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1. An honest blunt carpenter Thomas by name

First Line:
An honest blunt carpenter Thomas by name
Last Line:
If I'm angry with thee I'm not angry with it
DMI number:
16612

2. Behold that man that with gigantic might

First Line:
Behold that man that with gigantic might
Last Line:
And all in time will rue it | Then mad &c
Author:
Thomas D'Urfey (Absolute)
DMI number:
2592

3. Bred up by parents' arbitrary rules

First Line:
Bred up by parents' arbitrary rules
Last Line:
True martyr to the cause rots stinks and dies
DMI number:
11161

4. Boasting fops who court the fair

First Line:
Boasting fops who court the fair
Last Line:
While we talk it flies away
DMI number:
544

5. Do what you can a woman still

First Line:
Do what you can a woman still
Last Line:
That one good turn deserves another
DMI number:
19380

6. How have I heard the fair lament

First Line:
How have I heard the fair lament
Last Line:
If once our bodies did but fit
Author:
Sir William Yonge (Absolute)
DMI number:
1796

7. Him whom you see so awful and severe

First Line:
Him whom you see so awful and severe
Last Line:
Can never keep him company enough
Author:
Aphra Behn (Absolute)
DMI number:
40491

8. Ho Nan whose fish are those that look so dry

First Line:
Ho Nan whose fish are those that look so dry
Last Line:
By turns the various sweets and pains of love
DMI number:
21719

9. How happy's the man that like you sir

First Line:
How happy's the man that like you sir
Last Line:
And laughs at the merit like me
Author:
Colley Cibber (Absolute)
DMI number:
685

10. In new straw hats and cleanest gown

First Line:
In new straw hats and cleanest gown
Last Line:
And there they fall quite fast asleep
DMI number:
19390

11. Much ado I have I wot

First Line:
Much ado I have I wot
Last Line:
When with kisses love's concluded
DMI number:
44120

12. My Florio wildest of his sex

First Line:
My Florio wildest of his sex
Last Line:
If I could make him better
Author:
Christopher Smart (Absolute)
DMI number:
22150

13. More babbling of inconstancy

First Line:
More babbling of inconstancy
Last Line:
Were flattery vile indeed
DMI number:
14044

14. I must confess sir you are very fine

First Line:
I must confess sir you are very fine
Last Line:
Yet naked I do not know what you are
DMI number:
6075

15. I yield I yield and can no longer stay

First Line:
I yield I yield and can no longer stay
Last Line:
Then I with reason against all I write
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
4156

16. If ever o Hymen I add to thy tribe

First Line:
If ever o Hymen I add to thy tribe
Last Line:
Or a maid let me live and a maid let me die
DMI number:
35319

17. If long you'd have the world's wild females love

First Line:
If long you'd have the world's wild females love
Last Line:
But fly your converse swift as eastern wind
DMI number:
42725

18. Let the anxious coxcomb adore a fair face

First Line:
Let the anxious coxcomb adore a fair face
Last Line:
There's no solid joy but in jolly full bowls
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
2397

19. No care in life there is so great

First Line:
No care in life there is so great
Last Line:
They fit them where they were before
DMI number:
15560

20. Now gaping lacqueys wait their master's knock

First Line:
Now gaping lacqueys wait their master's knock
Last Line:
But tucked her up stole off and shut the door
DMI number:
19403

21. O jealousy thou passion most ingate

First Line:
O jealousy thou passion most ingate
Last Line:
Reason debauched false sense and mad desire
Author:
Aphra Behn (Absolute)
DMI number:
2868

22. O Liddy tell why in your arms dissolved

First Line:
O Liddy tell why in your arms dissolved
Last Line:
And unsuspected shunned the Phrygian shore
DMI number:
2144

23. O muse inspire me with a brazen face

First Line:
O muse inspire me with a brazen face
Last Line:
Officious lies so useful to mankind
Author:
Edward Ward (Absolute)
DMI number:
33293

