| 1 | 0–63 | 487 | unassigned | | Lo how the trustless world the worldlings tosses, And leads her lovers headlong unto death, Those that do cour… |
| 2 | 64–125 | 487 | T19 Virtue, Fortune and Vice as abstractions | 0.77 | Vain fool, that thinks solidity to find In this frail world, where for a while we range, Which like sea-waves,… |
| 3 | 126–193 | 512 | unassigned | | When I had both these glorious works effected, And trod the path of sovereignty a space, The minion of the peo… |
| 4 | 194–261 | 495 | unassigned | | O from what source can this proceed, T'have humours of so many kinds, Each brain doth divers fancies breed, al… |
| 5 | 262–325 | 518 | unassigned | | If he be forced for to frequent the veils, And there the wanton water-Nimphs to see, The rareness of the sight… |
| 6 | 326–389 | 509 | unassigned | | But I brook more than their conceits can show, Whose rich conjectures breed but poor effects: And I beseek you… |
| 7 | 390–453 | 514 | unassigned | | I may compare our state to table-plays, Where by dumb judges matters are decided, Their many doubts, the earne… |
| 8 | 454–514 | 498 | unassigned | | He hath been from his infancy addicted To all the pompous shows wealth could devise, And still entreated, neve… |
| 9 | 515–578 | 501 | T25 Kings, power and law: political sententi | 0.74 | I think they should excel as oft they do All men in wit, that unto men give laws: Kings are the Centre of the … |
| 10 | 579–642 | 500 | T25 Kings, power and law: political sententi | 0.87 | No man is only for himself brought forth, And Kings for th'use of many are ordained, They should like Suns, cl… |
| 11 | 643–722 | 516 | unassigned | | OF all the creatures below We must call Man most miserable, Who all his time is never able T'attain unto a tru… |
| 12 | 723–786 | 481 | unassigned | | WHat uncouth fancies do affright my soul, And have captived it to a thousand fears? Strange cares suggesting g… |
| 13 | 787–846 | 487 | T1 Death, grief and revenge | 0.75 | I only have two sons, and th'one you see The sign of Nature's indignation bears, And from his birth day dumb i… |
| 14 | 847–906 | 477 | unassigned | | I loved, O fatal love! unlovely fate, The virtuously fair, yet fairest Dame That ever was enshrined in soul's … |
| 15 | 907–966 | 493 | unassigned | | And finding that delay no end affords, And that fair generals are th'abusers Art, She did repel him with disda… |
| 16 | 967–1030 | 501 | unassigned | | And as it chanced, ere one could speak a word, I filled his bosom with a luke warm flood, And in his kind brea… |
| 17 | 1031–1092 | 484 | unassigned | | And ever busied for the country's good, We have no time to muse of vain conceits, Yet earning with continual t… |
| 18 | 1093–1154 | 492 | unassigned | | We crave none of your wealth, yet wish to see This Boar be-blood the staff of the most strong: Let valorous At… |
| 19 | 1155–1216 | 510 | unassigned | | And pardon me, (dear Son) it's a great Love That makes me watch so warily o'er thy ways, Th'affection of a Fat… |
| 20 | 1217–1276 | 476 | unassigned | | I must my friend even fervently exhort, Wait on my son, remember of my dream, This dangerously delectable spor… |
| 21 | 1277–1362 | 480 | unassigned | | Are we not now made one such fears o'ercome, Though I would fly myself my self do fetter, And if that I would … |
| 22 | 1363–1427 | 482 | unassigned | | What unknown corner from the world removed T'inhabit in th'horizon of despair Shall I go now possess and be ap… |
| 23 | 1428–1491 | 505 | T1 Death, grief and revenge | 0.83 | I grant what you allege, and more, is true, I have unto the height of hatred run, A blood-stained Wretch, not … |
