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1. A greater sweetness on those lips there grows

First Line:
A greater sweetness on those lips there grows
Last Line:
Than breath shut out from a new folded rose
Author:
Sir Robert Howard (Absolute) & John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20982

2. A qualm of conscience brings me back again

First Line:
A qualm of conscience brings me back again
Last Line:
But damned confessing is flat popery
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4034

3. A Quire of bright Beauties

First Line:
A Quire of bright Beauties
Last Line:
In Triumph return
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
2630

4. Ah how sweet it is to love

First Line:
Ah how sweet it is to love
Last Line:
Tis but rain and runs not clear
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
2645

5. Acis the lovely youth whose loss I mourn

First Line:
Acis the lovely youth whose loss I mourn
Last Line:
With rapid motion and his name retains
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4854

6. Ah why are not the hearts of woman known

First Line:
Ah why are not the hearts of woman known
Last Line:
But that we most desire to keep has none
DMI number:
39709

7. And women pardon force because they find

First Line:
And women pardon force because they find
Last Line:
Whose highest joy is in another's joys
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20548

8. Aurora now had left her saffron bed

First Line:
Aurora now had left her saffron bed
Last Line:
The spouting blood came streaming on her hands
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
28078

9. Ask not the cause why sudden spring

First Line:
Ask not the cause why sudden spring
Last Line:
To be the victim for mankind
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
17966

10. Ask not the cause why sullen spring

First Line:
Ask not the cause why sullen spring
Last Line:
I only am by love designed
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
657

11. Before my projects all are finished

First Line:
Before my projects all are finished
Last Line:
And so is Sarah if she get no son
Author:
Daniel Baker (Speculation) & Robert Gould (Speculation) & John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
6940

12. Beneath a myrtle shade

First Line:
Beneath a myrtle shade
Last Line:
Asleep or waking you must ease my pain
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
19825

13. Calm was the evening and clear was the sky

First Line:
Calm was the evening and clear was the sky
Last Line:
Began with a kiss | He burst out with a ha ha ha
Author:
John Dryden (Confident)
DMI number:
42644

14. Celimena of my heart

First Line:
Celimena of my heart
Last Line:
When we come together
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
2373

15. False women to new joys unseen can move

First Line:
False women to new joys unseen can move
Last Line:
But that we most desire to keep has none
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
5521

16. Farewell ungrateful traitor

First Line:
Farewell ungrateful traitor
Last Line:
When living is a pain | But dying &c
Author:
John Dryden (Confident)
DMI number:
42278

17. Even lions love

First Line:
Even lions love
Last Line:
And grapple and compel their savage dames
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
18754

18. Fair Iris and her swain

First Line:
Fair Iris and her swain
Last Line:
But kiss and do not tell
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
23656

19. Fair Iris and her Swain

First Line:
Fair Iris and her Swain
Last Line:
To morrow will restore | But what &c
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
2603

20. Fair sweet and young receive a prize

First Line:
Fair sweet and young receive a prize
Last Line:
For after dying all reprieves too late
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4195

21. Fairest isle all isles excelling

First Line:
Fairest isle all isles excelling
Last Line:
Those shall be renowned for love
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
2472

22. For mighty wars I thought to tune my lute

First Line:
For mighty wars I thought to tune my lute
Last Line:
While in unequal verse I sing my woes
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4148

23. Force is the last relief which lovers find

First Line:
Force is the last relief which lovers find
Last Line:
With so much care to make possession hard
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20542

24. Force never yet a generous heart did gain

First Line:
Force never yet a generous heart did gain
Last Line:
Sweet is the love which comes with willingness
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20545

25. From Romulus the rise of plays began

First Line:
From Romulus the rise of plays began
Last Line:
That faith to thee that solemn vow I pass
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4146

26. Go tell Amynta gentle swain

First Line:
Go tell Amynta gentle swain
Last Line:
Attends but death to close his eyes
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4039

27. Gainst keepers we petition

First Line:
Gainst keepers we petition
Last Line:
For the reckoning was paid me before
Author:
John Dryden (Confident)
DMI number:
2705

28. Happy and free securely blessed

First Line:
Happy and free securely blessed
Last Line:
Yet kill us if you go away
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
3873

29. Hate is the nobler passion far

First Line:
Hate is the nobler passion far
Last Line:
And cures the love-sick maid
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
6861

