Union First Line Index of English Verse

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


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A husband echo'd all around And to Parnassus sure that sound  Finch, Anne; Countess of Winchilsea    Which makes their fancy'd happiness Of stollen secrecy  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 5r-6r 
Ah lovely Amoret the care Of all that know what's good or fair  Waller, Edmund  A la Malade  Of following gods increase their flame And haste to catch the flying game  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 28r 
Anger in hasty words or blows Itself discharges on our foes  Waller, Edmund  Of love  Leaves the untasted spring behind And wing'd with fear outflies the wind  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 24v-25r 
As in some climes the warmer sun Makes it full summer e're the spring's begun  Waller, Edmund  From a child  And innocently at your white breast throw A dart as white a ball of new fall'n snow  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 26v 
As once the lion honey gave Out of the strong such sweetness came  Waller, Edmund  Of the Lady Mary etc  Had theirs been such as Charles had made That mighty state till now had stood  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 33r 
As some fond virgin whom her mother's care Drags from the town to wholsom country air  Pope, Alexander  On a young lady's leaving the town after the coronation  Vext to be still in town I knit my brow Look sow'r and hum a song - as you may now  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 36v-37r 
Bright as the day and like the morning fair Such Chloe is - and common as the - air  Granville, George; Baron Lansdowne  Chloe    U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 12r 
Chloe's the wonder of her sex 'Tis well her heart is tender  Granville, George; Baron Lansdowne  Chloe  Has to her boundless beauty join'd A boundless will to ease us  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 20r 
Chloris yourself you so excel When you vouchsafe to breath my thought  Waller, Edmund  To a lady singing a song of his composing  Not for refexion [sic] of his face But of his voice the boy had burn'd  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 22v 
Clarinda with a haughty grace In scornful postures sets her face  Granville, George; Baron Lansdowne  Clarinda  If you're too proud to ease my pain I am too proud for your disdain  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 17v 
Cleora has her wish she weds a peer Her weighty train two pages scarce can bear  Granville, George; Baron Lansdowne  Cleora  Whome'er the gods have destin'd to prefer They cannot make me wretched blessing her  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 15r-v 
Darkness which fairest nymphs disarms Defends us ill from Myra's charms  Waller, Edmund  The night piece, or a picture drawn in the dark  By the rich odour taught to steer Though neither day nor stars appear  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 34v-35r 
Delia how long must I despair And tax you with disdain  Granville, George; Baron Lansdowne  Thysis [i.e. Thyrsis] and Delia  Love does predestinate our pity We chuse but whom he first decrees  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 19v 
Design or chance makes others wive But nature did this match contrive  Waller, Edmund  Of the marriage of the dwarfs  Creating for ourselves us two As love has me for only you  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 26r 
Enough enough my soul of worldly noise Of aery pomps and fleeting joys  Granville, George; Baron Lansdowne  Death  The prince and parasite together lie No fortune can exalt but death will climb as high  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 12v 
Fair fellow-servant may your gentle ear Prove more propitious to my slighted care  Waller, Edmund  To the servant of a fair lady  Her beauty too had perisht and her fame Had not the muse redeem'd them from the flame  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 34r 
Fair hand that can on virgin paper write Yet from the stain of ink preserve it white  Waller, Edmund  Of a tree cut in paper  Orpheus could make the forest dance but you Can make the motion and the forest too  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 33v 
Fair that you may truly know What you unto Thirsis owe  Waller, Edmund  To Amoret  Then smile on me and I will prove Wonder is shorter liv'd than love  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 20v-21r 
Foolish love begone said I Vain are thy attempts on me  Granville, George; Baron Lansdowne  To Myra. Song  It rends my brain and tears my heart Oh love my conqueror pity me  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 17r 
Go lovely rose Tell her that wastes her time and me  Waller, Edmund  Song  How small a part of time they share That are so wondrous sweet and fair  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 23v-24r 
Hail genial goddes[s], bloomy Spring Thy blest return O let me sing  Ferrar, Martha  An ode to Spring  But rosy Spring for ever bloom And suns eternal rise  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 57v-58v 
