Content type: Poem / Poem Theme: Death and Marriage

First Line:: Before my projects all are finished
Last Line:: And so is Sarah if she get no son
Author:: Daniel Baker (Speculation) & John Dryden (Absolute) & Robert Gould (Speculation)
DMI number:: 6940

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 Clarinda in a flood of sorrow

First Line:: Behold Clarinda in a flood of sorrow
Last Line:: She sighs and grieves because he lived so long
DMI number:: 25665

18. Behold how ended is our poor pilgrimage

First Line:: Behold how ended is our poor pilgrimage
Last Line:: Of october month the day one and twenty
DMI number:: 29576

19. Blessed in thy spirit in thy husband blessed

First Line:: Blessed in thy spirit in thy husband blessed
Last Line:: Late is the proof of love when after death
Author:: William Hay (Absolute)
DMI number:: 27397

20. Behold this tomb

First Line:: Behold this tomb
Last Line:: And Mary's better part
DMI number:: 21865

21. Beneath this consecrated stone

First Line:: Beneath this consecrated stone
Last Line:: Tis all thy weeping wife can give
DMI number:: 17838

22. Beneath this marble Devereux lies

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

23. Beneath this rugged stone doth lie

First Line:: Beneath this rugged stone doth lie
Last Line:: And send me anywhere but there
DMI number:: 18313

24. By this small stone as great remains are hid

First Line:: By this small stone as great remains are hid
Last Line:: One man she held most dear and one alone
DMI number:: 27950

25. Brutus unmoved heard how his Portia fell

First Line:: Brutus unmoved heard how his Portia fell
Last Line:: Should Jack's wife die he would behave as well
DMI number:: 25155

26. Chloe her seven dead husbands to lament

First Line:: Chloe her seven dead husbands to lament
Last Line:: Writes on each tomb she raised this monument
DMI number:: 27635

27. Dear doctor your wife in the parlour is a dying

First Line:: Dear doctor your wife in the parlour is a dying
Last Line:: Pray never mind me I'll slip up to the garret
DMI number:: 32487

28. Dearest Chloe I must leave you

First Line:: Dearest Chloe I must leave you
Last Line:: For another more jolly his place shall supply
Author:: Edward Ward (Confident)
DMI number:: 5385

29. Dear love one feathered minute and I come

First Line:: Dear love one feathered minute and I come
Last Line:: I come I come away | Daniel Scargill
DMI number:: 29127

30. Doris a widow past her prime

First Line:: Doris a widow past her prime
Last Line:: One's gone nor can she get another
DMI number:: 12607

31. 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

32. Farewell you world I take leave for ever

First Line:: Farewell you world I take leave for ever
Last Line:: Pray ye for me requiem eternam
DMI number:: 29440

33. Five wives hath he dispatched she husbands five

First Line:: Five wives hath he dispatched she husbands five
Last Line:: And then one funeral may serve them both
DMI number:: 27564

34. Flow gentle grief in melting numbers flow

First Line:: Flow gentle grief in melting numbers flow
Last Line:: Her name her honour and her praise shall live
DMI number:: 23032

35. From forth the church all blithesome gay

First Line:: From forth the church all blithesome gay
Last Line:: And all his future days were woe
Author:: J Robertson (Absolute)
DMI number:: 37075

36. Give me a girl if one I needs must meet

First Line:: Give me a girl if one I needs must meet
Last Line:: Is to enjoy their ashes or their fire
Author:: William Cartwright (Absolute)
DMI number:: 12590

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. Hail happy pair predestined long to prove

First Line:: Hail happy pair predestined long to prove
Last Line:: He just survived then led her up to heaven
DMI number:: 25970

39. He first deceased she for a little tried

First Line:: He first deceased she for a little tried
Last Line:: To live without him liked it not and died
Author:: Samuel Pick (Absolute)
DMI number:: 26048

40. He was courteous to all a husband kind

First Line:: He was courteous to all a husband kind
Last Line:: They shall for ever live with him above
DMI number:: 28900

41. Here resteth John amidst other clay

First Line:: Here resteth John amidst other clay
Last Line:: But what in common was his wife
DMI number:: 16359

