Union First Line Index of English Verse

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


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A great man living holds much ground; the brim        Harvard  MS Eng 606  f. 14v 
A laystall this, Apollo spoke the word        Harvard  MS Eng 606  f. 42v 
Another conquest shall our last succeed        Harvard  MS Eng 606  f. 34v 
Be wise as Somersett, as Somers, brave  Brown, Joseph      Harvard  MS Eng 606  f. 60v 
Behold we come dear Lord to thee        Harvard  MS Eng 606  f. 100 
Both God and Satan by my bedside stand        Harvard  MS Eng 606  f. 94 
Close wrapt in parts and smock thy leures are        Harvard  MS Eng 606  f. 8 
Do not, most fragrant earl, disclaim  *Rowe, Nicholas? or Lansdowne, George Granville, 1st baron?      Harvard  MS Eng 606  f. 85 
Europe enraged to see the flames of war        Harvard  MS Eng 606  f. 29v 
Farewell, ye gilded follies, pleasing troubles  *Digby, Sir Kenelm? or Wotton, Sir Henry?      Harvard  MS Eng 606  f. 94v 
Fighting for God, France must desert her prince        Harvard  MS Eng 606  f. 34v 
Good brother mouse, creep out thy house        Harvard  MS Eng 606  f. 10v 
Great monarch of the world from whose power springs        Harvard  MS Eng 606  f. 91 
Great sire, while Marlborough's auspicious name        Harvard  MS Eng 606  f. 36 
Hail glorious soul to whom the crown is given        Harvard  MS Eng 606  f. 9v 
Hail Queen of Peace, the nation's best defence        Harvard  MS Eng 606  f. 62v 
Hail tuneful pair, say by what won'rous charms        Harvard  MS Eng 606  f. 25v 
He was but is no more        Harvard  MS Eng 606  f. 16v 
Here lies a bill on purpose drawn        Harvard  MS Eng 606  f. 41v 
Here's a house to be let, for the steward hath swore        Harvard  MS Eng 606  f. 7 
Hold fast thy crown and sceptre Charles        Harvard  MS Eng 606  f. 7v 
I think I shall never despair        Harvard  MS Eng 606  f. 61 
I went from England into France  Goodwyn, Thomas      Harvard  MS Eng 606  f. 6 
If heaven would a greater blessing give        Harvard  MS Eng 606  f. 26v 
If Rome can pardon sin as Romans hold  Rochester, John Wilmot, 2nd earl?      Harvard  MS Eng 606  f. 7v 
If victory and success season's blessing be        Harvard  MS Eng 606  f. 34 
In slavish times when Peter ruled the roost        Harvard  MS Eng 606  f. 51v 
In time of Yore when Brutes were speakers        Harvard  MS Eng 606  f. 66 
In wicked times when wanton wives        Harvard  MS Eng 606  f. 75 
Lord, what a pleasant life were this        Harvard  MS Eng 606  f. 100v 
Man's a short-sighted hair-brained wretch that knows        Harvard  MS Eng 606  f. 29 
Miss Danae when fair and young  Prior, Matthew      Harvard  MS Eng 606  f. 32 
Nature courts happiness, altho' it be        Harvard  MS Eng 606  f. 93 
Now to your cost you see with grief and tears        Harvard  MS Eng 606  f. 38v 
Of all the cheats and shams that have of late        Harvard  MS Eng 606  f. 72 
Of all the factions in the town        Harvard  MS Eng 606  f. 48v 
Oh Satan, to ease me of many strange fears        Harvard  MS Eng 606  f. 43 
Once more kick'd out and hurried to the grave        Harvard  MS Eng 606  f. 40v 
Oyes henceforwards sit omnibus sit notum        Harvard  MS Eng 606  f. 84v 
Rash and perfidious Duke, these words disown        Harvard  MS Eng 606  f. 34v 
Review at night the actions of the day        Harvard  MS Eng 606  f. 93v 
Rooke did as bravely Tholouse boat        Harvard  MS Eng 606  f. 29 
Shall conquest thy victorious ensign paint        Harvard  MS Eng 606  f. 34v 
So I have seen a running rook at play (incomplete)        Harvard  MS Eng 606  f. 8 
Such was our builder's art, that soon as nam'd        Harvard  MS Eng 606  f. 42 
That God does bless our sovereign Lady Anne        Harvard  MS Eng 606  f. 50 
The day was come, to pristine times        Harvard  MS Eng 606  f. 35 
The fabric's finished, and the builder's part        Harvard  MS Eng 606  f. 42 
The glory of the English arms retrieved        Harvard  MS Eng 606  f. 26 
The law is just that he who death devised        Harvard  MS Eng 606  f. 14v 
The lily by the sun's warm influence grows        Harvard  MS Eng 606  f. 34 
The lily may be grateful to the nose        Harvard  MS Eng 606  f. 35 
The time is come, Emmanuel, from high        Harvard  MS Eng 606  f. 89 
Though lovers absence shows fates greatest spite        Harvard  MS Eng 606  f. 8v 
Thus Icarus too tow'ring in his flight        Harvard  MS Eng 606  f. 34v 
Tis owned, the battle by Bavaria fought        Harvard  MS Eng 606  f. 34v 
Tis well you've thought upon the chiefest cause        Harvard  MS Eng 606  f. 38 
To you, great prince, Britannia does address        Harvard  MS Eng 606  f. 17 
Too soon, blest soul, her race was run        Harvard  MS Eng 606  f. 9 
Touch't with a seeming strain of English growth        Harvard  MS Eng 606  f. 39 
We know thy skill, Sir Pleadwell, in the laws        Harvard  MS Eng 606  f. 84 
We received your advice as good daughters should do        Harvard  MS Eng 606  f. 44 
Well play'd, my dear friends, for the Catholic cause        Harvard  MS Eng 606  f. 46v 
What are poor men but quicken'd lumps of earth        Harvard  MS Eng 606  f. 96 
What strepitatious noise is it that sounds        Harvard  MS Eng 606  f. 37v 
When Anna was the church's daughter        Harvard  MS Eng 606  f. 38 
When the loud trunp of fame the news has spread        Harvard  MS Eng 606  f. 18 
Why do we seek felicity        Harvard  MS Eng 606  f. 99v 
With many, words their folly soon betray        Harvard  MS Eng 606  f. 10 
Ye worthy patriots go on        Harvard  MS Eng 606  f. 19