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1.
A change so swift what heart did ever feel
First Line:
A change so swift what heart did ever feel
Last Line:
They melted as they fell
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
19590
2.
A choir of bright beauties in spring did appear
First Line:
A choir of bright beauties in spring did appear
Last Line:
When Pan and his son and fair Syrinx return
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4176
3.
A love so pure
First Line:
A love so pure
Last Line:
As light transmitted through a crystal glass
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
19494
4.
A love which knows no bounds to Antony
First Line:
A love which knows no bounds to Antony
Last Line:
And shed his better influence
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20582
5.
All constant lovers shall in future ages
First Line:
All constant lovers shall in future ages
Last Line:
And sanctify the numbers
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
19695
6.
All dangers past at length the lovely bride
First Line:
All dangers past at length the lovely bride
Last Line:
Eurydice the rocks and river banks repied
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
28083
7.
Acis the lovely youth whose loss I mourn
First Line:
Acis the lovely youth whose loss I mourn
Last Line:
With rapid motion and his name retains
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4854
8.
Adieu then o my soul's far better part
First Line:
Adieu then o my soul's far better part
Last Line:
Like gasps in death which but prolong our pain
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20245
9.
Alas thou knowst not what it is to love
First Line:
Alas thou knowst not what it is to love
Last Line:
Is to be impudent
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
19580
10.
Ah cruel heaven that made no cure for love
First Line:
Ah cruel heaven that made no cure for love
Last Line:
Love has no bounds in pleasure or in pain
DMI number:
39810
11.
All love may be expelled by other love
First Line:
All love may be expelled by other love
Last Line:
As poisons are by poisons
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
19502
12.
And yet of marriage bonds I'm weary grown
First Line:
And yet of marriage bonds I'm weary grown
Last Line:
For there's a god-like liberty in love
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
5645
13.
And full fruition will but raise desire
First Line:
And full fruition will but raise desire
Last Line:
The more we still enjoy the more we still desire
DMI number:
39520
14.
And love once passed is at the best forgotten
First Line:
And love once passed is at the best forgotten
Last Line:
But oftener sours to hate
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
19504
15.
As Jupiter I made my court in vain
First Line:
As Jupiter I made my court in vain
Last Line:
To bind your friends and to disarm your foes
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
3710
16.
Aurora now had left her saffron bed
First Line:
Aurora now had left her saffron bed
Last Line:
The spouting blood came streaming on her hands
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
28078
17.
Ask not the cause why sullen spring
First Line:
Ask not the cause why sullen spring
Last Line:
To be the victim for mankind
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4702
18.
Beneath a myrtle shade
First Line:
Beneath a myrtle shade
Last Line:
Asleep or waking you must ease my pain
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
19825
19.
Can life be a blessing or worth the possessing
First Line:
Can life be a blessing or worth the possessing
Last Line:
When we hope when we hope to be happy again
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
42281
20.
Can life be a blessing
First Line:
Can life be a blessing
Last Line:
Those heavenly heavenly moments to spend
Author:
John Dryden (Confident)
DMI number:
42782
21.
By all those holy vows
First Line:
By all those holy vows
Last Line:
Can wish on me take place if I am false
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
19681
22.
But here she comes
First Line:
But here she comes
Last Line:
And all I have to come more easy made
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
19940
23.
But I must rouse myself and give a stop
First Line:
But I must rouse myself and give a stop
Last Line:
An entrance please our selves into our pains
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
19431
24.
But love neglected will convert to rage
First Line:
But love neglected will convert to rage
Last Line:
-
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
19496
25.
But love with malice as an angry cur
First Line:
But love with malice as an angry cur
Last Line:
And leave the scraps for slaves
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute) & John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
19609
26.
Chloe found Amyntas lying
First Line:
Chloe found Amyntas lying
Last Line:
Kissed him up and eased his pain
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4322
27.
Does the mute sacrifice upbraid the priest
First Line:
Does the mute sacrifice upbraid the priest
Last Line:
And made perdition pleasing
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
19427
28.
Do you yet love the cause of all your woes
First Line:
Do you yet love the cause of all your woes
Last Line:
More odious to the sight than toads or adders
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
19565
29.
Even love's an empire too the noble soul
First Line:
Even love's an empire too the noble soul
Last Line:
Like kings is covetous of single sway
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20656
30.
First he began to look
First Line:
First he began to look
Last Line:
And such strange words that I believe he conjured
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
21620
31.
Fair Iris and her swain
First Line:
Fair Iris and her swain
Last Line:
But kiss and do not tell
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
23656
32.
Fair sweet and young receive a prize
First Line:
Fair sweet and young receive a prize
Last Line:
For after dying all reprieves too late
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4195
33.
For love the sense of right and wrong confounds
First Line:
For love the sense of right and wrong confounds
Last Line:
Strong love and proud ambition have no bounds
DMI number:
39782
34.
For love's not always of a vicious kind
First Line:
For love's not always of a vicious kind
Last Line:
Softened the fierce and made the coward bold
DMI number:
39778
35.
For mighty wars I thought to tune my lute
First Line:
For mighty wars I thought to tune my lute
Last Line:
While in unequal verse I sing my woes
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4148
36.
Fonder than mothers to their firstborn joys
First Line:
Fonder than mothers to their firstborn joys
Last Line:
-
DMI number:
18901
37.
Give ye gods give to your boy your Caesar
First Line:
Give ye gods give to your boy your Caesar
Last Line:
I'll not be pleased with less than Cleopatra
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
19740
38.
Go tell Amynta gentle swain
First Line:
Go tell Amynta gentle swain
Last Line:
Attends but death to close his eyes
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4039
39.
Go tell Amyntas gentle swain
First Line:
Go tell Amyntas gentle swain
Last Line:
Attends but death to close his eyes
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
23636
40.
Great was their strife which hourly was renewed
First Line:
Great was their strife which hourly was renewed
Last Line:
And wished that every look might be their last
DMI number:
40100
41.
Happy and free securely blessed
First Line:
Happy and free securely blessed
Last Line:
Yet kill us if you go away
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
3873
42.
Hate is the nobler passion far
First Line:
Hate is the nobler passion far
Last Line:
And cures the love-sick maid
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
6861
43.
He answers not my glances stupid man
First Line:
He answers not my glances stupid man
Last Line:
Not eat nor drink before tis bid fall on
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
21625
44.
He preferred me
First Line:
He preferred me
Last Line:
And let me take em out
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
18558
45.
How dear how sweet his first embraces were
First Line:
How dear how sweet his first embraces were
Last Line:
All he could say was love and Leonora
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
18751
46.
How I have loved | Witness ye days and nights and all your hours
First Line:
How I have loved | Witness ye days and nights and all your hours
Last Line:
So eager was I still to see you more
DMI number:
39799
47.
How I love Hector need I say I love him
First Line:
How I love Hector need I say I love him
Last Line:
I am not but in him
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
19683
48.
How I loved | Witness ye days and nights and all ye hours
First Line:
How I loved | Witness ye days and nights and all ye hours
Last Line:
So eager was I still to see you more
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
14111
49.
High state and honours to others impart
First Line:
High state and honours to others impart
Last Line:
I'll die I'll die I'll die so give up my game
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
3986
50.
High state and honours to others impart
First Line:
High state and honours to others impart
Last Line:
So give up my game
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
9043
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