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Alas poor Death where is thy glory `A dialogue anthem betwixt a Christian and death' Thou so much worth that thou shalt be no more. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 132v

All human things depend by a small thread `Taken out of Barkley's Summum bonum' Death overtake thee. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 106v

All laborers deserve this day reward Vaughan, Sir William, 1577_1641 `Out of Vaughan's Soul's exercises' The wo[r]ld or flesh but free us from all evil. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 3v

All that we hold will die `Ovid's verses in his banishment' My fame shall live to mate eternity. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 123v

All they that should believe in God aright `Of true believers' They in heaven's kingdom shall be great and glorious. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 27

All you that have unworthily complained Yong, Bart STC 18044 2F4v

Although I am not pure or white Watkins, Rowland `Out of a little book called Flamma sine fumo...Of faith' And see my Savior with these eyes. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 39v

Although my quiet it doth let Yong, Bart STC 18044 C2

Amongst the generous he can claim no place `Of ingratitude' [four short pieces] That is of God or man more hated. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 35

Amphyon's music was so rare `Music' No music's like the conscience clear. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 45v

As I was so be ye `In St. Olave's Hart Street' What I left that I lost. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 85v

As many stars as heaven containeth, strive Yong, Bart STC 18044 2M4

Awake a little, light of clearest day Yong, Bart STC 18044 2L6-2M1

Be resolute fond youth and free `To the fond lover' Not on a wavering weathercock. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 62

Before all time all matter form or place `God was before the world' Himself alone self palace host and guest. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 81v

Before three kingdom's monarch three crowns lie `The frontespiece of The king's book opened' Unmoved the palmtree flourishes so he. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 115

Behold the blast that blows the blossoms from the trees `Verses of mortality' To sin no more be bent but mercy ask to have. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 79

Bernard of Carpio I am Yong, Bart STC 18044 H4v

Betimes awake thee `A meditation on angels' Protect us with thy heavenly hierarchy. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 36v

Booth first and last as we begun `Another hymn' And did for us the triumph win. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 7

Brave Evers' men were born to die we know `Elegy on Sir William Evers' With glorious martyr's merit in the grave. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 113

Bright are the pearls of dew, the gold is pure `The soul' Which is more dear than twenty worlds. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 44v

Can stony walls a prison make `Another' [on a contented prisoner] Calls that an hermitage. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 115

Christ is our rock who in a rock is lain `The holy sepulcher' With water which doth life eternal give. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 48

Christ is the fruitful vine whereon doth grow `From the true vine. John 15:1' Of lively waters saving health to bring. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 44

Christ is the way which leads to heaven's joy `Of Christ I am the way etc.' This life, the crown of saints in heaven's choir. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 58v

Christ was the lamb Christ was the lion slain `Samson's riddle' Before he could death Satan hell devour. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 47

Climb up the highest hill and you shall find `Worldly honor' But steps to raise you to more grief and care. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 51

Cobblers are call'd translators so are we `The cobbler's comparison to a poet' Give me the cobbler's wealth, I'll ask no more. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 122v

Consider all thy actions and take heed `Conscience. Conscientia mille testes' And do not blot when thou mayst fairly write. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 51v

Contents of love that come with so great pain Yong, Bart STC 18044 C6-6v

Continual grief and sorrow never wanteth Yong, Bart STC 18044 2D4-4v

Cowards fear to die, but courage stout Raleigh, Sir Walter `By the same...Of fear' Rather than live in snuff, will be put out. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 156

Cupid was angry with my merry face Yong, Bart STC 18044 Q5v

Daughter that in this dear Yong, Bart STC 18044 V4v-5

Day thoughts transwinged from the industrious breast `On dreams' Troubled with arts, deep musing nightly lie. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 124

Dear heaven-designed soul Crashaw, Richard `Good counsel to a young gentlewoman' May it not be amongst the sons of men. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 20v

Death is most certain to all living things `A meditation on death' And when he comes he never fails to kill. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 24v

Death is no death it doth but ope `Of death' And thou shalt find his constant love. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 141

Death's dome to sensual ears sung Sion's songs Slingsby, Sir Henry `Of death' Sung Sion's song. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 70v

Detest those things which are against God's law `Good counsel' Deeming it best not from God's law to stray. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 22v

Diana, Love, and my fair shepherdess Yong, Bart STC 18044 2S8

Dispute not why some angels stood `Predestination' Who knows but I am of the elected number. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 61v

Do not neglect the candor of thy name Watkins, Rowland `A good report' Makes men live long although their life be short. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 47

Don Luis of Villanova I am named Yong, Bart STC 18044 H5

Dost fish in the deep sea his Christ's command `Upon Peter's fishing' From fear of troubles to the blessed shore. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 61v

Duke thou art safe in the Canaries Parlet, Edmund, vicar of Broxborne `A letter write to me from Mr. Edmund Parlet vicar of Broxborne(?) at my being in the Can[ary] Islands 1640: 1641' And so my noble Duke farewell. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 105v

Dust earth and ashes is our strength `The frailty of man' To bring our souls to bliss. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 24v

Earth take my earth Satan to sin I leave `An epitaph written by a religious gentleman' The world my substance heaven my soul receive. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 72