Haste to Clarinda and reveal Whatever pains poor lovers feel  Granville, George; Baron Lansdowne  Written in a novel entitled Les malheurs de l'amour  Who'd truly know love's pow'r or smart Must view her eyes and read my heart  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 20r 
Here Celia for thy sake I part With all that grew so near my heart  Waller, Edmund  To the mutable fair  Who like good faulkners take delight Not in the quarry but the flight  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 35r-36r 
How gaily is it first begun Our life's uncertain race  Finch, Anne; Countess of Winchilsea  Life's progress  We gladly sinking down to rest Leave following crouds behind  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 1r-2r 
I'll tell her the next time said I In vain in vain for when I try  Granville, George; Baron Lansdowne  To Myra. Song.  Still over-awe when she appears My breath is spent in sighs my eyes are drown'd in tears  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 16r 
In vain Clarinda night and day For mercy to the gods you pray  Granville, George; Baron Lansdowne  Written in a pray'r book  What arrogance on heav'n to call For that which you deny to all  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 14v 
Intending to have try'd The silver favour which you gave  Waller, Edmund  To a lady from whom he receiv'd a silver pen  That your great self did nere indite Nor that to one more noble write  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 27v 
It is not that I love you less Than when before your feet I lay  Waller, Edmund  The self banished  For if I break you may mistrust The vow I made to love you too  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 23v 
Love is begot by fancy, bred By ignorance by expectation fed  Granville, George; Baron Lansdowne  Love  Destroy'd by knowledge and at best Lost in the moment 'tis possest  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 18r 
May those already curst Essexian plains Where hasty death and pining sickness reigns  Waller, Edmund  Upon the death of my Lady Rich  In that celestial form frequented here And is not dead but ceases to appear  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 29v-30v 
No warning of th'approaching flame Swiftly like sudden death it came  Granville, George; Baron Lansdowne  To Myra, loving at first sight  Pygmalion so with fatal art Polish'd the form that stung his heart  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 17v 
No wonder sleep from careful lovers flies To bath himself in Sacharissa's eyes  Waller, Edmund  Of a lady who can sleep when she pleases  Yet Hymen may inforce her vigils keep And for another's joy suspend her sleep  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 21v 
Nothing lies hid from radiant eyes All they subdue become their spies  Waller, Edmund  To a lady from whom he received the following copy which for many years had been lost  All things but one you can restore The heart you get returns no more  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 33v 
Now for some ages had the pride of Spain Made the sun shine on half the world in vain  Waller, Edmund  Of a war with Spain and a fight at sea  And their young foes endeav'ring to retrieve With greter hazard than they fought they dive  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 31r-32r 
Of two reliefs to ease a lovesick mind Flavia prescribes despair, I urge be kind  Granville, George; Baron Lansdowne  Flavia  Flavia be kind the remedy's as sure 'Tis the most pleasant and the quickest cure  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 16r 
Phyllis why should we delay Pleasures shorter than the day  Waller, Edmund  To Philis  For the joys we now may prove Take advice of present love  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 24r 
Prepar'd to rail resolv'd to part When I approach the perjur'd maid  Granville, George; Baron Lansdowne  To Myra - Song  Her injur'd vassal trembling bows Nor dares her slave repine  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 19r 
Scarce could the general joy for Mohun appear But new attempts show other dangers near  Granville, George; Baron Lansdowne  On my Lady Hide, having the small-pox  So from the ocean shou'd we rivers drain Still wou'd enough to drown the world remain  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 16r 
Since thou wouldst needs bewitch'd with some ill charms Be buried in those monumentall arms  Waller, Edmund  To one married to an old man  All wee can wish is may that earth lie light Upon thy tender limbs and so good night  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 23r 
So calm and so serene but now What means this change on Myra's brow  Granville, George; Baron Lansdowne  To Myra  Which having touch't the top recoils And leaves the lab'rer to renew his toils  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 16v 
Strephon whose person ev'ry grace Was careful to adorn  Finch, Anne; Countess of Winchilsea  The wit and the beau  Convinc'd that where a wit pretends A beau is but an ass  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 7r 
