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1. A giant shepherd here his flock maintains

First Line:
A giant shepherd here his flock maintains
Last Line:
Crowned with rough thickets and a nodding wood
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31650

2. A cave there is deep in declining ground

First Line:
A cave there is deep in declining ground
Last Line:
Because thought absent at his wondrous fall
Author:
John Hopkins (Absolute)
DMI number:
5880

3. Ah gentle pipe thee erst I wont to fill

First Line:
Ah gentle pipe thee erst I wont to fill
Last Line:
And mizling clouds gan warn him homeward hie
DMI number:
28441

4. About an bank with balmy bewis

First Line:
About an bank with balmy bewis
Last Line:
Quhois glore eternall rings
Author:
Alexander Montgomerie (Absolute)
DMI number:
10935

5. All over th' extended sea when wanton gales

First Line:
All over th' extended sea when wanton gales
Last Line:
And sweep off men and beasts an undistinguished prize
DMI number:
2026

6. 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

7. Along the river's side did Cynthia stray

First Line:
Along the river's side did Cynthia stray
Last Line:
Her presence fills with perfumes all the field
Author:
Philip Ayres (Absolute)
DMI number:
15065

8. Although no brandished cherubins are here

First Line:
Although no brandished cherubins are here
Last Line:
When an heroic is a georgic too
DMI number:
4539

9. 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

10. As it fell upon a day

First Line:
As it fell upon a day
Last Line:
None alive will pity me
Author:
Richard Barnfield (Absolute)
DMI number:
44825

11. As late I wandered over the flowery plain

First Line:
As late I wandered over the flowery plain
Last Line:
And homeward took my solitary way
DMI number:
33786

12. As through Idalia's pleasing groves

First Line:
As through Idalia's pleasing groves
Last Line:
How sharp how wide how deep the wound
DMI number:
1925

13. As when two bulls for their fair female fight

First Line:
As when two bulls for their fair female fight
Last Line:
So clash their swords and so their shields resound
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
31672

14. 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

15. Bacchus resolving to revenge the wrong

First Line:
Bacchus resolving to revenge the wrong
Last Line:
With mossy trunks below and verdant leaves above
Author:
Samuel Croxall (Confident)
DMI number:
11902

16. 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

17. Blow blow Boreas blow and let thy surly winds

First Line:
Blow blow Boreas blow and let thy surly winds
Last Line:
To drown to drown no never to drown a good Fellow
DMI number:
2741

18. Blue Thetis goddess of the raging sea

First Line:
Blue Thetis goddess of the raging sea
Last Line:
That he or death must give me rest
DMI number:
42720

19. Beneath the shade which beechen boughs diffuse

First Line:
Beneath the shade which beechen boughs diffuse
Last Line:
And curling smoke from cottages ascends
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
30125

20. 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

21. But yonder far lo yonder does appear

First Line:
But yonder far lo yonder does appear
Last Line:
Enlarged the mass the nymph became an isle
Author:
Thomas Vernon (Absolute)
DMI number:
11702

22. But neither median woods a plenteous land

First Line:
But neither median woods a plenteous land
Last Line:
And summer suns recede by slow degrees
Author:
Virgil (Absolute) & John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
30623

23. But when good Saturn banished from above

First Line:
But when good Saturn banished from above
Last Line:
And oxen laboured first beneath the yoke
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
9803

24. 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

25. Come Bathyllus to the shade

First Line:
Come Bathyllus to the shade
Last Line:
I for you and me have made
Author:
Anacreon (Absolute)
DMI number:
3541

26. 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

27. come follow follow me

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

28. 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

29. Daphne first taught the fair Latona's son

First Line:
Daphne first taught the fair Latona's son
Last Line:
And with her new formed boughs gave the consenting nod
DMI number:
17747

30. Delight of human kind and gods above

First Line:
Delight of human kind and gods above
Last Line:
And quiet to the weary world restore
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
3957