End now my life with daily pains affrighted Yong, Bart STC 18044 2L5

Ere that the mind of man consulted be May, Thomas? `Out of May his continuance of Lucan. Cato's contemplation before he killed himself' That spotless mansion of a soul so clear. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 136v

Estate inherited not got Fanshawe, Sir Richard `On a happy life out of Martial' [printed in Il pastor fido 1648] Death neither wish nor fear to see. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 80v

Even as, O death, the planets should remain Yong, Bart STC 18044 I4

Even such is time that takes in trust Raleigh, Sir Walter `Sir Walter Raleigh the night before his death' My God shall raise me up I trust. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 153v

Fair shepherdess Diana Yong, Bart STC 18044 P4v-5

Fair shepherdess the cause was love Yong, Bart Filenus' Letter to I STC 18044 2M5-6

Fair shepherdess whose hap and fare Yong, Bart Arsenius his Song STC 18044 G1v-2v

Fair shepherdess, I can no more Yong, Bart STC 18044 D4v-5

Fair shepherdess, what hast with grief to fill me Yong, Bart STC 18044 2D3v

Fat pancakes have lean pates and dainty bits `Of gluttony' Make rich the ribs but bankrupt quite the wits. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 71v

Faustus in faith thou nill deserve Yong, Bart STC 18044 2D5v-6v

Faustus, if thou wilt read from me Yong, Bart STC 18044 2E1

Faustus, it needs must be a wondrous case Yong, Bart STC 18044 2E1-1v

Fear ere thou sin thyself though none else me `Out of Stanley's 1 and 2nd pt of philosophy' He fights against himself that doth delay. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 86

First honor God and then thy parents dear `Quatrains taken out of Du Bartas written by the Lord of Pibrac' Must give account to thyself conscience. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 127v

First in Granada I was born Yong, Bart STC 18044 I6v

First see the land that thou intends to buy `Instructions for buying of land' To assure the more deal with an honest man. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 74

First shall all these crystal streams their courses backward move/ ... Yong, Bart STC 18044 T2

Fly storming verse, out of my raging breast Yong, Bart Florisia's Song STC 18044 2R6-2S5

Foolish love, ah, foolish lover Yong, Bart STC 18044 C2

For a favor of such worth Yong, Bart STC 18044 2nd A4-4v

For Christ his spouse his cause and at Christ's tide `Epitaph of St. Tho: Becket' Within Christ's temple Christ's true lover died. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 72

Foresight doth still on all advantage lie `Of foresight' Better first fear than after still to fear. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 141

Fortune is glass-like brittle as she's bright `Out of Montaigne's essays' Nor wanting music to delight mine ears. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 91

Fortune is glass-like brittle as she's bright `Of fortune' [out of Montaigne's essays] Light gone light broken when she lends most light. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 134v

Friend let thy child hard poverty endure `To breed a young gentleman, out of The compleat gentleman' And exercise him where are [our?] dangers rise. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 98v

From whence, O paper mine, such happy favor Yong, Bart STC 18044 O5v

Full barrels make no sound nor can they pray `Of fasting' I'll feed with heaven's blessed hierarchy. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 53v

Gainst fate no council can prevail Raleigh, Sir Walter? `Out of Sir Walter Raleigh's Hist[ory] of the world' Lame-footed vengeance fails to overtake. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 95

Give me my scallop shell of quiet Raleigh, Sir Walter `Pilgrim' Who oft doth think, must needs die well. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 155v

Go now, my thoughts, where one day you were going Yong, Bart STC 18044 C5v-6

God bless me from the devil: woe to man `The devil' Get but the morning and you have the day. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 54

God gives and takes and why should he not have `To be content with God's will' If ill my crown of glory shall be greater BL1 Add. 18044 f. 81v

Go[o]d Lord deliver me from hell, when grief `Of Hell' Or where hell stands Lord let me never know. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 53v

Gray hairs encompass now my head, snows `Description of old age' Where endless love forevermore shall reign. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 3

Great Lindsey's fall'n yet did not fall by chance `An elegy upon...the earl of Lindsey' Improves his stock then borrows from his father. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 115v

Hair, in change what liberty Yong, Bart STC 18044 2nd A2

Happy O happy he who not affecting `Of a happy life' Whereon man acts his weary pilgrimage. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 155

Hark Felismena, to the sweetest song Yong, Bart Orpheus his Song STC 18044 H5v-I3v

Hark she is cold the parting hour is come `On the assumption of Our Lady' Sweet angels come and sing the rest. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 18

Having no cause why in the deepest sound Yong, Bart STC 18044 2O4v

He is a valiant man and soldier brave `The true soldier' The crown of life unless they conquer sin. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 41v

He that doth fortune blame Yong, Bart STC 18044 2F3v-4, 5

He that doth love and [an] absent friend to rise `Distich on St. Augustine's table__from Fuller's Holy state' May hence depart no room is for him here. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 83

He that in freedom jets it proud and brave Yong, Bart STC 18044 2I6-6v

He that is stuff'd with a faithless tumor Browne, William `Several sententious ver[s]es out of Britannia's Pastorals' Do thou destroy sin for man's preservation. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 135

