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1. A choir of bright beauties in spring did appear

First Line:
A choir of bright beauties in spring did appear
Last Line:
When Pan and his son and fair Syrinx return
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4176

2. A nymph and swain Sheelah and Dermot hight

First Line:
A nymph and swain Sheelah and Dermot hight
Last Line:
Then let us rise and rest our weary bums
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Absolute)
DMI number:
13466

3. Ah happy grove dark and secure retreat

First Line:
Ah happy grove dark and secure retreat
Last Line:
And whilst they live their flames can never die
Author:
Wentworth Dillon (Absolute) & Giovanni Battista Guarini (Absolute)
DMI number:
3417

4. All day I wander over the plains

First Line:
All day I wander over the plains
Last Line:
That earth or sea does treasure
DMI number:
42746

5. Are you grown lazy or does some disease

First Line:
Are you grown lazy or does some disease
Last Line:
When stretched and yawning in her bed she lies
Author:
William Bowles (Absolute)
DMI number:
3919

6. At the brow of a hill a fair shepherdess dwelt

First Line:
At the brow of a hill a fair shepherdess dwelt
Last Line:
But remember the lass at the brow of the hill
Author:
Mary Jones (Absolute)
DMI number:
23690

7. At Totterdown hill there dwelt an old pair

First Line:
At Totterdown hill there dwelt an old pair
Last Line:
The Venus of Totterdown hill
DMI number:
31850

8. Bright was the morn the landscape gay

First Line:
Bright was the morn the landscape gay
Last Line:
Their grave with tears bedew
Author:
J Robertson (Absolute)
DMI number:
37073

9. Chloe by your command in verse I write

First Line:
Chloe by your command in verse I write
Last Line:
But you are tired and so am I farewel
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
4133

10. Chloe once in face and mind

First Line:
Chloe once in face and mind
Last Line:
A love that's true a heart that's kind
DMI number:
6207

11. Close by the entrance of the woodland plain

First Line:
Close by the entrance of the woodland plain
Last Line:
Fled from the Yate and clapped the cottage door
Author:
William Dawson (Absolute)
DMI number:
25353

12. Come all ye virgins all ye swains

First Line:
Come all ye virgins all ye swains
Last Line:
And every night be sweet as this | Happy virgin &c
Author:
James Ward (Confident)
DMI number:
11848

13. Come lovely Phillis sit thee down

First Line:
Come lovely Phillis sit thee down
Last Line:
And now farewell my dear
DMI number:
40080

14. Daphnis stood pensive in the shade

First Line:
Daphnis stood pensive in the shade
Last Line:
But I am lost today
DMI number:
40504

15. Dear Mary | This morn when at the inn I'd sold my hay

First Line:
Dear Mary | This morn when at the inn I'd sold my hay
Last Line:
Tis all I ask for others keep your pies
DMI number:
31962

16. Erminia by the centinels surprized

First Line:
Erminia by the centinels surprized
Last Line:
Pursues a nobler face in military arms
Author:
Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer] (Absolute) & Torquato Tasso (Absolute)
DMI number:
21611

17. Erminia by the centinels surprized

First Line:
Erminia by the centinels surprized
Last Line:
Pursues a nobler fate in military arms
Author:
Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer] (Absolute)
DMI number:
6975

18. Deign saint like tenant of the dale

First Line:
Deign saint like tenant of the dale
Last Line:
We'll love it over in heaven
Author:
Oliver Goldsmith (Absolute)
DMI number:
30921

19. 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

20. From the dull city whelmed in woe

First Line:
From the dull city whelmed in woe
Last Line:
Return and fill your lover's arms
DMI number:
23054

21. Goatherd the music of yon whistling pine

First Line:
Goatherd the music of yon whistling pine
Last Line:
The goat may chance to leap as well as you
DMI number:
3918

22. Happy swain wouldst thou be free

First Line:
Happy swain wouldst thou be free
Last Line:
Nor fright away the shepherd's sleep
Author:
Mr. Ball (Absolute)
DMI number:
37079

23. Good housewives all the winter's rage despise

First Line:
Good housewives all the winter's rage despise
Last Line:
Which from the blue eyed Patty takes the name
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
30632

24. Hard by a gently purling stream

First Line:
Hard by a gently purling stream
Last Line:
The pattern of the plains
DMI number:
36709

25. Have you not seen the morning sun

First Line:
Have you not seen the morning sun
Last Line:
He'll think me still a maid
DMI number:
23662

