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1. All dangers past at length the lovely bride

First Line:
All dangers past at length the lovely bride
Last Line:
Eurydice the rocks and river banks repied
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
28083

2. An ancient forest in Thessalia grows

First Line:
An ancient forest in Thessalia grows
Last Line:
He sat himself and kept her still in sight
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
11237

3. Amid the throng of this promiscuous wood

First Line:
Amid the throng of this promiscuous wood
Last Line:
And still preside at every funeral rite
Author:
William Congreve (Absolute)
DMI number:
11889

4. Amid the vain of Persia was a youth

First Line:
Amid the vain of Persia was a youth
Last Line:
On her slain lover silent sinks in death
Author:
Richard Glover (Absolute)
DMI number:
30927

5. Arise ye winds from your rough caves

First Line:
Arise ye winds from your rough caves
Last Line:
And then she laid her down and died
DMI number:
42801

6. Aurora fair whose rosy cheeks adorn

First Line:
Aurora fair whose rosy cheeks adorn
Last Line:
Yet still I the hard hearted fair will love
DMI number:
42768

7. 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

8. Blind Cupid lay thy bow aside

First Line:
Blind Cupid lay thy bow aside
Last Line:
He'll kiss not curse thy dart
DMI number:
44454

9. But others woes were useless to appease

First Line:
But others woes were useless to appease
Last Line:
Over wondering crowds an unexpected shade
Author:
Alexander Stopford Catcott (Confident)
DMI number:
12040

10. But still does Cyane the rape bemoan

First Line:
But still does Cyane the rape bemoan
Last Line:
Bathes in that bosom he before embraced
Author:
Arthur Maynwaring (Absolute)
DMI number:
11493

11. Cycnus beheld the nymphs transformed allied

First Line:
Cycnus beheld the nymphs transformed allied
Last Line:
And as he whips upbraids them with his son
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
11261

12. Daughter of great Rhexenor thus began

First Line:
Daughter of great Rhexenor thus began
Last Line:
And humbled in the ashes took his place
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31619

13. Fair Ariadne drowned in tears

First Line:
Fair Ariadne drowned in tears
Last Line:
Drowns all her woes with drinking
DMI number:
15473

14. Forth from my sad and darksome cell

First Line:
Forth from my sad and darksome cell
Last Line:
Will fire the bushe at his backe
DMI number:
37473

15. From him the Caledonians sought relief

First Line:
From him the Caledonians sought relief
Last Line:
Who yearly round the tomb in feathered flocks repair
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
11663

16. Hector this heard returned without delay

First Line:
Hector this heard returned without delay
Last Line:
And mourn the living Hector as the dead
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
32684

17. Health to the gentle man of war and may

First Line:
Health to the gentle man of war and may
Last Line:
Of thy beloved self I mean of me
Author:
Thomas Flatman (Absolute)
DMI number:
5704

18. Hear ye sullen powers below

First Line:
Hear ye sullen powers below
Last Line:
Chorus Come away &c
DMI number:
44298

19. He who could often and alone withstand

First Line:
He who could often and alone withstand
Last Line:
But those express the grief and these the name
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
11938

20. Hence vain deluding joys

First Line:
Hence vain deluding joys
Last Line:
And I with thee will choose to live
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
3796

21. Her self half dead to find her queen expired

First Line:
Her self half dead to find her queen expired
Last Line:
Retire and mourn the short remains of life away
Author:
Nahum Tate (Absolute)
DMI number:
11191

22. How are you changed of late my love how grown

First Line:
How are you changed of late my love how grown
Last Line:
While all the winds lie hushed the waves asleep
Author:
Charles Hopkins (Confident)
DMI number:
6621

23. In a season all oppressed

First Line:
In a season all oppressed
Last Line:
On no no no &c I may not
DMI number:
44203

24. 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

25. In soft complaints no longer ease I find

First Line:
In soft complaints no longer ease I find
Last Line:
My latest accents shall be sweetly sung
DMI number:
42905

