Union First Line Index of English Verse

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


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A man, that's neither high nor low  Amherst, Elizabeth, later Mrs. John Thomas (1714_1779)  `The choice of a husband for Miss Monk...1762'  It shall be no objection.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 109  p. 10 
Accept this trifle from an absent friend  Amherst, Elizabeth, later Mrs. John Thomas (1714_1779)  `With a ring to my friend'  And smile upon it, for the giver's sake.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 109  p. 30 
All friends and neighbours, so good and jolly  Amherst, Elizabeth, later Mrs. John Thomas (1714_1779)  `The humble petition of the Weavers Shoemakers and Tailors of the parish of Welford'  God bless you assist us__so God save the King.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 109  p. 99 
An emblem of the giddy world I stand  Amherst, Elizabeth, later Mrs. John Thomas (1714_1779)  `Inscriptions intended for Newbold, 1771'  And innocently thine's th' admired ground.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 109  p. 64 
As in an Ellinge Lane I took my way  Amherst, Elizabeth, later Mrs. John Thomas (1714_1779)  `The sorrowful story of a beetle' [imitation of Spenser]  So never be like this sad beetle found.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 109  p. 80 
At Se'noke so famed for virginity old,  Amherst, Elizabeth, later Mrs. John Thomas (1714_1779)  `Se'noke Nunnery: to the tune of Packington's pound' [1745]  The Justice desisted, and hear ends my tale.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 109  p. 38 
Come follow follow me | Good neighbors all that be  Amherst, Elizabeth, later Mrs. John Thomas (1714_1779)  `The fairy song altered for the New Year's Day merry-meeting at Sevenoaks'  The sun will light us home to bed.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 109  p. 17 
Come listen awhile, my concern it is great  Amherst, Elizabeth, later Mrs. John Thomas (1714_1779)  `A song'  Had not Jerry been there and stood squire for the day.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 109  p. 83 
Dear Col'nel name the day  Amherst, Elizabeth, later Mrs. John Thomas (1714_1779)  `From a young woman to an old officer who courted her'  My loss quickly to repair.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 109  p. 51 
From verdant fields my birth I claim  Amherst, Elizabeth, later Mrs. John Thomas (1714_1779)  `A riddle'  Ambition, such thy gains at last.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 109  p. 56 
God prosper long our noble king  Amherst, Elizabeth, later Mrs. John Thomas (1714_1779)  `A pious old song in praise of chastity'  That they infringe thy laws.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 109  p. 95 
Health to the bard in Leasowe's happy groves  Amherst, Elizabeth, later Mrs. John Thomas (1714_1779)  `Verses received by the post, from a lady unknown, 1761, written by...'  Shenstone, be fancy, fame and fortune thine.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 109  p. 60 
Here sooner of later all mortals I trow  Amherst, Elizabeth, later Mrs. John Thomas (1714_1779)  `Inscriptions intended for Newbold, 1771, over the grotto door. Necessitas non habet legem' [couplet]  Their burdens lay down, both the high and the low.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 109  p. 64 
Here's health to our good landlady  Amherst, Elizabeth, later Mrs. John Thomas (1714_1779)  `Healths for the New Year's day. To the tune of the Jovial beggar'  We hope they are but few.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 109  p. 19 
How pleasant a sailor's life passes,  Amherst, Elizabeth, later Mrs. John Thomas (1714_1779)  `Supposed to be sent from her brother who was then in Ireland but written by herself'  Go thorough the world, dear joy.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 109  p. 54 
I honestly confess this text too true  Amherst, Elizabeth, later Mrs. John Thomas (1714_1779)  `To a gentleman who convinced me I had too much vanity'  May friendly kind reproof be ever near.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 109  p. 32 
