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1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. Alas poor Cupid art thou blind

First Line:
Alas poor Cupid art thou blind
Last Line:
And all you shoot at surely dies
Author:
Henry Hughes (Absolute)
DMI number:
43918

8. Aeneas to Venus with ardour thus prayed

First Line:
Aeneas to Venus with ardour thus prayed
Last Line:
So even bedded her once and went off in a huff
DMI number:
21993

9. A youth once fowling in a shady grove

First Line:
A youth once fowling in a shady grove
Last Line:
Perch on your brow and in your bosom nest
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
27671

10. Among rose buds slept a bee

First Line:
Among rose buds slept a bee
Last Line:
Pierced by thy burning darts
DMI number:
43914

11. Amoret and Strephon lay

First Line:
Amoret and Strephon lay
Last Line:
For a reward shall all be his
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
5623

12. As Jove lay in Latona's arms

First Line:
As Jove lay in Latona's arms
Last Line:
And I be mistress of a god
DMI number:
11486

13. As late I slumbering lay before my sight

First Line:
As late I slumbering lay before my sight
Last Line:
And I remembered all that Cupid taught
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
27672

14. As lately I was fowling along a wood side

First Line:
As lately I was fowling along a wood side
Last Line:
As he lay in close ambush in Coelia's bright eyes
DMI number:
5197

15. As Mira once and I were laid

First Line:
As Mira once and I were laid
Last Line:
Much quicker eyes have been deceived
DMI number:
24390

16. As the god of manual arts

First Line:
As the god of manual arts
Last Line:
Keep it Mars tis but a toy
Author:
George Ogle (Confident)
DMI number:
27305

17. As Vulcan at his anvil stood

First Line:
As Vulcan at his anvil stood
Last Line:
You know my arrow's but a toy
Author:
Francis Willis (Absolute)
DMI number:
42611

18. As Vulcan plying at his trade

First Line:
As Vulcan plying at his trade
Last Line:
You know my arrow's but a toy
DMI number:
39259

19. As over the mountains over the plains

First Line:
As over the mountains over the plains
Last Line:
The sweetest madness wine and love
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
27186

20. As Ovid sings a beau of old admired

First Line:
As Ovid sings a beau of old admired
Last Line:
Gay as a flower but empty as a shade
DMI number:
23102

21. As Phillis sat beneath the spreading shade

First Line:
As Phillis sat beneath the spreading shade
Last Line:
Oblige the lover and the husband's lost
DMI number:
33623

22. As from the honeycomb one day

First Line:
As from the honeycomb one day
Last Line:
Subdue almighty strength and pierce immortal hearts
Author:
Nicholas Amhurst (Absolute)
DMI number:
23108

23. 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

24. Armed at all points the Greek to field is gone

First Line:
Armed at all points the Greek to field is gone
Last Line:
Ovid our master was his art of sail
Author:
Thomas Heywood (Absolute)
DMI number:
8513

25. Armed at all points the Greek to field is gone

First Line:
Armed at all points the Greek to field is gone
Last Line:
Ovid our master was his art our sail
Author:
Thomas Heywood (Absolute)
DMI number:
42445

26. As Cupid from his cruel sport

First Line:
As Cupid from his cruel sport
Last Line:
Ah no mamma tis Jenny St----l
Author:
Jonathan Smedley (Confident)
DMI number:
11819

27. As Cupid many ages past

First Line:
As Cupid many ages past
Last Line:
And left his name behind
DMI number:
5795

28. As Cupid once upon a day

First Line:
As Cupid once upon a day
Last Line:
That feel too fretful boy thy dart
DMI number:
5183

29. As Cupid once with wanton play

First Line:
As Cupid once with wanton play
Last Line:
And how thou doubly killst with those
Author:
Francis Willis (Absolute)
DMI number:
39255

30. As Cupid roguishly one day

First Line:
As Cupid roguishly one day
Last Line:
And vows he'll never be free again
Author:
Charles Boyle (Speculation)
DMI number:
6537

31. As Cupid sate musing one day near a grove

First Line:
As Cupid sate musing one day near a grove
Last Line:
Those her eyes fail to kill she kills with her sense
DMI number:
10021

32. As Cupid still on mischief bent

First Line:
As Cupid still on mischief bent
Last Line:
Or else to love his arms resign
DMI number:
19480

33. As cupid tired with many a prank

First Line:
As cupid tired with many a prank
Last Line:
Too sure you'll find your arrows there
DMI number:
12597

34. As Cupid wandered out one day

First Line:
As Cupid wandered out one day
Last Line:
Venus tis thy Idalian grove
DMI number:
12838

35. As I late was sitting

First Line:
As I late was sitting
Last Line:
And ease me of this pain
DMI number:
42642

36. 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

37. At midnight when the bear again

First Line:
At midnight when the bear again
Last Line:
Shall reign for ever in thy heart
DMI number:
39223

38. Attend ye fair and learn what pains await

First Line:
Attend ye fair and learn what pains await
Last Line:
In life divided but in death conjoined
DMI number:
25319

