Union First Line Index of English Verse

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


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A cobbler there was and he liv'd in a stall Which serv'd him for parlour for kitchen and hall  Anonymous  The cobler's end  That love brings us all to our end at the last Derry down down down derry down  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 24  f. 40r from back 
A decent church not large but neat A people rather good than great  Anonymous  A clergy-man's wish  'Till nature give this life release And hints the time to dye in peace  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 24  f. 47v-50r from back 
A trifling song you shall hear Begun with a trifle & ended  Farquhar, George  A song on a trifle  The author of this is a trifle And his song is a trifle to boot  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 24  f. 24r-25r from back 
All in the downs the fleet was moor'd The streamers waving in the wind  Gay, John  Black ey'd Susan. A song  Her list'ning boat unwilling row'd to land Adieu she cry'd & wav'd her lilly hand  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 24  f. 32v, 34v from back 
All praise to thee my God this night For all the blessings of the light  Ken, Thomas; Bishop of Bath and Wells  An evening hymn  Praise him above ye heav'nly host Praise Father Son & Holy Ghost  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 24  f. 19r-20r 
As I saw fair Clora walk alone The wanton snow came softly down  Strode, William  A song  Thence falling to her garment's hem To deck her froze into a gem  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 24  f. 2v from front 
As through a grove I took my way Sweet recreation for to take  Anonymous  Sweet William's happy return to his black-ey'd Susan  To accomodate the bride & bridegroom there Now they are join'd a happy pair  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 24  f. 40v, 45v, 46r, 50v, 51r from back 
Awake my soul and with the sun Thy dayly stage of duty run  Ken, Thomas; Bishop of Bath and Wells  A morning hymn  Praise him above ye heav'nly host Praise Father Son & Holy Ghost  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 24  f. 18r-19r from front 
Bright was the morning cool the air Serene was all the sky  West, Richard, 1671-1716  A song  Tell her if e'er she proves unkind I never can have rest  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 24  f. 8r-v from back 
Chloe be kind no more perplex me Slight not my love at such a rate  Leveridge, Richard?  A song  Think on the time we now are wasting Throw off those frowns & love obey  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 24  f. 64r from back 
Come all you brave sparks of the game And misers both wretched & old  Anonymous  A song  A light heart & a thin pair of breeches Go thorow the world brave boys  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 24  f. 26v from back 
Come follow follow me Ye fairy elves that be  Phillips, Edward  The fairy queen  Yet in the morning may be seen Where we the night before have been  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 24  f. 38r-v from back 
Come tell me (fair Claeminia) why My kind request you do deny  Anonymous  The conquer'd virgin or the power of love  Pleasant's the dart o wanton boy Sweet is the pain I feel  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 24  f. 7r-8r from back 
Dear friend have you heard the fantastical chimes Ribbledum scribbledum fribledum flash  Hervey, John, Baron ?  The journalists display'd: a new ballad to the tune of Lullibullero  But stand up for loyalty punish disloyalty Stock it & pocket the devil and all  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 24  f. 37r-v from back 
Despairing beside a clear stream A shepherd forsaken was laid  Rowe, Nicholas  Collins complaint  Unless that beneath the pale moon His ghost shall glide over the green  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 24  f. 3r-4r from back 
Diogenes ...  Ward, Edward ?  The s-----g philosophers  ...  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 24  f. 18r from back 
Diogenes surly and proud Who snarl'd at the Macedon youth  Ward, Edward  The tipling philosophers  Without we ne'er should have had Philosophers poets and kings  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 24  f. 10r-v from back 
Do not ask my charming Phyllis Why I lead you here alone  Anonymous  A song  I would with my lovely Phillis I wou'd I wou'd - ah! wou'd you?  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 24  f. 61r from back 
Even Phoebus' self by Cupid's anger sway'd Once Daphnis lov'd the fair Peneian maid  B, R  Apollo & Daphnis translated from Ovid's Epist  My youthfull temples with thy branches crown Respectively the laurel bended down  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 24  f. 15v-16v, 19v from back 
Fire water women are men's ruin Says wise Professor Vander Bruin  Prior, Matthew  A Dutch proverb  Thus fire water woman has been my ruin And great they wisdom Vander Bruin  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 24  f. 11r from back 
Good is the Lord the heavenly king Who makes the earth his care  Watts, Isaac  Psalm LXV. The blessings of the Spring; or, God gives rain  The bleating flocks spread o're the downs And shepherds shout thy praise  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 24  f. 30v from front 
Grand Louis let pride be abated Thy marshal's have all had a foil  D'Urfey, Thomas  The Spankeim  Le roy can restore thy dominion Morbleu! thou art frantick still  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 24  f. 3r-v from front 
Hail to the myrtle shades All hail to the nymphs of the field  Lee, Nathaniel  A song  Where love never found a decay But sets in eternal Spring  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 24  f. 1r-v from back 
