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1. A pointed flinty rock all bare and black

First Line:
A pointed flinty rock all bare and black
Last Line:
The leaning head hung threatening over the flood
DMI number:
40106

2. A rock that braves

First Line:
A rock that braves
Last Line:
Wash off the seaweeds and the founding tides
DMI number:
40108

3. All flowers will droop in absence of the sun

First Line:
All flowers will droop in absence of the sun
Last Line:
That waked their sweets
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
18899

4. 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

5. As when a fragment from a mountain torn

First Line:
As when a fragment from a mountain torn
Last Line:
Stunned with the shock they fall and stunned from Earth rebound
DMI number:
39894

6. As when the winds their airy quarrel try

First Line:
As when the winds their airy quarrel try
Last Line:
So deep in earth his fixed foundations lie
DMI number:
39982

7. 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

8. Ask not the cause why sudden spring

First Line:
Ask not the cause why sudden spring
Last Line:
To be the victim for mankind
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
17966

9. Ask not the cause why sullen spring

First Line:
Ask not the cause why sullen spring
Last Line:
To be the victim for mankind
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4702

10. Betwixt the trees the Tiber took its course

First Line:
Betwixt the trees the Tiber took its course
Last Line:
To tuneful songs their narrow throats applied
DMI number:
40104

11. Black smouldering smoke from the green wood expires

First Line:
Black smouldering smoke from the green wood expires
Last Line:
The light of heaven is choked and the new day retires
DMI number:
40159

12. Behold the unlaboured ground

First Line:
Behold the unlaboured ground
Last Line:
Does round their trunks her purple clusters twine
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
18422

13. 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

14. But easy quiet a secure retreat

First Line:
But easy quiet a secure retreat
Last Line:
The prints of her departing steps appear
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
30624

15. 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

16. 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

17. Composed of mighty bones and brawn he stands

First Line:
Composed of mighty bones and brawn he stands
Last Line:
A goodly towering object on the sands
DMI number:
40218

18. 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

19. Describe we next the nature of the bees

First Line:
Describe we next the nature of the bees
Last Line:
And think it honour at his feet to die
Author:
Virgil (Absolute) & John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
30628

20. Far in the sea against the foaming shore

First Line:
Far in the sea against the foaming shore
Last Line:
The cormorants above lie basking in the sun
DMI number:
40107

21. Farewell ye flowers whose buds with early care

First Line:
Farewell ye flowers whose buds with early care
Last Line:
With fountain streams your fainting souls recall
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
18900

22. For thee sweet month the groves green liveries wear

First Line:
For thee sweet month the groves green liveries wear
Last Line:
Inspires new flames revives extinguished love
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
17609

23. For thee sweet month the groves green liveries wear

First Line:
For thee sweet month the groves green liveries wear
Last Line:
The sultry tropic fears and moves more slowly on
DMI number:
39836

24. Hard steel succeeded then

First Line:
Hard steel succeeded then
Last Line:
And justice here oppressed to heaven returns
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
9805

25. Here easy quiet a secure retreat

First Line:
Here easy quiet a secure retreat
Last Line:
And after toilsome days a short repose at night
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
37084

26. Like a fair flower by the keen share oppressed

First Line:
Like a fair flower by the keen share oppressed
Last Line:
Whose heavy head is overcharged with rain
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
12915

27. 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

28. Nature is so kind

First Line:
Nature is so kind
Last Line:
As to exceed man's use though not his mind
Author:
Sir Robert Howard (Absolute) & John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
16803

29. Now did I not so near my labour's end

First Line:
Now did I not so near my labour's end
Last Line:
To shade good fellows from the summer's heat
DMI number:
39635

30. 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

31. Now rose the ruddy morn from Tithon's bed

First Line:
Now rose the ruddy morn from Tithon's bed
Last Line:
But added colours to the world revealed
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
29686

