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1. Accept my love as true a heart

First Line:
Accept my love as true a heart
Last Line:
With it begin anew
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
18232

2. At dead of night when stars appear

First Line:
At dead of night when stars appear
Last Line:
Safe is my bow but sick thy heart
Author:
Matthew Prior (Confident)
DMI number:
4182

3. 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

4. Beneath a verdant laurel's ample shade

First Line:
Beneath a verdant laurel's ample shade
Last Line:
Cupid does with Phoebus reign
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
9974

5. 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

6. 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

7. Cease Leonora cease to mourn

First Line:
Cease Leonora cease to mourn
Last Line:
And make that season all our year
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
16954

8. Chloe since you a handsome woman are

First Line:
Chloe since you a handsome woman are
Last Line:
Thy truth my girl shall never come on trial
DMI number:
16976

9. Celia and I the other day

First Line:
Celia and I the other day
Last Line:
I with thee or without thee die
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
4186

10. 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

11. Dear Chloe whilst thus beyond measure

First Line:
Dear Chloe whilst thus beyond measure
Last Line:
Which decrepid old age cannot freeze
Author:
Matthew Prior (Speculation)
DMI number:
23639

12. Fast by the banks of Cam was Colin bred

First Line:
Fast by the banks of Cam was Colin bred
Last Line:
As various hour advised in various habit dressed
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
11876

13. Farewell Amynta we must part

First Line:
Farewell Amynta we must part
Last Line:
Because thou hadst my love
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
18231

14. From public noise and factious strife

First Line:
From public noise and factious strife
Last Line:
Love is a jest and vows are wind
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
32319

15. From public noise and factious strife

First Line:
From public noise and factious strife
Last Line:
Where all this time he had been hid
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
4190

16. Haste my Nannette

First Line:
Haste my Nannette
Last Line:
And the sheep stray
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
15531

17. In a fair island in the southern main

First Line:
In a fair island in the southern main
Last Line:
Would prove no doubt as perjured as before
Author:
Matthew Prior (Speculation) & Laetitia Pilkington [nee van Lewen] (Confident)
DMI number:
21718

18. In vain you tell your parting lover

First Line:
In vain you tell your parting lover
Last Line:
Of slighted vows and cold disdain
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
4188

19. In Virgil's sacred verse we find

First Line:
In Virgil's sacred verse we find
Last Line:
Says he for sure I touch his feather
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
12278

20. It oft to many has successful been

First Line:
It oft to many has successful been
Last Line:
And in the wounds he sees he bears his part
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
15530

21. It was the fate of an unhappy swain

First Line:
It was the fate of an unhappy swain
Last Line:
You'll find a thousand other maids will love
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
16923

22. Is it o love thy want of eyes

First Line:
Is it o love thy want of eyes
Last Line:
And double glory thine
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
18222

23. In vain alas poor Strephon tries

First Line:
In vain alas poor Strephon tries
Last Line:
But Amoret in thee
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
18244

24. Lords knights and squires the numerous band

First Line:
Lords knights and squires the numerous band
Last Line:
When she begins to comprehend it
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
4185

25. Love inform thy faithful creature

First Line:
Love inform thy faithful creature
Last Line:
Ever tortured if we're friends
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
18226

26. Morella charming without art

First Line:
Morella charming without art
Last Line:
My gratitude maintains
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
18224

27. I see the fetters I am doomed to wear

First Line:
I see the fetters I am doomed to wear
Last Line:
I'll drink it all and drink it with a gust
DMI number:
16972

28. I my dear was born today

First Line:
I my dear was born today
Last Line:
Thou my dear wert born today
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
16902

29. I know that fortune long has wanted sight

First Line:
I know that fortune long has wanted sight
Last Line:
And gives success in every suit but hearts
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
16924

30. If absence so much racks my charmer's heart

First Line:
If absence so much racks my charmer's heart
Last Line:
A pleasure lasting as the life of man
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
16952

31. Ladies to you with pleasure we submit

First Line:
Ladies to you with pleasure we submit
Last Line:
Dare to be true submit the rest to heaven
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
16916

32. Let others from the town retire

First Line:
Let others from the town retire
Last Line:
Though I were sure it would end in pain
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
16873