Happy the man that does his age enjoy In the same cottage where he liv'd a boy  Anonymous  Claudian's old man made English  The choicest birds with songs his levy wait Whilst duns are grumbling at the proud man's gate  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 24  f. 1v-2r from back 
I'll range around the shady bowers And gather all the sweetest flow'rs  Carey, Henry  A song  I'll seek some distant dismall shore And never think of woman more  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 24  f. 26r from back 
I'll range the world where freedom reigns And search all round the thirsty planes  Anonymous  A song  Since maids by kindness are undone Adieu mankind I'll sigh for none  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 24  f. 26v from back 
Ianthe the lovely the joy of her swain By Iphis was lov'd & lov'd Iphis again  Anonymous  A song  That they still might be kind that they still might be kind And they still might be true  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 24  f. 2v from back 
In times of fabl'd wonders when Beasts could dispute & talk like men  Coles, Benjamin  Upon a lady's lap-dog of which she was very fond, insomuch that she took him to church with her & thereby gave great offence to her neighbours. Wrote at Rotherhith at the request of Mrs Christian Smith in the year 1728  These grievances alledg'd amend And so you'll recompense your freind  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 24  f. 59r-60v from back 
It must be so__Plato thou reason'st well Else whence this pleasing hope this fond desire  Addison, Joseph  Cato's soliloquy. Cato solus, sitting in a thoughtful posture; in his hand Plato's book on the immortality of the soul. A drawn sword on the table by him.  Disturb man's rest: Cato knows neither of 'em Indiff'rent in his choice to sleep or die  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 24  f. 33r-34r from back 
Juno's unjust Pallas was curst  Anonymous  A catch  And from dear Lenny fled Seignior & the law for my heirs  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 24  f. 74v-75r from back 
Long since I was in Bedlam It is almost now forgotten  Anonymous  The humours of Bedlam  I keep a stall at Leaden Hall And get drunk at the Pye in Aldgate  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 24  f. 20r-v from back 
Lord 'tis an infinite delight To see thy holy face  Watts, Isaac  The presence of God worth dying for; or the death of Moses  His was the noblest road to death And his the sweetest grave  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 24  f. 41r-v from front 
Madam could you persuade me tears are good To wash our mortal cares away  Watts, Isaac  To Mrs --------  Stamp down the thorns charge through the foe The hardest fight is highest crown'd  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 24  f. 22r from back 
Mark me Speak for I am bound to hear  Shakespeare, William  The scene in Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. The ghost & Hamlet.  And 'gins to pale her in effectual fire Farewell remember me  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 24  f. 35r-36r from back 
My God now I from sleep awake The sole possession of me take  Ken, Thomas; Bishop of Bath and Wells  A midnight hymn  Praise him above ye heav'nly host Praise Father Son & Holy Ghost  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 24  f. 20r-21r 
Myrtillo like time is always a-flying She regards not my tears & she laughs at my sighing  Anonymous    If then you would have her to fly you no more To hold her like time you must take her before  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 24  f. 6v from back 
Next from another quarter we behold A youth in Tyrian purple clad & gold  Anonymous  Description of the Bridegroom's entry  A living type to make the maid reflect On what she's to enjoy & what expect  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 24  f. 66v-67v from back 
Of all the occupations A man can take in hand  Anonymous  The town rakes  And drop him at Jack Turners Where october never faills  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 24  f. 12r-v from back 
One Valentine's day in the morning Bright Phoebus began to appear  Anonymous  A hunting song  I hope you'll all pledge it for the future So let the King's health go round  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 24  f. 11v, 22v, 25v, 36v from back 
Pardon good God that I should lightly spend Those talents or that time thy mercies lend  Coles, Benjamin  Encomium Maniae wrote at the request of my good friend Dr R Hale in the year 1728  And may he long encreasing these possess In measures boundless as his wide success  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 24  f. 53r-58v from back 
Pray Miss Granny why so sad Ah why so hippish grown  Anonymous  On an old woman in love: Agnosco veteris vestigia flamme (Virg.)  Thou never can'st revive again Alas thou art old & rotten  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 24  f. 32r from back 
Retir'd from heat with the declining sun On Tyber's banks a fidlar sat him down  Coles, Benjamin  The fidlar & nightingale. A tale. From Faminius Strada  Found out her consort 'midst th'numerous throng His fiddle now'ts her musick and her song  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 24  f. 51r-52r 
Rise happy morn fair sun arise Shed radiant gold around the skies  Watts, Isaac  The coronation day: a sacred ode  Great William shall rejoice to know That George the second reigns below  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 24  f. 39r-40r from front 
Sweet are the charms of her I love More fragrant than the damask rose  Booth, Barton  A song  Divine abodes shall own his power When time & death shall be no more  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 24  f. 46v-47r from back 
