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1. A prisoner once to execution lead

First Line:
A prisoner once to execution lead
Last Line:
And therefore cannot eat until 'tis past
DMI number:
5777

2. Above the tallest most exalted view

First Line:
Above the tallest most exalted view
Last Line:
I'll give a list of some that lately died
DMI number:
6893

3. Adopted in god's family and so

First Line:
Adopted in god's family and so
Last Line:
To you who bear his name great bounties deal
DMI number:
9303

4. Alas what thing can hope death's hand to escape

First Line:
Alas what thing can hope death's hand to escape
Last Line:
A plot a mother plot without a name
DMI number:
43015

5. Algernon Sidney fills this tomb

First Line:
Algernon Sidney fills this tomb
Last Line:
Where neither Pope not devil ought to do
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
29400

6. Aenaeas Sylvius thought no pope could be

First Line:
Aenaeas Sylvius thought no pope could be
Last Line:
As the best antichrist we ever had
DMI number:
17719

7. After death nothing is and nothing death

First Line:
After death nothing is and nothing death
Last Line:
Dreams whimsies and no more
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
4140

8. All men must tread the path of death but he

First Line:
All men must tread the path of death but he
Last Line:
Who follows christ therein shall saved be
DMI number:
29432

9. Angels and ministers of grace defend us

First Line:
Angels and ministers of grace defend us
Last Line:
With thoughts beyond the reaches of our souls
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
37361

10. Another day is passed but can I say

First Line:
Another day is passed but can I say
Last Line:
That makes the morning to eternal day
DMI number:
43230

11. And feel I death no joy from thought of thee

First Line:
And feel I death no joy from thought of thee
Last Line:
This king of terrors is the prince of peace
Author:
Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:
33037

12. And is he gone to his eternal rest

First Line:
And is he gone to his eternal rest
Last Line:
And as the righteous live and as the righteous die
Author:
Charles Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
27465

13. Although disease infects my breast

First Line:
Although disease infects my breast
Last Line:
And yield my parting breath
DMI number:
33143

14. As Lambeth prayed so was the dire event

First Line:
As Lambeth prayed so was the dire event
Last Line:
The bishop and his clerks replyed amen
DMI number:
1139

15. Approach ye wise of soul with awe divine

First Line:
Approach ye wise of soul with awe divine
Last Line:
And but forsook this world to know the laws of more
DMI number:
33884

16. At the sign of the horse

First Line:
At the sign of the horse
Last Line:
And home they both staggered together
DMI number:
32211

17. As when some great and gracious monarch dies

First Line:
As when some great and gracious monarch dies
Last Line:
For thou shalt make it live because it sings of thee
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4321

18. Before by death you never knowledge gain

First Line:
Before by death you never knowledge gain
Last Line:
And none when fear is past will supplicate
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute) & John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
7036

19. Before by death you newer knowledge gain

First Line:
Before by death you newer knowledge gain
Last Line:
And none when fear is past will supplicate
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute) & John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
17982

20. Before the altar the devoted maid

First Line:
Before the altar the devoted maid
Last Line:
I bear the double load of guilt and grief
Author:
Nahum Tate (Absolute)
DMI number:
5008

21. Both sin and death to our exceeding loss

First Line:
Both sin and death to our exceeding loss
Last Line:
Justice and life whereby we ransom find
DMI number:
41898

22. Brave Colledg is hanged the chief of our hopes

First Line:
Brave Colledg is hanged the chief of our hopes
Last Line:
And make the proud tories resign us the nation
DMI number:
44311

23. 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

24. 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

25. Beneath this stone doth lye a learned divine

First Line:
Beneath this stone doth lye a learned divine
Last Line:
As the just tribute of a friend so dear
DMI number:
29997

26. But I and

First Line:
But I and
Last Line:
For ever and ever
DMI number:
28815

27. But many shapes

First Line:
But many shapes
Last Line:
A space till firmer thoughts restrained excess
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
33043