He that smiling can gaze on `Not to fear death' To kings to gods shall equal be. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 123

He that three kingdoms made one flame `An epitaph on James duke Hamilton' All Scot and quit his English claim. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 120v

He that will fret at great lords and the rain Daniel, Samuel `Out of Daniel's Philotas' Let no man's wings be bigger. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 142

He was a man a man may boldly say `On Roger Markham [i.e. Mortimer?], earl of March' A king's a king do fortune what she can. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 139v

He was the word that spake it Elizabeth I? `On the sacrament' I do believe and take it. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 159

He who a Roman citizen could save `Upon the noble and valiant Sir John Smith at Edgehill' I mean his loyal name and noble blood. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 114

He whom the blessed saints and angels sought `On the death of Sir Marmaduke Randon [Rawdon]' But that bad age wherein thyself didst fall. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 77

Hear me, thou God of my delight `A hymn' But remains as he was before. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 54v

Hear'st thou my soul what serious things Crashaw, Richard `Dies irae dies irae' Take charge of me and of my end. Amen. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 16v

Here Browne the quondam beggar lies `An epitaph in praise of ale' He had been still alive. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 97

Here here I live `Hiricks almes' The scrip haith some. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 93

Here Lady Katherine entombed lies Yong, Bart STC 18044 I4

Here lies old Hobson grown so rich that he `Another on Hobson' Promote him to that high and advanced sphere. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 121v

Here lies the highest fancy of our times `An elegy on the earl of Carnarvon' Have scarce return or thanks or loyalty. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 111

Here virtue is eclips'd and I do find `Upon a gentlewoman with a bad face but a good and pious mind' The one was sparing and the other free. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 52v

Hernand Gonzales of Castile I am Yong, Bart STC 18044 H4v

Higher he cannot reach but fall he may Farloe, [ ] `Out of Farloe's poems__of man at his full growth, etc.' Gainst all all whatever enemies devise. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 2

How fond am I to hope for any rest Yong, Bart STC 18044 C1v

I am a filthy leper from my head `The leper' My perfect health, and let me sin no more. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 63v

I am a lover but was never loved Yong, Bart STC 18044 2nd A2v-3

I am Cid, the honor of Spain Yong, Bart STC 18044 H4v

I am Diane's, th'Arabian bird in beauty and in grace/ Let no man ... Yong, Bart STC 18044 Q2v

I am Fonseca whose brave history Yong, Bart STC 18044 H5

I am resolved no fond desire `The holy maid' Compar'd with Christ the bridegroom of my soul. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 59v

I ask'd myself who this great God might be `Of God' May through thy grace admit us 'mongst the blest. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 26

I bless the Lord because I grow Herbert, George `Paradise' And such beginnings touch their end. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 132

I cannot be by Love's wrath more tormented Yong, Bart STC 18044 2K2-2v

I from the world's deceitful snares am free `The mortified Christian' So conquer them else they will conquer thee. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 50

I loved thee dearly brother I confess `An elegy upon Sir Bevill Greenfield [Grenville]' And made that better which before was good. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 112v

I must acknowledge now I love thee more Worthley, Sir Francis `An elegy upon__the earl of Northampton' Become such losers by the victory. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 110v

I must confess that I am one of those `Upon Francis Quarles' And this with them new hallelujahs sing. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 122v

I played with Love, Love played with me again Yong, Bart STC 18044 P1v

I pray thee keep my kine for me Yong, Bart STC 18044 2E1v-2v

I saw a hill upon a day Yong, Bart A Riddle STC 18044 2R5v

I saw a hill upon a day Yong, Bartholomew Bartholomew Yong.18044, 1598, 2R5v, Yong tr. Gil Polo University Library, Cambridge Dd.5.75 46

I see thee, jolly shepherd, merry Yong, Bart STC 18044 N1-1v

I should have died and never viewed thee Yong, Bart STC 18044 2R2

I'm black 'tis true: but yet no sad despair `Hope' And in my soul as in thy temple move. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 50

If breath were made for every man to buy `Epigram' The poor man would not live rich would not die. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 155

If it be well with belly feet and sides `Of content' His fortune to him frame and find. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 134v

If Lady Laura's memory unstained Yong, Bart Don Gaspar Romani to STC 18044 A4v

If once the turtledove doth lose `On a tomb in Waltham Abbey churchyard where a man and his wife were buried together' Us join'd again together. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 122

If tears cannot with tenderness relent thee Yong, Bart STC 18044 N2v-4

If tears we spill by loving and bereave not Yong, Bart STC 18044 Z6v-2A1

If that a small occasion had the power Yong, Bart STC 18044 2D1v

If that the gentle wind Yong, Bart STC 18044 2D2v-3

If to be loved it thee offends Yong, Bart STC 18044 2R3

If to my music's skill Yong, Bart STC 18044 T6v-V1

If to thy friend least credit thou dar'st give `Good counsel' When those surcharged with their own weight are drown'd. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 35v

If vild [vile] report chance for to stain thy name `Of false report and backbiting' It shames not but perchance prevents a shame. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 124v

