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1. A curse attends that woman's love

First Line:
A curse attends that woman's love
Last Line:
But leave us when they've won us
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
23654

2. 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

3. A den where tigers make the passage good

First Line:
A den where tigers make the passage good
Last Line:
And casts itself in the melancholy meads
Author:
Aphra Behn (Absolute)
DMI number:
23318

4. 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

5. 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

6. A fair maid wed to prying jealousy

First Line:
A fair maid wed to prying jealousy
Last Line:
sweet life do not my secret love forsake
Author:
Bartholomew Yong (Absolute)
DMI number:
44855

7. 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

8. 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

9. A fond father's bliss is to number his race

First Line:
A fond father's bliss is to number his race
Last Line:
Then give the gods thanks that we've lived well so long
Author:
George Alexander Stevens (Absolute)
DMI number:
32926

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. A beau as in old tale it's written

First Line:
A beau as in old tale it's written
Last Line:
A madam now and puss no more
Author:
James Ward (Confident)
DMI number:
11861

14. A beauteous face fine shape engaging air

First Line:
A beauteous face fine shape engaging air
Last Line:
Your voice has finished what your eyes begun
DMI number:
42616

15. A blithe and bonny country lass

First Line:
A blithe and bonny country lass
Last Line:
thus my roundelay is past
Author:
Thomas Lodge (Absolute)
DMI number:
44868

16. 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

17. 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

18. A careful nymph with careless grief oppressed

First Line:
A careful nymph with careless grief oppressed
Last Line:
And farewell weeping I can wait no more
Author:
Anthony Munday (Absolute)
DMI number:
44936

19. 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

20. A carefull nymph with careless grief oppressed

First Line:
A carefull nymph with careless grief oppressed
Last Line:
And farewell weeping I can wait no more
Author:
Anthony Munday (Absolute)
DMI number:
44834

21. 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

22. 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

23. A common pity does not love express

First Line:
A common pity does not love express
Last Line:
Pity is love when grown into excess
Author:
Sir Robert Howard (Absolute)
DMI number:
13982

24. 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

25. A crowne of baies shall that man beare

First Line:
A crowne of baies shall that man beare
Last Line:
Which mourning colours be
Author:
Edward de Vere (Absolute)
DMI number:
37338

26. 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

27. 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

28. A Hama-Dryad flourished in these days

First Line:
A Hama-Dryad flourished in these days
Last Line:
How Venus once revenged neglected love
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
12025

29. 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

30. A heart full of coldness a sweet full of

First Line:
A heart full of coldness a sweet full of
Last Line:
Ingratitude and this is love
Author:
John Lyly (Absolute)
DMI number:
16129

31. A hermit on the banks of Trent

First Line:
A hermit on the banks of Trent
Last Line:
For love and virtue joined her train
Author:
Edmund Cartwright (Absolute)
DMI number:
33066

32. 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

33. 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

34. 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

35. A month hath rolled its lazy hours away

First Line:
A month hath rolled its lazy hours away
Last Line:
And we shall meet again to part no more
Author:
Robert Lloyd (Absolute)
DMI number:
36633

36. A most harmonious friendship this must prove

First Line:
A most harmonious friendship this must prove
Last Line:
Their kindness centers on themselves alone
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
16300

37. A murderous guilt shows not itself more soon

First Line:
A murderous guilt shows not itself more soon
Last Line:
Than love that would seem hid
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
18492

38. 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

39. 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

40. 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

41. 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

42. A nosegay lacking flowers fresh

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

43. 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

44. A nymph of every charm possessed

First Line:
A nymph of every charm possessed
Last Line:
A more refulgent light
DMI number:
37870

45. A palace that is more uneasy far

First Line:
A palace that is more uneasy far
Last Line:
Of all I saw but all I fancied too
Author:
Aphra Behn (Absolute)
DMI number:
23329

46. 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

47. 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

48. 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

49. A tower of brass one would have said

First Line:
A tower of brass one would have said
Last Line:
With sparing hand but just enough has given
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
932

50. 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

51. 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

52. 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

53. 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

54. A reason why we love

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

55. A pox upon this needless scorn

First Line:
A pox upon this needless scorn
Last Line:
Years will be minutes ages hours
Author:
Aphra Behn (Absolute)
DMI number:
25338

56. 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

57. 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

58. 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

59. 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

60. 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

61. A shepherd and a shepherdess

First Line:
A shepherd and a shepherdess
Last Line:
Like fortune still befall true love
Author:
Anthony Munday (Absolute)
DMI number:
44911

62. 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

63. A shepherdess of wondrous fame

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

64. A sigh heaves in my breast

First Line:
A sigh heaves in my breast
Last Line:
And stops the struggling accents on my tongue
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
20778

65. A silly shepherd lately sat

First Line:
A silly shepherd lately sat
Last Line:
the honour of his sleep
Author:
Nicholas Breton [Britton] (Absolute)
DMI number:
44839

66. 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

67. 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

68. 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

69. A restless lover I espied

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

70. A Robyn | Jolly Robyn | Tell me how thy leman doeth

First Line:
A Robyn | Jolly Robyn | Tell me how thy leman doeth
Last Line:
And let them warme with thee
Author:
Sir Thomas Wyatt (Absolute)
DMI number:
38527

71. 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

72. A turtle sat upon a leafless tree

First Line:
A turtle sat upon a leafless tree
Last Line:
to see her montan die
Author:
Thomas Lodge (Absolute)
DMI number:
44827

73. 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

74. A lady lovely with a charming mien

First Line:
A lady lovely with a charming mien
Last Line:
Communicated all her thoughts to me
Author:
Aphra Behn (Absolute)
DMI number:
23323

75. A lady thus her maid addressed

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

76. 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

77. 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

78. 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

79. 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

80. 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

81. 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

82. 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

83. 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

84. 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

85. 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

86. A lover's like a hunter

First Line:
A lover's like a hunter
Last Line:
If the game be got with too much ease he cares not for 't
Author:
Peter Hausted (Absolute)
DMI number:
16264

87. A lovers rage and jealousy

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

88. A loyal breast

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

89. 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

90. Ah gentle god of love

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

91. Ah gentle hero little dost thou prove

First Line:
Ah gentle hero little dost thou prove
Last Line:
But swear it's constant and that you're unkind | Leander
DMI number:
37981

92. Ah Goltho who love's fever can assuage

First Line:
Ah Goltho who love's fever can assuage
Last Line:
Tis waved by love as reason is by faith
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
16272

93. 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

94. Ah happy are we anchorites that know

First Line:
Ah happy are we anchorites that know
Last Line:
Defying both the storms of fate and love
DMI number:
43476

95. Ah happy flower pride of all

First Line:
Ah happy flower pride of all
Last Line:
Forbids the approaches of the sun
DMI number:
43381

96. 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

97. 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

98. 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

99. 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

100. Ah I remember well and how can I

First Line:
Ah I remember well and how can I
Last Line:
What she would have me yet not have me know
Author:
Samuel Daniel (Absolute)
DMI number:
16169