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1. A general fieceness dwells with innocence

First Line:
A general fieceness dwells with innocence
Last Line:
And conscious virtue is allowed some pride
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute) & John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
19165

2. A confused report passed through my ears

First Line:
A confused report passed through my ears
Last Line:
It vanished in the business of the day
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute) & John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
19977

3. A sudden damp has seized my spirits

First Line:
A sudden damp has seized my spirits
Last Line:
Hangs on their active springs
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute) & John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
19963

4. All curses on me

First Line:
All curses on me
Last Line:
And that more racking than a woman's labour
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
19126

5. Ah the whole sex is naught false and unkind

First Line:
Ah the whole sex is naught false and unkind
Last Line:
Snatch our soft sleep and ravish downy rest
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
21430

6. Alas I do not know

First Line:
Alas I do not know
Last Line:
Then my eyes twinkle as they'd look their last
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
20901

7. After the dreadful extasy was over

First Line:
After the dreadful extasy was over
Last Line:
With her bright tresses dabbled in her blood
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
20554

8. After the fierceness of a common pleasure

First Line:
After the fierceness of a common pleasure
Last Line:
A sudden heaviness is natural
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
20341

9. Ah cruel bloody fate what canst thou now do more

First Line:
Ah cruel bloody fate what canst thou now do more
Last Line:
Then closed her eyes and died
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Confident)
DMI number:
42552

10. All nations bow their heads with homage down

First Line:
All nations bow their heads with homage down
Last Line:
With universal cry
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
20383

11. All other blessings are but toys

First Line:
All other blessings are but toys
Last Line:
And quickly brought the stone away
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
6571

12. And is it given me thus to touch thy hand

First Line:
And is it given me thus to touch thy hand
Last Line:
Tis incense to be offered to a god
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
19710

13. And lo the night descends

First Line:
And lo the night descends
Last Line:
With her black wings to brood over all the world
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
20137

14. And now the city emmets leave their hive

First Line:
And now the city emmets leave their hive
Last Line:
And all the earth and all the heaven does smile
DMI number:
39882

15. And shall the daughter of Darius hold him

First Line:
And shall the daughter of Darius hold him
Last Line:
And with the rack of all the heavens expire
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
20657

16. And what's the punishment my dear Pulcheria

First Line:
And what's the punishment my dear Pulcheria
Last Line:
And never hope to reach the blessed fields
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
20103

17. As fair as winter stars or summer setting suns

First Line:
As fair as winter stars or summer setting suns
DMI number:
39545

18. Arise ye ghosts of ancient heroes fled

First Line:
Arise ye ghosts of ancient heroes fled
Last Line:
He shot away to gild the other world
DMI number:
36606

19. As in a green old age his hair just grizzled

First Line:
As in a green old age his hair just grizzled
Last Line:
-
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute) & John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20170

20. Away be gone and give a whirlwind room

First Line:
Away be gone and give a whirlwind room
Last Line:
Rise up to heaven and put out all the stars
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
20539

21. Away thou feeble god

First Line:
Away thou feeble god
Last Line:
In blood and drive thee iwth my brandished sword
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
19437

22. Back thou departed life back to thy cell

First Line:
Back thou departed life back to thy cell
Last Line:
Move the still purse and thaw each frozen vein
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
18611

23. Balmy as cordials that recover souls

First Line:
Balmy as cordials that recover souls
Last Line:
Chaste as maids sighs and keen as longing mothers
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
19244

24. Base mongrel souls flesh em but once with fortune

First Line:
Base mongrel souls flesh em but once with fortune
Last Line:
Like curs betwixt their legs and howl for mercy
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute) & John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20362

25. Be constant Bellamira to thy vow

First Line:
Be constant Bellamira to thy vow
Last Line:
Never to rise again
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
18510

26. Be secret all be hushed

First Line:
Be secret all be hushed
Last Line:
As urns and monuments that never blab
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
20680

27. Be witness for me all ye powers divine

First Line:
Be witness for me all ye powers divine
Last Line:
And the stars wink young Ammon shall go on
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
18607

28. Behold a joy

First Line:
Behold a joy
Last Line:
A watry comfort rising in his eyes
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
21365

29. Behold her stretched upon a flowery bank

First Line:
Behold her stretched upon a flowery bank
Last Line:
She charms her gallant god to new enjoyment
DMI number:
14269

30. Blast me not with such sounds

First Line:
Blast me not with such sounds
Last Line:
But run like iron through my freezing blood
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
20911

31. Bid meteors keep their lustre

First Line:
Bid meteors keep their lustre
Last Line:
That fed their short lived glory
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
18466

32. Bid the sea listen when the greedy merchant

First Line:
Bid the sea listen when the greedy merchant
Last Line:
For the last plunge
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
20522

33. Big was he made and tall his port was fierce

First Line:
Big was he made and tall his port was fierce
Last Line:
Commanding all he viewed
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute) & John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
19350

34. Blush not redder than the morning

First Line:
Blush not redder than the morning
Last Line:
Ah ah they part they part for ever | Lest old time &c
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Confident)
DMI number:
42786