In each created thing Yong, Bart STC 18044 R1v-2v

In Hell is grief pain anguish and annoy `The torments of Hell' Namely the pains of torment and of loss. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 31

In shade of death's sad tree Crashaw, Richard `Sancta Maria dolorum' Think much that thou should'st mourn alone. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 15

In thee I have my being live and move `Thankfulness' Thou gav'st it me and I give it thee again. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 59

In this clear sun with golden beams that shineth Yong, Bart STC 18044 G3-3v

In this green mead, mine eyes what do you see Yong, Bart STC 18044 Q2-2v

In those most happy fields and plains Yong, Bart Nerea's Song STC 18044 2O1v-2v

Inconstant love and cruel which hast lately Yong, Bart STC 18044 2M1v-2

Is there no Church we'll put it to the vote `On the Long Parliament' The glory fame and honor of our King. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 101

Is there no God? Let's put it to a vote: [satire on Pym, etc., `On the Long Parliament', BM Add. 18044] So they could make an act there were no hell. Bodley Rawl. D. 317 f. 209

Is there no God? Let's put it to a vote: [satire on Pym, etc., `On the Long Parliament', BM Add. 18044] So they could make an act there were no hell. Bodley Rawl. poet. 153 f. 21

It is a pleasure for to sit at ease `On a storm at sea' To see harms free that on ourselves may light. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 81

It is a sign of valor and of might Yong, Bart STC 18044 Q5v-6

It is a virtue to fly vice and we `Of virtue' Count him most wise that is from folly free. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 27

It may fall out the heavens may turn at leisure Yong, Bart STC 18044 P2v

King of glory King of peace Herbert, George `Praise' To extoll thee. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 133

Laugh not to see so plain a man in print `Verses writ under his [Mr. Hobson's] picture' Like thriving sons of such a thrifty father. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 121v

Let him that stands take heed lest that he fall `Out of Haiwell's apology' With youthly down to blossom doth begin. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 96

Let none escape your bloody hands `Out of Camden's Britannia' Say better there an end. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 93v

Let none that's false despair to rise `Of despair' That neither stands. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 124

Let now each mead with flowers be depainted Yong, Bart STC 18044 2Q6v-2R1v

Let now the goodly springtide make us merry Yong, Bart STC 18044 2Q3-3v

Let the silence of the night Yong, Bart STC 18044 2F3

Let us extol with sacred mirth `A hymn in honor of the blessed Trinity' &c. Dipp'd in the spring which from thy side did stream. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 4v

Letters a kind of magic virtue have `Out of Howell's Familiar epistles' Ere I unconstant to my friend will prove. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 97v

Like as the fiery serpent made of brass `Of the cross' More strange than Christ his cross or seamless coat. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 5v

Long have I felt a silent pain of sorrow Yong, Bart STC 18044 2I3-4

Look up languishing soul where the fair `Vexilla regis. Or the hymn of the Holy Cross' That kingdom which this cross did merit. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 13v

Lord by thy sweet and saving sign Crashaw, Richard `Out of Crashaw's poems. The office of the Holy Cross' Save them O save them Lord. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 7v

Lord I confess I do not know Philpot, [ ] `Out of Philpot's poems' Where blessed saints forever sing. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 142v

Lord when the scent of thy sweet grace `A song' Dead to myself I live in thee. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 20

Love is not blind but I which fondly guide Yong, Bart STC 18044 2I5v

Love is the blossom where there blows `Out of a poem called Christ's victory' So shall thy hours be short thy labors light. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 100v

Love passed by me with his bow unarmed Yong, Bart STC 18044 G4-5

Lovers record my memory and name Yong, Bart STC 18044 2C2-4

Lovers with pride enjoy your full content Yong, Bart STC 18044 2P6v-2Q1v

Maecenas was to Maro of great fame Yong, Bart Epistle to...Don Jua STC 18044 A4

Man is the world's abridgment, who enrolls Howell, [ ] `Of man' Creatures in heaven, earth, or hell's black hall. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 70

Man thee behovest to have this in mind `Verses...in St Edmund's church Lombard Street' Think | On [space] this. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 85

Man's body is like a house his greater bones Quarles, Francis `Out of Quarles' Divine fancies' Well lives the man that everyone can please. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 99

Man's life by time scan it who shall `Under a sundial in Waltham Abbey' Till time of man be brought to dust. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 122

Man's life's a goal and death end of the race `Of death' As they on marble or on figured brass. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 27v

Men dig the bowels of the earth for gold `Of grace' Like some pure incense, and preserves the store. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 46v

Methinks thou takest the worser way Yong, Bart STC 18044 2R3v

Mine eyes, once have I seen you more contented Yong, Bart STC 18044 B1v-2

Mistress, thou hast forgotten me Yong, Bart STC 18044 F5

Mortality behold and fear `A memento for mortality__of the tombs in Westminster' Yet to this shape all must be brought. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 72v

Much books I have perused but I protest `The Bible' With Christ in heaven which are written here. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 41

Muses if more than nine come help relate `An elegy of Hobson the carrier of Cambridge' In the great storehouse of mortality. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 121

