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1. A youth the meanest of the tuneful train

First Line:
A youth the meanest of the tuneful train
Last Line:
When beauty's charming queen the queen of love he gained
DMI number:
28417

2. Amidst the thunder of victorious arms

First Line:
Amidst the thunder of victorious arms
Last Line:
Their only contest to applaud you most
Author:
James Marriott (Absolute)
DMI number:
28370

3. As virtue late her shrine surveyed

First Line:
As virtue late her shrine surveyed
Last Line:
Whose worth alone deserves her charms
DMI number:
28378

4. Awake thou everlasting lyre

First Line:
Awake thou everlasting lyre
Last Line:
The friends of freedom and of Britain reign
Author:
John Langhorne (Absolute)
DMI number:
28389

5. 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

6. Breathe soft ye winds to more than summer sleep

First Line:
Breathe soft ye winds to more than summer sleep
Last Line:
And round her brow heaven's starry diadem shone
DMI number:
28115

7. Calm was the air and through the silent shade

First Line:
Calm was the air and through the silent shade
Last Line:
Ceasing with them departs the shepherd swain
DMI number:
28404

8. Bright Phoebus and thou goddess maid

First Line:
Bright Phoebus and thou goddess maid
Last Line:
Nor sink till life's lamp fades away
DMI number:
23237

9. Bright Venus in her Paphian grove

First Line:
Bright Venus in her Paphian grove
Last Line:
Pallas and I will both agree
Author:
Robert Lucke (Absolute)
DMI number:
12553

10. Cupid one day asked his mother

First Line:
Cupid one day asked his mother
Last Line:
Her's with Cupid's charms may suit
Author:
Anne Finch [nee Kingsmill] (Absolute)
DMI number:
12734

11. Far from those shades retired that favourite plain

First Line:
Far from those shades retired that favourite plain
Last Line:
Hail the blessed pair and greet their mutual love
DMI number:
28135

12. Favoured of heaven on whom the graces wait

First Line:
Favoured of heaven on whom the graces wait
Last Line:
In thee reflected back the image of his mind
DMI number:
28149

13. Exalted on her cliffs Britannia's plain

First Line:
Exalted on her cliffs Britannia's plain
Last Line:
And without danger rule the golden day
Author:
Thomas Clerke (Absolute)
DMI number:
40424

14. Fair princess to thy wondering eyes

First Line:
Fair princess to thy wondering eyes
Last Line:
A Charlotte copied fair in you
DMI number:
28116

15. For Proteus thus to virgin Thetis said

First Line:
For Proteus thus to virgin Thetis said
Last Line:
From which embrace the great Achilles sprung
Author:
Samuel Croxall (Confident)
DMI number:
11911

16. For Venus had never seen bedded

First Line:
For Venus had never seen bedded
Last Line:
To the beautiful Molly Le P--ll
DMI number:
22769

17. Fond Orpheus went as poets tell

First Line:
Fond Orpheus went as poets tell
Last Line:
And taught him by a look to lose her
Author:
Matthew Concanen (Confident)
DMI number:
2668

18. Goddess Minerva wise austere

First Line:
Goddess Minerva wise austere
Last Line:
In chaste and holy marriage bands
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
42770

19. Haste winds and ministers of air

First Line:
Haste winds and ministers of air
Last Line:
His duty and his king
DMI number:
28368

20. He said and past with sad presaging heart

First Line:
He said and past with sad presaging heart
Last Line:
Shall neither hear thee sigh nor see thee weep
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
30924

21. 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

22. 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

23. In Pindus' sacred shade

First Line:
In Pindus' sacred shade
Last Line:
To all the Muse can give to everlasting fame
DMI number:
28402

24. Love and Hymen be thy guide

First Line:
Love and Hymen be thy guide
Last Line:
Like to the royal pair in worth and beauty's pride
DMI number:
28375

25. King Arthur lives in merry Carleile

First Line:
King Arthur lives in merry Carleile
Last Line:
And hee be a gentle knighte
DMI number:
37486

