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1. A thousand different shapes it bears

First Line:
A thousand different shapes it bears
Last Line:
In that strange mirror of the deity
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
6021

2. A malady there is that runs through all

First Line:
A malady there is that runs through all
Last Line:
Is led before my chariot like a slave
DMI number:
7824

3. A mighty pain to love it is

First Line:
A mighty pain to love it is
Last Line:
Gold alas does love beget
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
9748

4. A lusty frog a duck swears is such meat

First Line:
A lusty frog a duck swears is such meat
Last Line:
And sprinkled with my dew the fury cools
DMI number:
7848

5. After long cold grave matrons in this place

First Line:
After long cold grave matrons in this place
Last Line:
As scholars use upon the business fall
DMI number:
7887

6. Among children I a baneful weed am thought

First Line:
Among children I a baneful weed am thought
Last Line:
My toils were so in which I met success
DMI number:
7827

7. Amongst the miracles of ancient Rome

First Line:
Amongst the miracles of ancient Rome
Last Line:
The rest with hope to speed another year
Author:
Nahum Tate (Absolute)
DMI number:
8613

8. And none can be unhappy who

First Line:
And none can be unhappy who
Last Line:
Though ever so ill when he shall not be so
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Confident)
DMI number:
5538

9. And so it proved if any joy was sent

First Line:
And so it proved if any joy was sent
Last Line:
For striking one it wounded the other most
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
6022

10. At last when myrrh had wiped her odorous tears

First Line:
At last when myrrh had wiped her odorous tears
Last Line:
And every plant crept to her proper bed
DMI number:
7897

11. Beauty thou wild fantastic ape

First Line:
Beauty thou wild fantastic ape
Last Line:
Inconstant as thy she professors are
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Confident)
DMI number:
5516

12. By Jove I'll tell her boldly that 'tis she

First Line:
By Jove I'll tell her boldly that 'tis she
Last Line:
That must create or else must be alone
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
42678

13. Daunian Arachne who spinst all the day

First Line:
Daunian Arachne who spinst all the day
Last Line:
Think the disease is its own remedy
DMI number:
7849

14. Cursed be the man what do I wish as though

First Line:
Cursed be the man what do I wish as though
Last Line:
As of good princes' deaths so of a tyrant's birth
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
4723

15. Cybele's holy mysteries now begin

First Line:
Cybele's holy mysteries now begin
Last Line:
Their president speak and these her dictates were
DMI number:
7886

16. D'ye slight me cause a bog my belly feeds

First Line:
D'ye slight me cause a bog my belly feeds
Last Line:
Without that's help thus then our leaves we take
DMI number:
7829

17. Enough my muse of earthly things

First Line:
Enough my muse of earthly things
Last Line:
That he will still require some waters to his blood
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Confident)
DMI number:
4105

18. Enter sweet stranger to my eyes reveal

First Line:
Enter sweet stranger to my eyes reveal
Last Line:
I reader tell you nothing but what's true
DMI number:
7837

19. Eat me with bread and oil you'll never repine

First Line:
Eat me with bread and oil you'll never repine
Last Line:
Shall prove if not thy meat thy remedy
DMI number:
7835

20. Delays are dangerous take a friend's advice

First Line:
Delays are dangerous take a friend's advice
Last Line:
Which as it runs forever will run on
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Speculation)
DMI number:
1732

21. Dittany though cold winds her lips did close

First Line:
Dittany though cold winds her lips did close
Last Line:
Though she thereof had seemed to take no care
DMI number:
7889

22. Excellent Brutus of all human race

First Line:
Excellent Brutus of all human race
Last Line:
And showed thee a god crucified
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
1443

23. First Penny Royal to advance her fame

First Line:
First Penny Royal to advance her fame
Last Line:
Which Harvey's circulation should deny
DMI number:
7888

24. Firstborn of chaos who so fair didst come

First Line:
Firstborn of chaos who so fair didst come
Last Line:
From thence first took their rise thither at last must flow
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
5633

