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And art return'd great D[uke] with all thy faults `Upon his [the duke of Buckingham's] return from thence' [France] Thy treachery, neglect, and cowardice. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 42

And wilt thou go, great Duke, and leave us here `Upon the Duke [of Buckingham]'s going into France' Though we be conquer'd we have quitted cost. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 42

Arda knew thee, with ne'er a rag she tells `Epigram on fair Arda' But then knew'st her when she had nothing else. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 67

Are women fair? Aye wondrous fair to see to `Upon women' Or so kindhearted, any may procure them. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 89v

As careful mothers to their beds do lay Davies, Sir John? `De infante immatura morte perempto' Nature my nurse, laid me in bed betimes. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 135

As Cupid took his bow and bolt `Cupid and the clown' That could not see to shoot. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 134

As men in debt, to shun melancholy [no heading] Through mine own rather than her cruelty. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 100

As virtuous men pass mildly away Donne, John `Compass' And makes me end where I begun. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 126

Be not sweet so foolish nice [no heading] Come bill, and kiss, and I'll show you. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 54v

Before I groan my last gasp, let me breathe Donne, John `A lover's testament dying for love' Thus disproportioning my gifts disprove. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 50v

Before the sixth day of the next new year Raleigh, Sir Walter `A prophecy' Whose very beard is flesh, and mouth is horn. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 147v

Behold here sleepeth he, that for his port `An epitaph' Gentle, honest, godly, void of ostentation. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 86

Beware fair maid of musky courtiers' oaths Sylvester, Joshua For lord, to lackey, and at last to all. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 133v

Brightsome Apollo in his richest hue [no heading] And all this heaven was but Terentia. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 77v

Bromma for Fowler ask'd: but above ground `Epigram on Bromma' With curious search was not a fouler found. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 60

Chekus was here in a long red-silk stock `Epigram in Chekus' Not now a mourning cloak, but for another. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 103v

Come fates, I fear you not, all whom I owe Donne, John `An elegy: reflecting on his passion for his mistress' How is't I now was there and now I fell. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 96v

Come sweet Celia let us prove, Jonson, Ben [no heading] These hath crimes accounted been. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 117

Coming unsent for diverse sights I show `Aenigma de sono' Riddle what I am, I'll hold the wise. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 149v

Could my heart more tongues employ [no heading] Then to lose all at the best. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 85v

Could my poor heart, whole worlds of tongue employ [no heading] Then from the height thereof, down to be thrown. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 94v

Cupid but lately did deliver `On a rush' Even in a thought away is gone. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 58

Dear, do not your fair beauties wrong Randolph, Thomas [no heading] And flies away from aged things. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 59

Dear loss to tell the world I grieve were true Corbett, Richard `Upon my Lady Harrington [i.e. Haddington]'s death, who died of the smallpox' Which thy frail flesh denied, and thy disease. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 145v

Dear love continue nice, and chaste Roe, Sir John [no heading] My love, our sport your godhead end. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 65v

Dearest beauty you complain [no heading] Lest I justly curse my bliss. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 58v

Down came grave, ancient Sir John Crooke Hoskins, John `The Parliament f[ar]t' For the major part went clear by the nose. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 123

Eliza Albion's queen though lately dead [no heading] Even ( ) fair's the mistress of desires. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 91v

Empale, O muse, i' th' limits of thy strain [no heading] Even thou alone dost live without compare. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 89

Enforce thy [?] somewhat for to lere(?) [no heading?] ? BL1 Add. 10309 f. 3v

Engirt thy temples (fairest) with a crown [no heading] Even(?) then suppose what service I do owe. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 90

England (men say) of late is bankrupt grown, [no heading] Yes: one good steward may set all in order. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 120

Error and lust, guides of adulterous men `In adulterous' The husband wears the horns as doth the moon. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 145

Essex did spend, Northumberland did spare `Epigram' No: they are not suspected, but great men. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 103v

Essex prays, Southampton plays `Varia' (1) Zounds what make I hear. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 142v