31. Ere the radiant sun

First Line:
Ere the radiant sun
Last Line:
To lead the train of Phoebus and the spring
Author:
Mark Akenside (Absolute)
DMI number:
31456

32. Erst in Arcadia's lond much praised was found

First Line:
Erst in Arcadia's lond much praised was found
Last Line:
Heaven's still unscanned by such ungrateful race
Author:
John Harington (Absolute)
DMI number:
32092

33. Echo sweet nymph that livest unseen

First Line:
Echo sweet nymph that livest unseen
Last Line:
And give resound to heavenly harmonies
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
42709

34. 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

35. Faunus still fond to chase the train

First Line:
Faunus still fond to chase the train
Last Line:
But thrice the ground in gambols treads
DMI number:
25598

36. Faunus who after nymphs dost range

First Line:
Faunus who after nymphs dost range
Last Line:
To tread the earth
Author:
Sir Thomas Hawkins (Absolute)
DMI number:
42117

37. Fields to improve and when to till the ground

First Line:
Fields to improve and when to till the ground
Last Line:
They know no check and mock the curbing rein
DMI number:
6632

38. 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

39. Gentle Diana goddess bright

First Line:
Gentle Diana goddess bright
Last Line:
The blood of swine
Author:
Thomas Flatman (Absolute)
DMI number:
42121

40. Great prince and so much greater as more wise

First Line:
Great prince and so much greater as more wise
Last Line:
To woods and groves what once the painter sings
Author:
Sir John Denham (Speculation) & Andrew Marvell (Confident)
DMI number:
3573

41. Hail fair Ierne parent of the lyre

First Line:
Hail fair Ierne parent of the lyre
Last Line:
And royal beauties grace the ambitious lay
Author:
Samuel Whyte (Speculation)
DMI number:
33795

42. Hail majesty of purest joy

First Line:
Hail majesty of purest joy
Last Line:
Unknown to guilt or pain
DMI number:
32853

43. Hail to thy orient beams imperial sun

First Line:
Hail to thy orient beams imperial sun
Last Line:
Full proudly sailing over Dirce's stream
DMI number:
28634

44. He ceased in his relation to proceed

First Line:
He ceased in his relation to proceed
Last Line:
Flowed down in water or aspired in flame
Author:
Thomas Vernon (Absolute)
DMI number:
11703

45. Here while the Thracian bard's enchanting strain

First Line:
Here while the Thracian bard's enchanting strain
Last Line:
And without danger can review his spouse
Author:
Samuel Croxall (Confident)
DMI number:
11896

46. High on a bough that trembled over a spring

First Line:
High on a bough that trembled over a spring
Last Line:
Nymphs take my life since you despise my song
Author:
Philip Ayres (Absolute)
DMI number:
3120

47. In Tempe's shades the living lyre was strung

First Line:
In Tempe's shades the living lyre was strung
Last Line:
Says harmony itself inhabits here
DMI number:
35378

48. In Albion's isle ere hoary time grew old

First Line:
In Albion's isle ere hoary time grew old
Last Line:
By all regretted and by all admired
DMI number:
33504

49. 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

50. 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

51. In various shapes thus to deceive the eyes

First Line:
In various shapes thus to deceive the eyes
Last Line:
And thus resolved her high commands expressed
Author:
Thomas Vernon (Absolute)
DMI number:
11704

52. Iris would you the cause be told

First Line:
Iris would you the cause be told
Last Line:
And in her empire live
DMI number:
8557

53. Is it not Colinet I lonesome see

First Line:
Is it not Colinet I lonesome see
Last Line:
And unyoked heifers loitering homeward low
Author:
Ambrose Philips (Absolute)
DMI number:
30129

54. Long have I wandered from the muses seat

First Line:
Long have I wandered from the muses seat
Last Line:
But to Endymion was her love confined
Author:
Henry St John (Confident)
DMI number:
2160

