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1. A dame the abbey's tomb contain

First Line:
A dame the abbey's tomb contain
Last Line:
Is full as small and fatal too
Author:
Samuel Whyte (Speculation)
DMI number:
36001

2. A careful nymph with careless grief oppressed

First Line:
A careful nymph with careless grief oppressed
Last Line:
These with my woe my woes with these increase
Author:
Anthony Munday (Absolute)
DMI number:
13195

3. A chilling damp invades my trembling heart

First Line:
A chilling damp invades my trembling heart
Last Line:
And with her filial tears bedew his hallowed urn
DMI number:
40565

4. A common theme a flattering muse may fire

First Line:
A common theme a flattering muse may fire
Last Line:
Till then my little saint adieu adieu
DMI number:
28986

5. A tear bedews my Delia's eye

First Line:
A tear bedews my Delia's eye
Last Line:
To think that youth so swiftly flies
Author:
William Shenstone (Absolute)
DMI number:
27230

6. A thousand charms if Lesbia boast

First Line:
A thousand charms if Lesbia boast
Last Line:
Or cool this glowing heart of mine
Author:
Josiah Relph (Absolute)
DMI number:
21076

7. A man triumphant is a monstrous sight

First Line:
A man triumphant is a monstrous sight
Last Line:
Who called us into being to be blessed
Author:
Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:
30198

8. A peasant past his climacteric year

First Line:
A peasant past his climacteric year
Last Line:
Their trouble they forget and wish it gone
DMI number:
6246

9. A poore soule sat sighing under a sicamore tree

First Line:
A poore soule sat sighing under a sicamore tree
Last Line:
Sing O the greene willow shall be my garland
DMI number:
37267

10. A shepherd boy all in an evening fair

First Line:
A shepherd boy all in an evening fair
Last Line:
To slumbers soft his sorrowing breast invite
Author:
Ambrose Philips (Confident)
DMI number:
6478

11. A soul exasperated in ill falls out

First Line:
A soul exasperated in ill falls out
Last Line:
With every thing its friend it self
DMI number:
14175

12. A prison is a house of care

First Line:
A prison is a house of care
Last Line:
No place for men to thrive
DMI number:
43768

13. A restless lover I espied

First Line:
A restless lover I espied
Last Line:
Nor Cupid a physician
DMI number:
44280

14. A lass that was loaden with care

First Line:
A lass that was loaden with care
Last Line:
And heavily sighed for him | So merry as we twa have been &c
DMI number:
24065

15. A little herd-groom for he was no better

First Line:
A little herd-groom for he was no better
Last Line:
Whose voice did help their masters case lament
Author:
Francis Davison (Absolute)
DMI number:
49804

16. A little herd-groom for he was no better

First Line:
A little herd-groom for he was no better
Last Line:
Whose voice did helpe their master's case lament
Author:
Francis Davison (Absolute)
DMI number:
49885

17. A lovely nymph in pensive mood

First Line:
A lovely nymph in pensive mood
Last Line:
Of all her grief and pain
DMI number:
11821

18. A lover of late was I

First Line:
A lover of late was I
Last Line:
And now I am myselfe againe
DMI number:
37615

19. Ah how tedious is the day

First Line:
Ah how tedious is the day
Last Line:
Without thee my heart is breaking
DMI number:
11737

20. Ah me that ever I was born

First Line:
Ah me that ever I was born
Last Line:
Till with a marble tomb I'm pressed
DMI number:
42753

21. Ah me that restless bliss so soon should fly

First Line:
Ah me that restless bliss so soon should fly
Last Line:
Nor death the lasting union could divide
DMI number:
27781

22. Ah pity Colin cruel fair

First Line:
Ah pity Colin cruel fair
Last Line:
Before it is too late
DMI number:
23565

23. All days to me henceforth are equal

First Line:
All days to me henceforth are equal
Last Line:
One hated line of more extended woe
DMI number:
14170

24. All fly the unhappy and I all would fly

First Line:
All fly the unhappy and I all would fly
Last Line:
For sure the soul his wisdom made his power continues still
Author:
Anne Wharton [nee Lee] (Absolute) & Anne Finch [nee Kingsmill] (Speculation)
DMI number:
3879