39. Atys once for Cybel burned

First Line:
Atys once for Cybel burned
Last Line:
Kiss and drink and then am mad
DMI number:
3537

40. 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

41. Aurora rising from old Tithon's bed

First Line:
Aurora rising from old Tithon's bed
Last Line:
Drove the dear shades that hid our joys away
DMI number:
6691

42. As young in life and young in love

First Line:
As young in life and young in love
Last Line:
Returns the easily contented W-e
DMI number:
38681

43. Beauties have you seen a toy

First Line:
Beauties have you seen a toy
Last Line:
Shall have that kiss and another
Author:
Benjamin Jonson (Absolute)
DMI number:
11213

44. Beauty and love once fell at odds

First Line:
Beauty and love once fell at odds
Last Line:
Against god Cupid's power
Author:
Henry Lawes (Speculation) & John Gamble (Speculation)
DMI number:
10694

45. Beauty and love once fell at odds

First Line:
Beauty and love once fell at odds
Last Line:
Gainst Cupid and his power
DMI number:
7055

46. Beauty's gay queen fair Aphrodite

First Line:
Beauty's gay queen fair Aphrodite
Last Line:
Thou can make them fair and kind
DMI number:
19517

47. Beauty's gay queen fair aphrodite

First Line:
Beauty's gay queen fair aphrodite
Last Line:
Thou can make them fair make them kind
DMI number:
21906

48. 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

49. 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

50. Boast not a golden rain O Jove behold

First Line:
Boast not a golden rain O Jove behold
Last Line:
Cupid descends in showers more rich than gold
Author:
William Cartwright (Confident)
DMI number:
12409

51. Boast not thy golden shower great Jove behold

First Line:
Boast not thy golden shower great Jove behold
Last Line:
Cupid descends in showers more rich than gold
Author:
William Cartwright (Confident)
DMI number:
31061

52. Careless one while as little Cupid lay

First Line:
Careless one while as little Cupid lay
Last Line:
What must they do who by you wounds receive
DMI number:
6098

53. By Phidias' hand the Cyprian queen was raised

First Line:
By Phidias' hand the Cyprian queen was raised
Last Line:
At least permit a wretch to wish and grieve
DMI number:
10225

54. Bring my lyre and tune the strings

First Line:
Bring my lyre and tune the strings
Last Line:
All my songs must be of love
DMI number:
3532

55. Charon o Charon

First Line:
Charon o Charon
Last Line:
Cha Till then be wise
DMI number:
44011

56. Come sing my muse that lamp that once did prove

First Line:
Come sing my muse that lamp that once did prove
Last Line:
And thus enjoyed him in the shades below
DMI number:
41799

57. Come will you hear a merry jest

First Line:
Come will you hear a merry jest
Last Line:
When that she did but seem to wink
DMI number:
44053

58. Come happy nymph adored by all

First Line:
Come happy nymph adored by all
Last Line:
Then love endless in our joy's assigned
DMI number:
44414

59. Come lovely nymph the winter now is past

First Line:
Come lovely nymph the winter now is past
Last Line:
Melting in joys the world did never try
DMI number:
42666

60. come follow follow me

First Line:
come follow follow me
Last Line:
I'll rather let it alone
DMI number:
44469

61. Come gentle sleep and as I lie

First Line:
Come gentle sleep and as I lie
Last Line:
Then shall the charmer think on me
DMI number:
12097

62. Cupid perceiving every day

First Line:
Cupid perceiving every day
Last Line:
Then give it child to Green
Author:
Samuel Whyte (Speculation)
DMI number:
36171

63. Cupid the errantest knave alive

First Line:
Cupid the errantest knave alive
Last Line:
Can give a wound which none can bear
DMI number:
12295

64. Cupid the sliest rogue alive

First Line:
Cupid the sliest rogue alive
Last Line:
And yet how wide how deep the wound
DMI number:
3921

65. Cupid's no god a wanton child

First Line:
Cupid's no god a wanton child
Last Line:
Makes him adorned and crowns his deity
DMI number:
43912

66. Cupid angry that his dart

First Line:
Cupid angry that his dart
Last Line:
I'll break my bow for tis not worth a fart
DMI number:
9951

67. Cupid beneath a myrtle laid

First Line:
Cupid beneath a myrtle laid
Last Line:
And binds my subjects in his chains
DMI number:
5340

68. Cupid ere deprived of sight

First Line:
Cupid ere deprived of sight
Last Line:
That love by folly should be led
Author:
Anne Finch [nee Kingsmill] (Absolute)
DMI number:
14858

69. Cupid my darling Cupid and my joy

First Line:
Cupid my darling Cupid and my joy
Last Line:
From the proud monarch to the humble swain
DMI number:
42631

70. Cupid once from Venus strayed

First Line:
Cupid once from Venus strayed
Last Line:
Venus never could get him freed
DMI number:
3544

71. Cupid once having robbed a hive

First Line:
Cupid once having robbed a hive
Last Line:
After stolen sweets the girls can tell
DMI number:
12968

