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1. A damsel hard by as fair as her fame

First Line:
A damsel hard by as fair as her fame
Last Line:
Ere I die at her feet may she pity and love
DMI number:
35482

2. A face that should content me wonderous well

First Line:
A face that should content me wonderous well
Last Line:
And knit again with knot that should not slide
Author:
Sir Thomas Wyatt (Absolute)
DMI number:
8819

3. A face that should content me wondrous well

First Line:
A face that should content me wondrous well
Last Line:
And knit again the knot that should not slide
Author:
Sir Thomas Wyatt (Absolute)
DMI number:
32114

4. A fate like mine as poets sing

First Line:
A fate like mine as poets sing
Last Line:
Less tender than the heart
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
30875

5. A friend of mine exposed to sale

First Line:
A friend of mine exposed to sale
Last Line:
I will in vengeance give to thee
Author:
Francis Willis (Absolute)
DMI number:
39229

6. A friend of mine exposed to sale

First Line:
A friend of mine exposed to sale
Last Line:
The fire shall thy sole ruin be
Author:
Francis Willis (Absolute)
DMI number:
42587

7. A band of cupids the other day

First Line:
A band of cupids the other day
Last Line:
Who's station's now the best
DMI number:
33964

8. A bloom like thine attends the vernal rose

First Line:
A bloom like thine attends the vernal rose
Last Line:
And leave the strong impression deep behind
Author:
Samuel Croxall (Speculation)
DMI number:
12689

9. A blooming youth lies buried here

First Line:
A blooming youth lies buried here
Last Line:
But death had quicker wings than love
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
27361

10. 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

11. 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

12. A constancy in love I'll prize

First Line:
A constancy in love I'll prize
Last Line:
He brings a thousand more
DMI number:
43227

13. A Grecian dame is thus complete

First Line:
A Grecian dame is thus complete
Last Line:
In love they find the deeper sport
DMI number:
10672

14. A grove there was by nature made

First Line:
A grove there was by nature made
Last Line:
With separate maintenance for life
Author:
Nicholas Herbert (Absolute)
DMI number:
22500

15. A handsome youth be sure you'll have

First Line:
A handsome youth be sure you'll have
Last Line:
That will thee wed my pretty Nan
DMI number:
8186

16. A juster present sure was never made

First Line:
A juster present sure was never made
Last Line:
They better write of love I better love
DMI number:
43625

17. A knife dear girl cuts love they say

First Line:
A knife dear girl cuts love they say
Last Line:
Save only cut and come again
DMI number:
36063

18. A new found match is made of late

First Line:
A new found match is made of late
Last Line:
Love is a pleasant woe
DMI number:
49675

19. A newfound match is made of late

First Line:
A newfound match is made of late
Last Line:
Love is a pleasant woe
DMI number:
49899

20. A northern pair we waive the name

First Line:
A northern pair we waive the name
Last Line:
Give nature vent and drop it here
DMI number:
23390

21. A northern pair we'll waive the name

First Line:
A northern pair we'll waive the name
Last Line:
Give nature vent and drop it here
DMI number:
32315

22. A nosegay lacking flowers fresh

First Line:
A nosegay lacking flowers fresh
Last Line:
on ground he takes his rest
DMI number:
49212

23. A nymph and swain Sheelah and Dermot hight

First Line:
A nymph and swain Sheelah and Dermot hight
Last Line:
Then let us rise and rest our weary bums
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Absolute)
DMI number:
13466

24. A swain long tortured with disdain

First Line:
A swain long tortured with disdain
Last Line:
And make us tyrants by their fear
DMI number:
11840

25. A thoughtful druid on the green

First Line:
A thoughtful druid on the green
Last Line:
And darkness takes the place of day
DMI number:
24376

26. A thousand martyrs I have made

First Line:
A thousand martyrs I have made
Last Line:
Despise the fools that whine for love
DMI number:
43588

27. A tower with sounding walls erected stands

First Line:
A tower with sounding walls erected stands
Last Line:
Beyond what can be by my words expressed
Author:
Charles Hopkins (Confident)
DMI number:
7347

