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1. A fig for ear why should we spare

First Line:
A fig for ear why should we spare
Last Line:
Where no body means to find us
DMI number:
43081

2. A moment's space a transient span

First Line:
A moment's space a transient span
Last Line:
So short is life so frail is man
DMI number:
34207

3. Alas how swift the crowding minutes pass

First Line:
Alas how swift the crowding minutes pass
Last Line:
Of glutton priests when they their solemn feasts profess
DMI number:
3900

4. Ah Death thou pleasing end to human woe

First Line:
Ah Death thou pleasing end to human woe
Last Line:
And thy soft slumbers only bless the brave
DMI number:
18102

5. As all alone I slowly tread

First Line:
As all alone I slowly tread
Last Line:
Man dies to live and lives to die no more
DMI number:
35270

6. Away away thou ape of solid bliss

First Line:
Away away thou ape of solid bliss
Last Line:
He purchased for himself the overrated ball
DMI number:
43384

7. Beneath the horrors of a grave

First Line:
Beneath the horrors of a grave
Last Line:
To pluck the fairest flower first
DMI number:
25197

8. Can the deep statesman skilled in great design

First Line:
Can the deep statesman skilled in great design
Last Line:
The wish that sighs for sublunary things
Author:
John Cunningham (Absolute)
DMI number:
33128

9. Careless besotted man whose baffled mind

First Line:
Careless besotted man whose baffled mind
Last Line:
And more than all the dearest things but thee
Author:
Edmund Arwaker (Absolute)
DMI number:
30618

10. Christ is to me as life on earth

First Line:
Christ is to me as life on earth
Last Line:
Must pass and fade away
DMI number:
33800

11. Dear saviour oh what ails this heart

First Line:
Dear saviour oh what ails this heart
Last Line:
Cleave this obdurate heart in sunder
DMI number:
43240

12. Fame riches honour birth or wit

First Line:
Fame riches honour birth or wit
Last Line:
There's nought to wish or fear
DMI number:
23292

13. Farewell vain world and thou it vainest part

First Line:
Farewell vain world and thou it vainest part
Last Line:
Of which the noisy babbling world complains
Author:
Benjamin Ibbot (Absolute)
DMI number:
19121

14. From the maternal tomb

First Line:
From the maternal tomb
Last Line:
Are but the empty dreams which in death's sleep we make
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
6007

15. Hail hallowed fane amid whose mouldring shrines

First Line:
Hail hallowed fane amid whose mouldring shrines
Last Line:
Amid the mansions of eternal light
Author:
Reginald Heber (Absolute)
DMI number:
32685

16. Grim king of the ghosts make haste

First Line:
Grim king of the ghosts make haste
Last Line:
Is hovering in the air
DMI number:
2551

17. Hail midnight shades hail venerable dome

First Line:
Hail midnight shades hail venerable dome
Last Line:
And name and place are here for ever lost
Author:
David Mallet (Absolute)
DMI number:
30903

18. Ha not a breath of wind no gentle breeze

First Line:
Ha not a breath of wind no gentle breeze
Last Line:
Tis virtue only blossoms in the dust
DMI number:
25331

19. Hail aged remains of what thou once hast been

First Line:
Hail aged remains of what thou once hast been
Last Line:
But by time's stronger hand subdued at last
DMI number:
35406

20. Hours months and years with gliding pace

First Line:
Hours months and years with gliding pace
Last Line:
At their proud feasts the Salian train
Author:
William Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25537