28. Bring me a man with animating strokes

First Line:
Bring me a man with animating strokes
Last Line:
These worst of times and time itself survive
DMI number:
43061

29. Carus we grant no man is blessed but he

First Line:
Carus we grant no man is blessed but he
Last Line:
Where ravished minds enjoy what here they owned a God
Author:
Sir Richard Blackmore (Absolute)
DMI number:
36342

30. Chloe denied by cruel fate

First Line:
Chloe denied by cruel fate
Last Line:
And let the other want
Author:
Samuel Phillips (Speculation)
DMI number:
5781

31. Come painter take a prospect from this hill

First Line:
Come painter take a prospect from this hill
Last Line:
Kneel to this image and pour out their prayers | And then die by suffocation
Author:
John Partridge (Confident)
DMI number:
42328

32. Come Wattie while our hirsels feed thegither

First Line:
Come Wattie while our hirsels feed thegither
Last Line:
Reik me my kent and let us hameward steer
DMI number:
15355

33. 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

34. Come companions come away

First Line:
Come companions come away
Last Line:
But in those of Egypt's queen
DMI number:
10020

35. Daughter of God religion lend thine aid

First Line:
Daughter of God religion lend thine aid
Last Line:
There ever the Almighty's praises breathe
DMI number:
29012

36. Death be not proud though some have called thee

First Line:
Death be not proud though some have called thee
Last Line:
And death shall be no more death thou shalt die
Author:
John Donne (Absolute)
DMI number:
9257

37. Death dost thou difficult us now to know

First Line:
Death dost thou difficult us now to know
Last Line:
She quickly clap her wings and soar away
Author:
Ralph Erskine (Absolute)
DMI number:
15285

38. Enough my muse of earthly things

First Line:
Enough my muse of earthly things
Last Line:
That he will still require some waters to his blood
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Confident)
DMI number:
4105

39. Earth take my earth Satan my sin I leave

First Line:
Earth take my earth Satan my sin I leave
Last Line:
The world my substance heaven my soul receive
DMI number:
29937

40. Divine permission has been given

First Line:
Divine permission has been given
Last Line:
So prays your sincere friend
DMI number:
26457

41. Do I seem

First Line:
Do I seem
Last Line:
Whenever that shall be
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
33348

42. Dreaded by wicked men feared by some saints

First Line:
Dreaded by wicked men feared by some saints
Last Line:
He must strike home when god commands the blow
DMI number:
26524

43. Dubius sed non improbus vixi

First Line:
Dubius sed non improbus vixi
Last Line:
Ens entium miserere mihi
Author:
George Villiers (Speculation)
DMI number:
35086

44. Every Christian seeketh to extoll

First Line:
Every Christian seeketh to extoll
Last Line:
Directing her faith to Christ the only mark
DMI number:
33894

45. Fix this rare emblem on thy closet door

First Line:
Fix this rare emblem on thy closet door
Last Line:
At anchor thus thy soul may mount on high
DMI number:
4345

46. From finished prayer the flock disperse apace

First Line:
From finished prayer the flock disperse apace
Last Line:
But the slow clock that counts the sliding hour
Author:
John Dart (Absolute)
DMI number:
1028

47. Forgive the muse who in unhallowed strains

First Line:
Forgive the muse who in unhallowed strains
Last Line:
And glad all heaven with millions thou hast saved
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
4841

48. For kings some services I've done

First Line:
For kings some services I've done
Last Line:
Give mercy to this medley liver
DMI number:
11985

49. For every prince that hit my fancy

First Line:
For every prince that hit my fancy
Last Line:
Take pity on a gartered sinner
DMI number:
11983

50. For guilt not innocence his life he poured

First Line:
For guilt not innocence his life he poured
Last Line:
And all her spicy mountains in a flame
Author:
Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:
33038

51. Forgetting god to love a king

First Line:
Forgetting god to love a king
Last Line:
That in thy bliss he may find place
DMI number:
32088

