Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503-1542).
The lost heart 1
The lover's appeal 2
Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1517?-1547).
A sonnet--"Love that liveth," etc. 3
A vow to love faithfully 4
Anon., _circa_ 1530.
My sweet sweeting 5
George Turberville (1540?-1610?).
The lover to his lady 6
Master George: his sonnet 7
Turberville's answer and distich 8
Edward Vere, Earl of Oxford (1550-1604).
The shepherd's commendation of his nymph 9
A renunciation 11
Barnaby Googe (?) (1535?-1594).
The complaint of Harpalus 12
George Gascoigne (1525-1577).
A strange passion of a lover 14
Sir Edward Dyer ( -1607).
To Phyllis, the fair shepherdess 16
George Peele (1558?-1596-1597?).
The enamoured shepherd 17
Sir Walter Raleigh (1552?-1618).
His love admits no rival 18
The shepherd's description of love 20
The shepherdess' reply 22
Fulke Greville, Lord Brooke (1554-1628).
Love for love 24
John Lyly (1554?-1606).
Cupid and Campaspe: Apelles' song 26
Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586).
A ditty--"My true love," etc. 27
Love is dead 28
He that loves 30
Thomas Lodge (1558?-1625).
Love's wantonness 31
Rosaline 32
Thomas Watson (1557?-1592?).
The May Queen 34
Nicholas Breton (1545?-1626?).
Phillida and Corydon 35
Thomas Campion (_circa_ 1619).
Shall I come, sweet love, to thee? 37
Cherry-ripe 38
Robert Greene (1560?-1592).
Fair Samela 39
Kinds of love 41
Love and beauty 42
Robert Southwell (1561?-1595).
Love's servile lot 43
Sir John Harrington (1561-1612).
The heart of stone 45
Henry Constable (1561-1613).
A shepherd's song to his love 46
Samuel Daniel (1562-1619).
Love now, for roses fade 47
Early love 48
Love is a sickness 49
Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593).
The passionate shepherd to his love 50
Joshua Sylvester (1563-1618).
Love's omnipresence 52
Michael Drayton (1563-1631).
A parting, or Love's last chance 53
William Shakespeare (1564-1616).
Who is Silvia? 54
Sigh no more, ladies 55
A morning song for Imogen 56
Anon. (_circa_ 1564).
The unfaithful shepherdess 57
Anon.
True loveliness 59
A woman's reason 61
Love will find out the way 62
Phillida flouts me 64
In praise of two 66
Sir Robert Aytoun (1570-1638).
To his forsaken mistress 67
On women's inconstancy 69
Thomas Middleton (1570?-1627).
The three states of women 71
My love and I must part 72
Ben Jonson (1573?-1637).
Perfect beauty 73
To Celia 74
Dr. John Donne (1573-1631).
A woman's constancy 75
Sweetest love 76
William Alexander, Earl of Stirling (1567?-1640).
To Aurora 77
William Drummond (1585-1649).
Phillis 78
Beaumont and Fletcher (1584-1616; 1579-1625).
Take those lips away 79
Francis Beaumont (1584-1616).
Tell me what is love 80
Pining for love 81
Fie on love 82
John Wootton (_circa_ 1600).
Damoetas' praise of his Daphnis 83
George Wither (1588-1667).
Shall I, wasting in despair 85
Thomas Carew (1598?-1639?).
To one who, when I praised my mistress'
beauty, said I was blind 87
He that loves a rosy cheek 88
Nathaniel Field (1587- ).
Matin song 89
Robert Herrick (1591-1674).
Cherry ripe 90
Julia 91
To the virgins 92
To Electra 93
Bp. Henry King (1592-1669).
Dry those eyes 94
John Dowland (ed.) (1563?-1626?).
True till death 95
Thomas Weelkes (ed.) (1597- ?).
Farewell, my joy 96
Sir William Davenant (1605-1606-1668).
The lark now leaves 97
Edmund Waller (1606-1687).
Go, lovely rose! 98
Thomas Randolph (1605-1635).
His mistress 99
Henry Vaughan (1622-1695).
Chloris 100
Anon. (_circa_ 1610).
Love me little, love me long 101
Capt. Tobias Hume (musical composer).
Fain would I change that note 102
William Habington.
To roses in Castara's breast 103
John Danyel (1604?-1625?).
Thou pretty bird 104
Anon. (_temp._ James I.).
Once I lov'd a maiden fair 105
Sir John Suckling (1609-1642).
I pr'ythee send me back my heart 106
Orsame's song--"Why so pale," etc. 107
Thomas Ford, composer (1607?-1648).
Since first I saw your face 108
Abraham Cowley (1618-1667).
The given heart 110
Sir Edward Sherburne (1618-1702).
Ice and fire 111
Richard Lovelace (1618-1658).
Amarantha 112
To Althea, from prison 113
Alexander Brome (1620-1666).
A mock song 114
Thomas Stanley (1625-1678).
Speaking and kissing 115
Sir George Etherege (1635?-1691).
Ladies' conquering eyes 116
Charles Sackville, Earl of Dorset (1638-1706).
Dorinda 117
Robert Gould ( -1709?).
Celia and Sylvia 118
Sir Charles Sedley (1639?-1701).
True love 119
John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester (1647-1680).
Too late! 120
My mistress' heart 121
Constancy 122
Peter Anthony Motteux (1660-1718).
Man and woman 123
Matthew Prior (1664-1721).
Accept my heart 124
Sir John Vanbrugh (1664-1726).
An angelic woman 125
I smile at love 126
George Granville (1667-1735).
Adieu l'amour 127
William Congreve (1670-1729).
Sabina wakes 128
Inconstancy 129
Ambrose Philips (1675?-1709).
Love and hate 130
John Oldmixon (1673-1742).
I lately vowed 131
Dr. Isaac Watts (1674-1748).
Few happy matches 132
John Hughes (1677-1720).
Dorinda's conquest 133
George Farquhar (1678-1707).
Lovers in disguise 134
Thomas Parnell (1679-1718).
When thy beauty appears 135
LOVE VERSES
OF THE TUDOR &
STUART PERIODS.