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1. A span is all that we can boast

First Line:
A span is all that we can boast
Last Line:
In all his flower and prime
Author:
Isaac Watts (Absolute)
DMI number:
34771

2. Ah cruel death could nothing move

First Line:
Ah cruel death could nothing move
Last Line:
Of all my hopes the flower
DMI number:
28808

3. As flowers in field thus passeth life

First Line:
As flowers in field thus passeth life
Last Line:
Christ yem save fro the power of the fiend
DMI number:
29261

4. Begin betimes to serve the lord

First Line:
Begin betimes to serve the lord
Last Line:
Thou needst not fear to die
DMI number:
34555

5. Behold thy self by me

First Line:
Behold thy self by me
Last Line:
Even dust as I am now
DMI number:
9724

6. Beneath a sleeping infant lies

First Line:
Beneath a sleeping infant lies
Last Line:
Had been as short as thine
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
139

7. Beneath these honours of a tomb

First Line:
Beneath these honours of a tomb
Last Line:
To aid the triumphs of the day
Author:
Isaac Watts (Absolute)
DMI number:
23938

8. Beneath these horrors of a tomb

First Line:
Beneath these horrors of a tomb
Last Line:
To aid the triumphs of the day
Author:
Isaac Watts (Absolute)
DMI number:
26031

9. Beneath this dusty clod doth rest

First Line:
Beneath this dusty clod doth rest
Last Line:
And will thee plunge in hell most hot
DMI number:
26458

10. Beneath this marble Butler lies entombed

First Line:
Beneath this marble Butler lies entombed
Last Line:
The irradiant glories of the mystic dove
DMI number:
25185

11. Beneath this marble Devereux lies

First Line:
Beneath this marble Devereux lies
Last Line:
Death ever could struggle for with life
DMI number:
24951

12. Can four weak lines comprize her virtues no

First Line:
Can four weak lines comprize her virtues no
Last Line:
Alas where shall they harbour now she's gone
Author:
Thomas Heywood (Absolute)
DMI number:
7521

13. By sin came death

First Line:
By sin came death
Last Line:
Our sinful souls to save
DMI number:
29491

14. Confide not reader in thy youth or strength

First Line:
Confide not reader in thy youth or strength
Last Line:
And thou mayst be the next perhaps that dies
DMI number:
29571

15. Consigned to dust beneath this stone

First Line:
Consigned to dust beneath this stone
Last Line:
And grant that peace he wanted here
Author:
Samuel Whyte (Speculation)
DMI number:
29213

16. Crushed as a moth beneath thy hand

First Line:
Crushed as a moth beneath thy hand
Last Line:
And all our bounty's lost
Author:
Isaac Watts (Absolute)
DMI number:
34664

17. Dangers stand thick through all the ground

First Line:
Dangers stand thick through all the ground
Last Line:
We're travelling to the grave
Author:
Isaac Watts (Absolute)
DMI number:
34458

18. Death did not kill unjustly this good man

First Line:
Death did not kill unjustly this good man
Last Line:
There to prepare his soul a blessed bower
DMI number:
29361

19. Diana mournful for her husband dead

First Line:
Diana mournful for her husband dead
Last Line:
So in the grave inseparable she'll be
DMI number:
34156

20. Ere sin could blight or sorrow fade

First Line:
Ere sin could blight or sorrow fade
Last Line:
And bade it blossom there
DMI number:
27170

21. Death was determined not to part

First Line:
Death was determined not to part
Last Line:
One week recalled it in their death
DMI number:
34996

22. Fir to grace a bridgegroom's arms

First Line:
Fir to grace a bridgegroom's arms
Last Line:
To stand before the throne of grace
DMI number:
24662

23. Farewell dear souls a short farewell

First Line:
Farewell dear souls a short farewell
Last Line:
And trees of life bear fruits of love
Author:
Isaac Watts (Absolute)
DMI number:
34406