26. Kinge Arthur liues in merry Carleile

First Line:
Kinge Arthur liues in merry Carleile
Last Line:
To sr Gawaine & his lady gay
DMI number:
38657

27. Midas the king as in his book appears

First Line:
Midas the king as in his book appears
Last Line:
Till the next longing fit return again
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
9806

28. Now brave Perithous bold Ixion's son

First Line:
Now brave Perithous bold Ixion's son
Last Line:
And to his mother-earth with empty belly rushed
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
11932

29. Now Hesperus rode the evening sky

First Line:
Now Hesperus rode the evening sky
Last Line:
On Hymen's holy rite and fan the virtuous flame
DMI number:
28113

30. Now Hymen in connubial bands unites

First Line:
Now Hymen in connubial bands unites
Last Line:
A paradise revives where Charlotte reigns
DMI number:
28155

31. O thou pure minister of life

First Line:
O thou pure minister of life
Last Line:
Over grateful Britons reign
DMI number:
28381

32. Oh lingering make Ulysses dear thy wife lo sends to thee

First Line:
Oh lingering make Ulysses dear thy wife lo sends to thee
Last Line:
Love is a careful thing god wot and passing full of dread
DMI number:
9035

33. Ovyde among other thynges smale

First Line:
Ovyde among other thynges smale
Last Line:
Redeth Ovyde and there ye may it lere
Author:
Geoffrey Chaucer (Confident)
DMI number:
9821

34. Orpheus a one-eyed limping Thracian

First Line:
Orpheus a one-eyed limping Thracian
Last Line:
Since spouse is damned I will be merry
Author:
John Dennis (Absolute)
DMI number:
6525

35. Orpheus of old as poets tell

First Line:
Orpheus of old as poets tell
Last Line:
Has most prodigious luck indeed
DMI number:
21904

36. Once Hymen abused for the matches he made

First Line:
Once Hymen abused for the matches he made
Last Line:
For once he has shown that his godship has eyes
DMI number:
18322

37. Propitious hours who lead the jocund dance

First Line:
Propitious hours who lead the jocund dance
Last Line:
When fame the muse and time shall be no more
DMI number:
28145

38. Say learned Garth around whose favourite head

First Line:
Say learned Garth around whose favourite head
Last Line:
I waked and vanished the transporting sight
DMI number:
3530

39. Read boldly this here you shall swear no more

First Line:
Read boldly this here you shall swear no more
Last Line:
Although for me too little yet too much for thee
Author:
Richard Duke (Absolute)
DMI number:
5744

40. Say wilt thou Lycidas sweet shepherd swain

First Line:
Say wilt thou Lycidas sweet shepherd swain
Last Line:
Steal the sweet virgin whom I love away
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
27676

41. See the springing day from far

First Line:
See the springing day from far
Last Line:
God of peace and god of love
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
16631

42. Shepherds chant the rural lay

First Line:
Shepherds chant the rural lay
Last Line:
The golden age revived again
DMI number:
28150

43. Strange contradiction love and beauty's queen

First Line:
Strange contradiction love and beauty's queen
Last Line:
Some sprightly mars will share his marriage bed
DMI number:
5191

44. The Ionian quarter of the Cyprian shore

First Line:
The Ionian quarter of the Cyprian shore
Last Line:
But the rich balm distills over all the field
Author:
Jabez Hughes (Absolute)
DMI number:
33614

45. The poets sing of old that amorous Jove

First Line:
The poets sing of old that amorous Jove
Last Line:
Who must not own the omnipotence of Jove
DMI number:
7005

46. There is a little god called love

First Line:
There is a little god called love
Last Line:
And all but Vulcan satisfied
Author:
Alexander Pennecuik (Confident) & Thomas Hamilton (Speculation)
DMI number:
28103

47. 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

48. Thou the vile minister of those who long

First Line:
Thou the vile minister of those who long
Last Line:
My lord Ulysses was &c
DMI number:
39948

49. Tired with the business of the day

First Line:
Tired with the business of the day
Last Line:
At once to lose so good a dream and smock
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
3554

