Union First Line Index of English Verse

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


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A quill made into a pen,      Doth joy and grieve many men.  Yale  c.536   
As I saw fair Clora walk alone,  Strode, William, 1602_1645  `A song'  To deck her froze into a gem.  Yale  c.536; see also `I saw fair Chlorisà'   
Brave gallant Duke do not lament    `Fair princess let me not complain...']  With beauty wit and treasure.  Yale  c.536   
By a clear crystal fountain's side    `A song'  To share a death like thine.  Yale  c.536   
By your honor's command, an example I stand,    `Addressing himself to the captain'  Oh save me from this that has nine.  Yale  c.536   
Fair princess let me not complain,    `The Duke of Lorraine's courtship to the Princess Royal tune of Princess royal'  Then princess don't disdain me.  Yale  c.536   
Fire, water, women are man's ruin,  Prior, Matthew, 1644_1721  `A Dutch proverb'  And great thy wisdom, Vander Bruin.  Yale  c.536   
From ev'ry muse, and ev'ry art, thy own    `An address, from the statues at Stowe, to Lord Cobham, on his return to his garden'  And long, and lovely, as thy walks, thy days.  Yale  c.536   
Grave Socrates, that sage of old      Was more than Socrates could do.  Yale  c.536   
Here lies Humphrey Salter,      Than did from the builders of Babel.  Yale  c.536   
Here lies my wife in earthly mold    `An epitaph'  She had, but now I have my will.  Yale  c.536   
How happy a state does the miller possess  Dodsley, Robert  `A song of the miller of Mansfield'  If so happy a miller then who'd be a king.  Yale  c.536   
I envy not the proud their wealth  Pilkington, Laetitia  `The following verses were written by a young lady of a very uncommon and promising genius. And therefore I doubt not but they will be acceptable to the public. An ode'  And crown with peace my hours.  Yale  c.536   
In marriage are two happy things allow'd  Brown, Thomas, 1663_1704    Since the last day's as happy as the first.  Yale  c.536   
It was on a certain Sunday    `A song'  Let him go farewell him.  Yale  c.536   
My dear Kitty,    `An epistle of Robin the butler to Kitty the cook's daughter'  Preserve your slave.  Yale  c.536   
Of flesh and blood I was both born and bred      The poorer sort to wail.  Yale  c.536   
Smile, smile,  Carey, Henry  `A Lilliputian ode on the accession of King George II to the crown'  May pout.  Yale  c.536 (incomplete)   
The dame that takes her rest    `1729'  And Mary's better part.  Yale  c.536 see also `Here lies interr'dà', `She that takesà', `This silent graveà', `She who hereà'.   
The first day and the same,    `Mother Eve'  I yielded up the ghost.  Yale  c.536   
Then, life of loveliness forbear    `To a lady in fears for the loss of her beauty, translated (with a small variation) from Anacreon by her husband'  Thy shape and air without a fault!  Yale  c.536   
There liv'd long ago in a country place    `A song'  For she scorn'd to be false for the lucre of gain.  Yale  c.536   
Thy ev'ry limb and ev'ry feature,      Come cheer thy heart, and dry thy eyes.  Yale  c.536   
Want is the scorn of ev'ry wealthy fool,      And wit in rags is turn'd to ridicule.  Yale  c.536   
When the bright god of day    `A song'  If you rashly approach to the sound.  Yale  c.536; see also `O ye rovers bewareà'.   
Young Roger came tapping at Dolly's window    `A song'  While Dolly's afraid, she must die an old maid. | Mumpaty, mumpaty, mump.  Yale  c.536