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1. A thousand charms if Lesbia boast

First Line:
A thousand charms if Lesbia boast
Last Line:
Or cool this glowing heart of mine
Author:
Josiah Relph (Absolute)
DMI number:
21076

2. A star indeed unrivalled in renown

First Line:
A star indeed unrivalled in renown
Last Line:
A D - ney's portrait with an angel's face
DMI number:
21734

3. Ah now you are kind you now have made me blessed

First Line:
Ah now you are kind you now have made me blessed
Last Line:
And taste the earnest of eternity
DMI number:
44383

4. Affable courteous witty and discreet

First Line:
Affable courteous witty and discreet
Last Line:
But proves a victim to her conquering eyes
DMI number:
10972

5. Ah Celia where are now the charms

First Line:
Ah Celia where are now the charms
Last Line:
Or she has not a heart like thine
Author:
William Walsh (Absolute)
DMI number:
6679

6. Ah Chloris could I now but sit

First Line:
Ah Chloris could I now but sit
Last Line:
To make a beauty she
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
643

7. All human satisfaction springs

First Line:
All human satisfaction springs
Last Line:
That all is outside all is show
DMI number:
25020

8. 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

9. All you beauties and attractions

First Line:
All you beauties and attractions
Last Line:
I for ever bid adieu
DMI number:
43610

10. As walking forth to view the plain

First Line:
As walking forth to view the plain
Last Line:
And grant me Katharine Ogie
DMI number:
24068

11. As by a river side I passed

First Line:
As by a river side I passed
Last Line:
Rifled her virgin store
DMI number:
42669

12. As in the fair wide-spreading plain

First Line:
As in the fair wide-spreading plain
Last Line:
These stars shall rule the world below
DMI number:
18830

13. Assist me all ye tuneful bards

First Line:
Assist me all ye tuneful bards
Last Line:
Each take his glass to my dear lass | Sweet Nanny of the hill | Dear Nanny sweet Nanny | Dear Nanny of the hill
DMI number:
23317

14. Beauteous Chloris while thou dost enjoy

First Line:
Beauteous Chloris while thou dost enjoy
Last Line:
Too young too old too nice too free too slow destroys your pleasures
DMI number:
44168

15. Beauty with virtue joined is the bright gem

First Line:
Beauty with virtue joined is the bright gem
Last Line:
Conceited living is a thing as rare
DMI number:
43191

16. Both high and low simple and wise

First Line:
Both high and low simple and wise
Last Line:
And all your paths are joy and peace
Author:
John Hall-Stevenson (Absolute)
DMI number:
37264

17. Bright Celia know twas not thine eyes

First Line:
Bright Celia know twas not thine eyes
Last Line:
Can curse us of our inward harm
DMI number:
44135

18. Blush not my friend to own the fire

First Line:
Blush not my friend to own the fire
Last Line:
Both all my flames and all your fears
DMI number:
25524

19. Can so much beauty over a mind

First Line:
Can so much beauty over a mind
Last Line:
Yet I must love her still when all is done
DMI number:
44460

20. By no discovery have I ever revealed

First Line:
By no discovery have I ever revealed
Last Line:
Fade into Autumn I could love no less
DMI number:
43550

21. By Pinky House oft let me walk

First Line:
By Pinky House oft let me walk
Last Line:
And fill the soul divine
DMI number:
38175

22. Cease lovely Chloe to disclose

First Line:
Cease lovely Chloe to disclose
Last Line:
And never will again provoke you
Author:
Samuel Whyte (Speculation)
DMI number:
36644

23. Chloe has wit and sense at will

First Line:
Chloe has wit and sense at will
Last Line:
Eternally to love
DMI number:
10063

24. Celia thy sweet angels face

First Line:
Celia thy sweet angels face
Last Line:
So fair a heaven with mine arms to embrace
DMI number:
44468

25. Clarissa's decked with every pleasing grace

First Line:
Clarissa's decked with every pleasing grace
Last Line:
And where Jove envies it is death to love
DMI number:
21982

