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1. A man that is drunk is void of all care

First Line:
A man that is drunk is void of all care
Last Line:
My bottle should warm me and fill me with fire | Tol deral &c
Author:
Matthew Prior (Speculation)
DMI number:
286

2. Ah me my joys my hopes are fled

First Line:
Ah me my joys my hopes are fled
Last Line:
My dear Columbo dead and gone
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
28975

3. Alexis shunned his fellow swains

First Line:
Alexis shunned his fellow swains
Last Line:
He bowed obeyed and died
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
808

4. As though 'tis controverted in the school

First Line:
As though 'tis controverted in the school
Last Line:
From this dissension that they work by neither
Author:
Charles Montagu (Absolute) & Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
40473

5. As Chloe came into the room the other day

First Line:
As Chloe came into the room the other day
Last Line:
And forgot every word I designed to have said
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
12282

6. 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

7. As Sylvia came into the room t'other day

First Line:
As Sylvia came into the room t'other day
Last Line:
And forgot every word I designed to have said
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
1557

8. As in some piece while Luke his skill expressed

First Line:
As in some piece while Luke his skill expressed
Last Line:
And to a miracle improves a tune
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
16353

9. At dead of night when stars appear

First Line:
At dead of night when stars appear
Last Line:
Safe is my bow but sick thy heart
Author:
Matthew Prior (Confident)
DMI number:
4182

10. Beauty's a gaudy sign no more

First Line:
Beauty's a gaudy sign no more
Last Line:
Be hid to be revered the more
Author:
Hildebrand Jacob (Absolute) & Matthew Prior (Speculation)
DMI number:
92

11. Behind an unfrequented glade

First Line:
Behind an unfrequented glade
Last Line:
And knaves and prudes are six times married
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
11870

12. Behind an unfrequented glade

First Line:
Behind an unfrequented glade
Last Line:
Here's one for Turturel shall show
Author:
Matthew Prior (Speculation)
DMI number:
28972

13. Blessed be the princes who have fought

First Line:
Blessed be the princes who have fought
Last Line:
That happiness is but opinion
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
12389

14. Beyond the fixed and settled rules

First Line:
Beyond the fixed and settled rules
Last Line:
But to my comfort I'm prepared
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
12280

15. Blind plaintiff lame defendant share

First Line:
Blind plaintiff lame defendant share
Last Line:
The middle is the lawyer's fee
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
30617

16. Beneath a myrtle's verdant shade

First Line:
Beneath a myrtle's verdant shade
Last Line:
Gives grief or pleasure spares or kills
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
22789

17. By Sylvia if thy charming self be meant

First Line:
By Sylvia if thy charming self be meant
Last Line:
And died in woe that thou might'st live in peace
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
4252

18. But here the white by observation wise

First Line:
But here the white by observation wise
Last Line:
For still we want a guide to find out him
Author:
Charles Montagu (Absolute) & Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
40471

19. By birth I'm a slave yet can give you a crown

First Line:
By birth I'm a slave yet can give you a crown
Last Line:
That you love me much more than you do your own hearts
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
3772

20. But now at Piccadilly they arrive

First Line:
But now at Piccadilly they arrive
Last Line:
And slipping through the Palsgrave bilked poor Hack
Author:
Charles Montagu (Absolute) & Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
40475

21. But now with a weary yawn that showed her pride

First Line:
But now with a weary yawn that showed her pride
Last Line:
But now alas
Author:
Charles Montagu (Absolute) & Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
40481

22. Cease Leonora cease to mourn

First Line:
Cease Leonora cease to mourn
Last Line:
And make that season all our year
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
16954

23. Chloe since you a handsome woman are

First Line:
Chloe since you a handsome woman are
Last Line:
Thy truth my girl shall never come on trial
DMI number:
16976

24. Celia and I the other day

First Line:
Celia and I the other day
Last Line:
I with thee or without thee die
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
4186

25. Charity decent modest easy kind

First Line:
Charity decent modest easy kind
Last Line:
And endless good diffuse and endless praise receive
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
35203

26. Come at a crown a head ourselves we'll treat

First Line:
Come at a crown a head ourselves we'll treat
Last Line:
Of English manufactures pimps and whores
Author:
Charles Montagu (Absolute) & Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
40469