25. All gloomy thoughts and pining care

First Line:
All gloomy thoughts and pining care
Last Line:
In sacred harmony combine
DMI number:
21069

26. A | I love a nymph a lack a day

First Line:
A | I love a nymph a lack a day
Last Line:
May suffer shipwreck in the main
DMI number:
44179

27. Adieu desert how art thou spent

First Line:
Adieu desert how art thou spent
Last Line:
That thy true heart should cause thy woe
DMI number:
9075

28. Adieu vain mirth and noisy joys

First Line:
Adieu vain mirth and noisy joys
Last Line:
Thy steps adieu vain world adieu
Author:
William Broome (Absolute)
DMI number:
15405

29. Adieu ye walls that guard my cruel fair

First Line:
Adieu ye walls that guard my cruel fair
Last Line:
Yet love the coward love still lags behind
Author:
James Hammond (Absolute)
DMI number:
22608

30. Ah what advice can I receive

First Line:
Ah what advice can I receive
Last Line:
Of cutting through a flame
DMI number:
44048

31. Ah what avails the lengthening mead

First Line:
Ah what avails the lengthening mead
Last Line:
Along the unhallowed shade
Author:
Fulke Greville (Absolute)
DMI number:
28328

32. Alas my aching heart

First Line:
Alas my aching heart
Last Line:
And sounded grace on all their strings
Author:
Isaac Watts (Absolute)
DMI number:
27273

33. Alas that ever this day we did see

First Line:
Alas that ever this day we did see
Last Line:
That ever he forced king Edward to die
DMI number:
37013

34. Alexis shunned his fellow swains

First Line:
Alexis shunned his fellow swains
Last Line:
He bowed obeyed and died
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
808

35. Alexis the pride of the plain

First Line:
Alexis the pride of the plain
Last Line:
And imparts more than time steals away
DMI number:
32602

36. Affection bids me now to weep

First Line:
Affection bids me now to weep
Last Line:
May teach us where to seek for rest
DMI number:
9637

37. 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

38. Ah Celia leave that cruel art

First Line:
Ah Celia leave that cruel art
Last Line:
And I'll divorce myself from love
DMI number:
44027

39. Ah Colin why should thou despair

First Line:
Ah Colin why should thou despair
Last Line:
Shall pleasantly glide over the green
DMI number:
12694

40. Ah cruel love when will thy torments cease

First Line:
Ah cruel love when will thy torments cease
Last Line:
And triumphed over a true and broken heart
DMI number:
43590

41. Ah cruel nymph how canst thou punish me

First Line:
Ah cruel nymph how canst thou punish me
Last Line:
Than it would for you to be more kind and love
DMI number:
44640

42. A young man that's in love with one that's wed

First Line:
A young man that's in love with one that's wed
Last Line:
Will giggle it out to all men
DMI number:
42929

43. A youth once free and happy now a slave

First Line:
A youth once free and happy now a slave
Last Line:
Smiles when he weeps and frowns when he complains
DMI number:
3699

44. All in vain

First Line:
All in vain
Last Line:
Till I have reason
DMI number:
43879

45. And will you Clody leave

First Line:
And will you Clody leave
Last Line:
For novelty you slight
DMI number:
12780

46. Answer my soul whence this unmanly fear

First Line:
Answer my soul whence this unmanly fear
Last Line:
All but a god is he whom Laura loves
DMI number:
26910

47. Amintas that true hearted swain

First Line:
Amintas that true hearted swain
Last Line:
Which I demand of thee of thee | Which I demand &c
Author:
Aphra Behn (Absolute)
DMI number:
2570

48. All silent awhile be each breeze

First Line:
All silent awhile be each breeze
Last Line:
When the eye shall behold him no more
DMI number:
31953

49. All the flatteries of fate

First Line:
All the flatteries of fate
Last Line:
To be interred with the dirge of the disconsolate quire
DMI number:
44142

50. And is he dead is he already dead

First Line:
And is he dead is he already dead
Last Line:
Henry Britannia's equal hope and pride
DMI number:
44590

