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1.
Alas my Lydia do you think
First Line:
Alas my Lydia do you think
Last Line:
He reigned with liberty
DMI number:
40082
2.
Away away fond fool what dost thou sigh
First Line:
Away away fond fool what dost thou sigh
Last Line:
Between their banks 'tis such a one is fit for me
DMI number:
42067
3.
Behold the snow in pompous pride
First Line:
Behold the snow in pompous pride
Last Line:
When where and how to meet again
DMI number:
10023
4.
Dear Jenny to confess my mind
First Line:
Dear Jenny to confess my mind
Last Line:
As love and I desire
DMI number:
33104
5.
Dear Molly why so oft in tears
First Line:
Dear Molly why so oft in tears
Last Line:
Discharge the Jordan at him
Author:
George Stepney (Absolute)
DMI number:
869
6.
Did we but once Barine see
First Line:
Did we but once Barine see
Last Line:
And makes her jealous on the wedding night
DMI number:
3847
7.
Didst never observe good friend of mine
First Line:
Didst never observe good friend of mine
Last Line:
Alone she'd maul you hip and thigh | Believe me
DMI number:
6200
8.
Enough my friend for tis in vain
First Line:
Enough my friend for tis in vain
Last Line:
And make this world a jacks for me
DMI number:
10229
9.
Don't blush dear sir your flame to own
First Line:
Don't blush dear sir your flame to own
Last Line:
While Fielding or a Shirley lives
Author:
Sneyd Davies (Absolute)
DMI number:
2832
10.
Fit for the girls in Venus' cause
First Line:
Fit for the girls in Venus' cause
Last Line:
Once tap proud Chloe with up-lifted wand
DMI number:
25606
11.
Friend Will never think it to thy shame
First Line:
Friend Will never think it to thy shame
Last Line:
Am turned of forty four
DMI number:
1536
12.
Long have my prayers slow heaven assailed
First Line:
Long have my prayers slow heaven assailed
Last Line:
End with a stink at last and vanish into night
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
943
13.
Look up my friend look up and see
First Line:
Look up my friend look up and see
Last Line:
She hates nae war than blate-face
DMI number:
36141
14.
Mourn not Tibullus if some younger charms
First Line:
Mourn not Tibullus if some younger charms
Last Line:
Has charms enough to make poor poets slaves
Author:
John Hughes (Speculation)
DMI number:
902
15.
May noisy rakes affront the jades
First Line:
May noisy rakes affront the jades
Last Line:
And make a New-Spring-Garden
DMI number:
11808
16.
Lyce the gods have heard my prayer
First Line:
Lyce the gods have heard my prayer
Last Line:
Shot such resistless flames to ashes turned
DMI number:
3951
17.
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
18.
No more the feeble lyre persuade
First Line:
No more the feeble lyre persuade
Last Line:
The easy ravished bliss
DMI number:
16632
19.
Of battles won and kings in chains
First Line:
Of battles won and kings in chains
Last Line:
To snatch the hasty joy
DMI number:
22052
20.
Old lady for shame
First Line:
Old lady for shame
Last Line:
And for music some Holborn-Hill ditty
Author:
William Bray (Speculation)
DMI number:
17744
21.
Pyrrha what slender youth reclined
First Line:
Pyrrha what slender youth reclined
Last Line:
To the great power that rules the main
DMI number:
31194
22.
Prithee dear Jack forego the chase
First Line:
Prithee dear Jack forego the chase
Last Line:
Tom's at her service too
DMI number:
11123
23.
Prithee little Chloe stay
First Line:
Prithee little Chloe stay
Last Line:
And teach the pretty sport of love
DMI number:
17752
24.
Since the hills all around us do penance in snow
First Line:
Since the hills all around us do penance in snow
Last Line:
Get a ring from the nymph or something that's better
Author:
Thomas Brown (Confident) & Elijah Fenton (Confident)
DMI number:
6466
25.
Sit down tis a scandal for Christians to fight
First Line:
Sit down tis a scandal for Christians to fight
Last Line:
No freedom from chains till released by a rope
Author:
Josiah Relph (Absolute)
DMI number:
21070
26.