35. Blush not redder than the morning

First Line:
Blush not redder than the morning
Last Line:
Ah then they part they part for ever | Lest &c
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Confident)
DMI number:
42530

36. Blush not redder than the morning

First Line:
Blush not redder than the morning
Last Line:
And they'll part they'll part forever
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Confident)
DMI number:
42284

37. Call then my lord call forth your fierce tormentors

First Line:
Call then my lord call forth your fierce tormentors
Last Line:
Tis easier this than to be false to Guise
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
19678

38. By Jove tis ominous our parting is

First Line:
By Jove tis ominous our parting is
Last Line:
Methought the strings of my great heart did crack
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
20274

39. By heaven I'd rather

First Line:
By heaven I'd rather
Last Line:
Of damned incest
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute) & John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
19127

40. By heavens my love thou dost distract my soul

First Line:
By heavens my love thou dost distract my soul
Last Line:
But makes my heart weep blood
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
21013

41. But he sleeps happy

First Line:
But he sleeps happy
Last Line:
But strip the shining gods to make it rare
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
19286

42. But hear me maid this blot of nature

First Line:
But hear me maid this blot of nature
Last Line:
And stab you in his heart
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute) & John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
21135

43. But if you hit the cause that hurts his brain

First Line:
But if you hit the cause that hurts his brain
Last Line:
His eyeballs roll and he is mad again
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
6959

44. But love with malice as an angry cur

First Line:
But love with malice as an angry cur
Last Line:
And leave the scraps for slaves
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute) & John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
19609

45. But oh there wants to crown my happiness

First Line:
But oh there wants to crown my happiness
Last Line:
Or any rapture hurl us to the heavens
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
19743

46. But sooner shall a dooming god recall

First Line:
But sooner shall a dooming god recall
Last Line:
His Stygian oath than I renounce my vow
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
20162

47. Bring forth the rack

First Line:
Bring forth the rack
Last Line:
He shall be hours days years a dying
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute) & John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20503

48. Come then at last while anxious nations weep

First Line:
Come then at last while anxious nations weep
Last Line:
He dares to hazard both his life and crown
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
3718

49. Come to the banquet all

First Line:
Come to the banquet all
Last Line:
In bowls of nectar and replying thunder
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
18697

50. Choose then the gloomiest part through all the grove

First Line:
Choose then the gloomiest part through all the grove
Last Line:
Shake with my sighs as if a tempest blowed em
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
18680

51. Clear me ye gods and fix my understanding

First Line:
Clear me ye gods and fix my understanding
Last Line:
And run to madness
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
20292

52. Cold as candied ice

First Line:
Cold as candied ice
Last Line:
That feeds on herbs and roots and drinks the dew
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
18446

53. Dear dear Adrastus look with half an eye

First Line:
Dear dear Adrastus look with half an eye
Last Line:
I'll have no more to do with gods nor men
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute) & John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20118

54. Curse then thy birthright

First Line:
Curse then thy birthright
Last Line:
Or reach the bounty of her hand to bless me
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
18995

55. Cursed fate malicious stars you now have drained

First Line:
Cursed fate malicious stars you now have drained
Last Line:
Even the last baleful drop is shed upon me
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
20484

56. Constant as courage to the brave in battle

First Line:
Constant as courage to the brave in battle
Last Line:
Constant as martyrs burning for their gods
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
18508

57. Creatures of vilest make upon disgust

First Line:
Creatures of vilest make upon disgust
Last Line:
With knives or cords set loose their coward souls
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
20102

58. Consider how should I

First Line:
Consider how should I
Last Line:
Stops up the passage and will choke my reason
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
21089

59. Death is not dreadful to a mind resolved

First Line:
Death is not dreadful to a mind resolved
Last Line:
Is far more terrible than death it self
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
18642

60. Devil devil as they're all

First Line:
Devil devil as they're all
Last Line:
By hell I see the cloven mark upon her
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute) & John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
21485

61. Did you but know what tis to love like me

First Line:
Did you but know what tis to love like me
Last Line:
I ask not love but pity from the fair
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
21568

62. Diseases wait em wherefore should I curse them

First Line:
Diseases wait em wherefore should I curse them
Last Line:
And all my shaking joints shouls seem to curse them
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
18590

63. Enjoy thy mother

First Line:
Enjoy thy mother
Last Line:
That is not to be born
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute) & John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
19129

64. Down rising mischief down or I will kill thee

First Line:
Down rising mischief down or I will kill thee
Last Line:
Even in the cause and new born pity
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute) & John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20034

65. Down struggling nature

First Line:
Down struggling nature
Last Line:
Nor shall he find the depth of my revenge
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
20643

66. Each dismal minute when I call to mind

First Line:
Each dismal minute when I call to mind
Last Line:
And quenched ten thousand fathom in the deep
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute) & John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
19047

67. Early thou knowst last night I went to rest

First Line:
Early thou knowst last night I went to rest
Last Line:
My groans more deep than others dying gasps
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
19581

68. Death only can be dreadful to the bad

First Line:
Death only can be dreadful to the bad
Last Line:
And he'll appear a friend
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute) & John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
18645

