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1. Ah dear Amyntas once a sprightly swain

First Line:
Ah dear Amyntas once a sprightly swain
Last Line:
Tis sin to mourn when such a nymph remains
DMI number:
6382

2. An age in her embraces passed

First Line:
An age in her embraces passed
Last Line:
And make us blessed at last
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
4116

3. As Phillis sat beneath the spreading shade

First Line:
As Phillis sat beneath the spreading shade
Last Line:
Oblige the lover and the husband's lost
DMI number:
33623

4. Calvus if tears which we profusely shed

First Line:
Calvus if tears which we profusely shed
Last Line:
Though sudden as the joys to think how well you love
DMI number:
8543

5. Come sing my muse that lamp that once did prove

First Line:
Come sing my muse that lamp that once did prove
Last Line:
And thus enjoyed him in the shades below
DMI number:
41799

6. Celia that faithful servant you disown

First Line:
Celia that faithful servant you disown
Last Line:
Since dying I must be no more your slave
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
4114

7. Constantia now a saint was heavenly fair

First Line:
Constantia now a saint was heavenly fair
Last Line:
And lovely in their eyes in death they joined
Author:
George Jeffreys (Absolute)
DMI number:
25340

8. Cruel hard-hearted man was he who first

First Line:
Cruel hard-hearted man was he who first
Last Line:
Thought nothing here worth living for and died
DMI number:
41860

9. Darkness does now the world surround

First Line:
Darkness does now the world surround
Last Line:
I'll haste to slumber in the grave
DMI number:
42764

10. Hail blessed pair whom love and nature joins

First Line:
Hail blessed pair whom love and nature joins
Last Line:
Death that grim tyrant that does all things blast
DMI number:
42777

11. 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

12. Here lies a youth who fell a sacrifice

First Line:
Here lies a youth who fell a sacrifice
Last Line:
Now pours her fruitless tears upon his grave
DMI number:
4218

13. Here those who by love's cruelty have died

First Line:
Here those who by love's cruelty have died
Last Line:
With fruitless sorrow pities her too late
Author:
Robert Wolseley (Absolute)
DMI number:
4779

14. How oft to Mira has her favoured youth

First Line:
How oft to Mira has her favoured youth
Last Line:
Peaceful to sleep amongst the silent dead
DMI number:
36162

15. In Babylon where first her Queen for state

First Line:
In Babylon where first her Queen for state
Last Line:
And drew attentive all the sister-throng
Author:
Laurence Eusden (Confident)
DMI number:
11404

16. In a large stately cave of old the court

First Line:
In a large stately cave of old the court
Last Line:
And tempering still each other made it thrive
Author:
Nahum Tate (Absolute)
DMI number:
5767

17. In lonely shades distracted with despair

First Line:
In lonely shades distracted with despair
Last Line:
He lays him down breaks his proud heart and dies
Author:
George Granville (Absolute)
DMI number:
4194

18. Incensed the raging prophet thus replies

First Line:
Incensed the raging prophet thus replies
Last Line:
Eurydice resounds along the lengthening shores
Author:
William Pattison (Absolute)
DMI number:
11881

19. More happy than the gods is he

First Line:
More happy than the gods is he
Last Line:
I seem quite languishing in death
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
27599

20. My dearest sweet lie down by me

First Line:
My dearest sweet lie down by me
Last Line:
Should die because he over loved
DMI number:
43334

21. Mean while the queen fanning a secret fire

First Line:
Mean while the queen fanning a secret fire
Last Line:
Which done her whole life vanished into air
Author:
Edmund Waller (Confident) & Sidney Godolphin (Confident)
DMI number:
6735

22. Nor com'st thou yet my slothful love nor yet

First Line:
Nor com'st thou yet my slothful love nor yet
Last Line:
Leander's bosom shall be Hero's tomb
DMI number:
4007

23. Now my fair tyrant I despise your power

First Line:
Now my fair tyrant I despise your power
Last Line:
And speak as if Aminta present were
Author:
Aphra Behn (Absolute)
DMI number:
23320

24. Oft have you cried when round your waist I hung

First Line:
Oft have you cried when round your waist I hung
Last Line:
And own he truly loves that loves to death
DMI number:
11622

25. Oh do not die for I shall hate

First Line:
Oh do not die for I shall hate
Last Line:
Of thee one hour than all else ever
Author:
John Donne (Absolute)
DMI number:
6706

26. Sweet stream that dost with equal pace

First Line:
Sweet stream that dost with equal pace
Last Line:
These tears these tears shall mend thy way
Author:
Thomas Sprat (Absolute)
DMI number:
4818

27. The cannons roar and trumpets sound

First Line:
The cannons roar and trumpets sound
Last Line:
A Jenny constant to your mind
DMI number:
24721

28. Tis all eternal spring around

First Line:
Tis all eternal spring around
Last Line:
And lose the sight of this dull world with joy | Your Lysander
Author:
Aphra Behn (Absolute)
DMI number:
23365

29. What are those lovely cruel eyes to me

First Line:
What are those lovely cruel eyes to me
Last Line:
Then sighed away his loving soul and died
DMI number:
41832

30. When Babylon's high walls erected were

First Line:
When Babylon's high walls erected were
Last Line:
And their earth to earth again
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
7758

31. Ye sacred nine a beardless boy inspire

First Line:
Ye sacred nine a beardless boy inspire
Last Line:
I court his darts and meet him half the way
DMI number:
10264

32. Young Thirsis laid in Phillis lap

First Line:
Young Thirsis laid in Phillis lap
Last Line:
Returned to die again
DMI number:
44477