The bride at length the care of love appears Mature for man & in her blooming years  Anonymous  Hymen. Part of the Cento of Ausonius imitated. Descriptio egredientis sponsae: Tandem progreditur Veneris etcetera  Willing she goes & strives in vain to hide The silent raptures of a wishing bride  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 24  f. 65v-66r from back 
The guests attending still the beauteous bride Sits on the bed the bridegroom by her side  Anonymous  Ingressus in cubiculum  Her fears are flown she clasps the furious boy Gives all her beauties up & meets the joy  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 24  f. 65r-v from back 
The Lord how wondrous are his ways How firm his truth how large his grace  Watts, Isaac  Psalm CIII.8-18, 2nd part. God's gentile chastisement; or, His tender mercy to his people. Long metre  From age to age his truth shall reign Nor childrens children hope in vain  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 24  f. 23v, 27v from front 
The matrons in their turn with equal care To close & crown the solemn rites prepare  Anonymous  Epithalamium  They sung and all around the joyfull throng Applauded and the fates approv'd the song  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 24  f. 64v 
The thirsty earth soaks up the rain And drinks & gapes for drink again  Cowley, Abraham  Drinking  Should every creature drink but I Why man of morals tell me why  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 24  f. 28r from back 
The thirsty earth when one would think It's thirsty throat requir'd more drink  Anonymous  The answer  Should all things live by rule but I Thou man of more ale tell my why  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 24  f. 28v from back 
There was a w--- parson rode out to take air In a morning in May 'twas fresh & 'twas fair  Anonymous  A song  Ne'er in my life was I k---d so well Tibi gratias ago  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 24  f. 9r from back 
Though Molly met with some alarms For why my dears she's young & pritty  Anonymous  On Molly in a madhouse married to an old man. To the tune of Young Philander woo'd me long but I was peevish etc. To Mr W---c.ster  Row'd up to Mortlack or Barn Elms Or ile pop in - but Nell's my Juno  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 24  f. 2r-v from front 
Thus Kitty beautiful and young And wild as colt untam'd  *Prior, Matthew? or Harcourt, Simon?  The female phaeton [on Lady Catherine Hyde, later countess of Queensberry, and her sister Jane Hyde, later countess of Essex]  She obtain'd the chariot for a day And set the world on fire  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 24  f. 6r-v from back 
Thus saith the Lord the spacious fields And flocks & herds are mine  Watts, Isaac  Psalm L, v.8, 10, 11, 14, 15, 23. Obedience is better than sacrifice  And those that tread my holy ways Shall my salvation tast  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 24  f. 26v from front 
To you that live at home at ease And revell in delights  Anonymous  A song  And coasting to my native isle Perhaps she may prove kind  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 24  f. 52v from back 
Twas when the seas were roaring With hollow blasts of wind  Anonymous  A song  Then like a lilly drooping She bowed her head & died  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 24  f. 23r-v from back 
Waft me some soft and cooling breeze To Windsor shady kind retreat  Anonymous  The Midsummer wish  To thee alone the muse shall sing And warble through the vocal grove  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 24  f. 9v, 11r from back 
Well madam no mortal ever knew All that the mighty pow'r of love can do  Coles, Benjamin  Amor omnia vincit et nos cedamus amori  Content if after my poor life is past My weary bones may rest in thee at last  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 24  f. 7r-v from front 
When sad Britania fear'd of late Her Walpool's near approaching fate  Anonymous  On Mr Walpool's recovery from a fit of sickness in the year 1715  'Twould be the least thing you could do To hang up honest H----y  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 24  f. 39r-v from back 
Whence comes it neighbor Dick That you with taste uncommon  Anonymous  A song. Happy Dick  As you have done before 'em Ah happy happy Dick  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 24  f. 13r-v, 21v from back 
Whilst I gaz'd on charming Chloe A thousand beauties there I find  Anonymous  A song  To Cupids dart he must surrender For he is a killing boy  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 24  f. 5v from back 
Whilst I gaz'd on Chloe trembling Strait her eyes my fate declare  Anonymous  A song  Ladies lay aside your scorning If true love for love you'll find  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 24  f. 14r-15r from back 
Why is my life insipid grown What are become of the joys of the town  Anonymous  Sacharissa a town eclogue  Where in raffling for joys we our hearts throw away And where Sacharissa still carries the day  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 24  f. 27r-v from back 
Ye nymphs and Sylvian gods That love green feilds and woods  D'Urfey, Thomas  The milk-maid  With her brazen face despises the grace Of those which carry the milking pail  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 24  f. 29v, 31v, 32v from back 
Ye winds to whom Colin complains In dittys so bad and so sweet  Anonymous  The answer  Let me find thee a faithfull true swain And as constant a nymph I will prove  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 24  f. 4r-5r from back 
You see the mountain tops bespread And deeply fleec'd with snow  Anonymous  An imitation of Horace Lib. 1 Ode 9, Vides ut alta stet nive candidum  Whilst she doth feign'd resistance make And seem to hide her charms  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 24  f. 30r-31r from back