30. Here lies my wife here let her lie

First Line:
Here lies my wife here let her lie
Last Line:
Now she's at rest and so am I
Author:
John Dryden (Speculation)
DMI number:
35095

31. How comes it gentlemen that nowadays

First Line:
How comes it gentlemen that nowadays
Last Line:
They make it bawdier than a conventicle
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
3722

32. How could I dwell for ever on these lips

First Line:
How could I dwell for ever on these lips
Last Line:
That ripened peaches have not half their flavour
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
19248

33. How blessed are shepherds how happy their lasses

First Line:
How blessed are shepherds how happy their lasses
Last Line:
Make sure of this day and hang tomorrow
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
2566

34. How I could dwell for ever on those lips

First Line:
How I could dwell for ever on those lips
Last Line:
That ripened peaches have not half the flavour
DMI number:
39742

35. High state and honours to others impart

First Line:
High state and honours to others impart
Last Line:
I'll die I'll die I'll die so give up my game
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
3986

36. I felt the while a pleasing kind of smart

First Line:
I felt the while a pleasing kind of smart
Last Line:
Like drops of honey loth to fall away
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
19245

37. In Cupid's school whoever would take degree

First Line:
In Cupid's school whoever would take degree
Last Line:
But here tis time to rest myself and you
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
7332

38. Inconstancy's the plague that first or last

First Line:
Inconstancy's the plague that first or last
Last Line:
Taints the whole sex the catching court disease
DMI number:
39718

39. Jealousy is a noble crime

First Line:
Jealousy is a noble crime
Last Line:
A sickly draught but shows a burning thirst
DMI number:
39708

40. I'm thinking and it almost makes me mad

First Line:
I'm thinking and it almost makes me mad
Last Line:
To get young godlings and so mend our breed
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
35790

41. I thought how those white arms would fold me in

First Line:
I thought how those white arms would fold me in
Last Line:
As their superior god
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
18729

42. I will provoke thy lips lay siege so close

First Line:
I will provoke thy lips lay siege so close
Last Line:
That all thy sallying breath shall turn to blessings
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
19239

43. If for thy self thou wilt not watch thy whore

First Line:
If for thy self thou wilt not watch thy whore
Last Line:
In hopes whereof I rest thy cuckold maker
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
6753

44. Ladies I hope there's none behind to hear

First Line:
Ladies I hope there's none behind to hear
Last Line:
To trump their diamonds and they trump our hearts
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4033

45. Ladies I hope there's none behind to hear

First Line:
Ladies I hope there's none behind to hear
Last Line:
To trump their diamonds as they trump our hearts
DMI number:
17903

46. Last night he flew not with a lover's haste

First Line:
Last night he flew not with a lover's haste
Last Line:
Leaped from the bed and vanished
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
18806

47. Marriage thou curse of love and snare of life

First Line:
Marriage thou curse of love and snare of life
Last Line:
Love couples friends but marriage enemies
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
5555

48. Nor could thy form o Cyllarus foreslow

First Line:
Nor could thy form o Cyllarus foreslow
Last Line:
Whose valour equalled his foreseeing mind
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
11933

49. Nor him alone produced the fruitful queen

First Line:
Nor him alone produced the fruitful queen
Last Line:
And with her pains revenged his mother's fires
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
11894

50. No sign of love in jealous men remains

First Line:
No sign of love in jealous men remains
Last Line:
But that which sick men have of life their pains
DMI number:
39710

51. O beauteous maid | O thou to whom my vows were ever paid

First Line:
O beauteous maid | O thou to whom my vows were ever paid
Last Line:
The coldest nymph might read them without blushing
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute) & John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
21565

52. Now Bacchus calls me to his jolly rites

First Line:
Now Bacchus calls me to his jolly rites
Last Line:
The bridegroom's liquor lays the bride asleep
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4151

53. Now in good manners nothing should be said

First Line:
Now in good manners nothing should be said
Last Line:
But faith I would not trust her with a mouse
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
35797

54. O let me run and seal

First Line:
O let me run and seal
Last Line:
As shall recall their wandering spirits home
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute) & John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
19242

55. On either side the kisses flew so thick

First Line:
On either side the kisses flew so thick
Last Line:
For fear committed sin should get before
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
14071

56. Oh how I flew into your arms

First Line:
Oh how I flew into your arms
Last Line:
As no false love could feign
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
18762

57. Oh let me live for ever on those lips

First Line:
Oh let me live for ever on those lips
Last Line:
The nectar of the gods to these is tasteless
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
19251