26. In lonely shades distracted with despair

First Line:
In lonely shades distracted with despair
Last Line:
He lays him down breaks his proud heart and dies
Author:
George Granville (Absolute)
DMI number:
4194

27. In vain with weeping eyes the queen of love

First Line:
In vain with weeping eyes the queen of love
Last Line:
I feel his feathers Chloe is the thief
DMI number:
22850

28. In your late triumphs I rejoice and share

First Line:
In your late triumphs I rejoice and share
Last Line:
Life ebbs apace and I with pleasure die
Author:
John Oldmixon (Absolute)
DMI number:
6123

29. Loud blew the winds and from the shore

First Line:
Loud blew the winds and from the shore
Last Line:
O be that justice by her son
DMI number:
33593

30. Mourn all ye groves in darker shades be seen

First Line:
Mourn all ye groves in darker shades be seen
Last Line:
Would try to move the rigid king of hell
Author:
John Oldham (Absolute)
DMI number:
4111

31. My love is sailed aganst dislike to fight

First Line:
My love is sailed aganst dislike to fight
Last Line:
And in a sea of tears be forc't to drown
Author:
Sir John Davies (Absolute)
DMI number:
49712

32. My love is sailed aganst dislike to fight

First Line:
My love is sailed aganst dislike to fight
Last Line:
And in a sea of tears be forced to drown
Author:
Sir John Davies (Absolute)
DMI number:
49861

33. I'm pleased with the success your valour gave

First Line:
I'm pleased with the success your valour gave
Last Line:
Hyllus farewell my dear I come to thee
Author:
John Oldmixon (Speculation)
DMI number:
5740

34. I sing but ah my theme I need not tell

First Line:
I sing but ah my theme I need not tell
Last Line:
Sees his world burst at once and disappear
Author:
Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:
11192

35. I know thy malice trifling boy

First Line:
I know thy malice trifling boy
Last Line:
Too weak to thaw that icy maid to love
DMI number:
42698

36. If thou art unkind I never shall health enjoy

First Line:
If thou art unkind I never shall health enjoy
Last Line:
Think that thou seest the streams that flow from mine
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
5727

37. If streaming blood my fatal letter stain

First Line:
If streaming blood my fatal letter stain
Last Line:
As I perform my cruel father's will
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
5693

38. Laden they say with Jason's golden prize

First Line:
Laden they say with Jason's golden prize
Last Line:
An execrable pair in a detested bed
Author:
Elkanah Settle (Absolute)
DMI number:
5723

39. Mean time the wretched Cadmus mourns nor knows

First Line:
Mean time the wretched Cadmus mourns nor knows
Last Line:
Still mild and conscious what they once have been
Author:
Laurence Eusden (Confident)
DMI number:
11445

40. Nor could thy form o Cyllarus foreslow

First Line:
Nor could thy form o Cyllarus foreslow
Last Line:
Whose valour equalled his foreseeing mind
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
11933

41. Near the Cymmerians in his dark abode

First Line:
Near the Cymmerians in his dark abode
Last Line:
And for his hatching nephews smooths the seas
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
11923

42. Now to our grief we find there is no joy

First Line:
Now to our grief we find there is no joy
Last Line:
Stand but this shock unmoved and the great work is done
DMI number:
42899

43. O Short no herb no salve was ever found

First Line:
O Short no herb no salve was ever found
Last Line:
Than if the riches of the world were his
Author:
Richard Duke (Absolute)
DMI number:
3703

44. Phoebus for thee too Hyacinth designed

First Line:
Phoebus for thee too Hyacinth designed
Last Line:
The Hyacinthian feasts they yearly celebrate
Author:
John Ozell (Confident)
DMI number:
11891

45. Picus who once the Ausonian sceptre held

First Line:
Picus who once the Ausonian sceptre held
Last Line:
Declined the voyage and am refuged here
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
12012

46. Peleus unmixed felicity enjoyed

First Line:
Peleus unmixed felicity enjoyed
Last Line:
He tries to ease his own by other's woe
Author:
Samuel Croxall (Confident)
DMI number:
11914

