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1. A drop of amber from the weeping plant

First Line:
A drop of amber from the weeping plant
Last Line:
Is from a worthless ant become a gem
DMI number:
28989

2. A flying camp is formed each year

First Line:
A flying camp is formed each year
Last Line:
Less when I march than when I fly
DMI number:
15095

3. A fortnight past and something more

First Line:
A fortnight past and something more
Last Line:
The spring alas is dry
Author:
Samuel Whyte (Speculation)
DMI number:
34443

4. 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

5. A gloomy tempest rising from the main

First Line:
A gloomy tempest rising from the main
Last Line:
Thou great eternal infinite and one
DMI number:
25673

6. A grasshopper once while the winter prevailed

First Line:
A grasshopper once while the winter prevailed
Last Line:
All idlers shall suffer the woes they deserve
DMI number:
36291

7. 'Look at your corn in May

First Line:
'Look at your corn in May
Last Line:
And you'll return with another tune
DMI number:
23478

8. A blissful field circled with groves of myrrh

First Line:
A blissful field circled with groves of myrrh
Last Line:
Imbrowned the noon-tide bowers
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
7508

9. 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

10. A myrtle flourished mongst the flowers

First Line:
A myrtle flourished mongst the flowers
Last Line:
Near the old yew in -- church yard
Author:
Benjamin Hoadly (Absolute)
DMI number:
22582

11. A paultry creeping ivy had

First Line:
A paultry creeping ivy had
Last Line:
And turns the villains over and over
DMI number:
33381

12. A sullen calm unusual dark and dead

First Line:
A sullen calm unusual dark and dead
Last Line:
His will unerring wisest justest best
Author:
David Mallet (Absolute)
DMI number:
29807

13. A swain who musing on the various cares

First Line:
A swain who musing on the various cares
Last Line:
Warned him to seek the house and quit his verdant bower
Author:
Richard Lewis (Absolute)
DMI number:
23073

14. A swarm of bees in May

First Line:
A swarm of bees in May
Last Line:
Is not worth a fly
DMI number:
23479

15. A sylvan lodge that like Pomona's arbour smiled

First Line:
A sylvan lodge that like Pomona's arbour smiled
Last Line:
Nor Faunus haunted
DMI number:
39316

16. A malady there is that runs through all

First Line:
A malady there is that runs through all
Last Line:
Is led before my chariot like a slave
DMI number:
7824

17. A man having got a most excellent hatchet

First Line:
A man having got a most excellent hatchet
Last Line:
Must in return expect dry blows
DMI number:
19840

18. 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

19. A shower of soft and fleecy rain

First Line:
A shower of soft and fleecy rain
Last Line:
As if with fur of ermin crowned
DMI number:
29672

20. A silly poor shepherd was folding his sheep

First Line:
A silly poor shepherd was folding his sheep
Last Line:
The warmer thou art the cuc-colder am I
DMI number:
43967

21. A prison or an isle are much the same

First Line:
A prison or an isle are much the same
Last Line:
That night is come the only time to rest
DMI number:
5983

22. A prison or the isle are much the same

First Line:
A prison or the isle are much the same
Last Line:
That night is come the only time to rest
DMI number:
43172

23. A rock that braves

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

24. A rozen mould these fiery flames begin

First Line:
A rozen mould these fiery flames begin
Last Line:
The flame shall cease hating all famishment
DMI number:
43744

25. A scene like this can seldom fail to please

First Line:
A scene like this can seldom fail to please
Last Line:
And praise the great director as I ought
Author:
William Woty (Confident)
DMI number:
32883

26. A tree there is eight letters do express

First Line:
A tree there is eight letters do express
Last Line:
So rare that in a thousand scarce there's one
DMI number:
42021

27. A truce to thought and let us over the fields

First Line:
A truce to thought and let us over the fields
Last Line:
Once more to rest his foot on his own threshold
Author:
James Hurdis (Absolute)
DMI number:
36983

28. A week's long absence had Liberia kept

First Line:
A week's long absence had Liberia kept
Last Line:
Ah watch your words and let your lovers live
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
16980

29. A little learning is a dangerous thing

First Line:
A little learning is a dangerous thing
Last Line:
New distant scenes of endless science rise
DMI number:
30190

30. A lowly swain loved a proud nymph in vain

First Line:
A lowly swain loved a proud nymph in vain
Last Line:
Some gentler nymph who'll not your love refuse
DMI number:
43562

31. A lusty frog a duck swears is such meat

First Line:
A lusty frog a duck swears is such meat
Last Line:
And sprinkled with my dew the fury cools
DMI number:
7848

32. 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

33. Ah gentle shepherd thine the lot to tend

First Line:
Ah gentle shepherd thine the lot to tend
Last Line:
And charitable habits learn in sport
Author:
John Dyer (Absolute)
DMI number:
30180

34. Ah happy flower pride of all

First Line:
Ah happy flower pride of all
Last Line:
Forbids the kisses of the approaching sun
DMI number:
44418