55. Long had I wandered from the muses seat

First Line:
Long had I wandered from the muses seat
Last Line:
But to Endymion was her love confined
DMI number:
36260

56. Lo Colin here the place whose pleasant sight

First Line:
Lo Colin here the place whose pleasant sight
Last Line:
And wet your tender lambs that by you trace
Author:
Edmund Spenser (Absolute)
DMI number:
30128

57. 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

58. Lend thy voice celestial maid

First Line:
Lend thy voice celestial maid
Last Line:
Turns it from the guiltless head
Author:
James Merrick (Absolute)
DMI number:
27705

59. Mean time by mighty gusts a humid mountain

First Line:
Mean time by mighty gusts a humid mountain
Last Line:
The wave that brought him terrified retires
DMI number:
8917

60. Nor were the gods themselves more safe above

First Line:
Nor were the gods themselves more safe above
Last Line:
Did with promiscuous grace his flowing locks adorn
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
11200

61. Naked the spring would seem and bare

First Line:
Naked the spring would seem and bare
Last Line:
Did itself to Bacchus dedicate
Author:
Thomas Wood (Absolute)
DMI number:
39266

62. Near a smooth river's lonely side

First Line:
Near a smooth river's lonely side
Last Line:
The fault is in the mind
Author:
Samuel Whyte (Speculation)
DMI number:
33891

63. Near Enna's walls a spacious lake is spread

First Line:
Near Enna's walls a spacious lake is spread
Last Line:
The god soon reaches with a rapid flight
Author:
Arthur Maynwaring (Absolute)
DMI number:
11491

64. Nymphs that mountain wood or hill

First Line:
Nymphs that mountain wood or hill
Last Line:
Hymen resound the woods and hills and shores along
DMI number:
28109

65. Now come ye Naiads to the fountains lead

First Line:
Now come ye Naiads to the fountains lead
Last Line:
The cheerless Tanais pours his hoary urn
Author:
John Armstrong (Absolute)
DMI number:
30675

66. Now from the sight of land our galleys move

First Line:
Now from the sight of land our galleys move
Last Line:
And curling smoke ascending from their height
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
28401

67. Now he brings | The youths to view the temple built for praise

First Line:
Now he brings | The youths to view the temple built for praise
Last Line:
Since heaven's good king is captive to the kind
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
17272

68. 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

69. Now with bolder sails I tempt the main

First Line:
Now with bolder sails I tempt the main
Last Line:
And all the gods sunk to their watery bed
Author:
W. Bowls (Speculation)
DMI number:
44663

70. Of bodies changed to various forms I sing

First Line:
Of bodies changed to various forms I sing
Last Line:
And earth was metamorphosed into man
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
11190

71. O solitude my sweetest choice

First Line:
O solitude my sweetest choice
Last Line:
From seeing and from serving thee
Author:
Katherine Philips (Absolute)
DMI number:
3819

72. Over yonder eastern hill the twilight throws

First Line:
Over yonder eastern hill the twilight throws
Last Line:
And all profaner audience far remove
Author:
Mark Akenside (Absolute)
DMI number:
27801

73. Once on a solemn festal day

First Line:
Once on a solemn festal day
Last Line:
With her bright train and reascends the skies
Author:
John Hughes (Absolute)
DMI number:
8355

74. One house just judgement I've decreed to fall

First Line:
One house just judgement I've decreed to fall
Last Line:
And ordered every river to its course
DMI number:
17751

75. Phoebus god beloved by men

First Line:
Phoebus god beloved by men
Last Line:
Though he burst with the weight of the terrible god
Author:
John Dryden (Confident) & Nathaniel Lee (Confident)
DMI number:
42788

76. Phoebus with full revenge from Tmolus flies

First Line:
Phoebus with full revenge from Tmolus flies
Last Line:
But he the goddess had enjoyed alone
Author:
Samuel Croxall (Confident)
DMI number:
11904