27. Dear Chloe how blubbered is that pretty face

First Line:
Dear Chloe how blubbered is that pretty face
Last Line:
As he was a poet sublimer than me
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
21902

28. Dear Chloe while thus beyond measure

First Line:
Dear Chloe while thus beyond measure
Last Line:
Decrepid old age can never freeze
Author:
Matthew Prior (Speculation)
DMI number:
17735

29. Dear Chloe while thus beyond measure

First Line:
Dear Chloe while thus beyond measure
Last Line:
That decrepit old age cannot freeze
Author:
Matthew Prior (Speculation)
DMI number:
12440

30. Dear Chloe whilst thus beyond measure

First Line:
Dear Chloe whilst thus beyond measure
Last Line:
Which decrepid old age cannot freeze
Author:
Matthew Prior (Speculation)
DMI number:
23639

31. Dear Thomas didst thou never pop

First Line:
Dear Thomas didst thou never pop
Last Line:
Always aspiring always low
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
1752

32. Democritus dear droll revisit earth

First Line:
Democritus dear droll revisit earth
Last Line:
Hurt can I laugh and honest need I cry
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
13509

33. Despairing beside a clear stream

First Line:
Despairing beside a clear stream
Last Line:
His ghost shall glide over the green
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute) & Matthew Prior (Speculation)
DMI number:
496

34. Ere that Gazette was printed said the white

First Line:
Ere that Gazette was printed said the white
Last Line:
To long examination they submit
Author:
Charles Montagu (Absolute) & Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
40478

35. Did sweeter sounds adorn my flowing tongue

First Line:
Did sweeter sounds adorn my flowing tongue
Last Line:
For ever blessing and for ever blessed
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
4184

36. Downward I hasten to my destined place

First Line:
Downward I hasten to my destined place
Last Line:
Thou that art the god of love
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
30118

37. Farewell ye shady walks and fountains

First Line:
Farewell ye shady walks and fountains
Last Line:
Her parallel or second she
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
16949

38. Fast by the banks of Cam was Colin bred

First Line:
Fast by the banks of Cam was Colin bred
Last Line:
As various hour advised in various habit dressed
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
11876

39. Fain would I sir what you advised fulfil

First Line:
Fain would I sir what you advised fulfil
Last Line:
My pinions dropped me headlong from the sky
DMI number:
12228

40. Fair Susan did her wif-hede well menteine

First Line:
Fair Susan did her wif-hede well menteine
Last Line:
Full merveillous I wote were swilk denyal
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
39284

41. Fair Susan did her wifehede well menteine

First Line:
Fair Susan did her wifehede well menteine
Last Line:
Full marvellous I wote were swilk denyal
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
25425

42. Fair Susan did her wifehode well maintayne

First Line:
Fair Susan did her wifehode well maintayne
Last Line:
Full marvaillous I wot were such denyale
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
23229

43. Fair Sylvia cease to blame my youth

First Line:
Fair Sylvia cease to blame my youth
Last Line:
And never settle more
Author:
Matthew Prior (Speculation)
DMI number:
6471

44. Frank carves very ill yet will palm all the meats

First Line:
Frank carves very ill yet will palm all the meats
Last Line:
For of late I invite him but four times a week
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
12424

45. For many unsuccessful years

First Line:
For many unsuccessful years
Last Line:
Had foolishly denied
Author:
Thomas Yalden (Confident) & Matthew Prior (Speculation)
DMI number:
6472

46. For many unsuccessful years

First Line:
For many unsuccessful years
Last Line:
That heart she had for years denied
Author:
Thomas Yalden (Confident) & Matthew Prior (Speculation)
DMI number:
21713

47. For God's sake nay dear sir

First Line:
For God's sake nay dear sir
Last Line:
Then perhaps I may bless you
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
16963

48. From her own native France as old Alison past

First Line:
From her own native France as old Alison past
Last Line:
Her lady's complexion and eyebrows at Calais
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
12393

49. From public noise and factious strife

First Line:
From public noise and factious strife
Last Line:
Love is a jest and vows are wind
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
32319

50. From public noise and factious strife

First Line:
From public noise and factious strife
Last Line:
Where all this time he had been hid
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
4190

