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Celia and I the other day
Prior, Matthew (attr.)
`The lady's looking-glass [end: Prior]'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 1
Our yesterday's tomorrow now is gone
Cowley, Abraham
`Tomorrow [end: Cowley]'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 2
There is a place which man most high does near
Cowley, Abraham
`Fancy [end: Cowley]'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 2
With double force a woman always moves
Henly, [ ]?
`Woman [end: Henly]'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 2
I'm not one of your fops who to please a coy lass
`A song'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 3
These ills by none but woman could be done
`Love-sick [end: Dryden]'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 3
When I sigh by my mistress and gaze on those eyes
`Love's antidote'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 3
O how pleasant is't how sweet
`Anacreon imitated'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 4
Tomorrow you will live you always cry
Cowley, Abraham
`Tomorrow [end: Cowley]'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 4
No no vain world thy joys are frail
`The meditation'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 5
Women are governed by a stubborn fate
`Woman'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 5
The proverb holds that to be wise and love
`Love [end: Dryden]'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 6
To thee dear Tom myself addressing
`A dialogue between Sir John Pooley and Thomas Killigrew poet'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 6
In church the prayer book and the fan displayed
`To Belinda'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 8
Nature in pity has denied you shape
`To Flavia'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 8
So bright is thy beauty so charming thy song
`On a handsome woman with a fine voice but very covetous and proud'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 8
Those envious flakes came down in haste
`On some snow that melted on a lady's breast'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 8
My days have been so wondrous free
Parnell, Thomas
`A song'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 9
And is Miss Tabby from the world retired
Harison, [ ]
`On the death of a lady's cat [end: Harison]'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 10
As Venus once Latona's daughter spied
`From Sannazarius'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 10
I feel O laudanum thy power divine
Harison, [ ]
`In praise of Laudanum [end: Ibid.]'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 10
So fair a form with such devotion joined
`Written in a lady's prayer book'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 10
Now thus it is when tender virgins burn
`Woman'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 11
Gentle air thou breath of lovers
`A sigh [24 and 25 reversed in index]'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 12
When Mars the Lemnian darts surveyed
`The forty-fifth ode of Anacreon'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 12
Gay Bacchus liking Estcourt's wine
Parnell, Thomas, 1679_1718
`An anacreontic [end: Parnell]'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 13
How ill the motion with the music suits
*Philips, Ambrose? or Jeffreys, George?
`Upon a company of bad dancers to good music'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 15
Thou art woman a true copy of the first
Otway, Thomas, 1652_1685
`Woman [end: Otway]'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 15
To enjoy your life in happiness
`Martial. lib. 10. Ep. 47 imitated. Vitam quµ faciant Beatiorem iocundissime Martialis hµc sunt &c'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 15
A wretch long tortured with disdain
`Love's relief'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 16
So fair a semblance of so fair a face
`To a painter upon his drawing a lady's picture'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 16
Strephon the young the loveliest swain
`A song'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 17
What mean the wonders can such beams of light
`Upon a beautiful lady with cataracts in both eyes. By a gentleman with an impediment in his speech'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 18
How long will Cynthia own no flame
`A song'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 19
Thy all is but a show
`Woman [end: Milton]'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 19
No more severely kind affect
`To a jealous mistress'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 20
From White's and Will's
Philips, Ambrose
`A song'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 21
In Phoebus' wit as Ovid said
`To a young lady on her translation of the story of Phoebus and Daphne from Ovid'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 21
Long had I known the soft enchanting wiles
Eusden, Laurence
`On a lady who is the most beautiful and witty when she's angry [end: Eusden]'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 22
Why will Florella when I gaze
`A song'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 22
You ask my friend how I can Delia prize
Eusden, Laurence
`To Mr. [ ] [end: Ibid.]'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 23
Phyllis the young the fair the gay
`A song'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 24
Ah traitoress ah ingrate ah faithless mind
`Woman [end: Dryden]'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 25
Look here ye pedants who deserve that name
Eusden, Laurence
`On reading the critique on Milton in the Spectator [end: Eusden]'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 25
Now did the bagpipe in hoarse notes begin
`The smock-race at Finglas'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 26
Whoever in a mean abode presumes