I'm a strange composition as e'er was in nature,  Amherst, Elizabeth, later Mrs. John Thomas (1714_1779)  `A prize riddle on herself when 24' [1740]  For those who first guess me, shall have me for guessing.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 109  p. 4 
If you your Blouzelind design for me  Amherst, Elizabeth, later Mrs. John Thomas (1714_1779)  `To a young lady who wrote a part of one of Gay's pastorals and sent it to me as her own'  B'assur'd your style and Gay's are better known.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 109  p. 29 
In days of yore, ere luxury was found  Amherst, Elizabeth, later Mrs. John Thomas (1714_1779)  `Inscriptions intended for Newbold. 1771...over the door of the Gothic banqueting house'  Quaffed their brown bowls in gothic bower or hall.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 109  p. 63 
In days of yore ere luxury was found  Amherst, Elizabeth, later Mrs. John Thomas (1714_1779)  `Content and comfort' [title from the Index]  She only with the wise and virtuous dwells.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 109  p. 85 
In emblems oft have been express'd  Amherst, Elizabeth, later Mrs. John Thomas (1714_1779)  `On [Miss Monk] going to see fireworks at Ollantigh in Kent'  And in the other may you find the same.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 109  p. 12 
Indeed good Sir you're much mistaken  Amherst, Elizabeth, later Mrs. John Thomas (1714_1779)  `Verses to be sent to Mr. Adams on his having read a French author who supposes that the fallen angels abide in brute beasts, etc.'  What spirits pray possess you men?  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 109  p. 77 
Is it likely to confine  Amherst, Elizabeth, later Mrs. John Thomas (1714_1779)  `To a lady who thought of reforming a very fickle gentleman'  Why fix your more inconstant man.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 109  p. 27 
Is there that one amongst the wiser fiew  Amherst, Elizabeth, later Mrs. John Thomas (1714_1779)  `Designed as a preface for `Reflexions on ridicule' by the Abbe de Belgarde' [written aet. 16]  I, to my native tongue, translate thy fame.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 109  p. 36 
Jolly Roger Twangdillo of Bloughden Hill  Amherst, Elizabeth, later Mrs. John Thomas (1714_1779)  `Jolly Roger Twangdillo of Bloughden Hill'  Twas she that brought down Twangdillo.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 109  p. 86 
Locked in the arms of balmy sleep  Amherst, Elizabeth, later Mrs. John Thomas (1714_1779)  `A sacred lyric...on being awakened in the night of Feby. 3. 1749-50 by a...storm'  That flash which melts the world.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 109  p. 6 
Maidens fair come hear my ditty  Amherst, Elizabeth, later Mrs. John Thomas (1714_1779)  `Ballad on the same Miss M[onk]  She has jealous fears to smother.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 109  p. 12 
My friend, I humbly thank you for the darts,  Amherst, Elizabeth, later Mrs. John Thomas (1714_1779)  `On receiving a fairing of a bow and arrows from a young lady'  Who can write otherwise, with Cupid's darts.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 109  p. 28 
Nature in all her virgin fancies seen  Amherst, Elizabeth, later Mrs. John Thomas (1714_1779)  `Inscriptions intended for Newbold, 1771'  Let reason all enjoy without abuse.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 109  p. 63 
No art, no ribbon does there need to grace  Amherst, Elizabeth, later Mrs. John Thomas (1714_1779)  `Lines slipped into a young lady's ribbon-box who was fond of dress' [Miss Monk]  Since all you seek falls short of what you have.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 109  p. 21 
Of every knowledge, given us below  Amherst, Elizabeth, later Mrs. John Thomas (1714_1779)  `On being shown a print'  And own the artist there the features hit ill.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 109  p. 5 
One autumn day to seek my bower  Amherst, Elizabeth, later Mrs. John Thomas (1714_1779)  `Dedicated to Miss Mary Shirley, the romant of the rose or origin of rouge'  Twas all a dream perdie.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 109  p. 65 
Quoth Jacky to Maggy, I love thee  Amherst, Elizabeth, later Mrs. John Thomas (1714_1779)  `A song to the tune of Quoth Jockey to Jenny'  That queen of a palace without thee.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 109  p. 93 