Even so dead Hector thrice was triumph'd on Corbett, Richard `Ad authorem de Anniversariis...in Hen. Principem' So vile a pen ne'er ransom'd such a prince. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 150

Even such is time which takes in trust Raleigh, Sir Walter `Nox ante obitum Sir W. R. 29 October, 1618' The Lord shall raise me up I trust. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 141

Excuse me Eliot if here I name thee `Remonstrance' Fearing that else he might have bit his shin. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 40

Eyes gaze no more, as yet you may [no heading] That all that sorrows for her sake. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 125

Fain would I die, and end my sad despair [no heading] Since death not life, is pleasing unto thee. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 50v

Fear not dear love that I'll reveal Carew, Thomas `To one that feared a discovery of her love and affection' The world will find thy picture there. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 57v

For love's sake kiss me once again Jonson, Ben [no heading] With touches and away doth flee. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 57v

Forbidden hopes depart; what pleasure is't? `Spes interdictae discedite. Ovid' Safely one may, but not securely sin. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 132v

Friendship on earth we may as eas'ly find `Friendship fledge[d] and flown' He that hath many, pays for't in the end. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 110

From Zeal-land sailing with the wind of love [no heading] Bound for Cape Comfort in the isle of Jems. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 84

Gentlemen y'are welcome, but not from me `Verses before a masque' God save King James, the devil take his hounds. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 140v

Go happy book, the fates to works the bliss `Upon Sidney's Arcadia sent to his mistress' Revolve(?) some part to me that suffers want. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 86v

Had I lov'd but at that rate [no heading] Too much to me. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 125

Hadst thou like other sirs and knights of worth Corbett, Richard `An elegy on Sir Thomas Overbury poisoned in the Tower 1614' What life of man is worth by valuing thine. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 152

Happy are those that daily have a sight [no heading] As to the most complete, I owe all duty. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 71v

Hard-hearted fair if you will not relent `Allusion to a friar's devotion' And only pray, that you wouldst pity me. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 59

Have I renounc'd my faith, or basely sold Corbett, Richard `Upon Mrs. Mallet' At once to bid, the devil and her farewell. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 107v

He is stark mad, whoever says Donne, John [`The broken heart'] But after one such love, can love no more. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 127

He that in youth is not to pleasure given [couplet without heading] May smile in death and dying sing in heaven. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 53

Hear and regard, my dears, the ruthful [wrathful?] tale [no heading] By I, or no, or life or death I have. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 74v

Here at the length by works of wondrous fate `Epitaph janitoris Winton' As for the great rapping, and oft coming in. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 145

Here do I lie, stretch'd out both hand and feet, Stone, Ben `In Ben: Stone' My self a tombstone to myself will be. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 149v

Here for the nonce came Tho[mas] Jones Corbett, Richard `Epi[taph] upon Tho[mas] Jones clerk of St. Giles parish' And so farewell Tho: Jones. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 155

Here lies Cuffe, Cuffe lies here [no heading; couplet] That lov'd tobacco, wine and beer. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 71v

Here lies his Grace, with whom if it be bad `Epitaph' It is for want of that which erst he had. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 124v

Here lies John More, and no more but he [couplet] John More, and no more, how can that be. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 151v

Here lies old Owen that lately did die `On Owen butler of Chr[ist] Church' Did you not know him i' faith no more did I. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 154

Here lies Sir Jo: Spencer an ell underground `In Johann. Spencerum militem Londonensem locupletissimum' And goods are committed, unto the Lord's hands. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 147v

Here lies the child of great renown `Epitaph' The workmanship of half the town. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 152v

Here lies the first that gave England to see C., R? `Ep: Dris Fletcher epi. Londi' He cried (oh I die) and so he did. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 140

Here six foot deep, in his last sleep `Comit. Somers' And first that found the way. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 143

Here, whom a silent sedentary life `Epitaph Mariae Cor: cognatissima(?)' In her friends' hearts rest grief, and in all praise. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 153v

Hope, fear, despair are alike vice, and one `Epigram' And a fair woman, old in all but years. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 65v

I ask not love? But ask the reason why? [no heading] That dares not swear there is a love in lust. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 48v