50. 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

51. Unhappy Dido all her life

First Line:
Unhappy Dido all her life
Last Line:
No sooner flies her lover but she dies
DMI number:
43657

52. Twelve Spartan virgins noble young and fair

First Line:
Twelve Spartan virgins noble young and fair
Last Line:
And view the mighty spoils thou hast in battle won
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
3826

53. Welcome golden eye of day

First Line:
Welcome golden eye of day
Last Line:
Proclaim thee sovereign of a grateful land
DMI number:
28382

54. Visions of glory crowd yon distant view

First Line:
Visions of glory crowd yon distant view
Last Line:
Their giant arms in gratulation waved
DMI number:
28151

55. Venus at the fates behest

First Line:
Venus at the fates behest
Last Line:
Of empire worthy and of thee
DMI number:
28397

56. Wedding is great Juno's crown

First Line:
Wedding is great Juno's crown
Last Line:
To Hymen God of every town
DMI number:
43938

57. Urania heavenly muse assist the song

First Line:
Urania heavenly muse assist the song
Last Line:
And hails the nuptials from her hundred thrones
DMI number:
28419

58. When first the kingdom to thy virtues due

First Line:
When first the kingdom to thy virtues due
Last Line:
Crowns all her glory by possessing you
Author:
Thomas Warton (Absolute)
DMI number:
28156

59. When first they did in Greece their empire raise

First Line:
When first they did in Greece their empire raise
Last Line:
Should in this isle and of a king be born
DMI number:
42870

60. When Paris the apple to Venus declared

First Line:
When Paris the apple to Venus declared
Last Line:
If Venus had gave him a wife of his own
DMI number:
21979

61. When Paris the apple to Venus declared

First Line:
When Paris the apple to Venus declared
Last Line:
To punish his fault she'd have sent him a wife
DMI number:
21980

62. When Phoebus was amorous and longed to be rude

First Line:
When Phoebus was amorous and longed to be rude
Last Line:
For she fled from his arms to distinguish his brows
Author:
Christopher Smart (Absolute)
DMI number:
24844

63. When pictured oft in the poetic page

First Line:
When pictured oft in the poetic page
Last Line:
For the best eulogy is virtue's praise
DMI number:
28372

64. When Jove and Juno can't agree

First Line:
When Jove and Juno can't agree
Last Line:
But her loud tongue does shake the thundering Jove
DMI number:
7520

65. While objects of a parent's care

First Line:
While objects of a parent's care
Last Line:
Pallas shall weave and I will bless it
Author:
James Marriott (Absolute)
DMI number:
26656

66. When Vulcan saw the fair Augusta led

First Line:
When Vulcan saw the fair Augusta led
Last Line:
Less brave was Mars nor Venus half to fair
DMI number:
35741

67. Within a secret grove the Paphian queen

First Line:
Within a secret grove the Paphian queen
Last Line:
Sunk in their marrow and transfixed their hearts
Author:
Jabez Hughes (Confident)
DMI number:
8353

68. Yet once more tuneful virgins will I seek

First Line:
Yet once more tuneful virgins will I seek
Last Line:
Peace plenty power wealth liberty and fame
DMI number:
28152

69. Yes happy Albion over thy king

First Line:
Yes happy Albion over thy king
Last Line:
The grisly frown of care and wrinkled brow of age
DMI number:
28374

70. Ye nymphs that from Diana's sport retired

First Line:
Ye nymphs that from Diana's sport retired
Last Line:
Thank the kind gods be happy live and love
Author:
Sneyd Davies (Absolute)
DMI number:
23442

71. Ye dryads blythe ye sylvan powers

First Line:
Ye dryads blythe ye sylvan powers
Last Line:
To ward each hostile stroke and act in freedom's cause
Author:
Robert Richardson (Speculation)
DMI number:
28117

72. Your lordings cast off your weeds of woe

First Line:
Your lordings cast off your weeds of woe
Last Line:
Tantara tara tantara etc
DMI number:
49213