77. 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

78. Richt as the stern of day began to schyne

First Line:
Richt as the stern of day began to schyne
Last Line:
Weil aucht thou be affeirit of the licht
Author:
William Dunbar (Absolute)
DMI number:
10921

79. See how the sun ascending by degrees

First Line:
See how the sun ascending by degrees
Last Line:
And thank the man who give us leave to play
DMI number:
17811

80. She said and for her lost Galanthis sighs

First Line:
She said and for her lost Galanthis sighs
Last Line:
And long the plant a human heart retained
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
11880

81. She said and for her lost Galanthis sighs

First Line:
She said and for her lost Galanthis sighs
Last Line:
And long the plant a human heat retained
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
13085

82. Shep Tell me dearest what is love

First Line:
Shep Tell me dearest what is love
Last Line:
Those that love to love a new
DMI number:
44235

83. Shepherds chant the rural lay

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

84. Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows

First Line:
Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows
Last Line:
Flies over the unbending corn and skims along the main
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
29735

85. Still were the purling waters and the maid

First Line:
Still were the purling waters and the maid
Last Line:
As where the soil manured a richer harvest yields
Author:
Arthur Maynwaring (Absolute)
DMI number:
11501

86. Soon as the morning trembles over the sky

First Line:
Soon as the morning trembles over the sky
Last Line:
And good the grace of all the country round
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
30138

87. Stay my pretty dove and tell

First Line:
Stay my pretty dove and tell
Last Line:
Thou makest me chatter like a crow
DMI number:
3535

88. The heavens carouse each day a cup

First Line:
The heavens carouse each day a cup
Last Line:
But too much drink shall make me first
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
5423

89. The gods by right of nature must possess

First Line:
The gods by right of nature must possess
Last Line:
Not pleased by good deeds nor provoked by bad
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
4138

90. The golden age was first when man yet new

First Line:
The golden age was first when man yet new
Last Line:
And honey sweating through the pores of oak
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
9802

91. The fading gleam of parting day

First Line:
The fading gleam of parting day
Last Line:
On rapid lightning borne he sought his native skies
Author:
Henry James Pye (Absolute)
DMI number:
28672

92. The rose as poets us persuade

First Line:
The rose as poets us persuade
Last Line:
Of Venus gave the smell
DMI number:
18276

93. The morn ensuing from the mountain's height

First Line:
The morn ensuing from the mountain's height
Last Line:
From out their flaming nostrils breathed the day
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
29688

94. The morning rose and with a conscious smile

First Line:
The morning rose and with a conscious smile
Last Line:
The prophet bowed and hailed her England's queen
DMI number:
28106

95. The skies are cleared the clouds are flown

First Line:
The skies are cleared the clouds are flown
Last Line:
Nor beauty wit nor virtue spare
DMI number:
25928

96. The wakeful nightingale that takes no rest

First Line:
The wakeful nightingale that takes no rest
Last Line:
For love that makes him wakeful makes him sing
DMI number:
2674

97. The spring's now in its infancy the spring

First Line:
The spring's now in its infancy the spring
Last Line:
That she by silence had her freedom lost | Let him to morrow love that never has loved | Let him to morrow that love's joys has proved
DMI number:
8586

98. Thence more at ease their minds somewhat raised

First Line:
Thence more at ease their minds somewhat raised
Last Line:
Gorgons and Hydras and Chimaeras dire
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
30996

99. Thence Perseus like a cloud by storms was driven

First Line:
Thence Perseus like a cloud by storms was driven
Last Line:
The stars the heavens and all the gods sustained
Author:
Laurence Eusden (Confident)
DMI number:
11447

100. Theseus meanwhile acquitting well his share

First Line:
Theseus meanwhile acquitting well his share
Last Line:
Are viewed as many isles as nymphs before
Author:
Thomas Vernon (Absolute)
DMI number:
11701