52. For Christ his spouse his cause and at Christ's tide

First Line:
For Christ his spouse his cause and at Christ's tide
Last Line:
Within Christ's temple Christ's true lover died
DMI number:
41953

53. From Stygian shade lo my pale ghost doth rise

First Line:
From Stygian shade lo my pale ghost doth rise
Last Line:
And perhaps may then leave purgatory
DMI number:
43008

54. From wanton scenes -- the show of fools

First Line:
From wanton scenes -- the show of fools
Last Line:
And seeks her native skies
DMI number:
32409

55. God's gifts are various some for learning tall

First Line:
God's gifts are various some for learning tall
Last Line:
Another Robinson may Woolnoth gain
DMI number:
29468

56. Gone out of time within this place we're laid

First Line:
Gone out of time within this place we're laid
Last Line:
Endure corruption till god calls us forth
DMI number:
26526

57. Great judge when death and time their trumpets sound

First Line:
Great judge when death and time their trumpets sound
Last Line:
Twill be a day of life to me indeed
DMI number:
4353

58. Hail evening the skies how calm how bright

First Line:
Hail evening the skies how calm how bright
Last Line:
To unutterable bliss and everlasting light
DMI number:
30512

59. Hail hallowed sorrow virtue's soil

First Line:
Hail hallowed sorrow virtue's soil
Last Line:
Which caused such precious bloodshed there
DMI number:
7188

60. Hail Mary full of grace bove women blessed

First Line:
Hail Mary full of grace bove women blessed
Last Line:
In heaven's enjoyment blessed soul now all are thine
DMI number:
29443

61. Happy day that breaks our chain

First Line:
Happy day that breaks our chain
Last Line:
Of elder brothers to our father's throne
Author:
Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:
35260

62. Good people I pray give ear unto me

First Line:
Good people I pray give ear unto me
Last Line:
And no man ever heard of them since or before | The truth &c
DMI number:
43151

63. Hark a dread voice of Sinai does rebound

First Line:
Hark a dread voice of Sinai does rebound
Last Line:
That death is swallowed up in victory
DMI number:
3894

64. Hark my gay friend that solemn toll

First Line:
Hark my gay friend that solemn toll
Last Line:
God grant it may be happy too
DMI number:
26991

65. He was for self-denial eminent

First Line:
He was for self-denial eminent
Last Line:
Christ was his wish and him he hath
DMI number:
9719

66. Here old Sarum lies

First Line:
Here old Sarum lies
Last Line:
There may be room | For ---
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
27936

67. Here Sarum lies of late as wise

First Line:
Here Sarum lies of late as wise
Last Line:
For M--gh and his D--ss
Author:
Edward Ward (Confident)
DMI number:
17795

68. Here lies a babe that only cried

First Line:
Here lies a babe that only cried
Last Line:
In baptism to be washed for sin and died
DMI number:
33895

69. Here lies a man behold what faith can do

First Line:
Here lies a man behold what faith can do
Last Line:
Approved its zeal and gave it back no more
DMI number:
32260

70. Here lies a round woman who thought mighty odd

First Line:
Here lies a round woman who thought mighty odd
Last Line:
And now she's in the other she thinks it but queer
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Speculation) & Alexander Pope (Confident) & John Gay (Speculation)
DMI number:
13476

71. Here lies a true maid deformed and old

First Line:
Here lies a true maid deformed and old
Last Line:
Believing she lost not her soul with her breath
Author:
Mary Chandler (Absolute)
DMI number:
18303

72. Here lies an old man of seventy seven

First Line:
Here lies an old man of seventy seven
Last Line:
For George of Great Britain will manage you all
DMI number:
11973

73. Here lies Aretine that poisonous toad

First Line:
Here lies Aretine that poisonous toad
Last Line:
And said for his excuse I do not know him
DMI number:
32153

74. Here lies the fleshly prison but the saint

First Line:
Here lies the fleshly prison but the saint
Last Line:
He lived by faith and did with transport die
DMI number:
3895