51. Gentleman and heralds by your leave

First Line:
Gentleman and heralds by your leave
Last Line:
Let Bourbon or Nassau go higher
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
29550

52. Go for I'm impatient grown

First Line:
Go for I'm impatient grown
Last Line:
But with haste devour the way
Author:
Matthew Prior (Speculation)
DMI number:
4783

53. Full oft doth Mat with Topaz dine

First Line:
Full oft doth Mat with Topaz dine
Last Line:
Full hardly earneth Mat his dinner
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
16099

54. Hail honoured bard the wonder of our isle

First Line:
Hail honoured bard the wonder of our isle
Last Line:
And latest ages own great Prior's name
DMI number:
15507

55. Hans Carvel impotent and old

First Line:
Hans Carvel impotent and old
Last Line:
You've thrust your finger -- knows where
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
21868

56. Hans Carvel impotent and old

First Line:
Hans Carvel impotent and old
Last Line:
You've thrust your finger g-d knows where
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
3502

57. Hans Carvel impotent and old

First Line:
Hans Carvel impotent and old
Last Line:
You've thrust your finger God knows where
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
32318

58. Happy the babe who privileged by fate

First Line:
Happy the babe who privileged by fate
Last Line:
Ordered tomorrow to return to death
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
34707

59. Great Bacchus born in thunder and in fire

First Line:
Great Bacchus born in thunder and in fire
Last Line:
The moral says mix water with your wine
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
12421

60. Good people I pray

First Line:
Good people I pray
Last Line:
And so will King Pippin too dry to be squeezed | By an Orange
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
4936

61. Helen was just slipped into bed

First Line:
Helen was just slipped into bed
Last Line:
Alas no eyebrows for tomorrow
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
13511

62. Heralds and statesmen by your leave

First Line:
Heralds and statesmen by your leave
Last Line:
Can Bourbon or Nassau go higher
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
11856

63. Her eyebrow box one morning lost

First Line:
Her eyebrow box one morning lost
Last Line:
For what's an eye without a brow
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
13510

64. Here lies little -- a yard deeper more

First Line:
Here lies little -- a yard deeper more
Last Line:
Contribute some tears to water her grave
Author:
Matthew Prior (Speculation) & Charles Sackville (Absolute)
DMI number:
25960

65. Here lies little --- a yard deep and more

First Line:
Here lies little --- a yard deep and more
Last Line:
Contribute some tears to water her grave
Author:
Matthew Prior (Speculation) & Charles Sackville (Absolute)
DMI number:
4200

66. Here lies little Lundy a yard deep or more

First Line:
Here lies little Lundy a yard deep or more
Last Line:
Contribute some tears to water her grave
Author:
Matthew Prior (Speculation) & Charles Sackville (Absolute)
DMI number:
293

67. How capricious were nature and art to poor Nell

First Line:
How capricious were nature and art to poor Nell
Last Line:
She was painting her cheeks at the time her nose fell
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
13100

68. How long deluded Albion wilt thou lie

First Line:
How long deluded Albion wilt thou lie
Last Line:
And Europe is redeemed and William reigns
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
8377

69. How old may Phyllis be you ask

First Line:
How old may Phyllis be you ask
Last Line:
And Phyllis is some forty-three
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
12489

70. I have no hopes the Duke he says and dies

First Line:
I have no hopes the Duke he says and dies
Last Line:
And who can say the reverend prelate lies
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
12186

71. In Aesop's tales an honest wretch we find

First Line:
In Aesop's tales an honest wretch we find
Last Line:
He without hair and thou without a crown
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Speculation) & Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
4527

72. In Aesop's tales an honest wretch we find

First Line:
In Aesop's tales an honest wretch we find
Last Line:
He without hairs and thou without a crown
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Speculation) & Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
13952

73. In Aesop's time a wretched man we find

First Line:
In Aesop's time a wretched man we find
Last Line:
And said thou wantest brains as well as hair
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Speculation) & Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
4542

74. In a dark corner of the house

First Line:
In a dark corner of the house
Last Line:
She'll even weep out her eyes
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
13500

75. In a fair island in the southern main

First Line:
In a fair island in the southern main
Last Line:
Would prove no doubt as perjured as before
Author:
Laetitia Pilkington [nee van Lewen] (Confident) & Matthew Prior (Speculation)
DMI number:
21718