26. Clo asked me one day to tell her a lie

First Line:
Clo asked me one day to tell her a lie
Last Line:
When falshood conspires her beauty to praise
DMI number:
21992

27. 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

28. Come Chloris leave thy wandering sheep

First Line:
Come Chloris leave thy wandering sheep
Last Line:
And steal each others heart away
DMI number:
44190

29. Come dear Dorinda to my arms

First Line:
Come dear Dorinda to my arms
Last Line:
Nature that made thee stamped thee fair
DMI number:
11080

30. Dear Chloe how blubbered is that pretty face

First Line:
Dear Chloe how blubbered is that pretty face
Last Line:
As he was a poet sublimer than me
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
21902

31. Cries Celia to a waggish mortal know

First Line:
Cries Celia to a waggish mortal know
Last Line:
But for deceitful colours painted there
DMI number:
25889

32. Cupid inspire a maid whose face is fair

First Line:
Cupid inspire a maid whose face is fair
Last Line:
Serenity by me to her and she to me being kind
DMI number:
7738

33. Dear thoughtless Clara to my verse attend

First Line:
Dear thoughtless Clara to my verse attend
Last Line:
And live for him who more than dies for you
Author:
Henry St John (Absolute)
DMI number:
19536

34. Dorinda's sparkling wit and eyes

First Line:
Dorinda's sparkling wit and eyes
Last Line:
That holds his link just in your face
Author:
Charles Sackville (Absolute)
DMI number:
5469

35. Down in a garden sat my dearest love

First Line:
Down in a garden sat my dearest love
Last Line:
Be you the sun I'll be the marigold
DMI number:
43874

36. Divine Cosmelia has two burning eyes

First Line:
Divine Cosmelia has two burning eyes
Last Line:
I'll soon revive touched by that lovely face
DMI number:
9675

37. Eve was the first essay of unskilled Jove

First Line:
Eve was the first essay of unskilled Jove
Last Line:
And be the victim to atone for all
DMI number:
41830

38. Fine young folly though you wear

First Line:
Fine young folly though you wear
Last Line:
You are not worth our serious part
DMI number:
43830

39. Fair Phydelia tempt no more

First Line:
Fair Phydelia tempt no more
Last Line:
Our valour once again
DMI number:
43871

40. Fair queen of beauty grant thy slave his election

First Line:
Fair queen of beauty grant thy slave his election
Last Line:
Nor envy a prince though a plain country squire
DMI number:
26823

41. Fairest thing that shines below

First Line:
Fairest thing that shines below
Last Line:
When the white flag he sees hangs out
DMI number:
43907

42. Flavia the world allows your numerous charms

First Line:
Flavia the world allows your numerous charms
Last Line:
For though she looks to kill she smiles to cure
DMI number:
13794

43. Floria whilst your tuneful sound

First Line:
Floria whilst your tuneful sound
Last Line:
Because by force you are chaste
DMI number:
44426

44. Fly Strephon fly when beauty's dart

First Line:
Fly Strephon fly when beauty's dart
Last Line:
Can conquer love who run away
DMI number:
18821

45. Give me a kiss from those sweet lips of thine

First Line:
Give me a kiss from those sweet lips of thine
Last Line:
And being spent we shall embrace no more
DMI number:
44104

46. Gellius is fair and beauteous to the view

First Line:
Gellius is fair and beauteous to the view
Last Line:
If told what things had passed betwixt him and her
DMI number:
8541

47. Go to her hands and in the softest dress

First Line:
Go to her hands and in the softest dress
Last Line:
And cannot dare not by confession live
DMI number:
19618

48. Hail Clarona clear as morning

First Line:
Hail Clarona clear as morning
Last Line:
With love and musics trembling string
DMI number:
43630

49. Happy am I in Mops love

First Line:
Happy am I in Mops love
Last Line:
Her feet themselves display
DMI number:
44485

50. Happy the maid whose soul serene and chaste

First Line:
Happy the maid whose soul serene and chaste
Last Line:
In various shapes another and the same
DMI number:
25336