Such Helen was and who can blame the boy That in so bright a flame consum'd his Troy  Waller, Edmund  Under a ladies picture  Or hope for pity but with silent moan And better fate had perished alone  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 25r 
Such moving sounds from such a careless touch So unconcern'd herself and we so much  Waller, Edmund  On my Lady Isabella playing on the lute  So Nero once with harp in hand survey'd His flaming Rome and as it burnt he play'd  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 25v 
Such was Philoclea such Mucidorus flame The matchless Sidney that immortal frame  Waller, Edmund  On my Lady Dorothy Sidney's picture  This glorious piece transcends what he could think So much his blood is nobler than his ink  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 22v 
Sure of success to you I boldly write Whilst love do's ev'ry tender line indite  Finch, Anne; Countess of Winchilsea  A letter to the same person. October 21, 1690.  You must perform what they want force to do And think what your Ardelia thinks of you  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 6r-v 
Sylvia let's from the crowd retire For what to you and me  Finch, Anne; Countess of Winchilsea  The cautious lovers  Who tho' their int'rests shipwreckt are Keep unreprov'd their wit  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 7v-8v 
Tasso knew how the fairer sex to grace But in no one durst all perfection place  Waller, Edmund  These verses were writ in the Tasso of her Royal Highness  More to our wonder than Rinaldo fought The hero's race excels the poet's thought  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 32v 
Tell me lovely loving pair Why so kind and so severe  Waller, Edmund  On the friendship betwixt two ladies  Are so choicely matcht a pair Or with more consent do move  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 23r 
That sun of beauty did among us rise England first saw the light of your fair eyes  Waller, Edmund  To the Dutchess of Orleans when she was taking leave of the Court at Dover  Sighs will not let us half our sorrows tell Fair lovely great and best of nimphs farewell  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 35r 
That which her slender waist confin'd Shall now my joyfull temples bind  Waller, Edmund  On a girdle  Give me but what this riban bound Take all the rest the sun goes round  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 22r 
The cards you tear in value rise So do the wounded by your eyes  Waller, Edmund  Written on a card that Her Majesty tore at ombra  Who to celestial things aspire Are by that passion rais'd the higher  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 32r 
The shrinking brooks and russet meads complain'd That summer tyrant fervid Sirius reignd  Anonymous  The death of Arachne. An heroi-comi tragic poem.  Where drownd in music reasons hoarser (?) call Love smiles triumphant in thy groves Vauxhall  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 53r-57r 
They that never had the use Of the grapes surprizing juyce  Waller, Edmund  An apology for having loved before  For that (as mine your beauties now) Imploy'd his utmost sight  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 28v 
Tho' we may seem importunate While your compassion we implore  Waller, Edmund  Translated out of Spanish  They whom you make too fotunate May with presumption vex you more  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 33v 
Thrice happy pair of whom we cannot know Which first began to love or loves most now  Waller, Edmund  To a friend of the different success of their loves  In love the victors from the vanquish'd flie They flie that wound and they pursue that die  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 29r 
Thyrsis a youth of the inspired train Fair Sacharissa lov'd but lov'd in vain  Waller, Edmund  The story of Phoebus and Daphne applied  Like Phoebus thus acquiring unsought praise He catcht at love and fill'd his arms with bays  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 22r 
Tis fit the English reader should be told In our own language what this tomb do's hold  Waller, Edmund  An epitaph to be written under the Latin inscription upon the tomb of the onely son of the Lord Andover  That 'tis no wonder death our hopes beguil'd He's seldom old that will not be a child  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 32v 
Tis pride's original but nature's grave Scorn'd by the base 'tis courted by the brave  Garth, Sir Samuel  Upon honour  Bigotted to this idol we disclaim Rest health and ease for nothing but a name  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 20r 
Treading the path to nobler ends A long farewell to love I gave  Waller, Edmund  Loves farewel  Though from our meaner flames secure Must that which falls from heaven indure  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 25v 
Tune tune thy lyre, begin my muse What nimph what queen what goddess wilt thou chuse  Granville, George; Baron Lansdowne    Ye gods where ever I shall be Myra shall still be lov'd and still ador'd by me  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 13v 
