Union First Line Index of English Verse

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


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'Gainst love, fond nature struggles still in vain    `Elegy on Mary Blandy'  O! let her sleep in unmolested peace.  Yale  c.140  p. 358 
'Twas on a mountain's airy spire  Merry, Robert, 1755_1798  `Extract from Diversity a poem'  And meet on ev'ry blast a variegated ray.  Yale  c.140  p. 167 
A certain artist, I forget his name,  Byrom, John, 1692_1763  `A fragment'  Resolv'd to post him for an arrant heat.  Yale  c.140  p. 1 
A Grecian youth of talents rare,  Whitehead, William, 1715_1785  `The youth and the philosopher'  To govern men and guide the State.  Yale  c.140  p. 513 
A hermit (or if chance you hold  Cowper, William, 1731_1800  `The moralizer corrected a tale'  Either too early or too late.  Yale  c.140  p. 517 
A rosebud overcharg'd with dew,  Cobbold, Elizabeth (Knipe), 1767_1824  `Sensibility__a tale'  In pity to a rose.  Yale  c.140  p. 169 
Ah blame me not if on the mournful lyre    `On the death of a beloved father'  And to our tears our mourning parent spare!  Yale  c.140  p. 558 
Ah me__how promis'd joys delude us still,  M__tt, J.  `To Ophelia, on her long silence'  Nor spring's gay blooms flow sweeter in the lay.  Yale  c.140  p. 370 
All hail! ye gentle gales that play  Done, Maria  `Morning__ode to spring'  Where endless glories shine.  Yale  c.140  p. 75 
Amidst the discord of a factious land  B., J.  `Anticipation' [1779]  The preaching and the grace alike are free.  Yale  c.140  p. 108 
An humble muse, which but for thee had slept  Done, Maria  `On benevolence inscribed to Mr. Roscoe'  Be with thy happy soul transplanted there.  Yale  c.140  p. 62 
As o'er the heath amid his still-clad thanes    `Duncan's warning'  Murder'd king, adieu! Adieu!  Yale  c.140  p. 222 
As rapt in thought the musing mind survey'd  Olgivie, James  `To the memory of Jas. Hervey'  Now rest in peace she said, and soar'd to heav'n.  Yale  c.140  p. 116 
Chill blows the blast, and twilight's dewy hand  Merry, Robert, 1755_1798  `Elegy written on the plain of Fountenoy'  Ah! where shall hapless man repose in peace.  Yale  c.140  p. 160 
Dear sensibility__'tis thou, and thou alone  Done, Maria  `A paraphrase on that justly admired soliloquy to sensibility in Sterne's Sentimental journey vol: 2. Page 182'  A tender generous sympathizing heart.  Yale  c.140  p. 78 
Deluder fair! where art thou fled?    `Stanzas to fancy written in the West Indies'  And I no longer be misled.  Yale  c.140  p. 545 
Dread winter rules, and o'er the ravag'd plain__  Done, Maria  `A winter piece__to friendship'  Gilds every hope with pleasures yet to come.  Yale  c.140  p. 71 
Far from the town's tumultuous noise,  M__tt, J.  `Novistne locum potiarem nire beato'  Ye seats of peace and virtue hail!  Yale  c.140  p. 507 
Forlorn upon the lofty mount I rove,  Marriott, William  `Elegy on the death of Dorothy Leaver'  And to her memory drop a pensive tear.  Yale  c.140  p. 363 
From frozen climes, and endless tracts of snow  Philips, Ambrose, 1675_1749  `A winter piece addressed to the Duke of Dorset' [Copenhagen, 1709]  And as he goes the transient vision mourns.  Yale  c.140  p. 156 
From realm to realm with cross or crescent crown'd,    `On the death of Jo[h]n Howard esq.' [1790]  And murmuring demons hate him__and admire.  Yale  c.140  p. 82 
Genius of Britain! Was it thou    `Verses written on reading the account of the battle of St. Amand'  When freemen join'd the league of courts against mankind.  Yale  c.140  p. 540 
Hark! Heard ye not that piercing cry,    `Slavery'  For others' woe down virtue's manly cheeks.  Yale  c.140  p. 525 
He who sits from day to day  Cowper, William, 1731_1800  `The following lines are said to be a production of...for the bellman'  Make us learn that we must die!  Yale  c.140  p. 211 
How aptly man's life is compar'd to the ocean,    `Written at Hastings May 1789'  Mild, placid, and cheerful, reflective and free!  Yale  c.140  p. 555 