47. Penelope this slow epistle sends

First Line:
Penelope this slow epistle sends
Last Line:
Return life of our hopes light of our days
Author:
Anne Wharton [nee Lee] (Absolute)
DMI number:
6117

48. Poor queen twice doomed disastrous love to try

First Line:
Poor queen twice doomed disastrous love to try
Last Line:
You fly the dying for the flying die
DMI number:
13742

49. Phillis who entertained thy love and thee

First Line:
Phillis who entertained thy love and thee
Last Line:
He was the cause and hers the hand that killed
DMI number:
6340

50. Say lovely youth that dost my heart command

First Line:
Say lovely youth that dost my heart command
Last Line:
And either cease to live or cease to love
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
6116

51. Read this if your new bride will suffer read

First Line:
Read this if your new bride will suffer read
Last Line:
Shall the remains of my blessed life be spent
Author:
John Cooper (Absolute)
DMI number:
5705

52. Receive this letter from Leander fraught

First Line:
Receive this letter from Leander fraught
Last Line:
And whisper its soft message to thy heart
Author:
Nahum Tate (Absolute)
DMI number:
5702

53. So on Maeander's banks when death is nigh

First Line:
So on Maeander's banks when death is nigh
Last Line:
Aeneas gave the rest her arm supplied
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
5728

54. So in unwonted notes when sure to die

First Line:
So in unwonted notes when sure to die
Last Line:
But by his sword and her own hand was slain
Author:
John Somers (Speculation)
DMI number:
5732

55. Such is her beauteous face suffused in tears

First Line:
Such is her beauteous face suffused in tears
Last Line:
Bathes in her tears and revels in her eyes
DMI number:
37809

56. Stre Orpheus I am come from the deeps below

First Line:
Stre Orpheus I am come from the deeps below
Last Line:
Till women waste them over in their tears
DMI number:
44209

57. Some powers regard me or my heart will burn

First Line:
Some powers regard me or my heart will burn
Last Line:
I had a fair judge but a cruel doom
DMI number:
11219

58. Than savage beasts more fierce more to be feared

First Line:
Than savage beasts more fierce more to be feared
Last Line:
Yet lay my ashes in their peaceful urn
Author:
John Somers (Absolute)
DMI number:
5700

59. Tell me my Corydon my well-loved swain

First Line:
Tell me my Corydon my well-loved swain
Last Line:
And recommend a name so truly great
DMI number:
42896

60. The grove was gloomy all around

First Line:
The grove was gloomy all around
Last Line:
Alas I was a Slave
DMI number:
43689

61. The Latian nymphs came round him and amazed

First Line:
The Latian nymphs came round him and amazed
Last Line:
Shine in the dress of the bright Latian maid
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
11255

62. The victor with full sails for Lemnos stood

First Line:
The victor with full sails for Lemnos stood
Last Line:
And owns she had deserved a milder fate
Author:
Temple Stanyan (Confident)
DMI number:
11939

63. Thee on thy radiant throne sublime

First Line:
Thee on thy radiant throne sublime
Last Line:
My guardian goddess be
DMI number:
33594

64. There's no dallying with love

First Line:
There's no dallying with love
Last Line:
False love wants not real pain
DMI number:
43753

65. Then to the tent his hasty court he sped

First Line:
Then to the tent his hasty court he sped
Last Line:
To raise this sated town this second Troy
DMI number:
28434

66. These prodigies affect the pious prince

First Line:
These prodigies affect the pious prince
Last Line:
Descends to search the silent house of sleep
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
11919

67. These some old man sees wanton in the air

First Line:
These some old man sees wanton in the air
Last Line:
From frequent diving and emerging came
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
11925

68. Theseus O Theseus hark but yet in vain

First Line:
Theseus O Theseus hark but yet in vain
Last Line:
Tis either Theseus or some god
Author:
William Cartwright (Absolute)
DMI number:
3778

69. 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

70. There on the extremest beach and farthest sand

First Line:
There on the extremest beach and farthest sand
Last Line:
And nodding shook earth seas and all the radiant lights above
Author:
William Bowles (Absolute)
DMI number:
3922