42. Here rests my wife poor Phillis let her lie

First Line:: Here rests my wife poor Phillis let her lie
Last Line:: She finds repose at last and so do I
DMI number:: 34899

43. Here she lies whose spotless fame

First Line:: Here she lies whose spotless fame
Last Line:: The grave is but a cabinet
DMI number:: 23910

44. Here sleep whom neither life nor love

First Line:: Here sleep whom neither life nor love
Last Line:: Thou faithful grave than thine
DMI number:: 13155

45. Here Jack lies dead but let no mortal grieve

First Line:: Here Jack lies dead but let no mortal grieve
Last Line:: To those fond fools that marry whilst they live
Author:: Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:: 8024

46. Here lie John Hewet and Sarah Drew

First Line:: Here lie John Hewet and Sarah Drew
Last Line:: For Pope has wrote upon their tomb
DMI number:: 33194

47. Her name both maid and wife

First Line:: Her name both maid and wife
Last Line:: And his the same throughout his life
DMI number:: 9732

48. Here lies a good and virtuous wife

First Line:: Here lies a good and virtuous wife
Last Line:: Yet heaven I hope is now her lot
DMI number:: 29479

49. Here lies a good wife who died with remorse

First Line:: Here lies a good wife who died with remorse
Last Line:: Though now she is gone they both are at rest
DMI number:: 21702

50. 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

51. Here lies a wonder may be said

First Line:: Here lies a wonder may be said
Last Line:: Which for her virtue is her own
DMI number:: 29793

52. Here lies a wretch midst other clay

First Line:: Here lies a wretch midst other clay
Last Line:: But what in common was his wife
DMI number:: 32446

53. Here lies entombed a married man's great woe

First Line:: Here lies entombed a married man's great woe
Last Line:: The earth holds her who could not hold her tongue
Author:: Thomas Jordan (Confident)
DMI number:: 27940

54. Here lies the body of Mary Sextone

First Line:: Here lies the body of Mary Sextone
Last Line:: This she can't say beneath the next stone
DMI number:: 32455

55. Here lies the quintessence of noise and strife

First Line:: Here lies the quintessence of noise and strife
Last Line:: He durst not for his ears have touched the slut
DMI number:: 32454

56. Here lies John Brown a man of few words

First Line:: Here lies John Brown a man of few words
Last Line:: He might have lived all the days of his life
DMI number:: 24142

57. Here lies Leigh who vexed with a shrewd wife

First Line:: Here lies Leigh who vexed with a shrewd wife
Last Line:: Will cause his brother Peter shut her out
DMI number:: 29043

58. Here lies my poor wife without bed or blanket

First Line:: Here lies my poor wife without bed or blanket
Last Line:: But dead as a door nail the good lord be thanked
DMI number:: 18597

59. Here lies my poor wife without bed or blanket

First Line:: Here lies my poor wife without bed or blanket
Last Line:: But dead as a doornail God be thanked
DMI number:: 12760

60. Here lies my poor wife without bed or blanket

First Line:: Here lies my poor wife without bed or blanket
Last Line:: But dead as any door nail god be thanked
DMI number:: 25802

61. Here lies my wife and there let her lie

First Line:: Here lies my wife and there let her lie
Last Line:: She is at rest and so am I
DMI number:: 24138

62. 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

63. His former joy is into sadness turned

First Line:: His former joy is into sadness turned
Last Line:: Now in the arms of death and darkness lies
DMI number:: 29934

64. Ho stay who lies here

First Line:: Ho stay who lies here
Last Line:: What we lent we lost
DMI number:: 43781

65. Here snug in grave my wife doth lie

First Line:: Here snug in grave my wife doth lie
Last Line:: Now she's at rest and so am I
DMI number:: 25816

66. Hic jacet ille qui centies et mille

First Line:: Hic jacet ille qui centies et mille
Last Line:: So gentlemen vale
DMI number:: 24207

67. Hulse shook his head poor Damon lay a dying

First Line:: Hulse shook his head poor Damon lay a dying
Last Line:: Which sparkles in a widow's eyes
Author:: Charles Denis (Absolute)
DMI number:: 27624

68. Hurt by her husband's sword but not his will

First Line:: Hurt by her husband's sword but not his will
Last Line:: Though one survive yet he hath slain them both
DMI number:: 29026

