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1. A scornful youth of old averse to love

First Line:
A scornful youth of old averse to love
Last Line:
And Sylvia's vie with Sacharissa's praise
DMI number:
3190

2. After two sittings now our lady state

First Line:
After two sittings now our lady state
Last Line:
Himself the painter and the poet too
Author:
Andrew Marvell (Absolute)
DMI number:
3576

3. After two sittings now our lady state

First Line:
After two sittings now our lady state
Last Line:
Himself the poet and the painter too
Author:
Andrew Marvell (Absolute)
DMI number:
42322

4. Behold the magic of Theresa's hand

First Line:
Behold the magic of Theresa's hand
Last Line:
We view with pleasure and with rapture praise
Author:
Charles Parrott (Absolute)
DMI number:
27837

5. Best of painters show thy art

First Line:
Best of painters show thy art
Last Line:
Mode's the woman and the sex
DMI number:
27204

6. Chloe is never naked seen

First Line:
Chloe is never naked seen
Last Line:
Naked tis death to picture Chlo
DMI number:
22043

7. Could Grecian masters from the shades return

First Line:
Could Grecian masters from the shades return
Last Line:
And this Belle Venus conquers every heart
DMI number:
4286

8. Could Grecian masters from the shades return

First Line:
Could Grecian masters from the shades return
Last Line:
But his best Venus conquers every heart
DMI number:
5013

9. Draw some Apelles draw me here

First Line:
Draw some Apelles draw me here
Last Line:
The picture's self I think will speak
Author:
Francis Willis (Absolute)
DMI number:
42595

10. Fain would I sing but fear to discommend

First Line:
Fain would I sing but fear to discommend
Last Line:
Like discord sounds mixed well makes harmony
DMI number:
10897

11. Fortune exerts her utmost power for you

First Line:
Fortune exerts her utmost power for you
Last Line:
Who never yields but to the brightest eyes
DMI number:
4802

12. Forgive an artless an officious friend

First Line:
Forgive an artless an officious friend
Last Line:
While yours triumphant blazes into day
Author:
Richard Savage (Absolute)
DMI number:
1008

13. Forgive an artless an officious friend

First Line:
Forgive an artless an officious friend
Last Line:
While yours triumphant grows one blaze of day
Author:
Richard Savage (Absolute)
DMI number:
16986

14. Here place the canvas now Charlotta sit

First Line:
Here place the canvas now Charlotta sit
Last Line:
My colours fail much more the hand that draws
DMI number:
10135

15. How true the mimic forms appear

First Line:
How true the mimic forms appear
Last Line:
And then here fancy blushing paints the rest
DMI number:
36072

16. I am that famous she whose moving art

First Line:
I am that famous she whose moving art
Last Line:
Till their applause and love are but the same
DMI number:
5122

17. In happy days was Sacharissa's reign

First Line:
In happy days was Sacharissa's reign
Last Line:
In Kneller's oil or Hallifax's song
DMI number:
4998

18. Ingenious fair in whose well mingled dyes

First Line:
Ingenious fair in whose well mingled dyes
Last Line:
Thy paint is charming but thy form divine
DMI number:
23453

19. In vain lovely creature you show me your art

First Line:
In vain lovely creature you show me your art
Last Line:
Makes others seem trifling at best
DMI number:
33243

20. Let thy own self the tablet grace

First Line:
Let thy own self the tablet grace
Last Line:
No hand for such a lovely face but thine
DMI number:
24855

21. Lo Caroline what crowds on crowds arise

First Line:
Lo Caroline what crowds on crowds arise
Last Line:
Could they but view the picture of thy mind
DMI number:
18012

22. If beauteous Kitty boasts a charm

First Line:
If beauteous Kitty boasts a charm
Last Line:
Tis folly's self we hear
DMI number:
8269

23. Learn by this portrait how the kit cats toast

First Line:
Learn by this portrait how the kit cats toast
Last Line:
So her great father looks when countries he subdues
DMI number:
4303

24. Pamphila has a number of good parts

First Line:
Pamphila has a number of good parts
Last Line:
The painter and the picture were both one
Author:
Sir Robert Ayton (Absolute)
DMI number:
4635

25. Pygmalion loathing their lascivious life

First Line:
Pygmalion loathing their lascivious life
Last Line:
The city Paphos from the founder called
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
11893