24. Farewell great painter of mankind

First Line:
Farewell great painter of mankind
Last Line:
For Hogarth's honoured dust lies here
Author:
David Garrick (Absolute)
DMI number:
34403

25. Fair Kitty beautiful and young

First Line:
Fair Kitty beautiful and young
Last Line:
Shall British bards employ
DMI number:
38128

26. Fair marble tell to future days

First Line:
Fair marble tell to future days
Last Line:
That death mistook them both for one
DMI number:
12471

27. From Abraham's bosom full of lice

First Line:
From Abraham's bosom full of lice
Last Line:
And bid the lousy rogue good night
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
8670

28. Friends do no weep

First Line:
Friends do no weep
Last Line:
So you must be
DMI number:
19817

29. Gentleman and heralds by your leave

First Line:
Gentleman and heralds by your leave
Last Line:
Let Bourbon or Nassau go higher
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
29550

30. Great was the dear redeemer's world

First Line:
Great was the dear redeemer's world
Last Line:
With his own act of grace
DMI number:
34766

31. Hail patriot youth lost in life's bloom

First Line:
Hail patriot youth lost in life's bloom
Last Line:
Who Britain loves shall drop a tear
DMI number:
34049

32. Happy creature in thy peaceful urn

First Line:
Happy creature in thy peaceful urn
Last Line:
Then I shall come and overtake thee
DMI number:
34736

33. Goodman Death | To please his palate

First Line:
Goodman Death | To please his palate
Last Line:
Has cropped your Lettice | For a sallet
DMI number:
33587

34. Heralds and statesmen by your leave

First Line:
Heralds and statesmen by your leave
Last Line:
Can Bourbon or Nassau go higher
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
11856

35. Here rests his head upon the lap of earth

First Line:
Here rests his head upon the lap of earth
Last Line:
The bosom of his father and his god
Author:
Thomas Gray (Absolute)
DMI number:
25173

36. Here hark ye old friend what wilt pass then without

First Line:
Here hark ye old friend what wilt pass then without
Last Line:
And walk on friend I wish thee a good day
DMI number:
25796

37. Here honest Sarah Rickets lies

First Line:
Here honest Sarah Rickets lies
Last Line:
That what she ever seemed
DMI number:
34700

38. Here lie I once a witty fair

First Line:
Here lie I once a witty fair
Last Line:
My noon was penitent
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
27438

39. Here lies a true and faithful pair

First Line:
Here lies a true and faithful pair
Last Line:
Each other on one day they died
DMI number:
29928

40. Here lies the body of dame Dodd

First Line:
Here lies the body of dame Dodd
Last Line:
Invested with immortal life
DMI number:
29969

41. Here lies John Thomson reader stay

First Line:
Here lies John Thomson reader stay
Last Line:
And then fell fast asleep
DMI number:
36947

42. Here lies M--w D--n a man much exposed

First Line:
Here lies M--w D--n a man much exposed
Last Line:
And both knew too well and too ill his profession
DMI number:
24986

43. Here lies Tom Thynne of Longleat Hall

First Line:
Here lies Tom Thynne of Longleat Hall
Last Line:
Or lay with the woman he married
DMI number:
35091

44. Here lieth Marmaduke constable of Flamborough knight

First Line:
Here lieth Marmaduke constable of Flamborough knight
Last Line:
To pray to our lord Jhesu to have mercy on our soul
DMI number:
34154

45. How fruitless tears and sighs how vain

First Line:
How fruitless tears and sighs how vain
Last Line:
To peace secure and joys above
DMI number:
34289

46. Here the good Lady Margaret North

First Line:
Here the good Lady Margaret North
Last Line:
And called Sir Edward North
DMI number:
1063

47. Here Tim the Tapster lies who drew good beer

First Line:
Here Tim the Tapster lies who drew good beer
Last Line:
Water he draws who drew good beer before
DMI number:
34979

48. Here traveller beneath this cot

First Line:
Here traveller beneath this cot
Last Line:
The poet's ashes vigorous yet
DMI number:
3188

