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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 faithful swain whom love had taught to sing

First Line:
A faithful swain whom love had taught to sing
Last Line:
By night he scorches as he burns by day
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
7032

3. A flood of tenderness comes over my soul

First Line:
A flood of tenderness comes over my soul
Last Line:
That hurt your peace and quench your eyes in tears
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
18483

4. A beam of comfort like the moon through clouds

First Line:
A beam of comfort like the moon through clouds
Last Line:
Gilds the black horror and direct my way
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
18473

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. A heavy melancholy hangs on his mind

First Line:
A heavy melancholy hangs on his mind
Last Line:
And in his eyes inhabit most sad shadows
DMI number:
19973

9. A hopeless flame did Corydon destroy

First Line:
A hopeless flame did Corydon destroy
Last Line:
Time or some new desire shall this destroy
Author:
Nahum Tate (Absolute)
DMI number:
3782

10. A kind of weight hangs heavy on my heart

First Line:
A kind of weight hangs heavy on my heart
Last Line:
To tell me fate's at hand
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
19964

11. A sudden damp has seized my spirits

First Line:
A sudden damp has seized my spirits
Last Line:
Hangs on their active springs
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute) & Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
19963

12. 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

13. 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

14. A thousand thoughts prey on my tortured soul

First Line:
A thousand thoughts prey on my tortured soul
Last Line:
And whirling fancy turns my senses round
Author:
Thomas Southerne (Absolute)
DMI number:
18688

15. 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

16. 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

17. A pensive sadness overwhelms my soul

First Line:
A pensive sadness overwhelms my soul
Last Line:
That leads to endless joys or endless woes
DMI number:
35722

18. 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

19. 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

20. A shower of tears flowed down her lovely face

First Line:
A shower of tears flowed down her lovely face
Last Line:
Which from her grief received yet sweeter grace
DMI number:
40318