51. Grace is in your steps and mein

First Line:
Grace is in your steps and mein
Last Line:
And Venus in your arms
DMI number:
26773

52. Helen's sweet voice is like her eyes

First Line:
Helen's sweet voice is like her eyes
Last Line:
To make the ravished world admire
DMI number:
27966

53. Have I not told thee dearest mine

First Line:
Have I not told thee dearest mine
Last Line:
And frown me to my grave
DMI number:
44286

54. Her locks are streams of liquid amber

First Line:
Her locks are streams of liquid amber
Last Line:
With amethyst they headed are
DMI number:
44464

55. Hey down a down a derry down

First Line:
Hey down a down a derry down
Last Line:
And I am he that did her win
DMI number:
44447

56. In secret place this hinder nicht

First Line:
In secret place this hinder nicht
Last Line:
O wow quoth she quhair will ye man | Leil leis me on that gracles gane
Author:
William Dunbar (Absolute)
DMI number:
10919

57. In beauty boasts fair woman kind

First Line:
In beauty boasts fair woman kind
Last Line:
Man in a firm undaunted mind
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
27686

58. In fruitful Lombardy of yore

First Line:
In fruitful Lombardy of yore
Last Line:
That every woman comes from Eve
DMI number:
6989

59. In vain within this awful pile

First Line:
In vain within this awful pile
Last Line:
Even here securely kills
DMI number:
19464

60. Joy to thee girl with half a nose

First Line:
Joy to thee girl with half a nose
Last Line:
Which can in thy behalf engage
DMI number:
8528

61. In vain fair Cloris you design

First Line:
In vain fair Cloris you design
Last Line:
Alike its weakness and its pride
DMI number:
44457

62. In vain my Chloe you suggest

First Line:
In vain my Chloe you suggest
Last Line:
Still Chloe is my home
DMI number:
19808

63. Look see how unregarded now

First Line:
Look see how unregarded now
Last Line:
Have certain periods set and hidden dates
DMI number:
43846

64. Little love serves my turn

First Line:
Little love serves my turn
Last Line:
Now I defy it
DMI number:
43848

65. I saw Clarenda walk about

First Line:
I saw Clarenda walk about
Last Line:
To deck her froze into a gem
DMI number:
44111

66. I love a woman be she tall

First Line:
I love a woman be she tall
Last Line:
I love a woman short or long
DMI number:
44256

67. If ever from heaven the slightest harm

First Line:
If ever from heaven the slightest harm
Last Line:
Should tempt their consorts from their arms
Author:
William Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25529

68. Lady what's your face to me

First Line:
Lady what's your face to me
Last Line:
Both are masters of the field
Author:
James Shirley (Confident)
DMI number:
5609

69. Kind thou art oh shining thing

First Line:
Kind thou art oh shining thing
Last Line:
And feeds upon it till it is no more
DMI number:
41831

70. Let not brittle beauty make

First Line:
Let not brittle beauty make
Last Line:
And seed in age your hot desire
DMI number:
44108

71. Let other charmers boast of air

First Line:
Let other charmers boast of air
Last Line:
Are surest of the victory
DMI number:
20326

72. Let fools assert that good old Homer nods

First Line:
Let fools assert that good old Homer nods
Last Line:
And Venus sunk beneath old Colin's maid
Author:
William Dawson (Absolute)
DMI number:
11299

73. Last night I dreamed of my love

First Line:
Last night I dreamed of my love
Last Line:
Which no man's depth can measure
DMI number:
43883

74. Madam | The invasion first with fierce assaults began

First Line:
Madam | The invasion first with fierce assaults began
Last Line:
And you at pleasure wound the baffled slaves
DMI number:
10644

75. Madam | Twould prove a needles thing should I

First Line:
Madam | Twould prove a needles thing should I
Last Line:
Revive again and all my senses find
DMI number:
43529

76. Man that gains a married treasure

First Line:
Man that gains a married treasure
Last Line:
Fate ill does lead them
DMI number:
42785

