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1. A dread eternity how surely mine

First Line:
A dread eternity how surely mine
Last Line:
Poor pensioner on the bounties of an hour
DMI number:
34184

2. 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

3. 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

4. Ah no tis all in vain believe me tis

First Line:
Ah no tis all in vain believe me tis
Last Line:
Their transitory master dead
Author:
William Congreve (Absolute)
DMI number:
25430

5. Ah no tis all in vain believe me tis

First Line:
Ah no tis all in vain believe me tis
Last Line:
Themselves outdone in luxury
Author:
William Congreve (Absolute)
DMI number:
916

6. Ah Posthumus the years of man

First Line:
Ah Posthumus the years of man
Last Line:
Which makes the abbots fat
Author:
Sir Richard Fanshawe (Absolute)
DMI number:
42089

7. 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

8. Alas my friend the years fly swift away

First Line:
Alas my friend the years fly swift away
Last Line:
The Pope would give his keys of heaven to gain
DMI number:
7172

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. Be absolute for death or death or life

First Line:
Be absolute for death or death or life
Last Line:
That makes these odds all even
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
16094

13. Be gone delusions vain

First Line:
Be gone delusions vain
Last Line:
To deck the altars of their powers divine
Author:
James Scott (Absolute)
DMI number:
32701

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. Enough enough my soul of worldly noise

First Line:
Enough enough my soul of worldly noise
Last Line:
No fortune can exalt but death will climb as high
Author:
George Granville (Absolute)
DMI number:
22885

20. 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

21. 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

22. Farewell vain world and thou its vainest part

First Line:
Farewell vain world and thou its vainest part
Last Line:
Inly he bleeds and pants his life away
Author:
Benjamin Ibbot (Absolute)
DMI number:
27717

23. Fool man would cry if sure to die

First Line:
Fool man would cry if sure to die
Last Line:
Which is perhaps his last
Author:
Josiah Relph (Absolute)
DMI number:
25201

24. Fond foolish man would fain those thoughts decline

First Line:
Fond foolish man would fain those thoughts decline
Last Line:
In towers and fields we every where meet death
Author:
Joseph Trapp (Absolute)
DMI number:
34222

25. 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

26. 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

27. 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

28. 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

29. 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

30. 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

31. 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

32. How full of troubles is the life of man

First Line:
How full of troubles is the life of man
Last Line:
And hell grow proud of the dominion
DMI number:
43484

33. Here Stanley rest escaped this mortal strife

First Line:
Here Stanley rest escaped this mortal strife
Last Line:
Is all the hope thy hapless mother knows
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
24027

34. How soon frail royalty is over

First Line:
How soon frail royalty is over
Last Line:
To silence and the shade returns
DMI number:
17105

35. How vain are all things here below

First Line:
How vain are all things here below
Last Line:
Who was both saint and queen
DMI number:
11196

36. How vain are mortal man's endeavours

First Line:
How vain are mortal man's endeavours
Last Line:
Runs the same track it went before
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Speculation) & John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
2003

37. How vain are mortal man's endeavours

First Line:
How vain are mortal man's endeavours
Last Line:
Runs the same tract it went before
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Speculation) & John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
15422

38. I do not ask thee fate to give

First Line:
I do not ask thee fate to give
Last Line:
Are bound to no set laws but humoursomly rove
Author:
John Norris (Absolute)
DMI number:
5525

39. I dreamed when buried by my fellow clay

First Line:
I dreamed when buried by my fellow clay
Last Line:
This is my rotting place and that is thine
DMI number:
17601

40. Jack's father's dead and left him without hope

First Line:
Jack's father's dead and left him without hope
Last Line:
To make Jack wish his father were alive
DMI number:
27388

41. Lo here the state of every mortal wight

First Line:
Lo here the state of every mortal wight
Last Line:
Your ancient years are but a withered grass
Author:
Thomas Proctor (Absolute)
DMI number:
49205

42. Life the dear precarious boon

First Line:
Life the dear precarious boon
Last Line:
Awful period who can tell
Author:
John Hawkesworth (Absolute)
DMI number:
22984

43. Move faster life thou tiresome guest away

First Line:
Move faster life thou tiresome guest away
Last Line:
Tis better once to die then welcome death
DMI number:
6157

44. My swelling griefs intending to allay

First Line:
My swelling griefs intending to allay
Last Line:
Twill shroud me safer than a sheet of lead
DMI number:
7169

45. My thoughts that often mount the skies

First Line:
My thoughts that often mount the skies
Last Line:
Man's infinite concern
Author:
Isaac Watts (Absolute)
DMI number:
25500

46. My prime of youth is but a frost of cares

First Line:
My prime of youth is but a frost of cares
Last Line:
And now I live and now my life is done
DMI number:
43369