`On a tobacco box'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 28
Intolerable vanity your sex
`Woman'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 29
Blush not redder than the morning
Lee, Nathiniel
`An epithalamium'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 30
Milo's from home and Milo being gone
`An epigram' [from Martial]
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 30
See Sylvia see a captive swain
`A song'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 30
Night to lovers' joys a friend
`A song'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 31
The hoary fool who many days
`Tomorrow [end: Prior]'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 31
Behold the woes of matrimonial life
Pope, Alexander
`The wife of Bath. Her prologue from Chaucer'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 32
Born to estates and bred to no intent
`The bravarians'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 44
I hate and yet I love thee too
Cowley, Abraham
`Catullus to his mistress [end: Cowley]'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 44
It is of a nature so subtle
`A maidenhead [end: Dryden]'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 44
We hope to find
`Woman'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 44
Men without love have oft so cunning grown
`Love'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 45
The fearful passenger who travels late
Dryden, John
`Cantabit vacuus coram Latrone Viator [end: Dryden]'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 45
When I was young and passion bore the sway
`The admiration ceased'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 45
Belinda see from yonder flowers
`A gentleman snatching a kiss of a lady'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 46
Pray charming Sylvia do not think you raise
`A lover to his fat mistress'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 46
Hard fate of lovers subject to our laws
`Woman'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 47
Here's to thee Dick this whining love despise
Cowley, Abraham
`Against love [end: Cowley] [cf. #310]'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 47
Some dull philosopher when he hears me say
Cowley, Abraham
`The soul [end: Cowley]'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 47
Or I'm a very dunce or womankind
Cowley, Abraham
`Women's superstition [end: Ibid.]'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 48
After the fiercest pangs of soft desire
`A song'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 49
Who names that lost thing love without a tear
`Love [end: Tatler] [4 lines from `Artemisia to Chloe']'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 49
I know your passion friend and well approve
`An epistle to D[ ]'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 50
The spacious firmament on high
`An ode. Written upon the heavens declare the glory of God...'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 51
Of age's avarice I cannot see
`Covetousness in old age [end: Denham]'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 52
Ye virgin powers defend my heart
`A song'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 52
Fatally fair they are and in their smiles
Rowe, Nicholas
[from The fair penitent]
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 53
Why should a foolish marriage vow
Dryden, John
`A song'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 53
Can this be he could Charles the good the great
`Thoughts occasioned by the sight of an original painting of King Charles the first taken at the time of his trial'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 54
If mortals die as soon as breath departs
`Death'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 56
To Dryden's muse I early homage paid
Eusden, Laurence
`On a dispute with a gentleman about the excellence of some of Mr Dryden's writings when a lady being asked her opinion blamed 'em [end: Eusden]'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 56
At last 'tis granted what we wished for long
Eusden, Laurence
`To the author of the Tatlers [end: Eusden]'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 57
Trust me dear George could I in verse but show
Philips, Ambrose
`An epistle by Mr Philips in answer to a friend who desired him to write upon the death of King William'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 59
In vain my muse would imitate the strains
Rowe, Elizabeth (Singer)
`A pastoral by the author of the anonymous verses before Cato [a dialogue between Phillis and Aminta]'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 60
Panthea long had felt love's pleasing smart
Gay, John
`Panthea [end: Gay]'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 63
Now Phoebus rose and with his early beams
`Araminta. A town eclogue [end: Ibid.]'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 67
Passion by long absence does improve
`Absence'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 70
Two murmuring streams in wild meanders flow
Eusden, Laurence
`The rivers of love [end: Eusden]'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 70
When wintry blasts and ruffling storms expire
`The spring'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 71
Whilst on their wings the gentle zephyrs bear
`St Julian's prayer'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 73
The joys of meeting pay the pangs of absence
`Absence'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 80
We read in profane and sacred records
Marvell, Andrew
`A dialogue between two horses. The introduction [end: Marvell]'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 81
In ¦sop's new-made world of wit
`Fair warning'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 87
Woman thou worst of all church plagues farewell
`On the divorces by parliament'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 87
Chaste pious prudent C[harles] the second
Freke, John?