72. Disguised like a ploughman love stole from the sky

First Line:
Disguised like a ploughman love stole from the sky
Last Line:
That I'll yoke thee Europa's famed bull to my plough
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
27798

73. Divine Thalia charmer of my breast

First Line:
Divine Thalia charmer of my breast
Last Line:
And Phoebus rose and smiled to see the lover blessed
Author:
John Froud (Absolute)
DMI number:
5979

74. First thou that art a freshman and are bent

First Line:
First thou that art a freshman and are bent
Last Line:
Here doth my shaken ship her anchor cast
Author:
Thomas Heywood (Absolute)
DMI number:
8511

75. First thou that art a freshman and art bent

First Line:
First thou that art a freshman and art bent
Last Line:
Here doth my shaken ship her anchor cast
Author:
Thomas Heywood (Absolute)
DMI number:
42444

76. Fair lovely maid or if that title be

First Line:
Fair lovely maid or if that title be
Last Line:
The love to Hermes Aphrodite the friend
DMI number:
43661

77. Fair Lucia stole to Cupid's bower

First Line:
Fair Lucia stole to Cupid's bower
Last Line:
Has hit above her knee
DMI number:
17720

78. Fair royal maid permit a youth undone

First Line:
Fair royal maid permit a youth undone
Last Line:
And I a victim fall to the injured fair
Author:
Aphra Behn (Absolute)
DMI number:
3657

79. From Cephalus' tragic story read

First Line:
From Cephalus' tragic story read
Last Line:
That drowns my hopes and drives me to despair
Author:
Charles Hopkins (Absolute)
DMI number:
7366

80. From Pisa where the sea his flood receives

First Line:
From Pisa where the sea his flood receives
Last Line:
The art of diving to the river taught
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
27796

81. Go hunt the whiter ermine and present

First Line:
Go hunt the whiter ermine and present
Last Line:
Give what is oftener heard of than received
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
11226

82. Happy the lot to view with ravished eyes

First Line:
Happy the lot to view with ravished eyes
Last Line:
Which like Eurydice is lost nor found again
DMI number:
21878

83. Grace is in your steps and mein

First Line:
Grace is in your steps and mein
Last Line:
And Venus in your arms
DMI number:
26773

84. Hale scared Cynthia mutable but chaste

First Line:
Hale scared Cynthia mutable but chaste
Last Line:
And in soft dreams preach honour's funeral
DMI number:
44679

85. Help help o help divinity of love

First Line:
Help help o help divinity of love
Last Line:
And for ever constant prove
Author:
Henry Hughes (Absolute)
DMI number:
43852

86. Haste haste thou powerful god of love

First Line:
Haste haste thou powerful god of love
Last Line:
Beyond what mortals yet do share
DMI number:
42766

87. Haste sluggish morn why dost thou stay

First Line:
Haste sluggish morn why dost thou stay
Last Line:
To every man and woman that nights dream
DMI number:
44004

88. Her son not heard of and by none descried

First Line:
Her son not heard of and by none descried
Last Line:
Of arrows tipped with fire have a care
DMI number:
4797

89. Hippomanes alone with hope inspired

First Line:
Hippomanes alone with hope inspired
Last Line:
Who if they knew thee would be surely thine
Author:
Charles Hopkins (Confident)
DMI number:
7364

90. How great the mysteries of love

First Line:
How great the mysteries of love
Last Line:
He does presume to wear
DMI number:
17730

91. Hermes by whom Amphion's song

First Line:
Hermes by whom Amphion's song
Last Line:
My pious love in softly plaintive verse
DMI number:
25588

92. How thou art envied let Pigmalion prove

First Line:
How thou art envied let Pigmalion prove
Last Line:
Or how at first hope any more than me
Author:
Charles Hopkins (Confident)
DMI number:
7363

93. 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

94. In ancient days when Arthur reigned

First Line:
In ancient days when Arthur reigned
Last Line:
And sing their hapless loves
Author:
William Julius Mickle (Absolute)
DMI number:
32539

95. In antient mountains stands whose friendly shade

First Line:
In antient mountains stands whose friendly shade
Last Line:
By rising conduits thickening to a hell
DMI number:
44373

96. In Babylon where ramparts rose on high

First Line:
In Babylon where ramparts rose on high
Last Line:
And in one urn still keep their mixed remains
DMI number:
10297

97. Imagine when these blurred lines thus scribbled out of frame

First Line:
Imagine when these blurred lines thus scribbled out of frame
Last Line:
Thou well canst tell her name
DMI number:
49187

98. Immortal Venus to whose name

First Line:
Immortal Venus to whose name
Last Line:
My numbers shall thy power confess
DMI number:
8470

99. 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:
Matthew Prior (Speculation) & Laetitia Pilkington [nee van Lewen] (Confident)
DMI number:
21718

100. In a garden t'other day

First Line:
In a garden t'other day
Last Line:
When your arrows pierce his heart
DMI number:
3547