26. Hark how the mower Damon sung

First Line:
Hark how the mower Damon sung
Last Line:
For death thou art a mower too
Author:
Andrew Marvell (Absolute)
DMI number:
3989

27. Hence unrelenting cares

First Line:
Hence unrelenting cares
Last Line:
And love with thee I'll choose to live
DMI number:
30204

28. Hobnelia seated in a dreary vale

First Line:
Hobnelia seated in a dreary vale
Last Line:
Oh dear I fall adown adown adown
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
31219

29. In that sweet isle where Venus keeps her court

First Line:
In that sweet isle where Venus keeps her court
Last Line:
And happy each at home enjoys his love
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
3931

30. In pursuit of some lambs from my flocks that had strayed

First Line:
In pursuit of some lambs from my flocks that had strayed
Last Line:
So no longer I labour in vain
DMI number:
29220

31. Is this Dametas Melibeus flock

First Line:
Is this Dametas Melibeus flock
Last Line:
Damm the brook lads ye have well-flowed the mead
DMI number:
41833

32. Little songster who dost bring

First Line:
Little songster who dost bring
Last Line:
Falls behind the scene of night
DMI number:
4045

33. I sing the pleasures of the rural throng

First Line:
I sing the pleasures of the rural throng
Last Line:
So crowned with conquest and so blest with love
Author:
Matthew Concanen (Absolute)
DMI number:
11318

34. I met in our village a swain the other day

First Line:
I met in our village a swain the other day
Last Line:
That my heart might have ease though I cannot tell how
DMI number:
32937

35. Let others add to their increasing store

First Line:
Let others add to their increasing store
Last Line:
Above the fear of want or fond desire of more
Author:
Charles Hopkins (Confident)
DMI number:
4848

36. May is a month maist amene

First Line:
May is a month maist amene
Last Line:
But weit your lipps and labour huly
Author:
Alexander Scott (Absolute)
DMI number:
10937

37. Lysander happy past the common lot

First Line:
Lysander happy past the common lot
Last Line:
And the rough sailor passing drops a tear
Author:
Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:
33040

38. Now Delia breathes in woods the fragrant air

First Line:
Now Delia breathes in woods the fragrant air
Last Line:
I'll do I'll plough or dig as Delia's slave
Author:
James Hammond (Absolute)
DMI number:
22613

39. O happy plains remote from wars alarms

First Line:
O happy plains remote from wars alarms
Last Line:
Farewell amusing thoughts and peaceful hours
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
37164

40. Now through the welkin wide the rosy morn

First Line:
Now through the welkin wide the rosy morn
Last Line:
Close up the modest curtains of the night
Author:
Nathaniel Brown (Speculation)
DMI number:
11305

41. O lovelier to my ravished eyes

First Line:
O lovelier to my ravished eyes
Last Line:
My restless pain reveal
Author:
Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer] (Absolute)
DMI number:
4098

42. Oh tell me Cloris tell me why

First Line:
Oh tell me Cloris tell me why
Last Line:
Since where soever she goes she's sure to wound
DMI number:
43622

43. On the bank of a brook as I sat fishing

First Line:
On the bank of a brook as I sat fishing
Last Line:
And a new world to each other we'll be
DMI number:
44153

44. On the bank of a brook as I sat fishing

First Line:
On the bank of a brook as I sat fishing
Last Line:
And a whole world to each other we'll be
DMI number:
44061

45. On the banks of that crystalline stream

First Line:
On the banks of that crystalline stream
Last Line:
And a Lucy could still be so true
Author:
Andrew Hervey Mills (Absolute)
DMI number:
28644

46. Once I was a lively lad

First Line:
Once I was a lively lad
Last Line:
Ever that breathed our valley's air
Author:
Mr. Ball (Absolute)
DMI number:
37076

47. Phoebus obliquely shot his feeble ray

First Line:
Phoebus obliquely shot his feeble ray
Last Line:
And Colinet pursued the beauteous maid
DMI number:
25332

48. Robin sat on the gude grene hill

First Line:
Robin sat on the gude grene hill
Last Line:
Amang the rashy gair
Author:
Robert Henryson (Confident)
DMI number:
10835

49. Richard of all mankind the most complete

First Line:
Richard of all mankind the most complete
Last Line:
And I shall cook as I have cooked before
DMI number:
31961

50. Rob's Jock came to woo our Jennie

First Line:
Rob's Jock came to woo our Jennie
Last Line:
Since Christ's kirk on the green
DMI number:
4655