Reader beneath this tomb we place  Amherst, Elizabeth, later Mrs. John Thomas (1714_1779)  `Epitaph on Fanny and Tray, two faithful dogs of Sir Jeff. Amherst'  And all the race prove dogs of merit.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 109  p. 90 
She was my comfort, but I'll not complain  Amherst, Elizabeth, later Mrs. John Thomas (1714_1779)  `On the death of her sister, Miss Margaret Amherst, who died at 18 (1734)'  Ah! read these lines and judge a sister's grief.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 109  p. 52 
Susan and Charlotte and Letty and all  Amherst, Elizabeth, later Mrs. John Thomas (1714_1779)  `The Welford wedding'  Susan and Charlotte and Letty and all.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 109  p. 47 
The careful merchant views the story main,  Amherst, Elizabeth, later Mrs. John Thomas (1714_1779)  `Bout-rhymes to be filled up extem:'  To forfeit all thy peace for empty show.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 109  p. 27 
The great and learned when of joy they miss  Amherst, Elizabeth, later Mrs. John Thomas (1714_1779)  `Over the cottage door...inscriptions intended for Newbold__1771' [couplet]  May find content in such a cot as this.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 109  p. 64 
The lad near Bradbourne Mill  Amherst, Elizabeth, later Mrs. John Thomas (1714_1779)  `On Frank Austen to the tune of the lass of Pattie's Mill'  Should share the same with me.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 109  p. 75 
The man who rails most, loves our sex always best  Amherst, Elizabeth, later Mrs. John Thomas (1714_1779)  `By a girl of 12 years old'  Sinch they're the guides should lead us right.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 109  p. 59 
Though to the grave in early youth  Amherst, Elizabeth, later Mrs. John Thomas (1714_1779)  `Hymn for a child's funeral'  Each day thou biddest us live.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 109  p. 25 
To chance and hunger, I my being own  Amherst, Elizabeth, later Mrs. John Thomas (1714_1779)  `A riddle' [mistletoe]  Health to mankind, and cheer the head and heart.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 109  p. 55 
To Chev'ning famed for pleasant streams  Amherst, Elizabeth, later Mrs. John Thomas (1714_1779)  `A song'  Adieu Smallbrook.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 109  p. 33 
To Longford when the sun declines  Amherst, Elizabeth, later Mrs. John Thomas (1714_1779)  `Written by...afterwards Mrs. Thomas, aged 12 yrs on an evening's walk'  No pride corrode my breast.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 109  p. 1 
To show you I'm neither forgetful nor sparing  Amherst, Elizabeth, later Mrs. John Thomas (1714_1779)  `To a gentleman with a tobacco stopper, bottle-screw, and seal, all in one'  Well, blindness you know is an emblem of love.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 109  p. 31 
While neighboring heights assume the name  Amherst, Elizabeth, later Mrs. John Thomas (1714_1779)  `An inscription in a rustic seat in Sir Jeffery Amherst's ground near his new house in Kent'  May Heaven-born liberty abide.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 109  p. 97 
With art like this, Peruvian Zelia wove  Amherst, Elizabeth, later Mrs. John Thomas (1714_1779)  `Wrote in knotting'  Such worth as did in Zelia's bosom glow.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 109  p. 46 
Within the grave, to sacred ground  Amherst, Elizabeth, later Mrs. John Thomas (1714_1779)  `A funeral hymn for a plain country congregation'  Each day thou bidd'st us live.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 109  p. 22 
Ye single folks all that adorn this gay table  Amherst, Elizabeth, later Mrs. John Thomas (1714_1779)  `A song for the single table on New Year's Day, tune The abbot of Canterbury'  The comfort of dragging an old rusty chain.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 109  p. 20 
Ye virgins fair I sing to you  Amherst, Elizabeth, later Mrs. John Thomas (1714_1779)  `The Bradbourne riot...Scotch tune'  And you escape the riot.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 109  p. 14