76. In grey haired Celia's withered arms

First Line:
In grey haired Celia's withered arms
Last Line:
Te deum sing in quiet
Author:
Matthew Prior (Speculation) & Charles Sackville (Absolute)
DMI number:
4836

77. In heaven one holiday you read

First Line:
In heaven one holiday you read
Last Line:
And rise a swan or fall a shower
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
12299

78. In vain you tell your parting lover

First Line:
In vain you tell your parting lover
Last Line:
Of slighted vows and cold disdain
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
4188

79. In Virgil's sacred verse we find

First Line:
In Virgil's sacred verse we find
Last Line:
Says he for sure I touch his feather
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
12278

80. It so befell a silly swain

First Line:
It so befell a silly swain
Last Line:
If dost pray be so kind to speak
Author:
William Congreve (Absolute) & Matthew Prior (Speculation)
DMI number:
12352

81. It was the fate of an unhappy swain

First Line:
It was the fate of an unhappy swain
Last Line:
You'll find a thousand other maids will love
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
16923

82. Interred beneath this marble stone

First Line:
Interred beneath this marble stone
Last Line:
And so they lived and so they died
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
12297

83. Jove once resolved the females to degrade

First Line:
Jove once resolved the females to degrade
Last Line:
The god took snuff and out the goddess flew
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
16967

84. It has always been thought discreet

First Line:
It has always been thought discreet
Last Line:
How many Damons how few Dorsets live
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
11875

85. Lords knights and squires the numerous band

First Line:
Lords knights and squires the numerous band
Last Line:
When she begins to comprehend it
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
4185

86. Lie Philo untouched on my peaceable shelf

First Line:
Lie Philo untouched on my peaceable shelf
Last Line:
There may be a little from what thou mayest swear
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
12481

87. Lie Philo untouched on my peaceable shelf

First Line:
Lie Philo untouched on my peaceable shelf
Last Line:
There may be a little from what thou shalt swear
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
31007

88. I've eyes as well as you to find the way

First Line:
I've eyes as well as you to find the way
Last Line:
To question this or trust your private sense
Author:
Charles Montagu (Absolute) & Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
40474

89. I see the fetters I am doomed to wear

First Line:
I see the fetters I am doomed to wear
Last Line:
I'll drink it all and drink it with a gust
DMI number:
16972

90. I sent for Radcliffe was so ill

First Line:
I sent for Radcliffe was so ill
Last Line:
I died last night of my physician
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
12185

91. I sing not old Jason who travelled through Greece

First Line:
I sing not old Jason who travelled through Greece
Last Line:
Thus ends the first part of the ballad of Down | Derry down down hey derry down
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
11871

92. I know that fortune long has wanted sight

First Line:
I know that fortune long has wanted sight
Last Line:
And gives success in every suit but hearts
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
16924

93. If absence so much racks my charmer's heart

First Line:
If absence so much racks my charmer's heart
Last Line:
A pleasure lasting as the life of man
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
16952

94. If wine and musick have the power

First Line:
If wine and musick have the power
Last Line:
And all the day be thine alone
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
784

95. If wit or honesty could save

First Line:
If wit or honesty could save
Last Line:
And mend your own by True's behaviour
Author:
Thomas Brown (Speculation) & Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
23027

96. If yet great sir your heart can comfort know

First Line:
If yet great sir your heart can comfort know
Last Line:
An unsuccessful but a faithful friend
Author:
Matthew Prior (Speculation) & Stephen Clay (Absolute)
DMI number:
9279

97. Ladies to you with pleasure we submit

First Line:
Ladies to you with pleasure we submit
Last Line:
Dare to be true submit the rest to heaven
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
16916

98. Let my endeavours as my hopes depend

First Line:
Let my endeavours as my hopes depend
Last Line:
Your humble servant sir I've done no more
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
8650

99. Leave leave this hoary shed and lonely hills

First Line:
Leave leave this hoary shed and lonely hills
Last Line:
Or that at Charing Cross or that in Channel Row
Author:
Charles Montagu (Absolute) & Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
40468

100. Lasting charity's more ample sway

First Line:
Lasting charity's more ample sway
Last Line:
And endless bliss diffuse and endless praise receive
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
30390