51. And must I go and must I be no more

First Line:
And must I go and must I be no more
Last Line:
I'd even lose myself since I've lost thee
Author:
John Norris (Absolute)
DMI number:
33687

52. And none can be unhappy who

First Line:
And none can be unhappy who
Last Line:
Though ever so ill when he shall not be so
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Confident)
DMI number:
5538

53. Alone and pensive through deserted meads

First Line:
Alone and pensive through deserted meads
Last Line:
And he and I alternate converse hold
DMI number:
29959

54. Along their face

First Line:
Along their face
Last Line:
And prone to earth was hung their languid head
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
12898

55. Amidst the shades and cool refreshing streams

First Line:
Amidst the shades and cool refreshing streams
Last Line:
And damps the cheerful choir
DMI number:
4519

56. Amidst the sorrows for a son so dear

First Line:
Amidst the sorrows for a son so dear
Last Line:
That nature had both wit and art outdone
DMI number:
11145

57. As late by Thames's verdant side

First Line:
As late by Thames's verdant side
Last Line:
Poor Chloe quite forgot her song
Author:
Sir Charles Hanbury Williams (Absolute)
DMI number:
31627

58. As many shells on shore as roses sweet

First Line:
As many shells on shore as roses sweet
Last Line:
Icarian waters I must surely number well
DMI number:
44502

59. As the stars in darkest night

First Line:
As the stars in darkest night
Last Line:
It will at last break forth again
DMI number:
44094

60. As then no wind at all there blew

First Line:
As then no wind at all there blew
Last Line:
My tears discolours so mine ink
Author:
Matthew Roydon (Absolute)
DMI number:
44710

61. As oft as I behold and see

First Line:
As oft as I behold and see
Last Line:
Of ill sown seed such is the fruit
DMI number:
32104

62. As distant thunder in a rolling cloud

First Line:
As distant thunder in a rolling cloud
Last Line:
Ireland will never again know cause of public grief or fear
DMI number:
43182

63. Appelles heard with grief to parents known

First Line:
Appelles heard with grief to parents known
Last Line:
The painter's art or father's piety
DMI number:
16645

64. Are you grown so melancholy

First Line:
Are you grown so melancholy
Last Line:
Let the pox be your friend and the plague be your end | And this will cure you
DMI number:
43106

65. Arise O Phosphorus and bring the day

First Line:
Arise O Phosphorus and bring the day
Last Line:
Tis barbarous to insult on one that dies
Author:
William Walsh (Absolute)
DMI number:
6683

66. Arise ye winds from your rough caves

First Line:
Arise ye winds from your rough caves
Last Line:
And then she laid her down and died
DMI number:
42801

67. As Chloe by a river's side

First Line:
As Chloe by a river's side
Last Line:
All my joys in view
DMI number:
18204

68. As Chloris on her downy pillow lay

First Line:
As Chloris on her downy pillow lay
Last Line:
I'm now abandoned though I once was fair
Author:
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu [nee Pierrepont] (Absolute)
DMI number:
15448

69. Around the barren heath I rove

First Line:
Around the barren heath I rove
Last Line:
Unless they mourn your absence too
DMI number:
12836

70. As a poor bird just 'scaped the fowler's gin

First Line:
As a poor bird just 'scaped the fowler's gin
Last Line:
Your soul unlimited will feel no chain
DMI number:
9626

71. As souls about to leave their bodies bare

First Line:
As souls about to leave their bodies bare
Last Line:
Oft gazed and sighed and murmured out adieu
DMI number:
11311

72. As Sterne's pathetic tale you hear

First Line:
As Sterne's pathetic tale you hear
Last Line:
Of pity's sympathizing tear
DMI number:
35723

73. As I lay all alone on my bed slumbering

First Line:
As I lay all alone on my bed slumbering
Last Line:
Which makes me sigh &c
DMI number:
44234

74. As Indians when a valued hero dies

First Line:
As Indians when a valued hero dies
Last Line:
You'll scarce admit a charge when you're refined for bliss
DMI number:
5980

75. As it fell out on a long summer's day

First Line:
As it fell out on a long summer's day
Last Line:
Or they had now been there
DMI number:
37601

