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1. A brighter beauty shines not in this isle

First Line:
A brighter beauty shines not in this isle
Last Line:
Diana leaves behind each goddess of the sky
DMI number:
963

2. All health to her in whose bright form we find

First Line:
All health to her in whose bright form we find
Last Line:
For Venus and the graces were but four
Author:
Arthur Maynwaring (Confident)
DMI number:
4259

3. Alas poor Cupid art thou blind

First Line:
Alas poor Cupid art thou blind
Last Line:
And all you shoot at surely dies
Author:
Henry Hughes (Absolute)
DMI number:
43918

4. Although Pygmalion wrought so wondrous well

First Line:
Although Pygmalion wrought so wondrous well
Last Line:
They cannot charm while she herself is there
DMI number:
5228

5. As different beauties different swains control

First Line:
As different beauties different swains control
Last Line:
And blooming Roberts all mankind admires
DMI number:
983

6. As high above the starry sphere

First Line:
As high above the starry sphere
Last Line:
A column of imperishable praise
DMI number:
38683

7. As Bathian Venus the other day

First Line:
As Bathian Venus the other day
Last Line:
Had still worn Betty Dalston's face
Author:
Henry Fielding (Absolute)
DMI number:
27770

8. As charms are nonsense nonsense seems a charm

First Line:
As charms are nonsense nonsense seems a charm
Last Line:
While men of wit find one another here
Author:
Sir Francis Fane (Absolute) & John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
4144

9. As Cupid still on mischief bent

First Line:
As Cupid still on mischief bent
Last Line:
Or else to love his arms resign
DMI number:
19480

10. As after noon one summer's day

First Line:
As after noon one summer's day
Last Line:
I took you for your likeness Chloe
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
1756

11. As in the ancient chaos from whose womb

First Line:
As in the ancient chaos from whose womb
Last Line:
Yet for our smallest diligence you doubly do repay
DMI number:
43430

12. At Barton's feet the god of love

First Line:
At Barton's feet the god of love
Last Line:
And takes the nymph to be his mother
DMI number:
4266

13. At length thy powerful arts I own

First Line:
At length thy powerful arts I own
Last Line:
Pure are thy hands thy heart humane
DMI number:
25652

14. At this a flood of tears Lavinia shed

First Line:
At this a flood of tears Lavinia shed
Last Line:
Or lilies damasked by the neighbouring rose
Author:
Virgil (Absolute) & John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
31663

15. Atys once for Cybel burned

First Line:
Atys once for Cybel burned
Last Line:
Kiss and drink and then am mad
DMI number:
3537

16. Calm was the sea and silent was the night

First Line:
Calm was the sea and silent was the night
Last Line:
And springing to the cliff put on her clothes
DMI number:
33831

17. Bright shees what glories had your names acquired

First Line:
Bright shees what glories had your names acquired
Last Line:
That all have or do or would be doing so
DMI number:
43446

18. Cassandra from her spark received

First Line:
Cassandra from her spark received
Last Line:
By causing a miscarriage
DMI number:
32258

19. Cupid quite angry that his dart

First Line:
Cupid quite angry that his dart
Last Line:
I'll break my bow for tis not worth a fart
DMI number:
12209

20. Cupid with Ganymede to play

First Line:
Cupid with Ganymede to play
Last Line:
By G-- tis very bad sir
DMI number:
965

21. Cyprus must now two Venuses adore

First Line:
Cyprus must now two Venuses adore
Last Line:
She's a new muse a Venus and a grace
DMI number:
15981

22. Cupid angry that his dart

First Line:
Cupid angry that his dart
Last Line:
I'll break my bow for tis not worth a fart
DMI number:
9951

23. Cupid once from Venus strayed

First Line:
Cupid once from Venus strayed
Last Line:
Venus never could get him freed
DMI number:
3544

24. Cupid once was weary grown

First Line:
Cupid once was weary grown
Last Line:
Thou'lt learn more pity towards men
DMI number:
44227

25. Cupid once when weary grown

First Line:
Cupid once when weary grown
Last Line:
Thou'lt learn more pity towards men
DMI number:
44047