35. Ah little think the gay licentious proud

First Line:
Ah little think the gay licentious proud
Last Line:
Refining still the social passions work
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
33690

36. Ah lovely rose how sweetly dost thou smell

First Line:
Ah lovely rose how sweetly dost thou smell
Last Line:
Yet when in bed with her I would be man
DMI number:
7465

37. Ah lovely stream how fitly may thou be

First Line:
Ah lovely stream how fitly may thou be
Last Line:
Could so slight all vicissitudes of fate
DMI number:
43443

38. All change but nothing finally decays

First Line:
All change but nothing finally decays
Last Line:
For riches tombs replete with dust and bones
DMI number:
28207

39. All conquering heat oh intermit thy wrath

First Line:
All conquering heat oh intermit thy wrath
Last Line:
Unsatisfied and sick tosses in noon
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
29847

40. 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

41. All hail thou pleasing cheerful morn

First Line:
All hail thou pleasing cheerful morn
Last Line:
And bless thy happy reign
DMI number:
33478

42. About a bank with balmy bews

First Line:
About a bank with balmy bews
Last Line:
Whose glore eternal reigns
Author:
Alexander Montgomerie (Confident)
DMI number:
4614

43. 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

44. Accept these flowers of different hue

First Line:
Accept these flowers of different hue
Last Line:
The flame within his breast
DMI number:
11069

45. Adam the while

First Line:
Adam the while
Last Line:
Solace in her return so long delayed
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
29722

46. Adieu fair spring adorned with chaplets gay

First Line:
Adieu fair spring adorned with chaplets gay
Last Line:
Their hope their strength their fortitude increase
DMI number:
30854

47. Adieu the pleasing rural scene

First Line:
Adieu the pleasing rural scene
Last Line:
One glorious and eternal spring
Author:
Joseph Cockfield (Absolute)
DMI number:
30855

48. Adieu the pleasing rural scene

First Line:
Adieu the pleasing rural scene
Last Line:
One glorious one eternal spring
Author:
Joseph Cockfield (Absolute)
DMI number:
32651

49. Adieu ye crystal grots and flowery plains

First Line:
Adieu ye crystal grots and flowery plains
Last Line:
A grateful people and a gracious king
DMI number:
28724

50. Ah spare ye gentle boars my lovely boy

First Line:
Ah spare ye gentle boars my lovely boy
Last Line:
And swiftly fly to thy Sulpitia's arms
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
10007

51. Ah tell me now ungenerous wave

First Line:
Ah tell me now ungenerous wave
Last Line:
But you have taken two
Author:
Samuel Whyte (Absolute)
DMI number:
34453

52. Ah that the Almighty from eternal thought

First Line:
Ah that the Almighty from eternal thought
Last Line:
Made my leaves dance and known seraphic love
DMI number:
35340

53. Ah Tityrus you can sit beneath a tree

First Line:
Ah Tityrus you can sit beneath a tree
Last Line:
Shadows of hills grow long and the sun low
DMI number:
41828

54. Ah what avails the lengthening mead

First Line:
Ah what avails the lengthening mead
Last Line:
Along the unhallowed shade
Author:
Fulke Greville (Absolute)
DMI number:
28328

55. Alas retired farewell beloved light

First Line:
Alas retired farewell beloved light
Last Line:
Shall winter's bleak idea quite deface
DMI number:
44376

56. Alas what pleasure now the pleasant spring

First Line:
Alas what pleasure now the pleasant spring
Last Line:
The sun which lights our world is always one
Author:
Edmund Bolton (Absolute)
DMI number:
44797

57. Alas with swift and silent pace

First Line:
Alas with swift and silent pace
Last Line:
And every bliss with wine shall meet
Author:
John Hawkesworth (Absolute) & Samuel Johnson (Speculation)
DMI number:
32762

58. After each skilful touch and every grace

First Line:
After each skilful touch and every grace
Last Line:
Never his own picture more exactly drew
DMI number:
16740

59. After long cold grave matrons in this place

First Line:
After long cold grave matrons in this place
Last Line:
As scholars use upon the business fall
DMI number:
7887

60. Again the blossomed hedge is seen

First Line:
Again the blossomed hedge is seen
Last Line:
Tonight may blast thy crops and snatch thy soul
Author:
William Woty (Absolute)
DMI number:
28653

61. Again the circling sun in Pisces rides

First Line:
Again the circling sun in Pisces rides
Last Line:
For not to live with hope is not to live
DMI number:
28305

62. Again the welcome morn we sing

First Line:
Again the welcome morn we sing
Last Line:
And from a fury grows a muse
DMI number:
3548

63. Ah Celia arise

First Line:
Ah Celia arise
Last Line:
Such joys to discover
DMI number:
42728

64. Ah fond friend Melibe I whilom dempt

First Line:
Ah fond friend Melibe I whilom dempt
Last Line:
And mole hills won't to mountains to compare
DMI number:
44511