28. A mighty science 'tis to know

First Line:
A mighty science 'tis to know
Last Line:
That folly guide and wait on love
DMI number:
6242

29. A pleasant spring doth rise within my grove

First Line:
A pleasant spring doth rise within my grove
Last Line:
That none but lovers and the muses know
DMI number:
42112

30. 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

31. A reason why we love

First Line:
A reason why we love
Last Line:
That love has reason
DMI number:
22015

32. A pox upon this needless scorn

First Line:
A pox upon this needless scorn
Last Line:
Years would be minutes ages hours
Author:
Aphra Behn (Absolute)
DMI number:
3988

33. A pox who'd be a poet in our days

First Line:
A pox who'd be a poet in our days
Last Line:
Next venture posture Mall shall be his muse
DMI number:
41878

34. A secret murder hath been done of late

First Line:
A secret murder hath been done of late
Last Line:
For at your fight my wound doth bleed anew
DMI number:
44747

35. A seeming friend yet enemy to rest

First Line:
A seeming friend yet enemy to rest
Last Line:
Such life leads Love entangled with misdeems
Author:
John Lyly (Absolute)
DMI number:
44778

36. A serious lover can alone explain

First Line:
A serious lover can alone explain
Last Line:
Than all the flowers of rhetoric can do
DMI number:
6838

37. 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

38. A shepherdess of wondrous fame

First Line:
A shepherdess of wondrous fame
Last Line:
Must come in Mars's guise
DMI number:
6222

39. A silly shepherd wooed but wist not

First Line:
A silly shepherd wooed but wist not
Last Line:
When he will he shall have nay
DMI number:
7054

40. A song of horror I must now commence

First Line:
A song of horror I must now commence
Last Line:
And shall for ages be the song of fame
DMI number:
4243

41. A pretty young lady in love with a beau

First Line:
A pretty young lady in love with a beau
Last Line:
But according to custom she lights him to bed
DMI number:
21738

42. A restless lover I espied

First Line:
A restless lover I espied
Last Line:
Nor Cupid a physician
DMI number:
44280

43. A rustic brought of curious mold

First Line:
A rustic brought of curious mold
Last Line:
I swear I'll make a fire of thee
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
27182

44. A whimsical pain has just caught me

First Line:
A whimsical pain has just caught me
Last Line:
The queen of our toast Molly Row
DMI number:
22725

45. A lady thus her maid addressed

First Line:
A lady thus her maid addressed
Last Line:
When all who see admire
DMI number:
38042

46. A lady's heart on Marlborough Downs

First Line:
A lady's heart on Marlborough Downs
Last Line:
To any modern man
DMI number:
25447

47. A little herd-groom for he was no better

First Line:
A little herd-groom for he was no better
Last Line:
Whose voice did help their masters case lament
Author:
Francis Davison (Absolute)
DMI number:
49804

48. A little herd-groom for he was no better

First Line:
A little herd-groom for he was no better
Last Line:
Whose voice did helpe their master's case lament
Author:
Francis Davison (Absolute)
DMI number:
49885

49. A lovely nun but yet no cloistered fair

First Line:
A lovely nun but yet no cloistered fair
Last Line:
For still I'll court her image in my soul
DMI number:
18209

50. A lovely nymph of Cyprus isle

First Line:
A lovely nymph of Cyprus isle
Last Line:
Shall sing to Thomasia their queen
DMI number:
25015

51. A Lover I am and a lover I'll be

First Line:
A Lover I am and a lover I'll be
Last Line:
How we kiss and embrace and can never have done
DMI number:
44137

52. A lover I am born and a lover I'll be

First Line:
A lover I am born and a lover I'll be
Last Line:
How we kiss and embrace and can never have done
DMI number:
44059

53. A lover of late was I

First Line:
A lover of late was I
Last Line:
And now I am myselfe againe
DMI number:
37615