My greatest valors they shall see Yong, Bart STC 18044 H4v

My grievous sighs and sorrowful tears Yong, Bart STC 18044 2O3-3v

My life, young shepherdess, for thee Yong, Bart STC 18044 C3-3v

My muse was fall'n asleep thou bid'st it wake Hassall, Thomas, vicar of Amwell `On Sir Marmaduke Raudon's fountain in Hodsden' May all that taste this water say Amen. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 101v

My painful eyes impartial love was spending Yong, Bart STC 18044 E5v

My passion, love, thou dost disdain Yong, Bart STC 18044 F4v-5

My soul doth leap for joy to have Yong, Bart STC 18044 2R2

My wishes are but few `Of content' The bounds unto my will. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 71

Nations have suffer'd 'cause their kings were ill `Of King Charles' But Britain's Charles his people's sins did kill. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 118

Near to a shepherd did a damsel sit Yong, Bart A Riddle STC 18044 2R5

Near to a shepherd did a damsel sit Yong, Bartholomew Bartholomew Yong, 'A riddle'; 18044, 1598, 2Rv University Library, Cambridge Dd.5.75 46

Near to the river banks with green Yong, Bart The Song of the Nymp STC 18044 C6v-D1v

Never a greater foe did love disdain Yong, Bart STC 18044 X6v-Y1

Never so true a subject to great love Yong, Bart STC 18044 Y2-3

No banishment can be to him assign'd `Of banishment' And bears against her patience for his arms. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 141

No more, O cruel nymph, now hast thou preyed Yong, Bart STC 18044 B4v-C1

No prosperous state did make her glad `On Queen Maud wife of Hen. I' A lady only fair and chaste. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 86

Not Gilead's balm, no pool in Siloam `Of Christ. Come unto me &c.' God's holy hill where pleasures never end. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 60v

Now do I know at last though to my smart Yong, Bart STC 18044 2D6v-7

Now love and fortune turn to me again Yong, Bart STC 18044 M2v-3

Now stranger to the cities come `Of ancient Rome' On what is moving and unstaid. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 33

Now that the sun doth hide his golden beams Yong, Bart STC 18044 2L2v-4v

O eyes that are not now as once tormented Yong, Bart STC 18044 2Q2v-3

O eyes that see not him who looked on you Yong, Bart STC 18044 2nd A4v-5v

O let that time a thousand months endure Yong, Bart STC 18044 2Q4-4v

O love, thou gavest me not the joy Yong, Bart Diana's Song STC 18044 D2-6v

O sandy desert and dry, barren mead Yong, Bart STC 18044 2L1v

O vainest hopes, alas, how many days Yong, Bart STC 18044 L4-5

O world, false world, and like to hell below Yong, Bart STC 18044 V3-4v

Of divers monsters I have sometime read `Of rebels' Then rebels are without their head the King. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 41v

Of massy chains that of no iron were/ But such as shamefastness ... North, Tho STC 20068-20068b, pt. 2 I5v

Of massy chains that of no iron were/ But such as shamefastness ... North, Tho STC 20071 I5v

O Holy Spirit, O most sacred dove `A prayer to the Holy Ghost' And keep my soul from the strange fire of Hell. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 50v

O how doth sad experience verify `Of the insecurity of princes' A cottage guest, it loves the low-set roof. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 116v

O thou great power in whom I move Wotton, Sir Henry `Out of Sir Henry Wotton's Remains' Not to be born or being born to die. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 147v

O to what dangers to what cares and fears `Another to the same' [on the insecurity of princes] The sun ne'er shone upon a braver man. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 117

O when that sex leave virtue to esteem `Of women' Thy shun not sin as little weigh their shame. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 140v

Old Adam was condemn'd and all his race `Death's speech to Nature' and `Nature's reply' To labor here on earth to rest in Heaven. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 25

Once only Moses with his sacred rod `The rock in Horeb' None reap in joy but those in tears do sow. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 48

One day the rocks from top to toe shall quiver `A lively description of the end of the world' As once he made it a vast ocean all. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 81v

Our God is love who doth remain in love `Love' And fit to feast with angles [angels?] at thy table. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 49

Our life's a play of passion Raleigh, Sir Walter `Of life and death' And trouble him, then death's his epilogue. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 154v

Our Savior did prefer the widow's mite `The poor widow's mite' And without love, no bounty is complete. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 56v

Our time consumes like smoke and posts away `The hourglass' How long we live, not years, but actions tell. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 57

Pale death seems pleasing to the good man's eye `Of death' And only bad men are afraid to die. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 135

Parisiles, thy doleful song and plaining Yong, Bart STC 18044 V5v-6

Parnasse, O sacred mount and full of glory Yong, Bart Don Hieronimo Sant-P STC 18044 A4v

Past contents, O what mean ye Yong, Bart STC 18044 N1v-2

Phyllis, my fair young shepherdess Yong, Bart STC 18044 X2v-3

Pitch thy behavior low thy projects high Herbert, George `Verses out of Herbert's Temple' The meanest tool that he may chance to use. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 130v

Poor I that am not now for thee Yong, Bart STC 18044 O5v-P1

Poor Melibee, of love and hope forgot Yong, Bart STC 18044 2S5-5v

Praised be the God above `Antiphon' Who hath made of two folds one. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 131