69. I have lost my mistress horse and wife

First Line:: I have lost my mistress horse and wife
Last Line:: I am sorry for my horse
DMI number:: 18477

70. I hope you'll own that with becoming art

First Line:: I hope you'll own that with becoming art
Last Line:: The fatherless and widow to your care
Author:: Eustace Budgell (Absolute)
DMI number:: 17537

71. In this cold bed here consumated are

First Line:: In this cold bed here consumated are
Last Line:: That they that were one flesh should be one dust
DMI number:: 29299

72. In silent dust the dear beloved lies

First Line:: In silent dust the dear beloved lies
Last Line:: Where saints in glory with Jehovah reign
DMI number:: 34457

73. 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

74. In brief to speak thy praise let this suffice

First Line:: In brief to speak thy praise let this suffice
Last Line:: A worthy mistress and of liberal mind
DMI number:: 29327

75. In Burton's favourite groves alas how changed

First Line:: In Burton's favourite groves alas how changed
Last Line:: Nor left but in my heart a wreck behind
DMI number:: 31604

76. In heat of youth poor Jack engaged a wife

First Line:: In heat of youth poor Jack engaged a wife
Last Line:: To wed or die Jack wisely chose the latter
DMI number:: 33392

77. In heaven her soul

First Line:: In heaven her soul
Last Line:: To me her husband dear
DMI number:: 28463

78. In marriage are two happy things allowed

First Line:: In marriage are two happy things allowed
Last Line:: Since the last day's as happy as the first
Author:: Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:: 12484

79. In what soft language shall my thoughts break free

First Line:: In what soft language shall my thoughts break free
Last Line:: Grasp thee in death and am forever thine
Author:: Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer] (Absolute)
DMI number:: 25982

80. In what soft language shall my thoughts get free

First Line:: In what soft language shall my thoughts get free
Last Line:: My spotless faith shall be for ever thine
Author:: Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer] (Absolute)
DMI number:: 8228

81. In youthful bloom did Verin die

First Line:: In youthful bloom did Verin die
Last Line:: To both these gifts or either
Author:: Mr. Campbell (Confident)
DMI number:: 10580

82. Interred beneath this marble stone

First Line:: Interred beneath this marble stone
Last Line:: And so they lived and so they died
Author:: Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:: 12297

83. Interred here lies the wife

First Line:: Interred here lies the wife
Last Line:: Till god doth raise them both again
DMI number:: 29930

84. Lord Thomas and fair Annet

First Line:: Lord Thomas and fair Annet
Last Line:: They were twa luvers deare
DMI number:: 37414

85. Lo here's the bride and there's the tree

First Line:: Lo here's the bride and there's the tree
Last Line:: But hangman come drive on the cart
DMI number:: 32408

86. My dear | Thy zealous care to serve thy god

First Line:: My dear | Thy zealous care to serve thy god
Last Line:: Remains still though thy corpse lie here
Author:: Jonathan Bentley (Absolute)
DMI number:: 9726

87. If as they tell us man and wife

First Line:: If as they tell us man and wife
Last Line:: They after death should lie together
DMI number:: 13156

88. If loaded eyelids and a clouded brow

First Line:: If loaded eyelids and a clouded brow
Last Line:: Till time's no more and nature's works lie waste
DMI number:: 3803

89. If modesty commend a wife

First Line:: If modesty commend a wife
Last Line:: Who here doth lie till the doomsday
DMI number:: 29987

90. Kind France gave me my birth and tender life

First Line:: Kind France gave me my birth and tender life
Last Line:: Of my long life old age should cut the thread
DMI number:: 27935

91. Marke well my heavy dolefull tale

First Line:: Marke well my heavy dolefull tale
Last Line:: And you shall do full well
DMI number:: 37607

92. Madam whose mercies are so boundless known

First Line:: Madam whose mercies are so boundless known
Last Line:: We yet at least desire more sorrow for your sake
DMI number:: 42834

93. No wonder death we do so often fear

First Line:: No wonder death we do so often fear
Last Line:: He marries I am satisfied of that
DMI number:: 6076

