Union First Line Index of English Verse

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


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Ah happy grove, dark and secure retreat,  Roscommon, Wentworth Dillon, earl  `Part of the fifth scene of Guarini's Pastor Fido Act the 2nd'  They speak their passion in repeated vows.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 47  p. 71 
Ah; where with every soothing charm arrayed    `Ode to felicity'  And taste true bliss, amidst the realms of day.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 47  p. 103 
Alas how soon the wisest are deceiv'd      This girl, the perfect hypocrite can play.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 47  p. 61 
Be thou Marcellus, with a length of days;    `From an elegy to Lord Villiers' [possibly William FitzGerald, Lord Villiers 1732-9]  The only happy is the self-approv'd.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 47  p. 140 
Beauty's bright emblem of the powers above      Pressed by myself I gazed and was undone.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 47  p. 70 
Chaste coyness never can alarm      A soul from loose desire refined.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 47  p. 62 
Dear Chloe, while the busy crowd  Cotton, Nathaniel  `The fireside'  And smooth the bed of death.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 47  p. 63 
Dear Peggy since the single state    `Advice to a young lady lately married'  And blushing throw the rest aside.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 47  p. 38 
Does true felicity on grandeur wait  B., [ ]  `On Sir Walter Blackett's birthday' [i.e., Sir Walter Calverley-Blackett, bart., 18 Dec. 1707-1777, of Calverley, Co. York]  Might the rich seals of royalty adorn.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 47  p. 102 
Enter of welcome sure beneath this shade    `Inscription for an arbor'  And herds loud-lowing in the dale beneath.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 47  p. 91 
Entombed with kings though Gay's cold ashes lie  Orrery, John Boyle, 5th earl  `To Mr. Pope'  In life beloved in death be mourned by Pope.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 47  p. 83 
Fair virtue was from heaven sent    `On virtue'  And is, though in misfortunes, great.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 47  p. 24 
Far from the noisy follies of the great      Their short inestimable hours away.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 47  p. 47 
Forgive the infant muse whose artless lays    `Verses addressed to a married lady'  Beauty though much admired, must yield to these.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 47  p. 67 
Friends mutually should strive to show      Who wont deligh to please his friend.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 47  p. 77 
Gladly the call of friendship I obey    `A nuptial card'  Not only both must love but both obey.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 47  p. 45 
Great God, to thee, what gratitude I owe    `Verses on the entrance of a new year'  New heart, new spirit, and new life be mine.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 47  p. 27 
Hail to the new born year, what boon from Heaven  Lloyd, Mr. (1762)  `Epistle of Mr. Lloyd to his wife. New Year's Day 1762'  That unto wisdom we apply our hearts.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 47  p. 115 
Haste beauteous eve to close the eye of day    `On evening: the second attempt of a young lady not yet fourteen years of age'  And seems to whisper to the listening trees.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 47  p. 69 
How hard on women is the marriage state      That peace more pleasure can bestow than love.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 47  p. 70 
How swift flies time on silken wings    `A young lady's reflections on her birthday...N.B. the lady died in her sixteenth year'  Where joys eternal move.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 47  p. 149 
If joined to make up virtue's glorious tale  Hamilton, William, of Bangor  `The wish' [pr. 1748]  Take off my fill of life, and wait, not wish to die.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 47  p. 18 
In heaven bright maid, that bliss receive    `Ode to humanity'  Thou goodness art below.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 47  p. 44 
In what soft language shall my thoughts set free  Rowe, Elizabeth (Singer)  `On the death of a husband by Mrs. Rowe' [Thomas Rowe, d. 13 May 1715; appended to Pope's Eloisa and Abelard, 1720]  Grasp thee through death, and be forever thine.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 47  p. 85 
Indulgent God, whose bounteous care    `An evening hymn'  Oh aid my soul to soar.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 47  p. 26 
Is happiness your point in view    `Content true happiness or the means to attain it'  Plant virtue, and content's the fruit.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 47  p. 35 
Lady Dorothy Drum sends her compliments      My lord she knows whose works and the shells for the grot.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 47  p. 90 
Life of the world, immortal mind    `A hymn to the eternal Providence'  My heart shall still repose on thee.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 47  p. 2 
Lord of my life O may thy praise    `A morning hymn'  With gratitude, and praise.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 47  p. 36 
More delightful are my woes    `The delights of virtue'  On my toils eternal rest.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 47  p. 37 
No joys of sense, like conscious goodness please    `On virtue'  A life of rapture from the wound of death.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 47  p. 30 
No more loved partner of my soul    `The wife's consolation to her husband under affliction'  With never-fading joy.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 47  p. 79 
On God for all events depend      Tomorrow goodness takes away.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 47  p. 60 
On thee oh God, for all things I depend    `An address to the Almighty'  To all who after thy commandments live.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 47  p. 78 