32. Now turning from the wintry signs the sun

First Line:
Now turning from the wintry signs the sun
Last Line:
Spring issues out and leads the jolly months along
DMI number:
40174

33. 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

34. 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

35. See on the shore inhabits purple spring

First Line:
See on the shore inhabits purple spring
Last Line:
And creeping vines on arbours weaved around
DMI number:
40177

36. So swelling surges with a thundering roar

First Line:
So swelling surges with a thundering roar
Last Line:
And swallow back the sands and stones they spewed before
DMI number:
40314

37. Sprightly May commands our youth to keep

First Line:
Sprightly May commands our youth to keep
Last Line:
Inspires new flames revives extinguished loves
DMI number:
39837

38. The aspiring vines

First Line:
The aspiring vines
Last Line:
Embrace their husband elms in amorous twines
DMI number:
40291

39. That if the Gentiles whom no law inspired

First Line:
That if the Gentiles whom no law inspired
Last Line:
And by their conscience be condemned or freed
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
28224

40. 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

41. The builder oak the tree of Jove

First Line:
The builder oak the tree of Jove
Last Line:
His shade protects the plains his head the hills commands
DMI number:
39980

42. The calf by nature and by genius made

First Line:
The calf by nature and by genius made
Last Line:
Impatient of the lash and restive to the rein
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
30625

43. The early dawning of the year

First Line:
The early dawning of the year
Last Line:
And streams yet new from precipices run
DMI number:
40178

44. The monarch oak the patriarch of trees

First Line:
The monarch oak the patriarch of trees
Last Line:
Supreme in state and in three more decays
DMI number:
39979

45. 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

46. The smoke in cloudy vapours flies

First Line:
The smoke in cloudy vapours flies
Last Line:
Covering the plain and curling to the skies
DMI number:
40158

47. The spring adorns the woods renews the leaves

First Line:
The spring adorns the woods renews the leaves
Last Line:
And heaven indulgence brooded on the ground
DMI number:
40175

48. The trees are clothed with leaves the fields with grass

First Line:
The trees are clothed with leaves the fields with grass
Last Line:
And nature has accomplished all the spring
DMI number:
40180

49. The trees were unctuous fir

First Line:
The trees were unctuous fir
Last Line:
And laurel which the gods for conquering ordain
DMI number:
40272

50. These flowers last but for a little space

First Line:
These flowers last but for a little space
Last Line:
Shoot up with swift increase and sudden are decayed
DMI number:
39602

51. Thus like a sailor by a tempest hurled

First Line:
Thus like a sailor by a tempest hurled
Last Line:
And nature's lavish hand supplies their common wants
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
39217

52. Thus like a sailor by a tempest hurled

First Line:
Thus like a sailor by a tempest hurled
Last Line:
And nature's lavish hand supplies their wants
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
5562

53. Thus like a sailor by the tempest hurled

First Line:
Thus like a sailor by the tempest hurled
Last Line:
And nature's lavish hand supplies their common wants
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
3959

54. Thus like a sailor by the tempest hurled

First Line:
Thus like a sailor by the tempest hurled
Last Line:
And nature's lavish hands supplies their common wants
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
41875

55. Thus two tall oaks that Padus banks adorn

First Line:
Thus two tall oaks that Padus banks adorn
Last Line:
Dance to the whistling winds and at each other nod
DMI number:
39983

56. When spring makes equal day

First Line:
When spring makes equal day
Last Line:
And creeping vines on arbors swerved around
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
22855

57. When spring makes equal day

First Line:
When spring makes equal day
Last Line:
And swallows twitter on the chimney tops
DMI number:
40176

58. When yellow autumn weighs

First Line:
When yellow autumn weighs
Last Line:
And suns declining shine with feeble rays
DMI number:
39215

59. When winter's rage abates when cheerful hours

First Line:
When winter's rage abates when cheerful hours
Last Line:
Fat are the lambs and luscious are the wines
DMI number:
40179