71. Though guilty Clytie thus the sun betrayed

First Line:
Though guilty Clytie thus the sun betrayed
Last Line:
And with sweet novelty your taste will please
Author:
Laurence Eusden (Confident)
DMI number:
11440

72. Thus like the range of fire the combat burns

First Line:
Thus like the range of fire the combat burns
Last Line:
Our swords kept time and conquered side by side
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28052

73. Thus while through all the earth and all the main

First Line:
Thus while through all the earth and all the main
Last Line:
Hell's bounds may then and only then be past
Author:
Arthur Maynwaring (Absolute)
DMI number:
11495

74. Thus young Achilles in Bithynia's court

First Line:
Thus young Achilles in Bithynia's court
Last Line:
Gods I shall never be gone adieu adieu adieu
Author:
Charles Hopkins (Absolute)
DMI number:
7370

75. To th'inmost courts the Grecian youths were led

First Line:
To th'inmost courts the Grecian youths were led
Last Line:
Whom Cephalus by royal grant commands
Author:
Nahum Tate (Absolute)
DMI number:
4240

76. 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

77. To the inmost courts the Grecian youths were led

First Line:
To the inmost courts the Grecian youths were led
Last Line:
To fortune's and so brave a general's hands
Author:
Nahum Tate (Absolute)
DMI number:
11639

78. Twas dead of night when weary bodies close

First Line:
Twas dead of night when weary bodies close
Last Line:
The strugling soul was loosed and life dissolved in air
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
30925

79. Upon a bough hung trembling over a spring

First Line:
Upon a bough hung trembling over a spring
Last Line:
Nymphs take my life since you despise my song
Author:
Philip Ayres (Absolute)
DMI number:
44573

80. Upon a desert rock horrid to sight

First Line:
Upon a desert rock horrid to sight
Last Line:
It doth never again return
DMI number:
33304

81. When blind god Cupid all in an angry mood

First Line:
When blind god Cupid all in an angry mood
Last Line:
And cure my malady
DMI number:
42996

82. When Orpheus sweetly did complain

First Line:
When Orpheus sweetly did complain
Last Line:
As men alive do saints above
Author:
William Strode (Absolute)
DMI number:
7083

83. When sable night had conquered day

First Line:
When sable night had conquered day
Last Line:
While I as much began to scorn
DMI number:
43651

84. When Tereus was with conquering lawrels crowned

First Line:
When Tereus was with conquering lawrels crowned
Last Line:
To a most wretched living monument
DMI number:
44666

85. While Iole the fatal change declares

First Line:
While Iole the fatal change declares
Last Line:
Instilled new vigour and restored his years
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
11878

86. With speedy wings my feathered woes pursues

First Line:
With speedy wings my feathered woes pursues
Last Line:
And so be pleased as God is best agreed
DMI number:
49181

87. With such delight I read your letter over

First Line:
With such delight I read your letter over
Last Line:
They bring what most you prize your Hero's heart
Author:
Nahum Tate (Absolute)
DMI number:
5703

88. Widowed and childless lamentable state

First Line:
Widowed and childless lamentable state
Last Line:
There yet her marble cheeks eternal tears distil
Author:
Samuel Croxall (Confident)
DMI number:
11516

89. Within the aerial fields by Maro sung

First Line:
Within the aerial fields by Maro sung
Last Line:
Resolved no more to seek the realms of night
DMI number:
9714

90. Yet bright Aurora partial as she was

First Line:
Yet bright Aurora partial as she was
Last Line:
Besprinkling all the world with pearly dews
Author:
Samuel Croxall (Confident)
DMI number:
11940

91. Yet I found leisure though a queen to free

First Line:
Yet I found leisure though a queen to free
Last Line:
And when it comes be vast and worthy me
Author:
Nahum Tate (Absolute)
DMI number:
5726

92. You've gone beyond your time and ought to give

First Line:
You've gone beyond your time and ought to give
Last Line:
But her own hand performed the fatal blow
Author:
Edward Pooley (Absolute)
DMI number:
5698