I blameless am enforced by enchantment [no heading] Then will I laught, as you do now at me. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 84v

I came from England into France Goodwyn, Thomas [no heading] Whom men think did the same. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 101

I can love both fair and brown Donne, John [no heading] You shall be true to them who're false to you. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 142

I keep my horse, I keep my whore Middleton, Thomas `On a purse taker' And after comes, deliver your purse, Sir. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 96

I made a cov'nant with my heart [no heading] But here will lie, and die alone. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 64

I ne'er will sigh for her, that proves untrue [no heading] The rose for smell, the lily for desert. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 45

I prithee sweet: love me no more [no heading] But thus in heaven tormented. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 112

I will no longer I be melancholy [no heading] Not caring I of others to be known. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 44v

I would Natta(?), had thee Norea, good wench `Another [epigram] on Norea' That lov'st not bawdy talk yet are a whore. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 98

I'll gaze no more on her bewitching face Carew, Thomas [on his mistress] I surfeit with excess of joy and die. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 60v

If gentleness could tame the fates, or wit Corbett, Richard `On Mr. Henry Boling' And says our sins are stronger than our wits. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 140

If her disdain, least change in you can move [no heading] Except self-love seek private end. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 109v

If I said I would not show it [no heading] Now you do burn, and now again you shiver. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 58v

If in my absence she delight [no heading] Before his death) I die contented. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 100

If Saba queen would give me gifts so gay `Lady Virtue is my mistress' I scorn all these and more: virtue for thee. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 88v

If shadows be a picture's excellence Poole, Walton? [on Mrs. Poole's black hair and eyes; no heading] That black mark would I hit, and not the white. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 47v

If when I die to Hell's eternal shade [no heading] Shall heaven enjoy amidst earth's miseries. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 53

Illa ego cui genitor, genes est, cui filia mater `In reciprocas nuptias Dris. Bold cum Tobiae Sandford generi sui filia' Statque in arenoso res men tuta vado. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 39v

Immediate death, that would not once confer `Epitaph. In nuper Aug. Thes: qui morte obiit repentitia' He would have spar'd thy life and took a bribe. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 155

In elder times an ancient custom 'twas Harington, Sir John [on swearing] That losing mass, cross, faith, they find damnation. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 62v

In great St. Helen's here lies Sir John `In Johan: Spencerum' But by his own faith, and so do the Turks. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 151v

In Hell of late there fell a great disorder `Upon the death of Recorder [Antony] Benn' [d. 1618] If Hell were pleas'd to bring his clerk unto him. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 110v

In that I thirst for such a goddess' grace `Upon his torments' Are all the torments to be found of Hell. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 86

In that O Queen of queens thy birth was free Constable, Henry `Upon the Virgin Mary' Who had your God for Father, Spouse, and Son. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 152v

In the merry month of February `Gnash his Valentine' Lest mortal men immortal joys should know. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 135v

Is't not a wonder for to hear `Upon crystal moons in a jewel in his mistress's care' Like your two moons forever crescent be. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 119

Is't possible that beauty's blossoms can [no heading] I'll be unhappy still, lose bliss and all. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 85

It is not certain, when, a certain preacher `Erat quidem homo' Can find this text, there was a certain woman. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 108v

Jarmus thy wit is good, and it's thy own `Epigram on Jarvus [sic]' For Lord, with whom you ever keep'st have none. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 56

Kiss me sweet, the wary lover [no heading] What their number is) be pin'd. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 117v

Left rich, thou wert neither undone by theft `Epigram on Shepsie' Nor wast, yet died'st, because th'ast nothing left. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 99v

Lend me your hand (sweet mistress) and your heart `Upon a hand and heart in a jewel in his mistress' s ear' And vow my heart at your command. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 140v

Love is my pain, yet love my med'cine is: [no heading] Prevention make of my felicity. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 89

Love on a time from heaven was banished [no heading] Which will associate me unto my grace. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 56v

Lovers' conceits are like a flatt'ring glass [no heading] As if he had seen Medusa's head. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 73