Reader stand still and look lo here I am Falkland, Elizabeth (Tanfield) Cary, viscountess? `Upon a monument of George duke of Buckingham at Portsmouth' Two kings their favors and a slave my death. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 81

Repentance is the key for rich and poor `Of repentance' As if we were transfigured into light. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 40v

Sad discontent like some unwholesome blast `Of contentment' Whether the heavens fair or cloudy are. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 43v

Say shepherdess, what hath deprived thee Yong, Bart STC 18044 F5

See how the wanton spring `The spring' From virtuous ways. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 57v

Sence [Since?] my sadness `An offering' And be my salvation. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 132v

Shepherd why dost thou hold thy peace? Yong, Bart STC 18044 2R4

Shepherd, who can pass such wrong Yong, Bart STC 18044 C2v-3

Shepherds give ear and now be still Yong, Bart STC 18044 Q3-3v

Show me a horse of such a kind Yong, Bart A Riddle STC 18044 2R6

Sighs, since you lighten not my heart Yong, Bart STC 18044 N6v

Sin in a chain leads on his sister shame `Of sin and shame' The sweet [sweat?] of sin makes Hell a Paradise. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 141v

Since all my fortunes are so overthwart Yong, Bart STC 18044 Z2-4

Since thou to me wert so unkind Yong, Bart STC 18044 2R3v

Sing to the Lord all honor laud and praise `A hymn to the most blessed Trinity' Catch time it passeth by, and use it just. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 23

So falls that stately cedar while it stood Howell, James `An epitaph of King Charles [I] by...' It was thy glory but the kingdom's shame. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 116v

Some fathers dreamt at Doomsday not before `Of purgatory' If them God's grace with faith and love inspire. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 6

Stay passer-by and fix thine eye `An elegy for the princely brothers of the illustrious Duke of Lennox' Why not (brave brothers) then to you. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 111v

Stay thy foot that passeth by Shirley, James `Of the old city of Verulam near St. Alban's' Many cities thus are gone. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 72

Stella mine only goddess and my good Yong, Bart STC 18044 2A5v-2B1v

Step after step I follow death in sight Yong, Bart STC 18044 2O4v

Such joy I feel doth in my soul surmount Yong, Bart STC 18044 2R2v

Sweet mistress, harken unto me Yong, Bart STC 18044 E5-5v

Syrenus, what thought'st thou when I was viewing thee Yong, Bart STC 18044 A6v-B1v

Tell me what master he may be Yong, Bart A Riddle STC 18044 2R5v-6

Tell me, good sirs, what bird is that that flies Yong, Bart A Riddle STC 18044 2R6v

That deluge of revengement being past Yong, Bart STC 18044 R4v-S2v,

That majesty so princely, grave, and sweet Yong, Bart Marcelius his Letter STC 18044 2K3v-4v

That mighty Love though blind of both his eyes Yong, Bart STC 18044 2I5

That sweetest harm I do not blame Yong, Bart STC 18044 E6

The authors of subjections Yong, Bart STC 18044 H2v-3

The best endowments known and tried `Of pride' Imagine that from heaven His judgment's nigh. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 34

The best schools for a man to learn `Each to meddle with what he knows' Let soldiers count their wounds shepherds their sheep. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 134v

The cause why that thou dost deny Yong, Bart STC 18044 2L4v-5

The cool, fresh wind, Taurisus, that inviting us Yong, Bart STC 18044 RECHECK 2N3-5

The fair to folly easy to be led `Verses of women' Both to their friend and to their wedlock pure. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 71v

The fair, the fresh, the red and rosy morning Yong, Bart STC 18044 2P5v-6

The fearful bat that lurks in stony wall Yong, Bart STC 18044 P6v

The flower in garden fair and fresh `On a nosegay' The worm our sister dust our brother. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 79v

The God of love my shepherd is Herbert, George `The 23th Psalm' So never shall my praise. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 133v

The gods grant you to frolic in your hall Yong, Bart STC 18044 P3v

The ground shall first be void, nor trod, nor used Yong, Bart STC 18044 P3

The guilty conscience fears when there's no fear `The righteous is confident as a lion. Pro: 28' The world deceive, unless that God protect. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 43

The harlot is the broad way unto Hell `The harlot. Pestis reipublica' Lascivious minds, and breed the soul's disease. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 52v

The heavens are not so high [no heading] Must bear the longest part. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 131v

The just man fears not though the vulgar rage `Virtue hath courage' The reason is because h'as done no ill. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 22v

The lilies do not spend the weary day `God's providence' When all is spent, God will my stock repair. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 46v

The lodestone above all other stones hath this property Hackwell(?), Dr. [ ] `Of the lodestone' [in his Apology, p. 332] Their letters would arrive more speedy and more sure. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 124v

The loss of whealth [sic] I much lament `Of time' But never loss of days. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 71

The loving marigold his leaves displays `The marigold' I cannot truly be, nor live nor move. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 45

The many-headed Hydra or the people `The common people' They are as fierce as tigers, rude as bears. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 47v