33. Lay not the pain so near your heart

First Line:
Lay not the pain so near your heart
Last Line:
And they shall have the glory
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
16970

34. Not that I may in worldly wealth abound

First Line:
Not that I may in worldly wealth abound
Last Line:
Where lazily along the livid waters flow
DMI number:
16973

35. No woman ever shall draw me from your arms

First Line:
No woman ever shall draw me from your arms
Last Line:
You she would soon dethrone and set up me
DMI number:
16975

36. No I'll endure ten thousand deaths

First Line:
No I'll endure ten thousand deaths
Last Line:
Dear sir and make me yours forever
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
16867

37. O Abelard ill fated youth

First Line:
O Abelard ill fated youth
Last Line:
That decked dear Eloisa's face
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
12286

38. Now how shall I do with my love and my pride

First Line:
Now how shall I do with my love and my pride
Last Line:
Her spark saying nothing talks better than I
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
16901

39. Old Darby with Joan by his side

First Line:
Old Darby with Joan by his side
Last Line:
Which decrepid old age cannot freeze
DMI number:
31513

40. Once I was unconfined and free

First Line:
Once I was unconfined and free
Last Line:
When both must quit the field
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
18229

41. Poor Hall caught his death standing under a spout

First Line:
Poor Hall caught his death standing under a spout
Last Line:
Make love at home and go to bed betimes
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
16854

42. See while thou weepst fair Chloe see

First Line:
See while thou weepst fair Chloe see
Last Line:
But that dear breast on which they fall
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
38702

43. Since by ill fate I'm forced away

First Line:
Since by ill fate I'm forced away
Last Line:
Behold your picture in my heart
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
18242

44. Soft cupid wanton amorous boy

First Line:
Soft cupid wanton amorous boy
Last Line:
And by thy grant his power show
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
16946

45. Spare generous victor spare the slave

First Line:
Spare generous victor spare the slave
Last Line:
Is yielding to a separate peace
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
4253

46. The circling months begin this day

First Line:
The circling months begin this day
Last Line:
Some levity from you
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
16962

47. The merchant to secure his treasure

First Line:
The merchant to secure his treasure
Last Line:
Remarked how ill we all dissembled
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
31530

48. Then from great noise and factious strife

First Line:
Then from great noise and factious strife
Last Line:
Mayst thou be false and I be great
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
5542

49. Thus to the muses spoke the Cyprian dame

First Line:
Thus to the muses spoke the Cyprian dame
Last Line:
But when he finds us studying hard he flies
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
16859

50. To heal the wound the bee had made

First Line:
To heal the wound the bee had made
Last Line:
The sting went through my heart
Author:
Matthew Prior (Speculation) & John Hervey (Absolute)
DMI number:
23068

51. What can I say what arguments can prove

First Line:
What can I say what arguments can prove
Last Line:
Than any youth for any nymph before
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
4189

52. While here for the fair Amaryllis I die

First Line:
While here for the fair Amaryllis I die
Last Line:
Take all my whole herd my little herd is all thine
Author:
Matthew Prior (Speculation)
DMI number:
4782

53. Where beauteous Isis and her husband Tame

First Line:
Where beauteous Isis and her husband Tame
Last Line:
To her who of mankind could love but thee alone
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
38700

54. Whilst blooming youth and gay delight

First Line:
Whilst blooming youth and gay delight
Last Line:
And still we'll wake to joy and live to love
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
4840

55. Whither would my passion run

First Line:
Whither would my passion run
Last Line:
So each will equal triumph share
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
16871

56. Whilst I am scorched with hot desire

First Line:
Whilst I am scorched with hot desire
Last Line:
The rest in mine shall ever last
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
3771

57. Whilst others proclaim

First Line:
Whilst others proclaim
Last Line:
And there is no living without her
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
16914

58. While blooming youth and gay delight

First Line:
While blooming youth and gay delight
Last Line:
While still we wake to joy and live to love
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
3805

59. Why thus from the plain does my shepherdess rove

First Line:
Why thus from the plain does my shepherdess rove
Last Line:
When I leave all the plain you may guess tis for one
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
16895

60. You madam may with safety go

First Line:
You madam may with safety go
Last Line:
It must proceed from you alone
Author:
Matthew Prior (Confident)
DMI number:
4183