Mars in a fury 'gainst love's brightest queen [no heading] As can subdue the greatest god of arms. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 88

May liking last when love is vanish'd quite [no heading] My heart erst pin'd with care, hope hath made bold. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 75v

Men write that love and reason disagree `A satire: upon one who was is rival in a widow's love' Tis virtue to be chaste, which she'll make thee. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 70

Mens bona non vaga sors virtus non regis gratia `GeorgIVs DVX bVCkInghaMIa | 1. 5. 500. 5. 10. 5. 100. 1. 1000.1 | 1628' Lurida nec Laethes te vada conspiciant. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 39v

Milla, the glory of whose beauteous rays `Bashfulness a sin' Blush'd ran away, and scorn'd him ever after. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 59v

Minerva's equal for her wisdom, beauty, [no heading] Even of the best, whom deities thus raise. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 91

Mount, mount my muse and climb with all thy force Stone, Ben `On the vale of the White Horse' But men teach ye the way, this teacheth men. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 153

My heart thinking (for once it was so fond) [no heading] Whereon you wrought, then it is wrought on you. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 65

My heart was kill'd no living soul being by [no heading] Bring murder out at last as this of mine. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 52v

My little Ben, now you art young Hoskins, John `In the Tower to his little son Benjamin' Lest that, as mine, imprison thee. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 148

My lord, I do confess at the first news Corbett, Richard `To my L[or]d Mordaunt upon his return from Scotland' A man thrust out, and a gay cloak let in. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 112

My unkind love or she that loves me dear `Decidit in Scyllam capiens vitam Charybdim' She must be cast away, that would not save. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 80

Ne'er very good, but better I wot `On one (now) Mrs. Porter' That little she had is shorter and shorter. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 135

Nobility whipp'd The Commons are shot [no heading] Gentility nipped And all by a Scot. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 134v

Nor is it griev'd (grave youth) the memory Corbett, Richard `Ad poetam exanctoritatum et emeritum' Bring better stuff, or take a meaner text. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 150v

Nor love, nor fate, dare I accuse, Brome, Richard no heading] Am now condemned all to lose. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 82v

Nott died, Nott christen'd, Nott born, Nott begot `Upon a woman whose name was Nott' Which whilst you reads, thou read'st, yet readest Nott. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 109

O come kind muse help me to paint out bliss `Upon his mistress's eyes' Yet happy's he that's robb'd of such a thief. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 111

O cruel time, the ruin of my joy `Upon time' And strain the bit and force thee make a stop. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 76v

O heart be bold thy purpose to attain [no heading] Me from those foes, and sorrows that me press. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 87v

Oh mistress mine take this farewell [no heading] And never man like misery. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 60v

Oh my dearest I shall grieve thee Carew, Thomas [no heading] But for thy virtues passing all. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 72

Once in my dream (I thought) appear'd to me [no heading] Ay me, that dreams should be so far amiss. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 73v

One life to live, one death in love to die [couplet without heading] Makes death long-liv'd in love's eternity. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 52

Our English church of late doth question make `De descensu Christi ad infer[n]os' Yet for the most part, most part go to Hell. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 142

Pardon vouchsafe (fair soul) to my rude muse [no heading] Than to be styl'd your most devoted slave. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 92

Purity, if't should come to pass [no heading] Having a constant gull, a wandring sp'rit. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 142

Reader, what difference makes it now `Epitaph on John King' Twixt great King John, and poor John King. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 154v

Renowned Spenser, lie a thought more nigh Basse, William `An epitaph upon poet Shakespeare' Honor hereafter to be laid by thee. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 119v

Rob me not Fate of her I serve and love [no heading] Then will I steal from woe, and be woe's thief. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 91

Scilla is toothless, yet when she was young [no heading; 4 lines] But that her tongue hath worn her teeth away. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 135

Send home my long-stray'd eyes to me Donne, John `The message'] Or prove as false as thou art now. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 132

Shall I go force an elegy? Abuse Roe, Sir John `An elegy, to Mrs. Boulstred' Or in that blest estate that I might die. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 66v

She that must have her breakfast in her bed [no heading] But what a case is he in, that shall have her. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 58

