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1. Arise O Phosphorus and bring the day

First Line:
Arise O Phosphorus and bring the day
Last Line:
Tis barbarous to insult on one that dies
Author:
William Walsh (Absolute)
DMI number:
6683

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. Doris a widow past her prime

First Line:
Doris a widow past her prime
Last Line:
One's gone nor can she get another
DMI number:
12607

4. Flow gentle grief in melting numbers flow

First Line:
Flow gentle grief in melting numbers flow
Last Line:
Her name her honour and her praise shall live
DMI number:
23032

5. In silent fear I read your letter over

First Line:
In silent fear I read your letter over
Last Line:
And since it must be so my dear adieu
Author:
Samuel Butler (Absolute)
DMI number:
5746

6. In Ephesus as Arbiter has sung

First Line:
In Ephesus as Arbiter has sung
Last Line:
And thus the widow saved her second lover
DMI number:
11181

7. Job cursed the day that gave him birth

First Line:
Job cursed the day that gave him birth
Last Line:
With double grief the wretch had pined
Author:
John Bancks [Banks] (Absolute)
DMI number:
24856

8. Job cursed the day that gave him birth

First Line:
Job cursed the day that gave him birth
Last Line:
With double rage the wretch had pined
Author:
John Bancks [Banks] (Absolute)
DMI number:
22776

9. Learn by my fate you fumblers of threescore

First Line:
Learn by my fate you fumblers of threescore
Last Line:
For love in specie will be always paid
DMI number:
35126

10. Marriage that makes two bodies one

First Line:
Marriage that makes two bodies one
Last Line:
And he for something less
DMI number:
36895

11. Madam whose mercies are so boundless known

First Line:
Madam whose mercies are so boundless known
Last Line:
We yet at least desire more sorrow for your sake
DMI number:
42834

12. Loved by and loving the best youth of Rome

First Line:
Loved by and loving the best youth of Rome
Last Line:
I'll come to thee if thou canst not return
DMI number:
35934

13. Not all the shifts that crafty Rome invents

First Line:
Not all the shifts that crafty Rome invents
Last Line:
Penance and orders are to them the same
DMI number:
13495

14. No more oh Rome thy wrong belief defend

First Line:
No more oh Rome thy wrong belief defend
Last Line:
Penance and matrimony are the same
DMI number:
13494

15. Oh that this too solid flesh would melt

First Line:
Oh that this too solid flesh would melt
Last Line:
But break my heart for I must hold my tongue
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
35235

16. Oh that this too too solid flesh would melt

First Line:
Oh that this too too solid flesh would melt
Last Line:
But break my heart for I must hold my tongue
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
35187

17. One day was spent in joy and mirth the morrow

First Line:
One day was spent in joy and mirth the morrow
Last Line:
My tender heart was by its goodness broke
DMI number:
36785

18. Sad was the day and gloomy all the air

First Line:
Sad was the day and gloomy all the air
Last Line:
To swell the wondering flood with tributary brine
DMI number:
42889

19. Sylvia is lost whom yet I still adore

First Line:
Sylvia is lost whom yet I still adore
Last Line:
By such an union to thy blood allied
DMI number:
17820

20. This dear Orestes this with health to you

First Line:
This dear Orestes this with health to you
Last Line:
Or to untimely fate resign my life
Author:
John Pulteney (Absolute)
DMI number:
5701

21. Thus having said brave Hector went to see

First Line:
Thus having said brave Hector went to see
Last Line:
And Hector yet alive as dead deplore
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4856

22. To that dear brother who alone survives

First Line:
To that dear brother who alone survives
Last Line:
Tis quite disabled with the weight of chains
Author:
James Wright (Speculation)
DMI number:
5699

23. To the most callous amongst hardened hearts

First Line:
To the most callous amongst hardened hearts
Last Line:
With hapless Yarico's shall oft be told
DMI number:
25450

24. To thee dear youth in sacred wedlock tied

First Line:
To thee dear youth in sacred wedlock tied
Last Line:
There too is --'s sad ghost and I am there
DMI number:
36628

25. To luve unluvit it is ane pane

First Line:
To luve unluvit it is ane pane
Last Line:
That breks his hairt and nocht the bettir
Author:
Alexander Scott (Absolute)
DMI number:
30113

26. Unhappy thrice that fate should on me bring

First Line:
Unhappy thrice that fate should on me bring
Last Line:
Preserve the kingdom and protect the king
Author:
Anne Boleyn (Speculation)
DMI number:
14103

27. What art thou muse that dost the mind inspire

First Line:
What art thou muse that dost the mind inspire
Last Line:
Then when we lose our queen we are sure to find our saint
DMI number:
43183

28. Why seem you dead to all the joys of life

First Line:
Why seem you dead to all the joys of life
Last Line:
I'm sorry you have had this accident
DMI number:
27362