How cheerful along the gay mead,    `Hymn in the oratorio of Abel' [`A hymn of Eve', pr. 1755]  My soul shall be wrapt in my God!  Yale  c.140  p. 111 
I heard two neighbors talk the other night,  Byrom, John, 1692_1763  `On inoculation when it first began to be practiced in England'  As when in health, and driv'n to it by art.  Yale  c.140  p. 53 
I shall not ask Jean Jacques Rousseau  Cowper, William, 1731_1800  `Pairing time anticipated a fable'  But proper time to marry.  Yale  c.140  p. 564 
In fair Circassia, where, to love inclin'd,  Collins, William, 1721_1759  `Eclogue fourth. Agib and Secander; or, the fugitives'  Wide o'er the moon-light hills renew'd their flight.  Yale  c.140  p. 141 
In Georgia's land, where Teflis' towers are seen  Collins, William, 1721_1759  `Eclogue third. Abra; or, the Georgian sultana'  And ev'ry Georgian maid like Abra lov'd!  Yale  c.140  p. 136 
In silent horror o'er the boundless waste  Collins, William, 1721_1759  `Eclogue second. Hassan; or, the camel driver'  When back to Shiraz' walls he bent his way.  Yale  c.140  p. 131 
Mortal, from your lower sphere,  Roscoe, William, 1753_1831  `Edward Rogers of Everton, merchant, departed this life 1795 aged 45 years'  Sown in virtue reap'd in joy.  Yale  c.140  p. 578 
Offspring of love divine, humanity!  Roscoe, William, 1753_1831  `The wrongs of Africa'  Of truth, and justice, and unbounded love.  Yale  c.140  p. 254 
Oft I've invok'd th'Aonian choir  Anstey, Christopher, 1724_1805  `Lady Elizabeth Modeless to Miss Jenny Wander__(from the new Bath guide)' [cf. `Oft I've implored the gods...']  Contented let me live.  Yale  c.140  p. 99 
Oft it has been my lot to mark  Merrick, James, 1720_1769  `The chameleon'  Prefers your eyesight to his own.  Yale  c.140  p. 574 
Oh if the muse's song could aught bestow,  Leadbeater, Mary (Shackleton), 1758_1826  `On the death of Capt. John St. Clair'  Celestial product of immortal skies!  Yale  c.140  p. 86 
O long remember'd and esteem'd as long  M__tt, J.  `To Palemon on a prospect of quitting the country'  For the close countinghouse and smoky street.  Yale  c.140  p. 500 
O thou! that on the moss-clad wall  M__tt, J.  `Ode to a redbreast'  The melting tale prolong.  Yale  c.140  p. 382 
O Venus! lovely evening star!    `The evening star. An ode'  Where ends the wanderer's earthly way.  Yale  c.140  p. 552 
Oh when from life's tempestuous scenes withdrawn    `To Mr H___'  Ne'er shall retirement wake the smile of joy.  Yale  c.140  p. 192 
Parent of virtue, if thine ear  Langhorne, John, 1735_1779  `Hymn. To humanity'  Indulge my votive strain, O sweet humanity!  Yale  c.140  p. 150 
Rise, winds of night! relentless tempests rise!  Williams, Helen Maria, 1762_1827  `Part of an irregular fragment found in a dark passage of the tower'  Again! their vengeful look__and now a speechless glance.  Yale  c.140  p. 343 
Say, will no white-rob'd son of light,    `Ode to truth'  Thus the Almighty spake: he spake, and called me truth.  Yale  c.140  p. 146 
She came__she is gone__we have met__  Cowper, William, 1731_1800  `Cathrina addressed to Miss Stapleton [later Mrs. Courtenay]'  Might we view her enjoying it here.  Yale  c.140  p. 521 
Sickness! I yield to thy subduing sway,  Headley, Henry, 1765_1788  `The following lines were written by...a scholar of Trinity College in Oxford, who died of rapid consumption at Norwich'  And smiling bear me to the throne of grace.  Yale  c.140  p. 206 
Sweet daughter of a rough and stormy sire,  Barbauld, Anna Laetitia (Aikin), 1743_1825  `Ode to spring'  With softest influence breathes.  Yale  c.140  p. 536 
The moon had climb'd the highest hill  Low, [ ], of New York  `Mary's dream'  Sweet Mary weep no more for me.  Yale  c.140  p. 254 
The open heart, the polish'd mind,    `Constantia__an elegy'  In the distressful struggle break!  Yale  c.140  p. 42 
There is a field thro' which I often pass,  Cowper, William, 1731_1800  `The needless alarm. A tale'  (Live till tomorrow) will have pass'd away.  Yale  c.140  p. 527 