`The history of the insipids [end: Rochester]'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 88
Here uninterred suspends though not to save
`An epitaph on Felton [end: Buckingham]'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 93
Husband thou dull unpitied miscreant
`A satire against marriage'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 93
Hail reverend Tripos guardian of the law
`Upon Tyburn'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 95
A true dissenter here does lie indeed
`An epitaph on Harry Carr'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 96
If heaven be pleased when sinners cease to sin
`Elegy on Coleman'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 96
When God almighty had his palace framed
`Purgatory'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 96
When crowding folks with strange ill faces
Prior, Matthew
`To Mr Fleetwood Shepherd [end: Prior]'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 97
Gentle reproofs have long been tried in vain
`Prologue [end: Rochester]'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 99
Maids need no more their silver pisspots scour
`The pisspot's farewell'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 100
Two Welshmen partners in a cow
`The bargain'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 101
Two travellers an oyster found
`The plaintiff and defendant'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 102
A certain priest had hoarded up
`The robber robbed'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 103
Virtue is the plague of human life
Dryden, John
`Wife [end: Dryden] [extract from Dryden's Aureng-Zebe, Act II]'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 104
What's love to you?
Dryden, John
`Age [end: Ibid.] [extract from Dryden's Aureng-Zebe, Act II]'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 104
A papist died as 'twas Jehovah's will
`The ghost'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 105
Farewell my Tom D[an]by my pimp and my cheat
`D[an]by's farewell'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 106
John Dryden's enemies were three
`On the death of Mr Dryden'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 106
When Israel first provoked the living lord
Dorset, Charles Sackville, 6th earl
`An allusion'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 106
Thus 'twas of old then Israel felt the rod
`To the haters of popery by what names or titles soever dignified or distinguished'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 107
The gospel and law allow monarchs their due
`A song'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 108
Happily housed these lares are
Steele, Sir Richard?
`On the Duke of B[ ]'s house. Sic siti lµtantur lares'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 109
Madam / We address you today in a very new fashion
`An address'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 109
Proud with the spoils of royal cully
Dorset, Charles Sackville, 6th earl
`On the Countess of D[ ]r'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 110
The Cestrian roach will prove a fine fish
`A song'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 110
And hast thou left old Jemmy in the lurch
Brown, Thomas
`A satire on the French king [end: Brown]'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 111
At five this morn when Phoebus raised his head
Rochester, John Wilmot, 2nd earl
`Tunbridge Wells [end: Rochester]'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 114
Miss Molly a famed toast was fair and young
`The medicine. A tale for the ladies [end: Tatler]'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 118
The poets tell us idle tales to please us
`Upon King James pistolling a mastiff dog at Banbury in his last progress'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 121
How vain is virtue which directs our ways
`Virtue [cf. #172]'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 123
I'll sing in the praise if you'll lend but an ear
`The Inniskilling regiment'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 124
If 'tis not love what is it that I feel
`The amorous scrutiny'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 124
O Harry canst thou find no subject fit
`A letter from J[emmy] P[enn] to Col. H[eveningham]'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 127
Near to the Rose where punks in numbers flock
`The playhouse'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 130
King James say the jacks as other kings do
`On the report of King James's sending a plenipotentiary to the Treaty of Ryswick'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 133
Prithee Jerry be quiet cease railing in vain
`The benefit of the theatre'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 134
Fire water woman are man's ruin
`A Dutch proverb'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 135
God bless our gracious sovereign Anne
`The history and fall of the conformity bill'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 136
Dum Regina subit constanti pectore mortem
`On the death of Q[ueen] M[ary]'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 141
The queen deceased so pleased the king so grieved
`In English [translation of previous; not listed separately in index]'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 141
When daring Blood his rent to have regained
Marvell, Andrew
`On Blood's stealing the crown'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 141
Nan and Frank two quondam friends