54. A lovers rage and jealousy

First Line:
A lovers rage and jealousy
Last Line:
Whose hearts are full of tenderness
DMI number:
43604

55. A loyal breast

First Line:
A loyal breast
Last Line:
More flames oppressed
DMI number:
41978

56. A maid unasked may own a well placed flame

First Line:
A maid unasked may own a well placed flame
Last Line:
Not loving first but loving ill's the shame
Author:
George Lyttelton (Absolute)
DMI number:
26918

57. Ah gentle god of love

First Line:
Ah gentle god of love
Last Line:
And wanton in her eyes
DMI number:
17722

58. Ah grant me fair one all I crave

First Line:
Ah grant me fair one all I crave
Last Line:
Believe me is my love for you
DMI number:
21983

59. Ah happy flower pride of all

First Line:
Ah happy flower pride of all
Last Line:
Forbids the kisses of the approaching sun
DMI number:
44418

60. Ah happy grove dark and secure retreat

First Line:
Ah happy grove dark and secure retreat
Last Line:
And whilst they live their flames can never die
Author:
Giovanni Battista Guarini (Absolute) & Wentworth Dillon (Absolute)
DMI number:
3417

61. Ah how dull it is to love

First Line:
Ah how dull it is to love
Last Line:
Rather die than conquered be
DMI number:
43615

62. Ah how pleasant are the charms of love

First Line:
Ah how pleasant are the charms of love
Last Line:
Perfect and immortal as the joys above
DMI number:
42802

63. Ah Jenny Gin your eyes do kill

First Line:
Ah Jenny Gin your eyes do kill
Last Line:
Upon this flowery plain
DMI number:
42813

64. Ah kind physician thy receipt will prove

First Line:
Ah kind physician thy receipt will prove
Last Line:
He can prescribe in love and write receipts
Author:
John Hervey (Speculation)
DMI number:
25077

65. Ah Lesbia now or never pity show

First Line:
Ah Lesbia now or never pity show
Last Line:
Or dry my tears up with more potent flame
DMI number:
15382

66. Ah liberty now have I learn'd to know

First Line:
Ah liberty now have I learn'd to know
Last Line:
My faltring tongue so basheth ought to crave
DMI number:
49552

67. Ah liberty now have I learned to know

First Line:
Ah liberty now have I learned to know
Last Line:
My faultring tongue so basheth ought to crave
DMI number:
9072

68. Ah love how wayward is his wit what pangs do pierce his breast

First Line:
Ah love how wayward is his wit what pangs do pierce his breast
Last Line:
To them that mean by honest means to come to happy end
DMI number:
9061

69. Ah Mariana what in anger still

First Line:
Ah Mariana what in anger still
Last Line:
I'll live and die with you and none beside
DMI number:
8563

70. Ah me vile wretch that ever I was born

First Line:
Ah me vile wretch that ever I was born
Last Line:
To murder him and twas the very same
DMI number:
37059

71. Ah my joy you now are in my power

First Line:
Ah my joy you now are in my power
Last Line:
With all my heart I know you will make much of me
DMI number:
43196

72. Ah my love why stayedst thou so

First Line:
Ah my love why stayedst thou so
Last Line:
And all that can a lover bless
DMI number:
42767

73. Ah pity Colin cruel fair

First Line:
Ah pity Colin cruel fair
Last Line:
Before it is too late
DMI number:
23565

74. Ah pity love wherever it grows

First Line:
Ah pity love wherever it grows
Last Line:
Though I'm so old I scarce know what
DMI number:
42632

75. Ah poor Conceit delight is dead thy pleasant days are done

First Line:
Ah poor Conceit delight is dead thy pleasant days are done
Last Line:
And so my senses die
Author:
Nicholas Breton [Britton] (Absolute)
DMI number:
44779

76. All by the side of a clear winter fire

First Line:
All by the side of a clear winter fire
Last Line:
Some lazy minion oft enjoys the spoil
Author:
James Beattie (Speculation)
DMI number:
32467

77. All day I wander over the plains

First Line:
All day I wander over the plains
Last Line:
That earth or sea does treasure
DMI number:
42746