One parting kiss my Ethelind    `Edwin and Ethelinde a ballad'  And life's warm spirit fled.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 47  p. 119 
Read here the pangs of unsuccessful love  Hamilton, William, of Bangor  `To a young lady with the poem of Contemplation' [pr. Poems, Glasgow, 1748]  When Heaven shall see that all was good and bless.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 47  p. 20 
Since all the downward tracks of time    `Resignation'  Are blessings in disguise.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 47  p. 59 
Soon as the morn salutes your eyes    `Pious rules for daily practice...London Mag: 1743'  If you ask it do neglect.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 47  p. 46 
Spring comes, again the blossom'd hedge is seen    `On spring'  Tonight may take and snatch thy soul away.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 47  p. 107 
Take heed fair ladies and avoid with care  Vaslet, Capt.  `Made...upon the Manor ladies York'  Tasting all beauties yet to none confined.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 47  p. 142 
The beauteous mind with innocence endued    `On innocence'  And fills the heavens with a flood of light.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 47  p. 47 
The circling year again the day brings forth    `On Celia's birthday'  And Heaven succeed, the wishes of a friend.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 47  p. 19 
The freeborn muse her tribute rarely brings    `The amiable king'  For this be crowned with never-fading bays.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 47  p. 6 
The midnight moon serenely smiles  Carter, Elizabeth  `Inquiry after happiness' [pr. Dodsley's Collection, vi, 1758, and E. Carter's Poems, 1762]  The music of the mind.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 47  p. 32 
The thing that is not in thy power      And calmly suffer death or pain.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 47  p. 77 
The vain coquette by studied arts    `A contrast'  and shines superior to her sex.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 47  p. 111 
The winds blow high black clouds arise    `Thoughts on winter'  And age shall joy impart.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 47  p. 43 
Through life's strange mystic ways, how mankind strays    `A serious thought'  And when the judge must doom the sire forgive.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 47  p. 7 
Tis not the ruby lip or sparkling eye    `Advice to the ladies'  But lasting as your worth shall be your reign.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 47  p. 81 
To injured troops thus gallant Brunswick spoke    `Speech of the Prince of Brunswick to the Hanoverian and Hessian troops' [battle of Minden, 1759?]  Resolved to conquer or resolved to die.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 47  p. 82 
To these lone shades where peace delights to dwell  Cole, Thomas  `The arbor an ode to contentment' [pr. Dodsley's Collection, 1758]  That she to satisfy must promise more.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 47  p. 143 
Twas when the fields had shed their golden grains  Leapor, Mrs. Mary  `Colinette' [pr. Poems, 1748]  And with a sigh her harmless spirit flew.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 47  p. 73 
Unawed by threats, unmoved by force    `Ode to patience by a lady'  The sweet domestic ties.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 47  p. 135 
Unhappy day forever now adieu  Rowe, Elizabeth (Singer)  `On the return of the day on which Mr. Rowe died' [pr. Poems on several occasions, 1778]  And sacred love shall all the song inspire.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 47  p. 84 
Unhappy love might lovers say    `Ode 3d'  Thy virtue shall delight his age.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 47  p. 23 
View with me my dear companion    `On a cloud'  Sweeps the space it took before.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 47  p. 117 
What art so sweetly care beguiles    `The linnet' [`communicated to a newspaper']  Not all that glitters gold.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 47  p. 125 
What joy, oh friendship, do we find,    `On friendship'  And soothes the soul, a thousand ways.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 47  p. 25 
Whatever ills in this short life befall me    `Health and content'  But feed me Lord with food convenient for me...[incomplete].  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 47  p. 151 
When heaven's high ruler sent his mandate round    `The spring morning'  And solitude with contemplation join.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 47  p. 109 
When snows descend and robe the fields  Hervey, James  `From [James] Hervy's meditations' [imitation of Theocritus, Idyll xxiii.28; pr. Reflections on a flower-garden, 1746]  Confirms the truth I sing.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 47  p. 95 
While this gay toy attracts thy sight  Carter, Elizabeth  `To Miss __ on a watch' [pr. Poems, 1762]  Secures an age in Heaven.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 47  p. 31 
Who seeks to tread the gliding stream    `Ode'  E'en want they'll soothe in age they'll charm.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 47  p. 129 
Whoe'er thou art whose path in summer lies  Akenside, Mark  `Inscription...[III]' [pr. Poems, 1772; Dodsley's collection, vi. 1758]  That riches cannot pay for truth or love.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 47  p. 139 
Ye flowery plains ye breezy woods  Woodhouse, James  `To Mr. Shenstone esqr. in his sickness' [pr. Shenstone's Works, 1764]  As none can taste below.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 47  p. 97 
Ye heavens if innocence deserves your care      We please too little or we please too much.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 47  p. 80 
You little know the heart which you advise  Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley  `Answer to the advice of a friend' [pr. Poetical works, 1768; and in Dodsley's Collection, 1755]  To one great being, merciful and just.  Bodley  Eng. poet. e. 47  p. 141