25. Fill the bowl with rosy wine

First Line:
Fill the bowl with rosy wine
Last Line:
To the gods belongs tomorrow
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
6014

26. Foolish prater what dost thou

First Line:
Foolish prater what dost thou
Last Line:
Though men say thou bringest the spring
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
39230

27. From the maternal tomb

First Line:
From the maternal tomb
Last Line:
Are but the empty dreams which in death's sleep we make
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
6007

28. Green berries I and seed and flowers bear

First Line:
Green berries I and seed and flowers bear
Last Line:
But deep the cause lies rooted under ground
DMI number:
7893

29. Hail old patrician trees so great and good

First Line:
Hail old patrician trees so great and good
Last Line:
How prettily they talk
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
5506

30. Happy insect what can be

First Line:
Happy insect what can be
Last Line:
Thou retirest to endless rest
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
672

31. Hail sacred solitude from this calm bay

First Line:
Hail sacred solitude from this calm bay
Last Line:
With ease convey me to a better shade
Author:
Wentworth Dillon (Confident)
DMI number:
5944

32. He's no small prince who every day

First Line:
He's no small prince who every day
Last Line:
A journey too might go
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
5649

33. Health from the lover of the country me

First Line:
Health from the lover of the country me
Last Line:
The horse doth with the horseman run away
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
958

34. Happy the man whom bounteous gods allow

First Line:
Happy the man whom bounteous gods allow
Last Line:
Nor does th'affronts of palaces endure
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
5502

35. Hast thou not found each woman's breast

First Line:
Hast thou not found each woman's breast
Last Line:
In countries so uncivilized as those
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
5870

36. He smoothed the rough cast moon's imperfect mold

First Line:
He smoothed the rough cast moon's imperfect mold
Last Line:
With her they rise with her they set again
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
5567

37. Hence cares my constant troublesome company

First Line:
Hence cares my constant troublesome company
Last Line:
And life it self thy healing virtue needs
DMI number:
7823

38. Hence ye prophane I hate ye all

First Line:
Hence ye prophane I hate ye all
Last Line:
Much will be wanting still and much will be amiss
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
24459

39. Here traveller beneath this cot

First Line:
Here traveller beneath this cot
Last Line:
The poet's ashes vigorous yet
DMI number:
3188

40. How wretched does Prometheus' state appear

First Line:
How wretched does Prometheus' state appear
Last Line:
The flames he once stole from thee grant him now
DMI number:
12225

41. I being the chief of all the hairy state

First Line:
I being the chief of all the hairy state
Last Line:
Rather than heaven it self I'd choose dry ground
DMI number:
7820

42. I came I saw and was undone

First Line:
I came I saw and was undone
Last Line:
The poison that was entered there
DMI number:
11310

43. I hate and yet I love thee too

First Line:
I hate and yet I love thee too
Last Line:
And feel with torment that 'tis so
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
12313

44. In my fire that false gold the jaundice I

First Line:
In my fire that false gold the jaundice I
Last Line:
Advantage life to hinder than restore
DMI number:
7846

45. It was the time when witty poets tell

First Line:
It was the time when witty poets tell
Last Line:
And drew the modest curtains of the night
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
5568

46. In vain thou drowsy god I thee invoke

First Line:
In vain thou drowsy god I thee invoke
Last Line:
Thou scorn'st th'unhappy and the happy thee
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
6027

47. Let woods and rivers be

First Line:
Let woods and rivers be
Last Line:
In life's cool vale let my low scene be laid
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
6025

48. Liberal nature did dispense

First Line:
Liberal nature did dispense
Last Line:
Cap-a-pe with nakedness
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
39222

49. Life's lowest but far greatest sphere I sing

First Line:
Life's lowest but far greatest sphere I sing
Last Line:
Greater than he a conqueress do so now
DMI number:
7817

50. My virtue dries all ulcerous running sores

First Line:
My virtue dries all ulcerous running sores
Last Line:
For that the pangs of childbirth I relieve
DMI number:
7845