78. All hail to the pleasures of love

First Line:
All hail to the pleasures of love
Last Line:
Again and again to embrace
DMI number:
42799

79. A | I love a nymph a lack a day

First Line:
A | I love a nymph a lack a day
Last Line:
May suffer shipwreck in the main
DMI number:
44179

80. About the sweet bag of a bee

First Line:
About the sweet bag of a bee
Last Line:
And gave the bag between them
Author:
Robert Herrick (Absolute)
DMI number:
43916

81. Absence hear thou my prostestation

First Line:
Absence hear thou my prostestation
Last Line:
And so I both enjoy and miss her
Author:
John Hoskins (Absolute)
DMI number:
49731

82. Absence hear thou my protestation

First Line:
Absence hear thou my protestation
Last Line:
And so I both enjoy and miss her
Author:
John Hoskins (Absolute)
DMI number:
49900

83. Accept my fair this humble lay

First Line:
Accept my fair this humble lay
Last Line:
In cheerfulness and love
DMI number:
25446

84. Accept that tribute which I justly owe

First Line:
Accept that tribute which I justly owe
Last Line:
Had peace within and left an honest fame
DMI number:
12332

85. Accept these flowers of different hue

First Line:
Accept these flowers of different hue
Last Line:
The flame within his breast
DMI number:
11069

86. Accused though I be without desert

First Line:
Accused though I be without desert
Last Line:
Except thou mind to put thy friend to pain
Author:
Sir Thomas Wyatt (Absolute)
DMI number:
8795

87. Achon by chance his right eye lost

First Line:
Achon by chance his right eye lost
Last Line:
A Venus thou the young blind god of love
DMI number:
5115

88. Adieu dear sack claret and sherry

First Line:
Adieu dear sack claret and sherry
Last Line:
To her virtue and coyness pox on her
DMI number:
5317

89. Adieu desert how are thou spent

First Line:
Adieu desert how are thou spent
Last Line:
That thy true heart should cause thy woe
DMI number:
49555

90. Adieu desert how art thou spent

First Line:
Adieu desert how art thou spent
Last Line:
That thy true heart should cause thy woe
DMI number:
9075

91. Adieu my fair this hapless day

First Line:
Adieu my fair this hapless day
Last Line:
If ever thou'lt think on me
DMI number:
33492

92. Adieu ye walls that guard my cruel fair

First Line:
Adieu ye walls that guard my cruel fair
Last Line:
Yet love the coward love still lags behind
Author:
James Hammond (Absolute)
DMI number:
22608

93. Advice that opposes a passion like thine

First Line:
Advice that opposes a passion like thine
Last Line:
And leave her to bow down to the calf
DMI number:
35949

94. Ah tell me love thy nesting place

First Line:
Ah tell me love thy nesting place
Last Line:
First to my face and then to Cynthia's breast
Author:
Philip Ayres (Absolute)
DMI number:
15074

95. Ah tell me my regardless fair

First Line:
Ah tell me my regardless fair
Last Line:
Be kind be gentle to your bleeding slave
DMI number:
5874

96. Ah what can mean that eager joy

First Line:
Ah what can mean that eager joy
Last Line:
Nothing so happy so beloved as we
Author:
Aphra Behn (Confident)
DMI number:
4478

97. Ah what can mean that eager joy

First Line:
Ah what can mean that eager joy
Last Line:
Which none before could ever subdue
Author:
Aphra Behn (Confident)
DMI number:
42636

98. Ah whither fled are all those roses fair

First Line:
Ah whither fled are all those roses fair
Last Line:
Restore with kindness him you've almost slain
DMI number:
42724

99. Ah why did heaven such angel charms bestow

First Line:
Ah why did heaven such angel charms bestow
Last Line:
And in his constancy alone resemble me
DMI number:
31969

100. Ah why Ignotus why in vain

First Line:
Ah why Ignotus why in vain
Last Line:
And like all fires it self reveals
DMI number:
6891