Thanks to the gods they've heard my prayers
First Line:
Thanks to the gods they've heard my prayers
Last Line:
Now into dirty ashes turned
DMI number:
11770
27.
Tell me my Delia tell me why
First Line:
Tell me my Delia tell me why
Last Line:
But I believe because I love
Author:
George Lyttelton (Absolute)
DMI number:
22313
28.
The day was gone and Cynthia's borrowed light
First Line:
The day was gone and Cynthia's borrowed light
Last Line:
The nymph jilt you as she has jilted me
DMI number:
12522
29.
The blood and bucks of this lewd town
First Line:
The blood and bucks of this lewd town
Last Line:
With laughter
DMI number:
31198
30.
The silver stars serenely shine
First Line:
The silver stars serenely shine
Last Line:
Nor doors the flambeaux stain
DMI number:
6411
31.
The wicked men a journey make
First Line:
The wicked men a journey make
Last Line:
One part of the world shall bear Europa's name
DMI number:
41850
32.
Thou wife of Ibycus the poor
First Line:
Thou wife of Ibycus the poor
Last Line:
Grown old and bending to the tomb
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25594
33.
Thy miss alas is yet too young
First Line:
Thy miss alas is yet too young
Last Line:
For beauty he could nothing be to her
DMI number:
42078
34.
When Lydia you will strange delight
First Line:
When Lydia you will strange delight
Last Line:
Unchanged by jealousy or strife
DMI number:
31197
35.
When Paris with the spartan bride
First Line:
When Paris with the spartan bride
Last Line:
And Troy shall burn with grecian flames
DMI number:
26719
36.
When I alone your lovely youth possessed
First Line:
When I alone your lovely youth possessed
Last Line:
And gladly live with thee and gladly die
DMI number:
6268
37.
When I was grateful in your eye
First Line:
When I was grateful in your eye
Last Line:
Give me your hand I'll try once more
DMI number:
245
38.
When Telephus his youthful charms
First Line:
When Telephus his youthful charms
Last Line:
And melt my very soul away
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
25239
39.
While I remain the darling of your heart
First Line:
While I remain the darling of your heart
Last Line:
I willingly would live would die with you
DMI number:
22591
40.
While I remained the darling of your heart
First Line:
While I remained the darling of your heart
Last Line:
I willingly would live would die with you
DMI number:
930
41.
While I remained the darling of your heart
First Line:
While I remained the darling of your heart
Last Line:
Yet should my friendship live for none but you
Author:
Mary Goddard (Speculation)
DMI number:
22342
42.
While I was fond and you were kind
First Line:
While I was fond and you were kind
Last Line:
With thee would live with thee would die
Author:
Francis Atterbury (Absolute)
DMI number:
15912
43.
While no fond youth with dearer arms
First Line:
While no fond youth with dearer arms
Last Line:
Yet would I live would die with thee
DMI number:
31517
44.
Whilst I alone was dear to thee
First Line:
Whilst I alone was dear to thee
Last Line:
Once more to live and die with thee
Author:
Joseph Washington (Speculation)
DMI number:
42107
45.
Whilst I was welcome and no dearer lover
First Line:
Whilst I was welcome and no dearer lover
Last Line:
We'll die together in each other's arms
DMI number:
929
46.
Whilst Lydia sought no foreign charms
First Line:
Whilst Lydia sought no foreign charms
Last Line:
I'll trust my Horace once again
DMI number:
7548
47.
Why how now Lydia what's the matter
First Line:
Why how now Lydia what's the matter
Last Line:
With some old citizen's dry lechery
DMI number:
42057
48.
Why so impatient tell me why
First Line:
Why so impatient tell me why
Last Line:
You'd swear he were a cheat
DMI number:
908
49.
Would heaven by one imperfect hair
First Line:
Would heaven by one imperfect hair
Last Line:
And cut the knot which Hymen tied
DMI number:
2833
50.
Young Chloe flies me as a fawn
First Line:
Young Chloe flies me as a fawn
Last Line:
When love pursues the chase
Author:
Elizabeth Tollet (Absolute)
DMI number:
2142