| 24 | 1492–1551 | 485 | T1 Death, grief and revenge | 0.83 | O cruel judgement of a rigorous fate! Must I o'erlive myself t'entomb my Fame? All things that I behold upbrai… |
| 25 | 1552–1611 | 485 | T1 Death, grief and revenge | 0.84 | The fainting hand falls trembling from the sword With this micidiall blow for shame grown red, Which straight … |
| 26 | 1612–1674 | 495 | unassigned | | That supreme power, by which great States do stand, Should order but th'affection, not undo it And I could wis… |
| 27 | 1675–1740 | 495 | unassigned | | This benefit must bind me with the rest, To love your Majesty, and wish you well, I'll give you my advise, and… |
| 28 | 1741–1802 | 482 | unassigned | | A deadly rancour reconciled again, Must sealed with consanguinity remain. He since his father's age-worn cours… |
| 29 | 1803–1866 | 499 | unassigned | | 'twas he who first obtained the name of Ioue, Who was reputed for his glorious acts, The most imperious of the… |
| 30 | 1867–1928 | 499 | unassigned | | These flames that burn my breast must once burst out, Your counsel for more quiet minds I leave, And be you st… |
| 31 | 1929–1988 | 489 | T1 Death, grief and revenge | 0.73 | The blessing that this marriage did procure, It was too great to have continued long, A thing that's vehement … |
| 32 | 1989–2052 | 476 | unassigned | | By night I wish for day; by day for night; Yet wish far more, that none of both might be; But most of all, tha… |
| 33 | 2053–2124 | 483 | unassigned | | Yet how comes this? and O how can Divine Knowledge the Souls chief treasure Occasion such a cross to man? That… |
| 34 | 2125–2190 | 498 | unassigned | | Now therefore let us first devoutly go And lose our vows, the gods detest th'ingrate, And who delight t'adore … |
| 35 | 2191–2254 | 489 | unassigned | | And whilst Lucina the last help did make, As if some ugly Monster had been borne, A Minotoure, a Centaur or a … |
| 36 | 2255–2314 | 476 | unassigned | | See quickly then th'occasion to embrace, No doubt inspired by some celestial power, Prayed him t'expose her de… |
| 37 | 2315–2376 | 490 | T17 Eastern conquest: Persians, Turks and so | 0.82 | What anguish, or what rage o'erflowed my soul, A loving father may imagine best, Yet at that time I did my rag… |
| 38 | 2377–2436 | 472 | T22 Shepherds, flocks and Pan | 0.62 | I hear you have not heard how his death proved The black beginning of a bloody scene, His wife Panthea at the … |
| 39 | 2437–2501 | 494 | T17 Eastern conquest: Persians, Turks and so | 0.85 | Your adversary doth attend your will, This haughty city humbled hath her crest, And therefore go to pardon, or… |
| 40 | 2502–2565 | 498 | unassigned | | Then Cyrus by the reins his Courser took, And being mounted, holding out his hands, With an assured and Imperi… |
| 41 | 2566–2627 | 491 | unassigned | | He was well marked by one that had not spared No kind of danger for to make us thralls, For Cyrus had proposed… |
| 42 | 2628–2691 | 501 | unassigned | | But when he saw his Sire in such a danger, He bursted forth into those words the rather, Hold, hold thy hand i… |
| 43 | 2692–2751 | 479 | unassigned | | O now Devotion! well appeared thy force, Which binds the earth and opens up the Heaven, In the celestial breas… |
| 44 | 2752–2811 | 476 | T25 Kings, power and law: political sententi | 0.81 | And never let a Monarch after me, Trust in betraying titles glorious bates, Who with such borrowed feathers ra… |
| 45 | 2812–2877 | 500 | unassigned | | Then weary to be well, and tired of rest, T'engender discord I th'occasion sought, Yet for to cloak th'ambitio… |
| 46 | 2878–2947 | 456 | unassigned | | When first we fill with fruitful seed, The apt-conceiving womb of th'earth, And seem t'expel all fear of deart… |