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1. Ah had thy body lasted as thy name

First Line:
Ah had thy body lasted as thy name
Last Line:
That's great or noble shall together fall
Author:
Bevil Higgons (Absolute)
DMI number:
3817

2. Adieu harmonious Dryden and receive

First Line:
Adieu harmonious Dryden and receive
Last Line:
Worthy the poet's and the patron's name
DMI number:
5697

3. Ah weep now English genius weep

First Line:
Ah weep now English genius weep
Last Line:
Looks brighter from a sullen cloud
DMI number:
5110

4. As then no wind at all there blew

First Line:
As then no wind at all there blew
Last Line:
My tears discolours so mine ink
Author:
Matthew Roydon (Absolute)
DMI number:
44710

5. As on his death bed gasping Strephon lay

First Line:
As on his death bed gasping Strephon lay
Last Line:
Live not like Strephon but like Strephon die
Author:
Thomas Flatman (Absolute)
DMI number:
5951

6. As when plebeians at a monarch's death

First Line:
As when plebeians at a monarch's death
Last Line:
While nonsense shall have friends and sense have foes
Author:
Sarah Fyge Egerton (Absolute)
DMI number:
5739

7. As when the vestal hearth went out no fire

First Line:
As when the vestal hearth went out no fire
Last Line:
Poets and kings are not born every day
Author:
Jasper Mayne (Absolute)
DMI number:
3983

8. Beware delighted poets when you sing

First Line:
Beware delighted poets when you sing
Last Line:
Will find a shallow brook
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Confident)
DMI number:
7045

9. Beneath this monument is laid

First Line:
Beneath this monument is laid
Last Line:
In the lamb's glorious and eternal train
DMI number:
43289

10. Called by my grief Melpomene I come

First Line:
Called by my grief Melpomene I come
Last Line:
Cure me by death from deathless sad despair
Author:
Susanna Centlivre (Confident)
DMI number:
5684

11. Cease all my tuneful sisters now restrain

First Line:
Cease all my tuneful sisters now restrain
Last Line:
For nature can no second Dryden give
Author:
Catharine Cockburn [nee Trotter] (Absolute)
DMI number:
5682

12. Celestial muse whose godhead could inspire

First Line:
Celestial muse whose godhead could inspire
Last Line:
Eternal in its beauties and its fame
DMI number:
5743

13. Come all my sisters now in consort join

First Line:
Come all my sisters now in consort join
Last Line:
Unfollowed drove through all his immortal round
Author:
Delarivier Manley (Confident)
DMI number:
5676

14. Dead no tis all mistake he cannot die

First Line:
Dead no tis all mistake he cannot die
Last Line:
Though he died rich yet none can be his heir
DMI number:
5730

15. Could I report great Granvill or repeat

First Line:
Could I report great Granvill or repeat
Last Line:
Our soldier once and once our sacrifice
DMI number:
42962

16. Disconsolate Britannia mourning sate

First Line:
Disconsolate Britannia mourning sate
Last Line:
And in elegaic numbers celebrate his fame
Author:
Elizabeth Thomas (Confident)
DMI number:
5733

17. Enshrined oh marble in thy secret breast

First Line:
Enshrined oh marble in thy secret breast
Last Line:
And safely land him on the shore of peace
DMI number:
26716

18. Divers thy death do diversely bemoan

First Line:
Divers thy death do diversely bemoan
Last Line:
As Piramus did on Thisbes breast bewail
Author:
Henry Howard (Absolute)
DMI number:
8744

19. Dryden and dead what echo did I hear

First Line:
Dryden and dead what echo did I hear
Last Line:
Immortal as the glorious god of poetry
DMI number:
5747

20. Farewell too little and too lately known

First Line:
Farewell too little and too lately known
Last Line:
But fate and gloomy night encompass thee around
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
3182

21. Farewell oh more than Greece or Rome could boast

First Line:
Farewell oh more than Greece or Rome could boast
Last Line:
And out do all as thou hast all outdone
DMI number:
5742

22. Farewell the genius of the British stage

First Line:
Farewell the genius of the British stage
Last Line:
And clothed with glory you ascend the opening skies
DMI number:
10083

23. Farewell thou chiefest of the sons of fame

First Line:
Farewell thou chiefest of the sons of fame
Last Line:
And life nor fame could make thee more renowned
Author:
Robert Gould (Confident)
DMI number:
5745

24. Greece had a Homer Rome a Virgil lost

First Line:
Greece had a Homer Rome a Virgil lost
Last Line:
Must to their father ocean backward go
DMI number:
5735

25. Hallow my temples let my thoughts be dressed

First Line:
Hallow my temples let my thoughts be dressed
Last Line:
Myriads of stars spring from his falling light
DMI number:
42968

26. Great Dryden's dead and what bold daring muse

First Line:
Great Dryden's dead and what bold daring muse
Last Line:
For what I want in praise my tears shall pay thy hearse
DMI number:
5752