47. Mortality behold and fear

First Line:
Mortality behold and fear
Last Line:
Buried in dust once dead by fate
Author:
Francis Beaumont (Confident)
DMI number:
15794

48. Mortality behold and fear

First Line:
Mortality behold and fear
Last Line:
Yet to this shape all must be brought
DMI number:
41955

49. If conquered realms or power from death could save

First Line:
If conquered realms or power from death could save
Last Line:
In this small tomb in smaller ashes lies
DMI number:
23873

50. If the remembrance of whatever was dear

First Line:
If the remembrance of whatever was dear
Last Line:
Till ravished from before our eyes and gone
Author:
Vincent Bourne (Absolute)
DMI number:
25193

51. Merely for death to grieve and mourn

First Line:
Merely for death to grieve and mourn
Last Line:
Sleep sleep th' ast trod a weary race
Author:
William Strode (Absolute)
DMI number:
7080

52. Mark how ere eve the morning honours fade

First Line:
Mark how ere eve the morning honours fade
Last Line:
And life beginning teems with seeds of death
DMI number:
36279

53. Man only from himself can suffer wrong

First Line:
Man only from himself can suffer wrong
Last Line:
And dying finds too late he lived in vain
Author:
Ambrose Philips (Absolute)
DMI number:
30652

54. Man's life's a tragedy his mother's womb

First Line:
Man's life's a tragedy his mother's womb
Last Line:
And trouble him then death's his epilogue
DMI number:
43372

55. O friend how fleeting are the years of man

First Line:
O friend how fleeting are the years of man
Last Line:
As pampered pontiffs when they treat their priests
DMI number:
10092

56. O night dark night wrapped round with Stygian gloom

First Line:
O night dark night wrapped round with Stygian gloom
Last Line:
Fools banter heaven itself O Young and thee
Author:
William Whitehead (Absolute) & Samuel Derrick (Speculation)
DMI number:
20451

57. O the vast change from life to death

First Line:
O the vast change from life to death
Last Line:
This this O mortal is thy certain fate
DMI number:
4357

58. O the vast change from life to death

First Line:
O the vast change from life to death
Last Line:
This this O mortal is your certain fate
DMI number:
4334

59. O trifling toys that toss the brains

First Line:
O trifling toys that toss the brains
Last Line:
We loath the soul to save
DMI number:
49704

60. Phoenix the first the Arabian lord

First Line:
Phoenix the first the Arabian lord
Last Line:
While just men join the glorious thrang
Author:
Allan Ramsay (Absolute)
DMI number:
15365

61. Philander setting on the shore

First Line:
Philander setting on the shore
Last Line:
So many rocks and sands obstruct she never can sail right
DMI number:
7185

62. Reason thus with life

First Line:
Reason thus with life
Last Line:
That makes these odds all even
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
35119

63. Since all must certainly to death resign

First Line:
Since all must certainly to death resign
Last Line:
To reach the heaven of eternal light
DMI number:
4775

64. Short is our life but longer is our rest

First Line:
Short is our life but longer is our rest
Last Line:
Loses some days of life but years of sorrow
DMI number:
4348

65. Shall clammy clay shrowd such a gallant gloze

First Line:
Shall clammy clay shrowd such a gallant gloze
Last Line:
That thou mayst well account how it is spent
Author:
Thomas Proctor (Absolute)
DMI number:
49201

66. Sojourning here below immortal man

First Line:
Sojourning here below immortal man
Last Line:
When parting nature bids the soul retire
DMI number:
36185

67. Stop gentle youth and view this clod

First Line:
Stop gentle youth and view this clod
Last Line:
And peace shall be the Christian's end
DMI number:
34193

68. Some gentle ghost that's launched and gone

First Line:
Some gentle ghost that's launched and gone
Last Line:
Sleep on till I return to call thee from thy cell
DMI number:
7163

69. Sylvia to thee this withered rose I send

First Line:
Sylvia to thee this withered rose I send
Last Line:
Beauty's the vainest vanity below
Author:
Thomas Drummond (Absolute)
DMI number:
36215

70. The boast of heraldry the pomp of power

First Line:
The boast of heraldry the pomp of power
Last Line:
The paths of glory lead but to the grave
Author:
Thomas Gray (Absolute)
DMI number:
35264

71. The many sorrows that are heirs to breath

First Line:
The many sorrows that are heirs to breath
Last Line:
Princes and kings are all mowed down to dust
DMI number:
41901

72. Then o then

First Line:
Then o then
Last Line:
Shrunk to a thing of nought
Author:
Robert Blair (Absolute)
DMI number:
34215

73. The weak and ignorant by nature led

First Line:
The weak and ignorant by nature led
Last Line:
The brave may pity what he never fears
DMI number:
19370