`The combat. The argument'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 142
Mountown thou sweet retreat from Dublin cares
King, William, 1663_1712
`Mully of Mountown [end: Swift]'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 148
How much egregious Moore are we
Pope, Alexander
`The worms [end: Pope]'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 151
Full twenty years and more our labouring stage
Dryden, John
`The prologue to Albion and Albanius'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 153
Sure there's a dearth of wit in this dull town
Dryden, John
`The prologue to King Arthur [end: Dryden]'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 154
Disdain and love succeed by turns
`Hate [end: Ibid.]'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 156
O Venus beauty of the skies
Philips, Ambrose
`A hymn to Venus'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 157
But come thou goddess fair and free
`Mirth {L'allegro uncorr}'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 158
Let Rufus weep rejoice stand sit or walk
`An epigram'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 159
The first physicians by debauch were made
`Exercise'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 159
Gods life's your gift then season it with such fate
`A prayer'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 160
Underneath this marble hearse
`On the Countess of Pembroke'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 160
For thee sweet month the groves green liveries wear
`May'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 161
Thou rising sun whose gladsome ray
`A song'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 161
Haste my reindeer and let us nimbly go
`A song'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 162
With a loud voice through every field and wood
`The enquiry of Venus after Cupid'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 163
At dead of night when stars appear
Prior, Matthew
`The third ode of Anacreon'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 164
Come on ye critics find one fault who dare
Dorset, Charles Sackville, 6th earl
`To the honourable E[dward] H[oward] on his poems'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 165
Methinks the poor town has been troubled too long
*Kerny, [ ]? or Dorset, Charles Sackville, 6th earl?
`A song'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 167
Here lies little [Lundy] a yard deep and more
Dorset, Charles Sackville, 6th earl
`An epitaph'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 168
Come gentle air the Aeolian shepherd said
`On the presenting a fan to a lady which had the history of Cephalus and Procris painted on it'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 169
When first the Tatler to a mute was turned
Tate, Nahum
`On the Spectator [end: Tate]'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 169
No longer Orpheus shall thy sacred strains
`Epitaphs. On Orpheus written by Antipater [group of 6 epitaphs begins]'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 170
Still in our ears Andromache complains
`On Homer by Alpheus of Mytilene'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 170
This tomb be thine Anacreon all around
`On Anacreon by Antipater'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 170
Divine Euripides this tomb we see
`On Euripides by Ion'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 171
The very bees O sweet Menander hung
`On Menander the author anonymous'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 171
Wind gentle evergreen to form a shade
`On Sophocles by Symonides'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 171
In courts licentious and a shameless stage
`To the supposed author of the Spectator'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 172
Conceal fond man conceal the mighty smart
`Corinna'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 174
When Brunswick first appeared each honest heart
`The royal progress'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 175
A grotto so complete with such design
`To Mrs [ ] on her grotto'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 180
As he lay on the plain his arm under his head
`A song'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 181
Gallants by all good signs it does appear
`An epilogue'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 182
Why d'ye with such disdain refuse
Vanbrugh, Sir John
`To a lady more cruel than fair [end: Vanbrook]'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 183
Damon if you will believe me
Dorset, Charles Sackville, 6th earl
`A song'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 184
You maidens and wives and young widows rejoice
`Upon four new physicians repairing to Tunbridge'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 184
Come Celia let's agree at last
`A song'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 186
How vain is virtue which directs our ways
`Virtue [cf. #120]'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 187
That Niobe to stone was changed
`From Anacreon'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 187
The world / Where nothing without sorrow's to be had
`World'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 187
Blessed as the immortal god is he
`An ode'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 188
Noble generous great and good
`A hue and cry after a stray heart'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 188
It happened on a summer's holiday
?
