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1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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:
Laetitia Pilkington [nee van Lewen] (Confident) & Matthew Prior (Speculation)
DMI number:
21718

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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

21. 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

22. 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

23. 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

24. 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

25. 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

26. 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

27. 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

28. 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

29. 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:
John Hervey (Absolute) & Matthew Prior (Speculation)
DMI number:
23068

30. 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

31. 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

32. 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

33. 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

34. 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

35. 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