The morning is the infancy of day `Of prayer' Is still in travel never in the way. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 46

The multitude like some tempestuous wind `Of solitariness' I draw the nearer to the god of love. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 42

The open fields, the meadows fresh and green Yong, Bart STC 18044 P6v

The passing bell doth toll my thread is spun `The passing bell' I shall in glory live who liv'd in sin. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 48v

The Presbyterian as wise men see `The Presbyterian covenanter' When these unwholesome weeds are rooted out. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 63

The pretty bird imprison'd in his cage `Of the soul. Even so come, Lord Jesus' Then come my sweetest Jesus O come quickly. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 51

The red wisse [wise?], the brown trusty `Exposition of women' The pal[e] peevish, the black lusty. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 71v

The rest is sweet to him that wearied is Yong, Bart STC 18044 2D6v

The sacred prayer of the eternal word `Upon the Lord's Prayer' Like rich perfume to sweeten all the rest. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 40v

The seeing lights and colors doth descry `In the 27th chapt of Genesis are described the 5 senses, of which one thus writeth' Through these five windows doth the soul behold. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 71

The souls can never die when they forsake `Of the immortality of the soul' Is up unto those shining temples sent. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 31v

The want of prayer proves the soul's decay Richard or Richards, [ ]? `Out of Richard's poems' My Savior strength and tower. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 156v

The world's a hive Quarles, Francis `Out of Quarles his emblems' In all I think my fool doth ever tread | Upon their head. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 164v

The world's an empty chest, where nothing lies `Of heaven. Non est mortale quod opto' But the least place to stand behind the door. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 56

There's none can right discern the sweets of peace `Experience' For contraries each other best descry. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 81

These hours and that which hovers o'er my end Crashaw, Richard `The recommendation' My dying life may draw a new and ever-fleeting breath. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 13

These to you are our commands `Philip II of Spain to Q[uee]n Elizabeth, Englished' In all things restore the Pope. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 84

They say Love sware he never would be friend Yong, Bart STC 18044 2M2v-3

Think thou my soul that death is but a groom Donne, John `Out of Dr. Donne's poems' [extract from Of the progress of the soul] To see God only I go out of sight. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 157v

This is my faith the upshot of my creed `On belief' Hath cross'd God's sentence and repaired our loss. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 5v

This world's the way through which we pass along `The way to heaven' As God's eternal statutes do instruct us. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 80

Those that are loaden with proud marble tombs `A description of the day of judgment' And as my judge so be my mediator. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 82

Thou dost desire, my life, as thou dost say Yong, Bart STC 18044 2D3v

Thou great God now and ever blest `A meditation' To magnify his holy name. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 32

Thou king of dreadful majesty Rawdon, Thomas, colonel [translation of some Latin verses] To heaven to cure me at my end. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 69

Thou stranger which for Rome in Rome here seeks `Out of Ross his History of the world' Are liable to angry fortune's frowns. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 97

Though clogg'd with weight of miseries `Another to the same' [the frontispiece of the King's book] Glory the just reward of grace. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 115v

Though thou art born a king in thy degree `Not to be proud' [two pieces] Naught but a putrid corpse the worms to feed. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 34v

Time is our truest counting-book `Verses upon Lambeth's church porch under the sun dial' Awake us all. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 78v

Times change and shall as we do see Yong, Bart STC 18044 N5v

Tis day unfold thine arms arise arouse Quarles, Francis `Out of Quarles' poems' Both very sweet and very sour. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 159

To a red man read thy read `Proverbs' From a black man keep thy wife. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 71v

To hear me wearied is the clearest river Yong, Bart STC 18044 C4v-5

To Luztea fair I do belong, this collar can avouch it/ Let no ... Yong, Bart STC 18044 2C6

To meditate of death and of our end `Meditations of death' And of that span to spend one hair amiss. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 23

To see thee I lift up my happy eyes Yong, Bart STC 18044 G3v-4

To speak our griefs at fall over thy tomb `A deep groan upon the death of King Charles [I] and epitaph' The world ne'er saw but once nor can again. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 118v

To speak the truth at all times doth become `Of truth' And shall thy line of life draw to the length. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 30v

To thee the comfort of all mortal men Yong, Bart Disteus his Letter t STC 18044 2G4-6v

To thee the most presumptuous without leave Yong, Bart Dardanea's Answer to STC 18044 2H1v-3

To thee the saints that in thee trust `A meditation of God' Dares not for that cause on thy mercy lean. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 28v

To these whom death again did wed Crashaw, Richard `Epitaph on a young married couple' Whose day shall never die in night. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 21v

To what great dangers is the life of man `Of the life of man' He and he only that pride never knew. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 35v

Turn thy fair eyes wherein my shame Yong, Bart STC 18044 2R3

Twas God the word that spake it Elizabeth I? `Q[uee]n Elizabeth on transsubstantiation' That I believe and take it. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 83v

Twas not for want of children thou didst frame `To the memory of Sir Marmaduke Raudon' Wish thee and thine the living waters still. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 78

Under the forms of sacred bread and wine `The sacrament' I will receive the Lord with joy and fear. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 51v