76. At fate's approach see Oroonoko moan

First Line:
At fate's approach see Oroonoko moan
Last Line:
To be so wept who would not wish to bleed
DMI number:
36656

77. At least withdraw your cruelty

First Line:
At least withdraw your cruelty
Last Line:
And thus till then I end my song
DMI number:
32096

78. At the close of the day when the hamlet is still

First Line:
At the close of the day when the hamlet is still
Last Line:
Oh when shall it dawn on the gloom of the grave
Author:
James Beattie (Absolute)
DMI number:
32551

79. At this late hour the world lies hushed below

First Line:
At this late hour the world lies hushed below
Last Line:
Here let me ever dwell for heaven is here
Author:
David Mallet (Absolute)
DMI number:
17520

80. Awake my muse awake tis time to rise

First Line:
Awake my muse awake tis time to rise
Last Line:
To join in consort with the heavenly choir
DMI number:
11195

81. Away away thou ape of solid bliss

First Line:
Away away thou ape of solid bliss
Last Line:
He purchased for himself the overrated ball
DMI number:
43384

82. As when some merchant on the stormy main

First Line:
As when some merchant on the stormy main
Last Line:
Remembring Gloucester and beholding you
Author:
George Jeffreys (Absolute)
DMI number:
3864

83. As when the sun neglects the northern sphere

First Line:
As when the sun neglects the northern sphere
Last Line:
Such pleasures as the saint but there can know
DMI number:
11193

84. At Walterdale near Berwick town

First Line:
At Walterdale near Berwick town
Last Line:
Joy sooner kills than woe
DMI number:
35704

85. Aurora fair whose rosy cheeks adorn

First Line:
Aurora fair whose rosy cheeks adorn
Last Line:
Yet still I the hard hearted fair will love
DMI number:
42768

86. Assist ye gods inspire me whilst I write

First Line:
Assist ye gods inspire me whilst I write
Last Line:
To perjured man I by experience find
DMI number:
3336

87. Be gone fond love I'll dote no more

First Line:
Be gone fond love I'll dote no more
Last Line:
I love my nymph says I I love again says she
DMI number:
44629

88. Be gone old care I prithee begone from me

First Line:
Be gone old care I prithee begone from me
Last Line:
To drive old care away
DMI number:
23708

89. Be merry with sorrow why are you so sad

First Line:
Be merry with sorrow why are you so sad
Last Line:
God send them short lives not to live till tomorrow
DMI number:
42909

90. Be sorrow banished give not all your bloom

First Line:
Be sorrow banished give not all your bloom
Last Line:
And pleasing melancholy will remain
DMI number:
25919

91. Be thou that art my better part

First Line:
Be thou that art my better part
Last Line:
The freedom of affection buy
DMI number:
43831

92. Because I knew twas harsh I would not tell

First Line:
Because I knew twas harsh I would not tell
Last Line:
And bear it like a man
DMI number:
14231

93. Begin my muse in mournful sounds proclaim

First Line:
Begin my muse in mournful sounds proclaim
Last Line:
Learning at length to choose what's only best
DMI number:
9627

94. Begin Sicilian muse the mournful lay

First Line:
Begin Sicilian muse the mournful lay
Last Line:
Beat their fair breasts and weep around his tomb
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
27664

95. Behind an unfrequented glade

First Line:
Behind an unfrequented glade
Last Line:
And knaves and prudes are six times married
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
11870

96. Beyond the malice of abusive fate

First Line:
Beyond the malice of abusive fate
Last Line:
For sweet Amintor's dead who was my dear
DMI number:
43821

97. Blame not your Almeda nor call her your grief

First Line:
Blame not your Almeda nor call her your grief
Last Line:
And all my kind wishes I strew on your hearse
DMI number:
44285

98. Blind Cupid lay thy bow aside

First Line:
Blind Cupid lay thy bow aside
Last Line:
He'll kiss not curse thy dart
DMI number:
44454

99. Both day and night O God my sighs

First Line:
Both day and night O God my sighs
Last Line:
Hast veiled in endless night
DMI number:
19425

100. Break break distracted heart there is no cure

First Line:
Break break distracted heart there is no cure
Last Line:
A medicine to my grief I'll die I'll die
DMI number:
43818