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 189
Be not puffed up with knighthood friend of mine
`On the knighting of Sir R. B.'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 190
Poor Job lost all the comforts of his life
`An epigram on Job travestied by the city bard'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 190
When Job contending with the devil I saw
`Occasioned by the news of Sir R. Blackmore's paraphrase on Job being in the press'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 191
My time O ye muses was happily spent
Byrom, John
`A song'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 192
Our church alas as Rome objects does want
`Satire upon the Romish confessors [end: Dryden]'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 194
Full two yards deep
`An epitaph on the Lord Langford who died on his wedding night'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 196
Gabriel no blessed spirit more kind or fair
Cowley, Abraham
`Gabriel [end: Cowley] [extract from Cowley's Davideis, Book 2]'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 196
If through that hole
`Answered by King James the first'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 197
Pious Selinda goes to prayers
Congreve, William
`A song'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 197
Thespis the first professor of our art
Dryden, John
`The prologue at Oxford 1680'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 198
At the sight of my Phyllis from every part
`A song'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 199
Cupid instruct an amorous swain
`A song'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 200
When Lesbia first I saw so heavenly fair
Congreve, William
`Lesbia [end: Congreve]'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 200
Ah what pains what racking thoughts he proves
Congreve, William
`A song [end: Ibid.]'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 201
Fair Amoret is gone astray
Congreve, William
`A hue and cry after fair Amoret [end: Congreve]'
U. Chicago
MS f553
p. 201
Best gift that Heaven's indulgence could bestow
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I looked and I sighed and I wished I could speak
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`A song [end: Congreve]'
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With sickly actors and an old house too
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We act by fits and starts like drowning men
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`An epilogue'
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Would you be free 'tis your chief wish you say
Cowley, Abraham
`Vis fieri liber? &c. Mar[tial] [end: Cowley]'
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Discords and plots which have undone our age
Dryden, John
`A prologue to the university of Oxford'
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Kindness has resistless charms
Rochester, John Wilmot, 2nd earl
`Kindness'
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Ah why are not the hearts of women known
`Jealousy'
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Lord of yourself encumber with a wife
`Marriage'
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Torment me with this horrid rage no more
`Jealousy'
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What can be sweeter than our native home
`Wife'
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Who knows what adverse fortune may befall
`Hope'
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From frozen climes and endless tracts of snow
Philips, Ambrose
`A description of the winter at Copenhagen'
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Though actors cannot much of learning boast
Dryden, John
`A prologue to the university of Oxford'
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First of mankind that we from Heaven are sent
`Free-will [a dialogue between R, G, and A]'
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Ladies I hope there's none behind to hear
Dryden, John
`Prologue to the Princess of Cleves'
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A qualm of conscience brings me back again
Dryden, John
`The epilogue'
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A knight delights in hardy deeds of arms
`An acrostic [end: Rochester] [= A PRICK]'
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A mighty pain to love it is
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`Gold [end: Cowley]'
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The husband's the pilot the wife is the ocean
Brown, Thomas
`Verses sent to a friend who twice ventured his carcass in marriage [end: Brown]'
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That I do with humble bows no more
Cowley, Abraham
`Quod te nomine? &c. Martial [end: Cowley]'
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Fairest of thy sex and best
`A song'
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Foolish prater what dost thou
Cowley, Abraham
`Swallow [end: Cowley]'
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Liberal nature did dispense
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`Beauty [end: Ibid.]'
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Come all ye grave old gouty dons
`A hobby-horse ditty to the cow-dance tune of Gallop & S[ ] [With a chorus, `Drink my juniper ale...']'
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Too late alas I must confess
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`A song [end: Rochester]'
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Well then sir you shall know how far extend
Cowley, Abraham
`Vota tui breviter &c. Mar[tial] [end: Cowley]'
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When Tewkesbury mustard does travel abroad
Sheppard, Sir Fleetwood?