69. Drive me o drive me from that traitor man

First Line:
Drive me o drive me from that traitor man
Last Line:
As man false man smiling destructive man
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
18851

70. False as thou art

First Line:
False as thou art
Last Line:
Behold Semandra's form still fleeting from me
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
18860

71. Farewell thus kneeling at thy feet I pour

First Line:
Farewell thus kneeling at thy feet I pour
Last Line:
Sound nothing but Semandra o Semandra
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
20277

72. Even heaven is wearied with repeated crimes

First Line:
Even heaven is wearied with repeated crimes
Last Line:
And the curbed thunder grumbles to be gone
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute) & John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20000

73. Even oracles themselves

First Line:
Even oracles themselves
Last Line:
Are always doubtful and are often forged
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute) & John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20190

74. Farewell most lovely and most loved of men

First Line:
Farewell most lovely and most loved of men
Last Line:
As if the fatal weight of death were on thee
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
20278

75. From amber shrouds I see the morning rise

First Line:
From amber shrouds I see the morning rise
Last Line:
And all the earth and all the heavens do smile
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
20093

76. Fortune takes care that fools should still be seen

First Line:
Fortune takes care that fools should still be seen
Last Line:
Twould make ten fools a man's a prodigy
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute) & John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
18920

77. For like a blazing meteor hence he shot

First Line:
For like a blazing meteor hence he shot
Last Line:
And drew a sweeping train of fire along
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute) & John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
18467

78. For oh I love beyond all former passion

First Line:
For oh I love beyond all former passion
Last Line:
Run with my mangled arms and crush him dead
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
19677

79. For ever gone all her sweet stock of breath

First Line:
For ever gone all her sweet stock of breath
Last Line:
Spent in one sigh the riot of rich death
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
18612

80. For ever gone for ever parted from me

First Line:
For ever gone for ever parted from me
Last Line:
Of dissolution points me to my grave
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
20253

81. For I disdain | All pomp when thou art by far be the noise

First Line:
For I disdain | All pomp when thou art by far be the noise
Last Line:
Wing to our downy beds and sleep till morn
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
18994

82. For when thou art gone

First Line:
For when thou art gone
Last Line:
That when we part the strings of both must crack
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
20272

83. Forbear these strict embraces

First Line:
Forbear these strict embraces
Last Line:
And make an infant of your poor old man
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
21355

84. For true repentance never comes too late

First Line:
For true repentance never comes too late
Last Line:
That angels start from bliss and give a groan
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
20610

85. For cold despair begins to freeze my bosom

First Line:
For cold despair begins to freeze my bosom
Last Line:
And all my powers are now resolved on death
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
18667

86. Fly begone | And hide thee where bright virtue never shone

First Line:
Fly begone | And hide thee where bright virtue never shone
Last Line:
Will start at this
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
21261

87. Fly fly Varanes fly this sacred place

First Line:
Fly fly Varanes fly this sacred place
Last Line:
Though thy loud vices should resound to heaven
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
19300

88. Glory where art thou fame revenge ambition

First Line:
Glory where art thou fame revenge ambition
Last Line:
True politician and defy you all
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute) & John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20182

89. Go not to death like a dumb sacrifice

First Line:
Go not to death like a dumb sacrifice
Last Line:
Beg him to save my life in saving thine
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20213

90. Great sold forgive not injuries till time

First Line:
Great sold forgive not injuries till time
Last Line:
The coward not the king
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute) & John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20195

91. Great statesmen kings should watch while they employ

First Line:
Great statesmen kings should watch while they employ
Last Line:
Lest what they build those underhand destroy
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
20930

92. Hail happy warrior hail whose arms have won

First Line:
Hail happy warrior hail whose arms have won
Last Line:
And waked me from the visionary joy
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
4790

93. Ha what rash thing art thou who settest so small

First Line:
Ha what rash thing art thou who settest so small
Last Line:
I'm strong and well but when thou'rt gone I'm nothing
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
34125

94. Had you beheld his rack and torments

First Line:
Had you beheld his rack and torments
Last Line:
And die it to the hilt
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
20104

95. Hadst thou thy self been by and but beheld him

First Line:
Hadst thou thy self been by and but beheld him
Last Line:
And thundered from his tongue
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
19316

96. Good plays and perfect sense as scarce are grow

First Line:
Good plays and perfect sense as scarce are grow
Last Line:
I can no more be serious than you godly
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
35821

97. He whose attempt is shown this night to please

First Line:
He whose attempt is shown this night to please
Last Line:
And the least word he speaks is blood and wounds
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
35824

98. He's a bastard got in a fit of nature

First Line:
He's a bastard got in a fit of nature
Last Line:
Who ventured life to clasp the hasty joy
DMI number:
14234

99. He's a bastard got in a fit of nature

First Line:
He's a bastard got in a fit of nature
Last Line:
Who ventured life to clasp the lusty joy
DMI number:
39288

100. Hear those laments

First Line:
Hear those laments
Last Line:
And heave it up they pant and stick half way
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute) & John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
19848