94. Now Robin Hood Will Scarlet and Little John

First Line:: Now Robin Hood Will Scarlet and Little John
Last Line:: And so I bid you good night
DMI number:: 36999

95. O death how thou spoilst the best project of life

First Line:: O death how thou spoilst the best project of life
Last Line:: Full sorry to die till he made up his dozen
Author:: Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:: 15526

96. Of Leinster famed for maidens fair

First Line:: Of Leinster famed for maidens fair
Last Line:: And fear to join him there
Author:: Thomas Tickell (Absolute)
DMI number:: 21862

97. Of Leinster famed for maidens fair

First Line:: Of Leinster famed for maidens fair
Last Line:: And fear to meet him there
Author:: Thomas Tickell (Absolute)
DMI number:: 21311

98. Oh cried Arsenia long in wedlock blessed

First Line:: Oh cried Arsenia long in wedlock blessed
Last Line:: But in the third alas became a bride
Author:: Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:: 1066

99. On his deathbed poor Lubin lies

First Line:: On his deathbed poor Lubin lies
Last Line:: His wife that he may live
Author:: Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:: 12416

100. On his deathbed poor Simon lies

First Line:: On his deathbed poor Simon lies
Last Line:: His wife that he may live
Author:: Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:: 24631

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1. A blooming youth lies buried here

2. A scolding wife so long a sleep possessed

3. A trusty servant loving wife

4. Ah how all elements conspire with death

5. Admit great sir a mourning swain

6. Ah whither lovely Delia art thou flown

7. Alas alas here free from cares and strife

8. After some threescore years of caterwawling

9. Ah beauteous Timas ere the knot was tied

10. As Mary mourned to find the stone removed

11. As Philo's wife lay dead to calm his grief

12. At length escaped from every human eye

13. At length escaped from every human eye

14. Be merry brethrene ane and all

15. Before my projects all are finished

16. Behind an unfrequented glade

17. Behold Clarinda in a flood of sorrow

18. Behold how ended is our poor pilgrimage

19. Blessed in thy spirit in thy husband blessed

20. Behold this tomb

21. Beneath this consecrated stone

22. Beneath this marble Devereux lies

23. Beneath this rugged stone doth lie

24. By this small stone as great remains are hid

25. Brutus unmoved heard how his Portia fell

26. Chloe her seven dead husbands to lament

27. Dear doctor your wife in the parlour is a dying

28. Dearest Chloe I must leave you

29. Dear love one feathered minute and I come

30. Doris a widow past her prime

31. Death was determined not to part

32. Farewell you world I take leave for ever

33. Five wives hath he dispatched she husbands five

34. Flow gentle grief in melting numbers flow

35. From forth the church all blithesome gay

36. Give me a girl if one I needs must meet

37. Hail blessed pair whom love and nature joins

38. Hail happy pair predestined long to prove

39. He first deceased she for a little tried

40. He was courteous to all a husband kind

41. Here resteth John amidst other clay

42. Here rests my wife poor Phillis let her lie

43. Here she lies whose spotless fame

44. Here sleep whom neither life nor love

45. Here Jack lies dead but let no mortal grieve

46. Here lie John Hewet and Sarah Drew

47. Her name both maid and wife

48. Here lies a good and virtuous wife

49. Here lies a good wife who died with remorse

50. Here lies a true and faithful pair

51. Here lies a wonder may be said

52. Here lies a wretch midst other clay

53. Here lies entombed a married man's great woe

54. Here lies the body of Mary Sextone

55. Here lies the quintessence of noise and strife

56. Here lies John Brown a man of few words

57. Here lies Leigh who vexed with a shrewd wife

58. Here lies my poor wife without bed or blanket

59. Here lies my poor wife without bed or blanket

60. Here lies my poor wife without bed or blanket

61. Here lies my wife and there let her lie

62. Here lies Tom Thynne of Longleat Hall

63. His former joy is into sadness turned

64. Ho stay who lies here

65. Here snug in grave my wife doth lie

66. Hic jacet ille qui centies et mille

67. Hulse shook his head poor Damon lay a dying

68. Hurt by her husband's sword but not his will

69. I have lost my mistress horse and wife

70. I hope you'll own that with becoming art

71. In this cold bed here consumated are

72. In silent dust the dear beloved lies