26. Phillis like Daphne strives each day to shun

First Line:
Phillis like Daphne strives each day to shun
Last Line:
Did her heart melt as often as her brow
DMI number:
16741

27. Say Barber can your pencil trace

First Line:
Say Barber can your pencil trace
Last Line:
I'll see you sir some other day
DMI number:
25842

28. Rash Limner if thou darest to trace

First Line:
Rash Limner if thou darest to trace
Last Line:
Than thou will find love paint her there
DMI number:
19615

29. Sandwich in Spain now and the Duke in love

First Line:
Sandwich in Spain now and the Duke in love
Last Line:
And our false fires true fires shall expiate
Author:
Andrew Marvell (Confident) & Sir John Denham (Speculation)
DMI number:
8936

30. Sandwich in Spain now and the Duke in love

First Line:
Sandwich in Spain now and the Duke in love
Last Line:
Truth is thou hast drawn her in effigy
Author:
Andrew Marvell (Confident) & Sir John Denham (Speculation)
DMI number:
3572

31. See with what art that lovely charming hand

First Line:
See with what art that lovely charming hand
Last Line:
Even though untouched do tremble but to see
DMI number:
5226

32. Since then bold artist with approved skill

First Line:
Since then bold artist with approved skill
Last Line:
Be with his mouldering dust by after times forgot
DMI number:
33449

33. So numerous Flavia's charms appear

First Line:
So numerous Flavia's charms appear
Last Line:
Her eyes the rising morn
Author:
Matthew Concanen (Absolute)
DMI number:
11360

34. So just a form you to your picture give

First Line:
So just a form you to your picture give
Last Line:
To raise my zeal when I would worship you
Author:
John Hopkins (Absolute)
DMI number:
5843

35. Soon as we enter Chloe's room we'd swear

First Line:
Soon as we enter Chloe's room we'd swear
Last Line:
But soon our ears convince us tis not she
DMI number:
268

36. That bloom those features and that air

First Line:
That bloom those features and that air
Last Line:
Could it but melt before my fire
DMI number:
5090

37. The Cyprian queen drawn by Apelles' hand

First Line:
The Cyprian queen drawn by Apelles' hand
Last Line:
And tis as rash to imitate her eyes
DMI number:
4801

38. The beauteous Sunderland much brighter shines

First Line:
The beauteous Sunderland much brighter shines
Last Line:
With pleasing sense their passions to impart
DMI number:
5037

39. The painter begs that you'd excuse his art

First Line:
The painter begs that you'd excuse his art
Last Line:
And painters can but imitate at best
DMI number:
8487

40. The painter with immortal skill may trace

First Line:
The painter with immortal skill may trace
Last Line:
By thousands we despair and are undone
Author:
George Granville (Confident)
DMI number:
4814

41. The labours of the toilet past

First Line:
The labours of the toilet past
Last Line:
His piece the life and her the picture
DMI number:
11776

42. The nymph her graces here expressed may find

First Line:
The nymph her graces here expressed may find
Last Line:
Not for his own but hers the youth had died
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
8240

43. The old egyptians hid their wit

First Line:
The old egyptians hid their wit
Last Line:
But F--y at full length
Author:
Jane Brereton (Absolute)
DMI number:
24697

44. Thou youngest virgin-daughter of the skies

First Line:
Thou youngest virgin-daughter of the skies
Last Line:
The way which thou so well hast learnt below
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4323

45. Thou flatterer of all the fair

First Line:
Thou flatterer of all the fair
Last Line:
You by her would Venus draw
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
1428

46. Thrice happy painter by such eyes inspired

First Line:
Thrice happy painter by such eyes inspired
Last Line:
Never curled on Hebe's mouth or sat on Helen's cheek
DMI number:
35951

47. To try a mighty painter's art

First Line:
To try a mighty painter's art
Last Line:
And you have won the prize
DMI number:
10654

48. Vandyke has colours softness fire and art

First Line:
Vandyke has colours softness fire and art
Last Line:
But she never made a finished piece before
Author:
Charles Montagu (Absolute)
DMI number:
4941

49. Upon a marble framed by the cunningest hand

First Line:
Upon a marble framed by the cunningest hand
Last Line:
Must vow virginity and a single life
DMI number:
6790

50. What beauteous sleeping form lies there

First Line:
What beauteous sleeping form lies there
Last Line:
Will strike thine with eternal night
DMI number:
2806