65. A wretch in smoky Dublin pent

First Line:
A wretch in smoky Dublin pent
Last Line:
Who into being spake them all
Author:
Mary Barber (Absolute)
DMI number:
11544

66. All nature mourns the skies relent in showers

First Line:
All nature mourns the skies relent in showers
Last Line:
And vanquished nature seems to charm no more
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
22693

67. 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

68. And yet the wholesome herb neglected dies

First Line:
And yet the wholesome herb neglected dies
Last Line:
That must not yet to pure perfection rise
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
28208

69. An oak with spreading branches crowned

First Line:
An oak with spreading branches crowned
Last Line:
This graces me alive and dead
Author:
Mary Barber (Absolute)
DMI number:
11355

70. An unborn queen of sweets and beauties I

First Line:
An unborn queen of sweets and beauties I
Last Line:
And my own sweets embalm me after death
DMI number:
15096

71. Among children I a baneful weed am thought

First Line:
Among children I a baneful weed am thought
Last Line:
My toils were so in which I met success
DMI number:
7827

72. Among dame natures works such perfect law is wrought

First Line:
Among dame natures works such perfect law is wrought
Last Line:
A joy which man can never want as nature hath assigned
DMI number:
9003

73. Amongst the miracles of ancient Rome

First Line:
Amongst the miracles of ancient Rome
Last Line:
The rest with hope to speed another year
Author:
Nahum Tate (Absolute)
DMI number:
8613

74. Amongst the miracles of ancient Rome

First Line:
Amongst the miracles of ancient Rome
Last Line:
The rest with hope to spend another year
Author:
Nahum Tate (Absolute)
DMI number:
7918

75. Amongst the myrtles as I walked

First Line:
Amongst the myrtles as I walked
Last Line:
As do these flowers when knit together
DMI number:
44200

76. Amongst the myrtles as I walked

First Line:
Amongst the myrtles as I walked
Last Line:
Like these short sweets thus knit together
Author:
Thomas Carew (Absolute)
DMI number:
4699

77. An amorous little swain

First Line:
An amorous little swain
Last Line:
Alas he loved alas he loved a cruel fair chorus
DMI number:
43576

78. 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

79. All the flatteries of fate

First Line:
All the flatteries of fate
Last Line:
To be interred with the dirge of the disconsolate quire
DMI number:
44142

80. All the months in the year

First Line:
All the months in the year
Last Line:
Then it will rain and leave
DMI number:
23501

81. Almighty maker God

First Line:
Almighty maker God
Last Line:
In sweet perfumes of praise
Author:
Isaac Watts (Absolute)
DMI number:
27272

82. 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

83. 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

84. And now all nature seemed in love

First Line:
And now all nature seemed in love
Last Line:
To welcome the new-liveried year
Author:
Sir Henry Wotton (Speculation)
DMI number:
12096

85. And now my muse what most delights her sees

First Line:
And now my muse what most delights her sees
Last Line:
And by frequenting sacred groves grew wise
Author:
Edmund Waller (Absolute)
DMI number:
22859

86. And shall the waging waves again

First Line:
And shall the waging waves again
Last Line:
And stay at home and take your ease
DMI number:
29706

87. And the plain ox

First Line:
And the plain ox
Last Line:
Even of the clowns he feeds
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
30097

88. And thou great father of the British floods

First Line:
And thou great father of the British floods
Last Line:
And on his willows hung each muse's lyre
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28304

89. And thou majestic main

First Line:
And thou majestic main
Last Line:
Or bids you roar or bids your roarings fall
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
29637

90. Ambition is the stamp impressed by heaven

First Line:
Ambition is the stamp impressed by heaven
Last Line:
Conducts the sun and regulates the spheres
Author:
Samuel Johnson (Absolute)
DMI number:
37441

91. Amid the garden's fragrance laid

First Line:
Amid the garden's fragrance laid
Last Line:
To pleasure and to health
Author:
Mark Akenside (Absolute)
DMI number:
22623

92. 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

93. 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

94. As Jove will not attend on less

First Line:
As Jove will not attend on less
Last Line:
Live on and stuff to boot their maws
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Speculation)
DMI number:
1130

95. 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

96. As leaves which from the trees blown down

First Line:
As leaves which from the trees blown down
Last Line:
To make me often die and live
DMI number:
4016

97. As long as Mocha's happy tree shall grow

First Line:
As long as Mocha's happy tree shall grow
Last Line:
So long her honour name and praise shall last
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
35386

98. As many shells on shore as roses sweet

First Line:
As many shells on shore as roses sweet
Last Line:
Icarian waters I must surely number well
DMI number:
44502

99. As nature and art

First Line:
As nature and art
Last Line:
And art was rejected with scorn
DMI number:
35571

100. As nature and Garrick were talking one day

First Line:
As nature and Garrick were talking one day
Last Line:
So nature and Garrick are even
DMI number:
38506