24. Of all the simple things we do

First Line:
Of all the simple things we do
Last Line:
Then am forced to creep into my hole
DMI number:
849

25. Philander since you'll have it so

First Line:
Philander since you'll have it so
Last Line:
As have reproached and charmed me into sense
Author:
Aphra Behn (Absolute)
DMI number:
9479

26. So soft and amorously you write

First Line:
So soft and amorously you write
Last Line:
All things devoted to your mind
Author:
Sir George Etherege (Absolute) & John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
2229

27. Some herbs there are whose deadly juices fill

First Line:
Some herbs there are whose deadly juices fill
Last Line:
And live still blessed and blessing all mankind
Author:
Mary Leapor (Absolute)
DMI number:
23743

28. Strephon the sprightly and the gay

First Line:
Strephon the sprightly and the gay
Last Line:
They part and thus the story ends
Author:
Mary Leapor (Absolute)
DMI number:
23742

29. Strephon whose person every grace

First Line:
Strephon whose person every grace
Last Line:
A beau is but an ass
Author:
Anne Finch [nee Kingsmill] (Absolute)
DMI number:
6220

30. Talk Strephon no more of what's honest and just

First Line:
Talk Strephon no more of what's honest and just
Last Line:
Who wrecks on that shelf where he stranded before
DMI number:
4010

31. Tell me what can he design

First Line:
Tell me what can he design
Last Line:
But only such as may give no offence
Author:
Aphra Behn (Absolute)
DMI number:
2855

32. Sweet scented sir had you but took

First Line:
Sweet scented sir had you but took
Last Line:
By coxcomb inside and without
DMI number:
3272

33. Thenot good day sure thou art bent to thrive

First Line:
Thenot good day sure thou art bent to thrive
Last Line:
At least if business can agree with love
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
16164

34. Thither all the amorous youth repair

First Line:
Thither all the amorous youth repair
Last Line:
Make all the business of this little court
Author:
Aphra Behn (Absolute)
DMI number:
40492

35. Thou sole disposer of my captive heart

First Line:
Thou sole disposer of my captive heart
Last Line:
Your judgment censure and your choice deride
DMI number:
2283

36. Though I refused to tell off hand

First Line:
Though I refused to tell off hand
Last Line:
To you and better hands I leave it
DMI number:
10227

37. Though most mankind upbraids and strives to vex

First Line:
Though most mankind upbraids and strives to vex
Last Line:
Yet she in love most constant will abide
DMI number:
7694

38. To think on one's follies sometimes is but right

First Line:
To think on one's follies sometimes is but right
Last Line:
Miss fortune miss conduct miss chance and miss take
DMI number:
32846

39. Unhappy Bro--s curse the ball

First Line:
Unhappy Bro--s curse the ball
Last Line:
Once made a virgin squeak
DMI number:
12682

40. Whilom in Kent there lived a jolly swain

First Line:
Whilom in Kent there lived a jolly swain
Last Line:
And with becoming horns the brute complete
Author:
Nicholas Amhurst (Absolute)
DMI number:
19368

41. Whose eyes being bent upon the fops

First Line:
Whose eyes being bent upon the fops
Last Line:
For Amaryllis mourns in vain
DMI number:
14099

42. With every grace young Strephon chose

First Line:
With every grace young Strephon chose
Last Line:
A beau is but an ass
DMI number:
732

43. Ye nine of Hippocrenes streams

First Line:
Ye nine of Hippocrenes streams
Last Line:
On one who'll raise her four to six
DMI number:
22575

44. Ye sacred nymphs of Lebethra be by

First Line:
Ye sacred nymphs of Lebethra be by
Last Line:
But we all know they're much less vicious now
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
3937

45. Your compliments lady I pray you forbear

First Line:
Your compliments lady I pray you forbear
Last Line:
So give me one heart and burn the other nine
DMI number:
18516

46. You that in love's great mystery are rude

First Line:
You that in love's great mystery are rude
Last Line:
Less cause of jealousy her passion cures
DMI number:
42762