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1. A blooming youth lies buried here

First Line:
A blooming youth lies buried here
Last Line:
But death had quicker wings than love
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
27361

2. Ah me vile wretch that ever I was born

First Line:
Ah me vile wretch that ever I was born
Last Line:
To murder him and twas the very same
DMI number:
37059

3. Ah poor Conceit delight is dead thy pleasant days are done

First Line:
Ah poor Conceit delight is dead thy pleasant days are done
Last Line:
And so my senses die
Author:
Nicholas Breton [Britton] (Absolute)
DMI number:
44779

4. Ah Amarillis far more beautiful

First Line:
Ah Amarillis far more beautiful
Last Line:
Shall speak and tell thee that love's martyr dies
DMI number:
22695

5. Ah dear Amyntas once a sprightly swain

First Line:
Ah dear Amyntas once a sprightly swain
Last Line:
Tis sin to mourn when such a nymph remains
DMI number:
6382

6. All wealth I must forsake and pleasures eke forgo

First Line:
All wealth I must forsake and pleasures eke forgo
Last Line:
Or thee begin note well the end is pain and misery
DMI number:
49141

7. And must thou leave us Nancy

First Line:
And must thou leave us Nancy
Last Line:
Revisit Dupper's Hill
DMI number:
32249

8. All ye whose hearts to tender pity formed

First Line:
All ye whose hearts to tender pity formed
Last Line:
For ever silent and for ever sad
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
27020

9. As Phillis sat beneath the spreading shade

First Line:
As Phillis sat beneath the spreading shade
Last Line:
Oblige the lover and the husband's lost
DMI number:
33623

10. Arise ye winds from your rough caves

First Line:
Arise ye winds from your rough caves
Last Line:
And then she laid her down and died
DMI number:
42801

11. As Cypres tree that rent is by the root

First Line:
As Cypres tree that rent is by the root
Last Line:
So wanting my wish I die for my desire
DMI number:
8994

12. As it fell out on a long summer's day

First Line:
As it fell out on a long summer's day
Last Line:
Or they had now been there
DMI number:
37601

13. At length escaped from every human eye

First Line:
At length escaped from every human eye
Last Line:
There yield up all his power ere to divide you more
Author:
George Lyttelton (Absolute)
DMI number:
22334

14. Attend ye fair and learn what pains await

First Line:
Attend ye fair and learn what pains await
Last Line:
In life divided but in death conjoined
DMI number:
25319

15. Before I sigh my last gasp let me breathe

First Line:
Before I sigh my last gasp let me breathe
Last Line:
To invent and practise this one way to annihilate thee
Author:
John Donne (Absolute)
DMI number:
5009

16. Behind an unfrequented glade

First Line:
Behind an unfrequented glade
Last Line:
And knaves and prudes are six times married
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
11870

17. Behold Dutch prince here lie the unconquered pair

First Line:
Behold Dutch prince here lie the unconquered pair
Last Line:
No trophy of your love or war remains
DMI number:
4975

18. Bow the head thou lily fair

First Line:
Bow the head thou lily fair
Last Line:
Alive to memory alone
DMI number:
36945

19. Beneath the covert of a grove

First Line:
Beneath the covert of a grove
Last Line:
Think on thy own mortality
Author:
Ambrose Philips (Absolute)
DMI number:
6979

20. Calvus if tears which we profusely shed

First Line:
Calvus if tears which we profusely shed
Last Line:
Though sudden as the joys to think how well you love
DMI number:
8543

21. By the side of a murmuring stream

First Line:
By the side of a murmuring stream
Last Line:
His ghost shall glide over the green
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
12691

22. Charon o Charon

First Line:
Charon o Charon
Last Line:
Cha Till then be wise
DMI number:
44011

23. Come sing my muse that lamp that once did prove

First Line:
Come sing my muse that lamp that once did prove
Last Line:
And thus enjoyed him in the shades below
DMI number:
41799

24. Come thou most charming object of my love

First Line:
Come thou most charming object of my love
Last Line:
And in sweet transports give up all my love
Author:
Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer] (Confident)
DMI number:
4082