49. Here traveller under this cot

First Line:
Here traveller under this cot
Last Line:
The poet's ashes vigorous yet
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
9762

50. Here underneath an infant lies

First Line:
Here underneath an infant lies
Last Line:
Learn what it is to die
DMI number:
2030

51. In beauty's mould her lovely form was cast

First Line:
In beauty's mould her lovely form was cast
Last Line:
Sad imperfection she was born to die
DMI number:
25175

52. In bloom the tender faithful wife

First Line:
In bloom the tender faithful wife
Last Line:
And lie lamented in this tomb
DMI number:
34430

53. In parliament a Burgess Cole was placed

First Line:
In parliament a Burgess Cole was placed
Last Line:
And lives a Burgess with heaven's royal peers
DMI number:
33879

54. Is Remnant gone each weeping eye

First Line:
Is Remnant gone each weeping eye
Last Line:
A remnant shall be saved
DMI number:
34951

55. Lo here lieth G under the ground

First Line:
Lo here lieth G under the ground
Last Line:
And say this same is she
Author:
William Grey (Absolute)
DMI number:
49497

56. Musician and logician eke

First Line:
Musician and logician eke
Last Line:
Just even as if it were
DMI number:
26014

57. Musician and physician eke

First Line:
Musician and physician eke
Last Line:
Behold even as it were
DMI number:
29884

58. My plant did flourish fair

First Line:
My plant did flourish fair
Last Line:
Has cropped my tender bloom
DMI number:
34551

59. Mortal a while suspend thy haste

First Line:
Mortal a while suspend thy haste
Last Line:
Which once was Billy Board
DMI number:
19273

60. Mortals behold and tremble at this shrine

First Line:
Mortals behold and tremble at this shrine
Last Line:
And hope such payment which to her is given
DMI number:
25416

61. Mortals take care

First Line:
Mortals take care
Last Line:
As poor as I
DMI number:
19814

62. My dear redeemer is above

First Line:
My dear redeemer is above
Last Line:
Shall soon come after me
DMI number:
34654

63. I Oppia once a vestal that

First Line:
I Oppia once a vestal that
Last Line:
And covered in this grave
DMI number:
29895

64. I lie not here that on the awful day

First Line:
I lie not here that on the awful day
Last Line:
Of the unfeeling sexton's busy spade
DMI number:
37962

65. I lodged have in many a town

First Line:
I lodged have in many a town
Last Line:
To my last lodging here
DMI number:
34285

66. Just in the blooming vigorous morn of age

First Line:
Just in the blooming vigorous morn of age
Last Line:
The messenger a short but sharp disease
DMI number:
34537

67. No age so young that death will spare

First Line:
No age so young that death will spare
Last Line:
To live eternally
DMI number:
29240

68. Never in a bed of rest

First Line:
Never in a bed of rest
Last Line:
Did so much virtue fly
Author:
Alexander Pennecuik (Confident)
DMI number:
27880

69. Nobles and heralds by your leave

First Line:
Nobles and heralds by your leave
Last Line:
Can Stuart or Nassau claim higher
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
18156

70. Nobles and heralds by your leave

First Line:
Nobles and heralds by your leave
Last Line:
Let Bourbon or Nassau go higher
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
11771

71. Now I repine no more at death

First Line:
Now I repine no more at death
Last Line:
These weak and withered limbs of mine
DMI number:
34591

72. O happy is the virgin pure

First Line:
O happy is the virgin pure
Last Line:
Sweet hallelujahs for ever sing
DMI number:
34553

73. Of a dull heavy folio here rests the last page

First Line:
Of a dull heavy folio here rests the last page
Last Line:
Twas unlettered and bound up in calf
DMI number:
35666

74. Of Wiliam Wilson Joan his wife

First Line:
Of Wiliam Wilson Joan his wife
Last Line:
Now joyful Alice is gone
DMI number:
1062

75. On this marble drop a tear

First Line:
On this marble drop a tear
Last Line:
And she with all mankind
Author:
Mary Monck (Absolute)
DMI number:
26045

