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1. A hopeless flame did Corydon destroy

First Line:
A hopeless flame did Corydon destroy
Last Line:
Time or some new desire shall this destroy
Author:
Nahum Tate (Absolute)
DMI number:
3782

2. A skillful ear in numbers should preside

First Line:
A skillful ear in numbers should preside
Last Line:
Before mistaken stops debauched the sound
Author:
Virgil (Absolute) & Wentworth Dillon (Absolute)
DMI number:
10822

3. All dangers past at length the lovely bride

First Line:
All dangers past at length the lovely bride
Last Line:
Eurydice the rocks and river banks repied
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
28083

4. Ah Tityrus you can sit beneath a tree

First Line:
Ah Tityrus you can sit beneath a tree
Last Line:
Shadows of hills grow long and the sun low
DMI number:
41828

5. Alas no drug no medicine ever was found

First Line:
Alas no drug no medicine ever was found
Last Line:
Procure though not so fair an easier love
Author:
William Bowman (Confident)
DMI number:
1395

6. And as when heavy sleep has closed the sight

First Line:
And as when heavy sleep has closed the sight
Last Line:
The fury flew athwart and made the endeavour void
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
28601

7. And couldst thou hope dissembler from my sight

First Line:
And couldst thou hope dissembler from my sight
Last Line:
I should not seem quite widowed and undone
Author:
Christopher Pitt (Absolute)
DMI number:
31681

8. Arise O Phosphorus and bring the day

First Line:
Arise O Phosphorus and bring the day
Last Line:
Tis barbarous to insult on one that dies
Author:
William Walsh (Absolute)
DMI number:
6683

9. Arms and the man I sing

First Line:
Arms and the man I sing
DMI number:
10475

10. Arms and the man I sing who from Troy's coasts

First Line:
Arms and the man I sing who from Troy's coasts
Last Line:
So vast the toil to found the Roman state
DMI number:
16964

11. At that sad prospect that tormenting scene

First Line:
At that sad prospect that tormenting scene
Last Line:
Hope in her looks but anguish at her breast
Author:
Christopher Pitt (Absolute)
DMI number:
31686

12. 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:
John Dryden (Absolute) & Virgil (Absolute)
DMI number:
31663

13. As when some peasant in a bushy brake

First Line:
As when some peasant in a bushy brake
Last Line:
So from our arms surprised Androgeos flies
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
28551

14. As when two bulls for their fair female fight

First Line:
As when two bulls for their fair female fight
Last Line:
So clash their swords and so their shields resound
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
31672

15. Aurora now had left her saffron bed

First Line:
Aurora now had left her saffron bed
Last Line:
The spouting blood came streaming on her hands
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
28078

16. Be charmed my friend by neither love nor wine

First Line:
Be charmed my friend by neither love nor wine
Last Line:
Beyond these bounds they will destructive prove
Author:
John Morrice (Absolute)
DMI number:
13789

17. Both armies from their bloody work desist

First Line:
Both armies from their bloody work desist
Last Line:
And shakes the sounding forest on his sides
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
31671

18. Beneath the beech's venerable shade

First Line:
Beneath the beech's venerable shade
Last Line:
From the vast mountain falls the extended shade
DMI number:
31497

19. Beneath the shade which beechen boughs diffuse

First Line:
Beneath the shade which beechen boughs diffuse
Last Line:
And curling smoke from cottages ascends
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
30125

20. But easy quiet a secure retreat

First Line:
But easy quiet a secure retreat
Last Line:
The prints of her departing steps appear
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
30624

21. By a bold people's stubborn arms oppressed

First Line:
By a bold people's stubborn arms oppressed
Last Line:
And on an open stage unburied lye
DMI number:
42600

22. But neither Median groves whose happy soil

First Line:
But neither Median groves whose happy soil
Last Line:
And your just praise in lasting numbers sing
Author:
Knightly Chetwood (Absolute)
DMI number:
3708

23. But neither median woods a plenteous land

First Line:
But neither median woods a plenteous land
Last Line:
And summer suns recede by slow degrees
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute) & Virgil (Absolute)
DMI number:
30623

24. Describe we next the nature of the bees

First Line:
Describe we next the nature of the bees
Last Line:
And think it honour at his feet to die
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute) & Virgil (Absolute)
DMI number:
30628

25. Dost thou me fly by these tears I thee pray

First Line:
Dost thou me fly by these tears I thee pray
Last Line:
Rather I had my flesh in dust were laid
DMI number:
44528