77. Madam as Cynthia amongst the vanquished stars

First Line:
Madam as Cynthia amongst the vanquished stars
Last Line:
Whilst she with golden sunbeams set with stars is crowned
DMI number:
44381

78. Madam I'm serious pray believe tis true

First Line:
Madam I'm serious pray believe tis true
Last Line:
Whilst short thick breath catches a parting life
DMI number:
44385

79. Madam you are the nation's boast and pride

First Line:
Madam you are the nation's boast and pride
Last Line:
And make what else seemed bright a cloudy thing
DMI number:
44382

80. Miss H-- your looks will your riddle discover

First Line:
Miss H-- your looks will your riddle discover
Last Line:
That either tis ice or your ladyship's heart
DMI number:
25136

81. Mistake me not I am not of that mind

First Line:
Mistake me not I am not of that mind
Last Line:
And all for truth shall take it
Author:
Alexander Brome (Absolute)
DMI number:
5592

82. Lovely maid best of any

First Line:
Lovely maid best of any
Last Line:
Else each heart for you'll be burning
DMI number:
42702

83. Lovely shines thy wedded fair

First Line:
Lovely shines thy wedded fair
Last Line:
Ere thou thinkst her only thine
Author:
Robert Nugent (Absolute)
DMI number:
22450

84. Lovely shines thy wedded fair

First Line:
Lovely shines thy wedded fair
Last Line:
Ere thou thinkst her wholly thine
DMI number:
25205

85. Lucinda decked with every grace

First Line:
Lucinda decked with every grace
Last Line:
He starved his life away
DMI number:
23062

86. Lucinda has the devil and all

First Line:
Lucinda has the devil and all
Last Line:
But who minds sauce that must not eat
DMI number:
24908

87. Lucy at last thank heaven I trace

First Line:
Lucy at last thank heaven I trace
Last Line:
And go out in a stink
DMI number:
11769

88. Nay you're discovered spite of your disguise

First Line:
Nay you're discovered spite of your disguise
Last Line:
And to restraint its double virtue owes
DMI number:
7007

89. Not Ida's top was ever so bright a place

First Line:
Not Ida's top was ever so bright a place
Last Line:
With you most proud to feast on such a hill
DMI number:
6061

90. Now I confess I am in love

First Line:
Now I confess I am in love
Last Line:
No woman should be wed by me
DMI number:
42908

91. No more let Susan's eyes though black

First Line:
No more let Susan's eyes though black
Last Line:
Destined already to another's arms
DMI number:
10144

92. No no thou all of red and white

First Line:
No no thou all of red and white
Last Line:
Is better than elsewhere success
DMI number:
43955

93. O thou the dear inflamer of my eyes

First Line:
O thou the dear inflamer of my eyes
Last Line:
Lest thou shouldst rent a heart I'le give thee mine
DMI number:
44448

94. O my dearest I shall grieve thee

First Line:
O my dearest I shall grieve thee
Last Line:
But wilt thou know dear sweet for all
Author:
Thomas Carew (Absolute)
DMI number:
42489

95. Olinda such a face as thine

First Line:
Olinda such a face as thine
Last Line:
Your breath extinguishes the flame
DMI number:
6226

96. Oh my Chloris can those eyes

First Line:
Oh my Chloris can those eyes
Last Line:
Since you an eye to him and me can lend
DMI number:
44261

97. Oh that I could one blemish find

First Line:
Oh that I could one blemish find
Last Line:
And of her spouse the bride
Author:
Stephen Clay (Confident)
DMI number:
5938

98. Pardon at least it merits if not praise

First Line:
Pardon at least it merits if not praise
Last Line:
By ease freedom than disdainful praise
DMI number:
42599

99. Others may with safety tell

First Line:
Others may with safety tell
Last Line:
Twenty to one but I shall live again
DMI number:
43908

100. Once beauteous maid I fancied I was free

First Line:
Once beauteous maid I fancied I was free
Last Line:
And now must die unless by you reprieved
DMI number:
44384