Shine forth bright sun, that hast no cause this day `Upon the birthday of his friend B. D.' Shall make us twins. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 144v

Sin's horse is tired, no marvel do I say [couplet; no heading] For sin's a heavy burden, by my fai'. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 144v

Since Sussex-dragon, and Low-Country news Duppa, Brian `In eundem [poetam, Daniel Price]' Thus feign a-gossiping in charity. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 151v

Since that mine eyes enriched are to see [no heading] In whom so deep your worth's engraven be. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 75v

Six of the weakest sex, but purest sect Harington, Sir John `Verses on Puritan women' Since preachers seldom in the pulpit sit. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 148

Skelton, some rhymes, good Elderton a ballad Smith, James, of Christ Church `Madam Mallet unmasked' Thou art thy own fine fool, the people's jest. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 122

So grieves th'adventurous merchant when he throws Carew, Thomas `Upon the sending back of his mistress' papers' Bid her but send me hers, and we are friends. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 55

So to dead Hector boys may do disgrace Price, Daniel `The answer to [Richard Corbett's] Anti-anniversary' Thy works among the best will be of Price. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 150v

Sotus, at Inns of Court thriv'd and seem'd loath `Epigram on Sotus' There he at once, left to be rich, and whitty [witty?]. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 98

Stay bold love and ere thou fly `Allusion to Icarus' And tell her praises with my shame. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 60

Still let us live (my dear) and let us love [no heading] Shall know, nor other, lest [we?] envied be. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 83

Still to be neat, still to be dress'd Jonson, Ben They please mine eyes, but not my heart. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 100v

Sweet I cannot be from you Sidney, Sir Philip [no heading] Thus all that I am it is you. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 45v

Sweet mistress, bearing in m'adoring heart [no heading] Or thou exceed'st, or art of angels kind. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 118

Tell her if she to hired servants show `An elegy, complaining a want of compliment in his mistress, at his leave-taking' Willing; than they which die, and naught confess. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 62

Tell me (dear friend) what courst is't we shall take [question and answer; no heading] And with which all the rest, may make one blest. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 143v

That I might make your bed my closing tomb Donne, John `An epitaph' Dying, of you (dear) begs a legacy. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 98v

That no man yet could in the Scripture find Cheeke, [ ], lady? `Erat quaedam mulier' When (there is now, no certain man) he said. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 108v

The fire of love is first bred in the eye [no heading] Kindles the rest, and so it proves a flame. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 91v

The gods consulting woman to create `The manner how a woman was made' Thus as you see, was the thing woman made. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 81v

The heavens rejoice in motion, then why should I Donne, John `An elegy' Would love forever and love her alone. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 53v

The time hath been we had one faith [no heading] Such glory fades, through filthy lust. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 148v

The wantons of our times doth not array `An emblem of a Puritan' Closely to exercise her wantonness. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 60v

There is a bow wherein to shoot I sue Raleigh, Sir Walter `Varia' [3] With that the lady laugh'd. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 142v

There is a thing that nothing is Strode, William `Aenigma de Zelotopia' Doth feed on nothing, but itself. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 154v

This marble witness dewdropp'd with the eyes `Aliud' [epitaph Mariae Cor.] Who for her torment here, now glory gives. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 154

This present year from the Elysian shore `Exequam malam' What there succeeds, and how the squares here go. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 67v

Thou art pretty but inconstant `Upon his mistress' inconstancy' Thou should see that change is naught. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 106v

Thou gladsome spring, thou fresh youth of the year [no heading] Then never to have had ye in possession. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 11

Though Greece was of unconquerable might `An epitaph upon Lais' But Thessaly keeps both her bones in praise. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 78

Thy moist hand, and dry body, shows thy kind `Epigram on an Irish wench' For nowhere else we bogs on mountains find. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 57

Tis love breeds love in me; and cold disdain Rudyard, Benjamin? [no heading] Whenever could to public tend. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 109v

Tis true, 'tis day, what though it be Donne, John [no heading] Such wrongs as if a married man should woo. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 48v