`A prophecy'
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When the last of all knights is the first of all knaves
`The answer'
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Our play's a parallel the holy league
Dryden, John
`Prologue to The Duke of Guise'
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Much time and trouble this poor play has cost
Dryden, John
`The epilogue'
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A nymph and a swain to Apollo once prayed
Congreve, William
`A song'
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Bright beauties who in awful circles sit
`Prologue to Don Sebastian spoken by Mrs Mountford dressed like an officer'
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I quaked at heart for fear the royal fashion
Dryden, John
`The epilogue spoken betwixt Antonio and Moryma'
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In marriage are two happy things allowed
`Marriage'
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I'm thinking and it almost makes me mad
Dryden, John
`Epilogue to Amphitrion spoken by Phµdra'
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Fly swift ye hours ye measure time in vain
`Absence'
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For wedlock ripe look out and choose thy love
`Hesiod's counsel'
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Kings fight for kingdoms madmen for applause
`Love'
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From France from Spain from Rome I come
`A song'
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If Rome can pardon sins as Romans hold
Rochester, John Wilmot, 2nd earl
`Rome's pardons'
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My grateful thoughts so throng to get abroad
`Thanks'
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Hope of all ills that men endure
Cowley, Abraham
`Hope'
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A wig that's full
`A song'
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But O the joy the mighty ecstasy
`Joy'
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I am sorry Sam thou art such a ninny
`To a gentleman that had his pocket picked of a watch and some gold by his mistress. A burlesque letter'
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The rich have still a jibe in store
`Poverty'
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How happy are we
`A song'
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In the first rank of these did Zimri stand
Dryden, John
`Zimri. D[uke] of B[uckingham] [extract from Dryden's Absolom and Achitophel]'
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Were none of you gallants e'er driven so hard
Dryden, John
`Prologue for the women when they acted at the old house Lincolns-Inn Fields'
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Wherever I am or whatever I do
Dryden, John
`A song'
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Alas alas here free from cares and strife
`An epitaph on an orange merchant who died in his wife's arms the first night'
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At length gay morn smiles in the eastern sky
`Morning'
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Careful observers may foretell the hour
`A description of a city shower [out of order in index]'
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O what man's condition can be worse
Cowley, Abraham
`Avarice [end: Ibid.]'
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Still to one end they both so justly drew
Cowley, Abraham
`Friendship [end: Cowley]'
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Is this blind Cupid the reward
`A song'
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I never yet could see that face
`Inconstancy'
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Ye powers implacable and dread
`A song'
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In this thankless world the givers
`Ingratitude'
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Now hardly here and there an hackney coach
`Morning'
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When nymphs were coy and love could not prevail
`To a lady on her parrot'
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Now luck for us and a good hearty pit
Dryden, John
`Prologue to The Spanish Friar'
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Great monarch of the world from whose power springs
`Monarchy in misery [end: K. C. 1]'
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I tried if books would cure my love but found
Cowley, Abraham
`The incurable'
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Oft am I by the women told
Cowley, Abraham
`Age'
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The devil take those foolish men
Cowley, Abraham
`The resolution [end: Cowley]'
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The labouring bee when his sharp sting is gone
Dryden, John
`Prologue to Amphytrion spoken by Mrs Bracegirdle'
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Whether alone or in the harlot's lap
`Luxury and avarice'
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All that's sweet and soft attend
`An epithalamium'
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Fill the bowl with racy wine
Cowley, Abraham
`Epicure [end: Cowley]'
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I'll sing of heroes and of kings
Cowley, Abraham
`Love'
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The judge removed though he's no more my lord
Dryden, John
`Prologue to Don Sebastian spoken by a woman'
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The thirsty earth soaks up the rain
Cowley, Abraham
`Drinking [end: Cowley]'
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Underneath this myrtle shade
Cowley, Abraham
`Epicure'
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Happy insect what can be
Cowley, Abraham
`Grasshopper'
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Get that great gift and talent impudence
`Impudence'
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He that is rich is every thing that is
`Riches'
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Laws bear the name but money bears the power
Burnaby, William
`Law'
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What store of jibing scoffs are thrown
Oldham, John
`Poverty [end: Oldham] [extract from Oldham's `Satyr in imitation of the third of Juvenal']'
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He's no small prince who every day
`Liberty'
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Superfluous pomp and wealth I not desire
`Golden mean'
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Let him that will ascend tottering seat
`Jacob's wish'
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O damned trade of versifying
`The complaint of the poets in Hell'
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She loves and she confesses too
Cowley, Abraham
`Honour [end: Cowley]'
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Tis not indeed my talent to engage
`Protestations of friendship'
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Discreet what means this word discreet
Cowley, Abraham
`Discretion [end: Cowley]'
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Fly swift ye hours ye sluggish minutes fly
Duke, Richard?