26. Daphne had beauty which even Phoebus fired

First Line:
Daphne had beauty which even Phoebus fired
Last Line:
As much before as since she was a tree
DMI number:
5227

27. Detested plague of human race

First Line:
Detested plague of human race
Last Line:
To five times three her lovers mount
DMI number:
24875

28. False false are the obliging things she swore

First Line:
False false are the obliging things she swore
Last Line:
You stoop too low to vex your humble slave
DMI number:
41826

29. Fame of Dorinda's conquests brought

First Line:
Fame of Dorinda's conquests brought
Last Line:
Fond mortals of Dorinda's eyes
Author:
John Hughes (Absolute)
DMI number:
2452

30. Female innocence

First Line:
Female innocence
Last Line:
And public nuptials justify the bride
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31617

31. Fair lovely maid or if that title be

First Line:
Fair lovely maid or if that title be
Last Line:
The love to Hermes Aphrodite the friend
DMI number:
43661

32. For while he spoke with high disdain and pride

First Line:
For while he spoke with high disdain and pride
Last Line:
The fainting princess to the regal bed
Author:
Christopher Pitt (Absolute)
DMI number:
31683

33. Go with thy staff the sea divide

First Line:
Go with thy staff the sea divide
Last Line:
Is worse than they is worse than they he's lunatic
DMI number:
44044

34. Hail sacred sisters who in triple trine

First Line:
Hail sacred sisters who in triple trine
Last Line:
Yet what I cannot reach I must admire
DMI number:
42670

35. Hellen adorned with every grace

First Line:
Hellen adorned with every grace
Last Line:
And like Minerva when she talks
DMI number:
25834

36. How blessed a life how short its date

First Line:
How blessed a life how short its date
Last Line:
The victim of too fierce a flame
DMI number:
12255

37. I have the fairest non perel

First Line:
I have the fairest non perel
Last Line:
And thus conclude my song
DMI number:
43105

38. In anger puffed you say I prove

First Line:
In anger puffed you say I prove
Last Line:
No such will love but all thy wealth
DMI number:
41924

39. Imperial Juno gave her matchless grace

First Line:
Imperial Juno gave her matchless grace
Last Line:
Brudenell precedes the glory of the toast
DMI number:
4268

40. In a garden t'other day

First Line:
In a garden t'other day
Last Line:
When your arrows pierce his heart
DMI number:
3547

41. In danger puffed you say I prove

First Line:
In danger puffed you say I prove
Last Line:
No such will love thee but for thy wealth
DMI number:
43796

42. Io triumphe I have won the prize

First Line:
Io triumphe I have won the prize
Last Line:
And many rivals met but murdered none
DMI number:
6745

43. Jove for amusement quitted oft his skies

First Line:
Jove for amusement quitted oft his skies
Last Line:
Your sex like ours has had its Phaeton
Author:
Matthew Green (Absolute)
DMI number:
21895

44. Juno had grandeur but not easy grace

First Line:
Juno had grandeur but not easy grace
Last Line:
And all their glories mixed without their shades are thine
DMI number:
12601

45. Long did great Jove the weighty point debate

First Line:
Long did great Jove the weighty point debate
Last Line:
As Pallas graceful and as Venus sweet
DMI number:
16341

46. Long had fair Venus and her son

First Line:
Long had fair Venus and her son
Last Line:
Fair Polly back to London
DMI number:
25253

47. I saw fair Chloris all alone

First Line:
I saw fair Chloris all alone
Last Line:
To deck her froze into a gem
DMI number:
5067

48. If Chaucer yet did live whose English tongue did pass

First Line:
If Chaucer yet did live whose English tongue did pass
Last Line:
With no less pain than Ovid did whose grief by Muses grew
DMI number:
49167

49. If any punishment did follow

First Line:
If any punishment did follow
Last Line:
Their lords away
Author:
Sir Richard Fanshawe (Absolute)
DMI number:
42082

50. King Arthur lives in merry Carleile

First Line:
King Arthur lives in merry Carleile
Last Line:
And hee be a gentle knighte
DMI number:
37486