into view
Author:
Ambrose Philips (Absolute)
DMI number:
22231
55.
Behold his anger melts he longs to love you
First Line:
Behold his anger melts he longs to love you
Last Line:
The tender speechless joys of reconcilement
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
20572
56.
Behold my friend to this small orb confined
First Line:
Behold my friend to this small orb confined
Last Line:
And lost the friend the universe had gained
Author:
William Whitehead (Absolute)
DMI number:
27829
57.
Best of thy sex if sacred friendship can
First Line:
Best of thy sex if sacred friendship can
Last Line:
To its native purity we will refine
DMI number:
42262
58.
Beville who with your friend would roam
First Line:
Beville who with your friend would roam
Last Line:
And here your generous tear be paid
Author:
James Marriott (Absolute)
DMI number:
25527
59.
Blest are your North parts for all this long time
First Line:
Blest are your North parts for all this long time
Last Line:
As thou tell'st her and none but her my pain
Author:
John Donne (Absolute)
DMI number:
9210
60.
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
61.
Believing hear what you deserve to hear
First Line:
Believing hear what you deserve to hear
Last Line:
Me to the world yours gave to me a friend
DMI number:
27644
62.
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
63.
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
64.
Beneath this cool embowering shade
First Line:
Beneath this cool embowering shade
Last Line:
Where unextinguished friendship reigns
Author:
Thomas Gibbons (Absolute)
DMI number:
38646
65.
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
66.
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
67.
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
68.
Canst thou forgive me canst thou my Cleanthes
First Line:
Canst thou forgive me canst thou my Cleanthes
Last Line:
I close within thee and am thou again
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20574
69.
Canst thous conceal a secret
First Line:
Canst thous conceal a secret
Last Line:
Be private to yourself
DMI number:
40923
70.
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
71.
By Sylvia if thy charming self be meant
First Line:
By Sylvia if thy charming self be meant
Last Line:
And dies in woe that thou mayst live in peace
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
38530
72.
By these stale arts a dinner you pursue
First Line:
By these stale arts a dinner you pursue
Last Line:
To dine today do so but then no news
DMI number:
27639
73.
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
74.
Childless and rich and born in Charles's reign
First Line:
Childless and rich and born in Charles's reign
Last Line:
The new will love you only under ground
DMI number:
27968
75.
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
76.
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
77.
Ceremony was but devised at first
First Line:
Ceremony was but devised at first
Last Line:
But where there is true friendship there needs none
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
13866
78.
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
79.
Charming insulter sure you might have chose
First Line:
Charming insulter sure you might have chose
Last Line:
Then think with how much pain I made you so
DMI number:
42269
80.
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
81.
Come Anacreon drunken priest
First Line:
Come Anacreon drunken priest
Last Line:
Pleasure wafts the notes around
DMI number:
15415
82.
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
83.
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
84.
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
85.
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
86.
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
87.
Come gentle power from whom arose
First Line:
Come gentle power from whom arose
Last Line:
Behold the change they die and are no more
Author:
James Scott (Absolute)
DMI number:
32698
88.
Dear absent master of this sweet domain
First Line:
Dear absent master of this sweet domain
Last Line:
Whose grief sincere you find from this sad song
DMI number:
23241
89.
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
90.
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
91.
Dear Dick however it comes into his head
First Line:
Dear Dick however it comes into his head
Last Line:
And in one word a good man and a true
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
7090
92.
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
93.
Dear friend till now I never knew
First Line:
Dear friend till now I never knew
Last Line:
As God would have it by comes
Author:
John Evelyn (Confident)
DMI number:
44579
94.
Cut the name of the man who his mistress denied
First Line:
Cut the name of the man who his mistress denied
Last Line:
When his friends want his aid or desert is in need
Author:
Esther Van Homrigh (Confident)
DMI number:
15672
95.
Commend but sparingly whom thou dost love
First Line:
Commend but sparingly whom thou dost love
Last Line:
And too sharp censure shows an evil tongue
Author:
Sir John Denham (Absolute)
DMI number:
17273
96.
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
97.
Dear sisters of the forky hill
First Line:
Dear sisters of the forky hill
Last Line:
Immortalize the Cheshire Club
Author:
James Dodd (Confident)
DMI number:
17554
98.
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
99.
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
100.
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
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