26. Deformed in dust now Turnus pressed the ground

First Line:
Deformed in dust now Turnus pressed the ground
Last Line:
For him do temples rise and sacred altars smoke
Author:
Moses Mendez (Absolute)
DMI number:
31272

27. Fame the great ill from small beginnings grow

First Line:
Fame the great ill from small beginnings grow
Last Line:
To tell of prodigies and cause affright
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
9800

28. Ethereal sweets shall next my muse engage

First Line:
Ethereal sweets shall next my muse engage
Last Line:
And set my Tityrus beneath his shade
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
6619

29. First let thy altars smoke with sacred fire

First Line:
First let thy altars smoke with sacred fire
Last Line:
Their long expected labours of the year
DMI number:
4835

30. Fields to improve and when to till the ground

First Line:
Fields to improve and when to till the ground
Last Line:
They know no check and mock the curbing rein
DMI number:
6632

31. From far huge Atlas' rocky sides he spies

First Line:
From far huge Atlas' rocky sides he spies
Last Line:
The hoary piles of everlasting snow
Author:
Christopher Pitt (Absolute)
DMI number:
31678

32. Freed from his keepers thus with broken reins

First Line:
Freed from his keepers thus with broken reins
Last Line:
Before his ample chest the frothy waters fly
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
12911

33. 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

34. From Libeans temple cometh forth great fame

First Line:
From Libeans temple cometh forth great fame
Last Line:
As messengers of truth and verity
DMI number:
44518

35. From thence his way the Trojan hero bent

First Line:
From thence his way the Trojan hero bent
Last Line:
Then the remaining presents did divide
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
3824

36. Happy the man who verses in nature's laws

First Line:
Happy the man who verses in nature's laws
Last Line:
And hear the din of Acheron sedate
Author:
Virgil (Absolute)
DMI number:
26946

37. He spoke and speaking chased the clouds away

First Line:
He spoke and speaking chased the clouds away
Last Line:
Throws up the reins and skims the watery way
Author:
Christopher Pitt (Absolute)
DMI number:
31669

38. He too at Caesar's murther pitying Rome

First Line:
He too at Caesar's murther pitying Rome
Last Line:
Is dragged nor will their mouths obey the rein
Author:
Joseph Trapp (Absolute)
DMI number:
6566

39. Her breathless sister runs with eager pace

First Line:
Her breathless sister runs with eager pace
Last Line:
Dissolves in air and mingles with the wind
Author:
Christopher Pitt (Absolute)
DMI number:
31694

40. Ho Moeris whither on thy way so fast

First Line:
Ho Moeris whither on thy way so fast
Last Line:
And find a friend at court I'll find a voice
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
3791

41. Ho Nan whose fish are those that look so dry

First Line:
Ho Nan whose fish are those that look so dry
Last Line:
By turns the various sweets and pains of love
DMI number:
21719

42. Here those who by love's cruelty have died

First Line:
Here those who by love's cruelty have died
Last Line:
With fruitless sorrow pities her too late
Author:
Robert Wolseley (Absolute)
DMI number:
4779

43. I Damon and Alpheus loves recite

First Line:
I Damon and Alpheus loves recite
Last Line:
Bid a sad silence through the Arcadian plains
Author:
Knightly Chetwood (Absolute)
DMI number:
3790

44. I first of Romans stooped to rural strains

First Line:
I first of Romans stooped to rural strains
Last Line:
And to prevailing shades the murmuring world resigned
Author:
Wentworth Dillon (Absolute)
DMI number:
3787

45. I first transferred to Rome Sicilian strains

First Line:
I first transferred to Rome Sicilian strains
Last Line:
And sudden night surprised the yet unfinished song
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
8682

46. In peaceful shades which aged oaks diffuse

First Line:
In peaceful shades which aged oaks diffuse
Last Line:
And curling smoke from village tops ascends
Author:
Virgil (Absolute) & John Caryll (Absolute)
DMI number:
3781

47. Is this Dametas Melibeus flock

First Line:
Is this Dametas Melibeus flock
Last Line:
Damm the brook lads ye have well-flowed the mead
DMI number:
41833

48. Incensed the raging prophet thus replies

First Line:
Incensed the raging prophet thus replies
Last Line:
Eurydice resounds along the lengthening shores
Author:
William Pattison (Absolute)
DMI number:
11881

49. Lo while he toils the galling yoke beneath

First Line:
Lo while he toils the galling yoke beneath
Last Line:
Headlong they fall and leave their lives above
Author:
Joseph Warton (Absolute)
DMI number:
30627

50. Lost in the gloomy horror of the night

First Line:
Lost in the gloomy horror of the night
Last Line:
A stately prospect waving in the clouds
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
4163