76. Scarce had the tender hand of time

First Line:
Scarce had the tender hand of time
Last Line:
A rainbow and a shower
DMI number:
36022

77. Ripe in virtue green in years

First Line:
Ripe in virtue green in years
Last Line:
And hides her blushes in his breast
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
23946

78. Reader if thou cast thine eye

First Line:
Reader if thou cast thine eye
Last Line:
Alive or tis impossible
Author:
Charles Cotton (Absolute)
DMI number:
29863

79. Reader within this dusty tomb

First Line:
Reader within this dusty tomb
Last Line:
Where they'll no end of torments know
DMI number:
26436

80. Short was thy life

First Line:
Short was thy life
Last Line:
Yet diest thou never
DMI number:
29397

81. Should curious readers wish to know

First Line:
Should curious readers wish to know
Last Line:
He lived but seven short years
DMI number:
1069

82. She died in jesus and is blessed

First Line:
She died in jesus and is blessed
Last Line:
And freed from every care
DMI number:
34760

83. Sleep blessed creatures in your urn

First Line:
Sleep blessed creatures in your urn
Last Line:
And soon we there shall overtake you
DMI number:
34489

84. Sleep on blessed creature in thy urn

First Line:
Sleep on blessed creature in thy urn
Last Line:
And then o then we'll overtake thee
DMI number:
34608

85. Stop heralds by your leave

First Line:
Stop heralds by your leave
Last Line:
But Nassau was a son of god
DMI number:
29551

86. Sweet as the rose was Delia's early bloom

First Line:
Sweet as the rose was Delia's early bloom
Last Line:
I mix the patriot's with the lover's tears
DMI number:
35581

87. That death should thus from hence our butler catch

First Line:
That death should thus from hence our butler catch
Last Line:
Though butler's gone the keys are left behind
DMI number:
34886

88. That flesh is grass

First Line:
That flesh is grass
Last Line:
Whom worms devour
DMI number:
29298

89. Sweet's the remembrance of the just

First Line:
Sweet's the remembrance of the just
Last Line:
Who took her spirit home
DMI number:
34761

90. Statesmen and heralds by your leave

First Line:
Statesmen and heralds by your leave
Last Line:
Can Bourbon or Nassau go higher
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
12232

91. Stay gentle friend that passest by

First Line:
Stay gentle friend that passest by
Last Line:
Now mark my words and fare thou well
Author:
Thomas Norton (Absolute)
DMI number:
9055

92. The Lord saw good I was loping of wood

First Line:
The Lord saw good I was loping of wood
Last Line:
And so death lopped off me
DMI number:
34053

93. The perfect day is now her own

First Line:
The perfect day is now her own
Last Line:
And sees his mystery as she's seen
DMI number:
34786

94. The voice the light the cavalier

First Line:
The voice the light the cavalier
Last Line:
Butchered as ever was no man
DMI number:
34153

95. These lines below commemorate the death

First Line:
These lines below commemorate the death
Last Line:
And praises ever sing
Author:
William le Tans'ur (Absolute)
DMI number:
36752

96. There is no age that death will spare

First Line:
There is no age that death will spare
Last Line:
To live eternally
DMI number:
34783

97. This is brave Hector's tomb

First Line:
This is brave Hector's tomb
Last Line:
Both one sepulchre have
DMI number:
29748

98. This peaceful tomb does now contain

First Line:
This peaceful tomb does now contain
Last Line:
Then robbed us of the coming good
Author:
William Congreve (Absolute)
DMI number:
4235

99. Thy fame great Wyatt shall by all be read

First Line:
Thy fame great Wyatt shall by all be read
Last Line:
And kiss the ground whereon thy corpse did rest
Author:
Henry Howard (Absolute)
DMI number:
23878

100. To god to prince wife kindred friend the poor

First Line:
To god to prince wife kindred friend the poor
Last Line:
He that so lived and so deceased lies here
DMI number:
29938