Twice twenty slender virgins' fingers twine This curious web where all their fancies shine  Waller, Edmund  On a braid of divers colours woven by four ladies  Not not the bow which so adorns the skies So various is or boasts so many dyes  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 26r 
Warn'd and made wise by others' flame I fled from whence such mischiefs came  Granville, George; Baron Lansdowne  To Myra  By one bright spark from Myra thrown Is into flame like powder blown  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 16v 
What art thou spleen which ev'rything dost ape Thou Proteus to abus'd mankind  Finch, Anne; Countess of Winchilsea  The spleen ... a pindarick poem  Daily increas'd by ladies fees Yet dost thou baffle all his studious pains  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 2r-4v 
What dire offence from am'rous causes springs What mighty quarrels rise from trivial things  Pope, Alexander  The rape of the lock  This lock the muse shall consecrate to fame And 'midst the stars inscribe Belinda's name  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 38r-52r 
When fam'd Apelles sought to frame Some image of th'Idalian dame  Granville, George; Baron Lansdowne  My Lady Hyde  In her we many mortals see As many goddesses in thee  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 17r 
When Myra in her sex's garb we see The queen of beauty then she seems to be  Granville, George; Baron Lansdowne  Myra in her riding habit  No stile of empire chang'd by this remove Who seem'd the goddess, seems the god of love  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 12r 
When we for age could neither read nor write The subject made us able to indite  Waller, Edmund  Writ on a blank leaf of a Waller  Leaving the old both worlds at once they view That stand upon the theshold of the new  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 36r 
When will the gods propitious to our pray'rs Compose our factions and conclude our wars  Granville, George; Baron Lansdowne  An imitation of the second chorus in the 2nd act of Seneca's Thyestes  And are a secret to himself alone Worse is an evil fame much worse than none  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 14r-v 
When wilt thou break, my stubborn heart Oh death how slow to take my part  Granville, George; Baron Lansdowne    Like sad Prometheus thus to lye In endless pain and never dye  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 18v 
While I listen to thy voice Chloris I feel my life decay  Waller, Edmund  Song  Of what the blessed do above Is that they sing and that they love  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 21v 
While in the park I sing the listning deer Attend my passion and forget to fear  Waller, Edmund  At Penshurst  Springs from no hope of what she can confer But from those gifts which heav'n has heap'd on her  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 26v-27r 
While Kneller with inimitable art Attempts that face whose print's on ev'ry heart  Granville, George; Baron Lansdowne  My Lady Hyde, sitting for her picture  Oblig'd by honour to relieve but one Unhappy men by thousands are undone  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 18r 
While monarchs in stern battle strove For proud imperial sway  Finch, Anne; Countess of Winchilsea  Alcidor  Or his full bliss at ease enjoy To live or love in peace  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 9r-10r 
While she pretends to make the graces known Of matchless Myra she reveals her own  Waller, Edmund  Of a lady who writ in praise of Myra  And when she would anothers praise indite Is by her glass instructed how to write  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 21r 
Whoe'er thou art who tempt'st in such a strain Sweet is thy syren song but sung in vain  Granville, George; Baron Lansdowne  Lord Lansdown's answer  Where several wand'rers travel day and night Thro' sev'ral paths and none are in the right  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 10v-12r 
Why came I so untimely forth Into a world which wanting thee  Waller, Edmund  To a very young lady  For with a handful that does bring All that was promis'd by the Spring  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 30v 
Why cruel creature why so bent To vex a tender heart  Granville, George; Baron Lansdowne  To Celia  Ah Celia if true love's your price Behold it in my heart  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 19r 
Why Granville is thy life confin'd To shades thou whom the gods design'd  Higgons, Elizabeth  Sent Lord Lansdown into the country  Can never be addrest in vain She needs must love and we shall have you back again  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 10r-v 
With Myra's charms and my extreme despair Long has my muse amaz'd the readers ear  Granville, George; Baron Lansdowne  The discovery, to the Countess of N--  Such names were theirs, and thou the most divine Most lov'd of heavenly beauties Myra's thine  U. Leeds, Brotherton  Lt 36  f. 13r