74. The time once come ordained by heaven's high will

First Line:
The time once come ordained by heaven's high will
Last Line:
Life's various ills its train of endless woes
DMI number:
31176

75. Theron amongst his travels found

First Line:
Theron amongst his travels found
Last Line:
And tread on Caesars in the dirt
Author:
Isaac Watts (Speculation)
DMI number:
12094

76. Then will penurious heaven no more allow

First Line:
Then will penurious heaven no more allow
Last Line:
Keep up his character and lord of all appear
Author:
Thomas Yalden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4794

77. Though first in earliest annals shine

First Line:
Though first in earliest annals shine
Last Line:
The high and mighty prince lies here
DMI number:
19642

78. Though infant years no pompous honours claim

First Line:
Though infant years no pompous honours claim
Last Line:
The spotless innocence that slumbers here
Author:
Elizabeth Carter (Confident)
DMI number:
33056

79. Tis better for sure to slumber in the grave

First Line:
Tis better for sure to slumber in the grave
Last Line:
Yet still the melting sounds are in my ears
DMI number:
14040

80. Time Posthumus goes with full sail

First Line:
Time Posthumus goes with full sail
Last Line:
Ere he puts on his mourning weeds
Author:
Samuel Woodford (Absolute)
DMI number:
42090

81. To add more noble ashes to this store

First Line:
To add more noble ashes to this store
Last Line:
In losing little we have gained all
DMI number:
29947

82. To you whose groves protect the feathered choirs

First Line:
To you whose groves protect the feathered choirs
Last Line:
And there in silent sadness inly mourned
Author:
Richard Jago (Absolute)
DMI number:
32390

83. Tobacco's but an Indian weed

First Line:
Tobacco's but an Indian weed
Last Line:
Think of this when you take tobacco
DMI number:
20694

84. To read the monuments to weigh my dust

First Line:
To read the monuments to weigh my dust
Last Line:
Visit the vaults and dwell among the tombs
Author:
Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:
34183

85. To darksome cave where crawling worms remain

First Line:
To darksome cave where crawling worms remain
Last Line:
To serve as slave unto unsatiate will
Author:
Thomas Proctor (Absolute)
DMI number:
49202

86. Unhappy state of all things here below

First Line:
Unhappy state of all things here below
Last Line:
They bid thee live stern destiny denies
DMI number:
1808

87. Victorious men of earth no more

First Line:
Victorious men of earth no more
Last Line:
Shall have the cunning skill to break a heart
Author:
James Shirley (Absolute)
DMI number:
37350

88. Useless riches can you save

First Line:
Useless riches can you save
Last Line:
Nor quarrel here for elbow-room
DMI number:
11978

89. What art thou life whose stay we court

First Line:
What art thou life whose stay we court
Last Line:
Is ignorance at best and often worse
Author:
Elijah Fenton (Absolute)
DMI number:
6499

90. What if serenely blessed with calms I swam

First Line:
What if serenely blessed with calms I swam
Last Line:
My soul to endless shades my body to the dust
Author:
Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer] (Confident)
DMI number:
4096

91. What is our life a play of passion

First Line:
What is our life a play of passion
Last Line:
Where we all die in earnest not in jest
DMI number:
4349

92. What is the world to them

First Line:
What is the world to them
Last Line:
Their race is run and time to them is no more
DMI number:
34203

93. What is this world

First Line:
What is this world
Last Line:
They too must cover theirs
Author:
Robert Blair (Absolute)
DMI number:
34219

94. Whatever man he be whose heavy mind

First Line:
Whatever man he be whose heavy mind
Last Line:
But what of him became I cannot ween
Author:
Edmund Spenser (Absolute)
DMI number:
22883

95. When I revolve this evanescent state

First Line:
When I revolve this evanescent state
Last Line:
Which is the real shadow of the two
Author:
Patrick Delany (Speculation)
DMI number:
11628

96. When young life's journey I began

First Line:
When young life's journey I began
Last Line:
And grave these lines upon my tomb
Author:
Samuel Whyte (Speculation)
DMI number:
29212

97. Whether thy choice or chance thee hither brings

First Line:
Whether thy choice or chance thee hither brings
Last Line:
Go passenger and wail the fate of kings
DMI number:
23883

98. Whilst yon pale empress of the night

First Line:
Whilst yon pale empress of the night
Last Line:
O let me die to live with thee
DMI number:
35261

99. Whilst some affect the sun and some the shade

First Line:
Whilst some affect the sun and some the shade
Last Line:
Then claps his well fledged wings and bears away
Author:
Robert Blair (Absolute)
DMI number:
32246

100. Why Damon with the forward day

First Line:
Why Damon with the forward day
Last Line:
But rosemary will with thee go
Author:
George Sewell (Absolute)
DMI number:
24460