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1491.
Upon a bough hung trembling over a spring
First Line:
Upon a bough hung trembling over a spring
Last Line:
Nymphs take my life since you despise my song
Author:
Philip Ayres (Absolute)
DMI number:
44573
1492.
Upon a desert rock horrid to sight
First Line:
Upon a desert rock horrid to sight
Last Line:
It doth never again return
DMI number:
33304
1493.
Upon the banks which famed Euphrates laves
First Line:
Upon the banks which famed Euphrates laves
Last Line:
And daubs the rugged flints with clotted brains and gore
Author:
Joseph Trapp (Confident)
DMI number:
6519
1494.
What precious drops are those
First Line:
What precious drops are those
Last Line:
And double cursed who does not give relief
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20995
1495.
What rage could hurt a gentleness like thine
First Line:
What rage could hurt a gentleness like thine
Last Line:
Over dying roses and at blossoms fall
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute) & Nahum Tate (Absolute)
DMI number:
18484
1496.
What saucy sorrow dares approach your heart
First Line:
What saucy sorrow dares approach your heart
Last Line:
To pay for mercy one fit sacrifice
Author:
Sir George Etherege (Absolute)
DMI number:
21002
1497.
What shall I do to learn some powerful art
First Line:
What shall I do to learn some powerful art
Last Line:
In fiercest flames of love and never return
DMI number:
44639
1498.
What shame or stint in mourning over
First Line:
What shame or stint in mourning over
Last Line:
Which all the world cannot redress
Author:
Sir Richard Fanshawe (Absolute)
DMI number:
42056
1499.
What shame what bounds can sorrow know
First Line:
What shame what bounds can sorrow know
Last Line:
To assuage at least the wound she cannot cure
DMI number:
26111
1500.
What shame what bounds can sorrow know
First Line:
What shame what bounds can sorrow know
Last Line:
To mollify the wound she cannot cure
Author:
William Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25438
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