Tho' distance parts my friend and me,  Leadbeater, Mary (Shackleton), 1758_1826  `Ballitore, a poem addressed to Rebecca Grubby(?)' [1778]  And lay my bones in Ballitore.  Yale  c.140  p. 225 
To the god of my love, in the morning, said she  Byrom, John, 1692_1763  `Armelle Nicolas's account of herself__from the French'  Could have nothing more added, than what I possess.  Yale  c.140  p. 47 
Was ye not sadly frighten'd, honest Harry,  Byrom, John, 1692_1763  `A dialogue between Sir John Jobson and Henry Homespun' [1745]  Yoi, sur, as lung as e'er I con, I will.  Yale  c.140  p. 15 
Was you at church o' Sunday morning, John?  Byrom, John, 1692_1763  `A Lancashire dialogue'  If onny comes I'll take it__John__good bye.  Yale  c.140  p. 3 
Well knows the artist where the earth contains  M__tt, J.  `28th chap. of Job'  To fly from evil understanding sound.  Yale  c.140  p. 509 
What art thou, memory of former days    `Ode'  This endless day whose sun shall never set.  Yale  c.140  p. 218 
When exulting we tell how our fathers of yore,    `Verses addressed to Englishmen'  And who robs man of these must offend the All-wise!  Yale  c.140  p. 214 
When far off the night storm flies  Merry, Robert, 1755_1798  `To Anna Matilda an extract'  Is but a point, compar'd to all.  Yale  c.140  p. 166 
When native goodness leaves these earthly plains,  Wilkinson, J.  `On the death of Isaac Wilson who died the 18th of the 8th month 1785'  With one accord show forth th'Almighty's praise.  Yale  c.140  p. 55 
When now soft evening spreads her pleasing shade,    `Elegy'  Sweet shall the numbers seem to friendship's ear.  Yale  c.140  p. 201 
When snows descend, and robe the fields  Hervey, James, 1714_1758  [imitation of Theocritus, Idyll xxiii.28]  Confirms the truth I sing.  Yale  c.140  p. 112 
Where the Pacific deep in silence laves  Williams, Helen Maria, 1762_1827  `Peru. A poem in six cantos'  Thy future triumphs o'er unnumber'd shores.  Yale  c.140  p. 385 
Where the steep mountain's flow'ry sides ascend    `To Mr. R___'  Alike may dare to live nor fear to die.  Yale  c.140  p. 197 
While thee__dear Coote, thy fate removes  Leadbeater, Mary (Shackleton), 1758_1826  `To Charles Coote on leaving Ballitore School'  Which leadeth to thy fold of rest.  Yale  c.140  p. 84 
Whose happy suns, without a cloud descend?  Wolcot, John (`Peter Pindar'), 1738_1819  `The Nymph of Tauris. Written on the death of Ann Trelawney sister to the late Governor Trelawney'  Where crown'd with glory glows thy ancient line!  Yale  c.140  p. 122 
Why hangs my harp on willow trees so long!  Leadbeater, Mary (Shackleton), 1758_1826  `M.S. on the death of her aunt Deborah Carleton'  But humbly hope, be still, and know thy God.  Yale  c.140  p. 92 
Why love's my flower, the sweetest flow'r  Langhorne, John, 1735_1779  `The wallflower'  And lead oblivion into day.  Yale  c.140  p. 204 (incomplete?) 
Why so grave Harry? What's the matter pray?  Byrom, John, 1692_1763  `A dialogue between [Sir John Jobson and Harry Homespun]'  At present, Sir, God bless ye, and farewell.  Yale  c.140  p. 24 
With vital warmth to bed, the canvas glow,    `To Mr. N___'  Transferr'd to native climes of endless day.  Yale  c.140  p. 190 
Ye gen'rous souls, whose steps pursue    `Ode to virtue by Metastasio'  To free our captive feet.  Yale  c.140  p. 114 
Ye Persian maids! attend your poet's lays,  Collins, William, 1721_1759  `Oriental eclogue[s]: eclogue first, Selim; or, the shepherd's moral' [pr. 1742 (Foxon C298)]  The shepherds lov'd, and Selim bless'd his song.  Yale  c.140  p. 126 
Ye shepherds your ill-tim'd amusements forgo,  M__tt, J.  `Stanzas written during the illness of an agreeable relation'  All mournfully slow to the village return'd.  Yale  c.140  p. 368 
Yet do I live! Oh how shall I sustain  Shaw, Cuthbert, 1739_1771  `Monody on the death of a lady who died in childbed. 1766'  And in my cup of grief infuse one drop of joy.  Yale  c.140  p. 173