`To Cµlia [end: Duke.]'
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Friend Dick howe'er it comes into his head
Prior, Matthew
`The ninth epistle of the first book of Horace imitated [end: Prior]'
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Since love has kindled in our eyes
`From a platonic gentleman to his mistress'
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Beauty thou wild fantastic ape
Cowley, Abraham
`Beauty [end: Cowley]'
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As Clelia rested in the shade
`The surprise'
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Distrust and darkness of a future state
`Death'
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The dazzling lustre of your skies
`The masque'
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I hate fruition now 'tis past
Oldham, John
`Enjoyment [end: Oldham]'
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Night love and wine no moderation bear
`Love'
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Make me a bowl a mighty bowl
Oldham, John
`The cup'
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As oft Sir Tradwel as we meet
`An allusion to Martial. Book the first. Epig. the 18th'
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Late as I on my bed reposing lay
`The dream'
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Nay then the Devil take all love if I
Sedley, Sir Charles
`Elegy the fifth. Book the second. Ovid'
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I've heard my friend and heard it said by you
`Book the 2d. Elegy the 10th. Ovid'
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Not I I never vainly durst pretend
`Book the 2d. Elegy the 4th. Ovid'
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There is not one base act which men commit
`The 13th satire of Juvenal imitated'
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Though much concerned to leave my good old friend
`The 3d satire of Juvenal imitated'
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The power of love
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`Love [end: Dryden] [extract from Dryden's Palamon and Arcite]'
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At the close
Dryden, John
`A storm [end: Ibid:]'
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Man at first a drop dilates with heat
Dryden, John
`Man [end: Ibid.] [extract from Dryden's Palamon and Arcite]'
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The pale assistants on each other stared
Dryden, John
`Amazement [end: Ibid.] [extract from Dryden's Theodore and Honoria]'
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Near the Cymmerians in his dark abode
Dryden, John
`The palace of sleep [end: Ibid:]'
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Perceivest thou not the process of the year
Dryden, John
`The year [end: Ibid:]'
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Time was when we were sowed and first began
Dryden, John
`Man [end: Ibid:]'
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Women with a mischief to their kind
Dryden, John
`Woman [end: Ibid:]'
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Know this O man nobility of blood
Dryden, John
`Nobility of blood [end: Ibid:]'
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If poverty be my upbraided crime
Dryden, John
`Poverty [end: Ibid:]'
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All dreams as in old Galen I have read
Dryden, John
`Dreams [end: Ibid:]'
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Neither pills nor laxatives I like
Dryden, John
`Physic [end: Ibid:]'
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Here the doctors eagerly dispute
Dryden, John
`Free will [end: Ibid:]'
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Full in the midst of the created space
Dryden, John
`The palace of fame [end: Ibid:]'
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Dreams are but interludes which fancy makes
Dryden, John
`Dreams [end: Ibid:]'
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Here's to thee Dick this whining love despise
Cowley, Abraham
`An ode [end: Cowley] [cf. #63]'
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When chance or cruel business parts us two
Cowley, Abraham
`Friendship in absence [end: Ibid.]'
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If dearest friend it my good fate might be
Cowley, Abraham
`Si tecum mihi chare Martialis &c. L. 5. Ep. 21. imitated [end: Ibid.] [not in index]'
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Five years ago says Story I loved you
Cowley, Abraham
`Inconstancy [end: Ibid.]'
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I've had today a dozen billet doux
`An epilogue'
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If gold could wasted life restore
`Gold. A song'
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A frog that left her native mud
`The frog and the ox'
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Ladies tonight your pity I implore
`Epilogue to Phµdra spoken by Mrs Oldfield who acted Ismena [end: Prior]'
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Tell me O Lydia for by heaven I swear
`An imitation of the 8th ode of the 1st L. of Horace, Lydia dic per omnes &c.'
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The sceptics think 'twas long ago
Prior, Matthew
`The ladle [end: Ibid.]'
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