25. Dear feathered Cupid pratling thing

First Line:
Dear feathered Cupid pratling thing
Last Line:
And Chloe's frowns no longer fear
DMI number:
19128

26. 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

27. Darkness does now the world surround

First Line:
Darkness does now the world surround
Last Line:
I'll haste to slumber in the grave
DMI number:
42764

28. Dear soul farewell thou now with glory crowned

First Line:
Dear soul farewell thou now with glory crowned
Last Line:
Whilst here on earth so now in heaven above
DMI number:
4674

29. Dear love let me this evening die

First Line:
Dear love let me this evening die
Last Line:
Whose roots are still embracing
DMI number:
44034

30. Far in the windings of a vale

First Line:
Far in the windings of a vale
Last Line:
She shivered sighed and died
Author:
David Mallet (Absolute)
DMI number:
35227

31. Far in the windings of a vale

First Line:
Far in the windings of a vale
Last Line:
She shivering sighed and died
Author:
David Mallet (Absolute)
DMI number:
21808

32. Fire fire is there no help for thy desire

First Line:
Fire fire is there no help for thy desire
Last Line:
Go hang thy self and thy desire
DMI number:
43345

33. Farewell fond love under whose childish whip

First Line:
Farewell fond love under whose childish whip
Last Line:
The hollow echo shall reply tis I
DMI number:
44043

34. For love she could not die she was so fair

First Line:
For love she could not die she was so fair
Last Line:
And death we may conclude took pet at that
DMI number:
6083

35. For daring feats of rustic sport

First Line:
For daring feats of rustic sport
Last Line:
By every eye in Aram's vale
Author:
Thomas Pearson (Absolute)
DMI number:
32728

36. Goatherd the music of yon whistling pine

First Line:
Goatherd the music of yon whistling pine
Last Line:
The goat may chance to leap as well as you
DMI number:
3918

37. Hail blessed pair whom love and nature joins

First Line:
Hail blessed pair whom love and nature joins
Last Line:
Death that grim tyrant that does all things blast
DMI number:
42777

38. Grieve not for me my dearest dear

First Line:
Grieve not for me my dearest dear
Last Line:
And in short time you will come to I
DMI number:
34999

39. Hard by the hall our master's house

First Line:
Hard by the hall our master's house
Last Line:
And whiten all the shore
DMI number:
15920

40. He rose and shut the door his man he blames

First Line:
He rose and shut the door his man he blames
Last Line:
Amen say all if it be thy blessed will
DMI number:
37061

41. He that would precious time improve

First Line:
He that would precious time improve
Last Line:
To show your cozening skill
DMI number:
43602

42. Hence idle fancies wandering shades away

First Line:
Hence idle fancies wandering shades away
Last Line:
And with eternal slumbers seal my eyes
DMI number:
42665

43. Here beauty sleeps but beauty void of pride

First Line:
Here beauty sleeps but beauty void of pride
Last Line:
And dying for thy imaged charms adore
DMI number:
34353

44. Here lies a faithful youth and faithful maid

First Line:
Here lies a faithful youth and faithful maid
Last Line:
And wish their love though not their fate the same
DMI number:
29889

45. Here lies a youth who fell a sacrifice

First Line:
Here lies a youth who fell a sacrifice
Last Line:
Now pours her fruitless tears upon his grave
DMI number:
4218

46. Here lies Philander in this gloomy state

First Line:
Here lies Philander in this gloomy state
Last Line:
He sought but earthly joys and gains the skies
DMI number:
6375

47. Here lieth he he lieth here

First Line:
Here lieth he he lieth here
Last Line:
Alas fell sick and died
DMI number:
29945

48. How oft to Mira has her favoured youth

First Line:
How oft to Mira has her favoured youth
Last Line:
Peaceful to sleep amongst the silent dead
DMI number:
36162

49. In Babylon where ramparts rose on high

First Line:
In Babylon where ramparts rose on high
Last Line:
And in one urn still keep their mixed remains
DMI number:
10297

50. In times of old when birds could speak

First Line:
In times of old when birds could speak
Last Line:
Mount up to heaven from whence it came
DMI number:
25034