58. Oh sight the mother of desires

First Line:
Oh sight the mother of desires
Last Line:
On each other's eyes | And if we may &c
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
2661

59. Pygmalion loathing their lascivious life

First Line:
Pygmalion loathing their lascivious life
Last Line:
The city Paphos from the founder called
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
11893

60. Pleasure forsook his earliest infancy

First Line:
Pleasure forsook his earliest infancy
Last Line:
Of what her meanest children claim by kind
DMI number:
39532

61. She brought her cheek up close and leaned on his

First Line:
She brought her cheek up close and leaned on his
Last Line:
At which he whispered kisses back on hers
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
19243

62. Since love is choice

First Line:
Since love is choice
Last Line:
Still gaining is our end in war and love
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20550

63. Small jealousies tis true inflame desire

First Line:
Small jealousies tis true inflame desire
Last Line:
And poisoning love himself with his own darts
DMI number:
39711

64. Sylvia the fair in the bloom of fifteen

First Line:
Sylvia the fair in the bloom of fifteen
Last Line:
And sighing and kissing so close
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
3928

65. The greater care the higher passion shews

First Line:
The greater care the higher passion shews
Last Line:
But that which sick men have of life their pains
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
5520

66. The first and fairest of his loves was she

First Line:
The first and fairest of his loves was she
Last Line:
And shook the shady honours of her head
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
11205

67. The offending woman when she lowest lies

First Line:
The offending woman when she lowest lies
Last Line:
Submits to conquer and but kneels to rise
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
5966

68. Then Nestor thus what once this age has known

First Line:
Then Nestor thus what once this age has known
Last Line:
And arms among the Greeks and longs for equal foes
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
11931

69. The shepherd Paris bore the Spartan bride

First Line:
The shepherd Paris bore the Spartan bride
Last Line:
And piping homeward jocundly he passed
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
3916

70. These some old man sees wanton in the air

First Line:
These some old man sees wanton in the air
Last Line:
From frequent diving and emerging came
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
11925

71. They kissed with such a fervor

First Line:
They kissed with such a fervor
Last Line:
Flew flushing over their faces
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
19247

72. Thus therefore he who feels the fiery dart

First Line:
Thus therefore he who feels the fiery dart
Last Line:
And stones with drops of rain are washed away
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
3915

73. To Amaryllis love compels my way

First Line:
To Amaryllis love compels my way
Last Line:
For love has made me carrion ere I die
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
3701

74. Were none of you gallants ever driven so hard

First Line:
Were none of you gallants ever driven so hard
Last Line:
The gaudy house with scenes will serve for cits
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4028

75. What state of life can be so blessed

First Line:
What state of life can be so blessed
Last Line:
In only thee | O jealousy &c
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
2571

76. What state of life can be so blest

First Line:
What state of life can be so blest
Last Line:
Thou tyrant tyrant of the mind
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
37848

77. Where none of you gallants ever driven so hard

First Line:
Where none of you gallants ever driven so hard
Last Line:
The gaudy house with scenes will serve for cits
DMI number:
41873

78. Whilst Alexis lay pressed

First Line:
Whilst Alexis lay pressed
Last Line:
The nymph died more quick and the shepherd more slow
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
2706

79. Why why should a foolish marriage vow

First Line:
Why why should a foolish marriage vow
Last Line:
When neither can hinder the other
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
362

80. Why should you pluck the green distasteful fruit

First Line:
Why should you pluck the green distasteful fruit
Last Line:
When it may ripen of itself and fall
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20549

81. You saw our wife was chaste yet thoroughly tried

First Line:
You saw our wife was chaste yet thoroughly tried
Last Line:
For every critic saved thou damnst a play
Author:
Thomas Southerne (Confident) & John Dryden (Speculation)
DMI number:
3723

82. You say tis love creates the pain

First Line:
You say tis love creates the pain
Last Line:
Than faithful love and kind possessing
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20599

83. Young I am and yet unskilled

First Line:
Young I am and yet unskilled
Last Line:
I should long I should long to be fifteen
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
8211

84. Young I am and yet unskilled

First Line:
Young I am and yet unskilled
Last Line:
I should long to be fifteen
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
2561

85. Your husband will be with us at the treat

First Line:
Your husband will be with us at the treat
Last Line:
Coax me tomorrow by foreswearing all
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4149