27. He's gone the youth is mounted up on high

First Line:
He's gone the youth is mounted up on high
Last Line:
Gain to himself an everlasting name
DMI number:
8503

28. Hear ye bright muses your own Dryden's dead

First Line:
Hear ye bright muses your own Dryden's dead
Last Line:
She left her garment and to heaven aspired
DMI number:
3528

29. How to thy sacred memory shall I bring

First Line:
How to thy sacred memory shall I bring
Last Line:
Scorning the unthinking crowd thou quitst the stage
Author:
Aphra Behn (Absolute)
DMI number:
3818

30. Hylas the clear day boasts a glorious sun

First Line:
Hylas the clear day boasts a glorious sun
Last Line:
Far as the fame of poetry and Ben
Author:
Lucius Cary (Confident)
DMI number:
3981

31. In the rude age when knowledge was not rife

First Line:
In the rude age when knowledge was not rife
Last Line:
Whose cinders yet with envy they do eat
Author:
Henry Howard (Absolute)
DMI number:
8747

32. In the wished close of evening's welcome gloom

First Line:
In the wished close of evening's welcome gloom
Last Line:
I was love's muse but he himself the god
Author:
Sarah Fyge Egerton (Absolute)
DMI number:
5678

33. In thy impression of Donne's poems rare

First Line:
In thy impression of Donne's poems rare
Last Line:
He we and thou shall live t'eternity
DMI number:
9096

34. Immortal Clio thou my breast inspire

First Line:
Immortal Clio thou my breast inspire
Last Line:
And every line will chronicle his name
Author:
Mary Pix [nee Griffith] (Speculation)
DMI number:
5681

35. Is then the summons true does partial fate

First Line:
Is then the summons true does partial fate
Last Line:
But thou shalt live when dead and flourish in the tomb
Author:
Charles Beckingham (Absolute)
DMI number:
10082

36. In yonder grave a druid lies

First Line:
In yonder grave a druid lies
Last Line:
In yonder grave your druid lies
Author:
William Collins (Absolute)
DMI number:
24543

37. Is Dryden dead in whining cantos mourn

First Line:
Is Dryden dead in whining cantos mourn
Last Line:
Shew more of ostentation than of love
DMI number:
5750

38. Is he then dead at last whom vain report

First Line:
Is he then dead at last whom vain report
Last Line:
As their mode differed to be bad or good
DMI number:
41834

39. Just as the gods were listening to my strains

First Line:
Just as the gods were listening to my strains
Last Line:
And take his works for an eternal president
Author:
Sarah Fyge Egerton (Confident)
DMI number:
5683

40. In vain the muse attempts to tune the lyre

First Line:
In vain the muse attempts to tune the lyre
Last Line:
In Britain's groves nor sought a foreign shade
DMI number:
17860

41. It grieves me when I see what fate

First Line:
It grieves me when I see what fate
Last Line:
As strong as thunder is in Jove's
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
28315

42. Mourn all ye groves in darker shades be seen

First Line:
Mourn all ye groves in darker shades be seen
Last Line:
Would try to move the rigid king of hell
Author:
John Oldham (Absolute)
DMI number:
4111

43. Mourn all ye poets mourn ye nymphs and swains

First Line:
Mourn all ye poets mourn ye nymphs and swains
Last Line:
And think my death more happy than my life
DMI number:
18147

44. I see in his last preached and printed book

First Line:
I see in his last preached and printed book
Last Line:
You have him living to eternity
Author:
John Marriott (Confident)
DMI number:
9095

45. I see that wreath which doth the wearer arm

First Line:
I see that wreath which doth the wearer arm
Last Line:
A relic famed by all posterity
Author:
Henry King (Absolute)
DMI number:
3982

46. I soft Euterpe sweetest of the nine

First Line:
I soft Euterpe sweetest of the nine
Last Line:
And one eternal sigh spread through the extending air
Author:
Sarah Fyge Egerton (Confident)
DMI number:
5679

47. I write not elegies nor tune my verse

First Line:
I write not elegies nor tune my verse
Last Line:
Thus their own funeral ashes to survive
Author:
Sir Thomas Hawkins (Absolute)
DMI number:
6797

48. If Memnon's fate bewailed with constant dew

First Line:
If Memnon's fate bewailed with constant dew
Last Line:
And be as soft and easy as his muse
Author:
George Stepney (Absolute)
DMI number:
6777

49. If falling tears and sighs too deep for art

First Line:
If falling tears and sighs too deep for art
Last Line:
My lovely bard that so lamented fell
Author:
Delarivier Manley (Confident)
DMI number:
5680

50. If generous gratitude could ever excuse

First Line:
If generous gratitude could ever excuse
Last Line:
From the vain world both envied and admired
DMI number:
3473