Unto the Father Son and Holy Ghost `Gloria patris [sic]' To God rebound with glory's sound Amen. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 7v

Unto the frogs we poets may compare `Of poets' Who sing, though having neither wool nor hair. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 28

Upon the sacred day let the ground rest `On the Sabbath' In which let not the handmaid card nor spin. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 26

Water, fair springs and purest running streams Yong, Bart The Song of Turia STC 18044 2O5v-2P3v

Waters that fall from top of these steep hills Yong, Bart STC 18044 C4-4v

We were the cause and none but we `A hymn on our Savior's sufferings' Like doves that pitch on rocky holes. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 6

Wealth unto every man I see `Worldly wealth' To wait at rich mens' tables or their door. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 41

Weep not, my doleful eyes Yong, Bart STC 18044 C3

Welcome thy friends from swelling seas that roar Yong, Bart STC 18044 2N6-6v

Well let her life that enters here be weighed Yong, Bart STC 18044 H2

Were I then of the twain my choice to make [no heading] Hath this advantage that he fears no fall. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 118

What art thou in that poor and base attire `A dialogue of religion made by Theodore Beza' Because by me even death itself he's dead. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 30v

What bird is that so light Yong, Bart A Riddle STC 18044 2R5v

What cloud is this that makes it night `Of sin' And chase these clouds of sin away. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 45v

What have we hands and shall we servile be Daniel, Samuel `Sentences out of Daniel's Civil wars' And give a touch of what should not have been. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 141v

What liberty it should be so desir'd `The true contented prisoner' So is men's souls in close imprisonment. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 114v

What motions, times, and changes Yong, Bart STC 18044 M4

What place is this O whither am I stray'd Wood, W. `On the death of Sir Marmaduke Raudon' Where speechless pleasures endlessly delight him. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 102

What pride possesseth man that is but clay `Pride and humility' Like sweet perfume shall at thy altar be. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 57v

What shall I say of that bright bandelier `Of the 12 signs of the Zodiac out of Du Bartas' Abundantly five thousand folk and more. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 126v

What wisdom more what better life `A perfect pattern of true felicity' By Christ in heaven to dwell. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 77v

What wouldst thou have, a king, a lord, a knight, `The Anabaptist' I know not what will fit thee but the devil. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 40v

What's gentry what's nobleness greatness what `Of worldly vanities' All in one common bed involved are. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 27

When cruel absence wounds a soul with pain Yong, Bart STC 18044 2M3-3v

When God did Adam with all pleasures bless `The sluggard' All men to work no penny else no hire. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 49v

When honor gain or worldly pleasure `Of pleasure's dangers' Which him bereaves of true immortal joys. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 6

When I, poor wretch, of all men most accursed Yong, Bart STC 18044 Q4v-5

When ire and wrath and bitterness of spleen `Of anger' My soul may yet find place amongst the just. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 33v

When men do think they must in safety stand `No security in things' And towards most peril man is most secure. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 140

When private in my bed I take my rest `The spiritual watchman' Till tears run down and wash my careful bed. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 48v

When that I, poor soul, was born Yong, Bart STC 18044 M1

When that with thousand particolored flowers Yong, Bart STC 18044 2S6v-7v

When the last day with wasting fire shall shine `On the Resurrection' (That Christ his small flock may receive) draw near. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 39v

When the tub cynic went to hell and there `The little benefit of riches after death' Of all thy wealth hath not one farthing now. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 123v

When we are young and do enjoy the spring `Old age' When thou art old will sure remember thee. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 42v

Where now thou standst the time to spy Goode, Dr. [ ] `Verses upon the church porch of Hadley in Suffolk under the sundial' Too late begins to work at night. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 74

While Titan in his coach with burning beams Yong, Bart Provencal Rhythms STC 18044 2I6v-2K1v

Who comes into this place let her take heed Yong, Bart STC 18044 X1v

Who comes into this place to bathe `Verses writ upon the cross bath in the city of Bath' Or cur'd or eas'd away to go. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 83

Who hath of Cupid's cates and dainties preyed Yong, Bart STC 18044 O4v-5

Who judgment gives, and will but one side hear `Not to judge any till they be heard' Though he judge right is no good justicer. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 124

Who more can crave than God for one hath done `A goodly hymn' Blest be the Lord that did my soul deliver. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 126

Who never wants shall never want a friend `Of friends' May repent before he die. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 72v

Who shall their absent friends with words disgrace `St. Augustine had this distich writ or engraven on his table' Are guests unworthy of this room and place. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 95

Why do I droop like flowers oppress'd with rain `The poet's soliloquy' Students may leave their books and sometimes play. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 58v

Wise Adam fell in Paradise the good `Man's infirmity' My safely stand today, and fall tomorrow. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 47v

With sorrow, tears, and discontent Yong, Bart STC 18044 Y3v-4

With wanton glance of beauty's burning eye `The several baits of the devil' To deadly poison and detested ordure. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 82v

Worthy King know this your will `Qu[een] Elizabeth's answer to Philip II of Spain, Englished' At latter Lammas we'll fulfil. BL1 Add. 18044 f. 84

Young shepherd turn aside and move Yong, Bart STC 18044 2R3

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)