To match with a Moore was my first lot `Another on the same' [Mrs. Porter] Know I can still a Porter be. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 135

True love finds wit, but he whose wit doth move Donne, John `An elegy' That she should music love: and not love me. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 64v

Two knights (my dear) seeking renown and fame [no heading] Perhaps an answer thence to yours you have. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 79

Underneath this sable hearse Browne, William `Epitaph on the death of the countess of Pembroke' Both the mourner and the tomb. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 103v

Unto your fame my muse herself doth talk `To his mistress' Yet will I still, your humble servant be. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 98v

Vir neptem, fratres aviam, atque noverca novercam, `Aliud' [on Dr. Bold's marriage with the daughter of his son-in-law] Cuique parens fratrum, non sine labe fuit. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 39v

We men have many faults, women but two [couplet; no heading] No good can they speak, no good can they do. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 103

Well may I sigh for her, whom I know well [couplet; no heading] The world's large spaces cannot parallel. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 94v

Were't but a single death, or but one corpse Radcliffe, Edward `Upon a skillful physician lately deceased' [Dr. Johnson] But stay t'attend thy body on the bier. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 51v

What is our life? A play, the stage, this earth `By a dying man' My play have ended and now praying die. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 125v

What thing is that that's neither felt nor seen `Aenigma de osculo' As if some see't 'twill make their hearts bleed. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 140

When doom of death with judgment fore-appointed Harington, Sir John [no heading] Without a head may nevermore be seen. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 148v

When John Cornutus did his wife reprove [no heading; 4 lines] To stop his mouth, said, John come kiss me now. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 145

When my fair mistress shall be pleas'd to sit `Upon his mistress's frequenting an arbor' The happy sacred true Elysium. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 63v

When threescore winters shall besiege thy brow Shakespeare, William `Spes astera' And see thy blood warm, when thou feel'st it cold. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 143

When ye awake dull Britons and behold Lewes, William, of Oriel College, Oxford] `Upon Sir Francis Bacon baron of Verulamia and Ld Chancellor of England, put out by the Parliament in anno 1621' Shall still proclaim to your eternal praise. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 128v

When you sit musing lady all alone [no heading] Without a rape, Lucrece had died a whore. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 49

Where is that hottest fire which verse is said Donne, John `An elegy' As thou by coming near keep them from me. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 95

Why should love now a foot-boy's place despise `Upon love' Scorcheth and stifleth, what else would be joys. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 46

Why should men that women know `The old woman' And {crying die/dying cry} too short, too short. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 46

Why should passion lead thee blind [no heading] As she will fall even with thy touch. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 95v

Why should you me command (unkind) to go [no heading] But most unkindly bids me go away. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 127v

Within this marble casket lies `An epitaph' But show'd and put it up again. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 63

Women are nice when simple men do crave it [couplet; no heading] And will say no, when they the fain'st would have. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 84v

You bended have the bow wherein to shoot you sue `Answer' (4) Your feathers will be spent. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 142v

You brag in your repeating tale, or jest `Epigram on Hatto' But swears, in your repeatings you did fail. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 71

You fiery-footed steeds gallop apace [no heading] Then thus depart I wedded unto woe. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 41v

You happy pearl whose happy fate it is [no heading] Since if not there, no place for you is bliss. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 41

You mournful muses it's to you I speak `Upon his mistress' coy disdain' Where other's muses writes, mine only cries. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 120v

You nimble dreams with cobweb wings Hoskins, John? [no heading] That she might swear her dream was true. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 47

You sacred sisters of the hoof-plow'd spring `In praise of his mistress' parts' That when she dies, with her dies beauty's store. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 104

You women that do London love so well `Good counsel to women...your nameless well-wisher' Lest honest Adam pay for Eve's offence. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 78

Your ready wit I do admire [no heading] With more disdain, than can be told. BL1 Add. 10309 f. 90v

Union First Line Index of English Verse

13^th-19^th Century (bulk 1500-1800)

Union First Line Index of English Verse

13th-19th Century (bulk 1500-1800)

13^th-19^th Century (bulk 1500-1800)