75. Here lies Joan of arc the which

First Line:
Here lies Joan of arc the which
Last Line:
Whether saint witch man maid or whore
DMI number:
17727

76. Here lies one strange no pagan turk nor jew

First Line:
Here lies one strange no pagan turk nor jew
Last Line:
It's strange but not so strange as it is true
DMI number:
29338

77. Here lies wise and valiant dust

First Line:
Here lies wise and valiant dust
Last Line:
Speechless still and never cry
Author:
John Cleveland (Confident)
DMI number:
4726

78. Here ligs mess Andrew Gray

First Line:
Here ligs mess Andrew Gray
Last Line:
For which God domed him when he deed
DMI number:
24121

79. Here lyes Mess Andrew Gray

First Line:
Here lyes Mess Andrew Gray
Last Line:
For which God damned him when he died
DMI number:
25418

80. How dead and no presaging star to show

First Line:
How dead and no presaging star to show
Last Line:
And in so doing bless our late posterity
DMI number:
42884

81. How dares my flattering muse my humble song

First Line:
How dares my flattering muse my humble song
Last Line:
But free the just nor go beyond thy chain
DMI number:
10099

82. How long shall death the tyrant reign

First Line:
How long shall death the tyrant reign
Last Line:
On love's triumphant wing
Author:
Isaac Watts (Absolute)
DMI number:
6929

83. His foes when dead great Atterbury lay

First Line:
His foes when dead great Atterbury lay
Last Line:
Could they secure him not to rise again
DMI number:
30444

84. Hold sirs pray stop advancing now more near

First Line:
Hold sirs pray stop advancing now more near
Last Line:
Here our loved Rector lies dear Doctor Brett
DMI number:
30126

85. His second coming who at first appeared

First Line:
His second coming who at first appeared
Last Line:
His wings and in a moment left my sight
Author:
Michael Bruce (Speculation)
DMI number:
30182

86. How frail's this mortal state of all

First Line:
How frail's this mortal state of all
Last Line:
Immortal life doth now begin
DMI number:
26418

87. 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

88. Here the great prelate Wilfrid lies entombed

First Line:
Here the great prelate Wilfrid lies entombed
Last Line:
The flock may follow in their pastor's path
DMI number:
29533

89. Heroic martyr whose immortal death

First Line:
Heroic martyr whose immortal death
Last Line:
His offspring here grow peers he in the skies
DMI number:
42971

90. How senselessly dull is the priest

First Line:
How senselessly dull is the priest
Last Line:
And sunk with the weight of his club
DMI number:
11291

91. How Sir Godfrey is killed his body they hide

First Line:
How Sir Godfrey is killed his body they hide
Last Line:
An Irish army and pilgrims from Spain
DMI number:
43150

92. How wide the throne of death extends

First Line:
How wide the throne of death extends
Last Line:
To die is going home
DMI number:
26347

93. How Roman-like did our old rebel die

First Line:
How Roman-like did our old rebel die
Last Line:
Of whig or trimmer make an honest man
DMI number:
43066

94. I come I come and joyfully obey

First Line:
I come I come and joyfully obey
Last Line:
And scarce the fierce tyrannic joy can bear
Author:
Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer] (Absolute)
DMI number:
4079

95. I have no hopes the Duke he says and dies

First Line:
I have no hopes the Duke he says and dies
Last Line:
And who can say the reverend prelate lies
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
12186

96. In that remote and solitary place

First Line:
In that remote and solitary place
Last Line:
A burial so obscure a muse so mean
Author:
Sneyd Davies (Absolute)
DMI number:
23435

97. In the black dismal dungeon of despair

First Line:
In the black dismal dungeon of despair
Last Line:
Tis more than to create thus to redeem
DMI number:
43233

98. In his holiness name

First Line:
In his holiness name
Last Line:
And so drive away honest carman
DMI number:
42365

99. In kindness did my father please

First Line:
In kindness did my father please
Last Line:
To find their shelter in the rock
DMI number:
26491

100. In memory of Francis Bell

First Line:
In memory of Francis Bell
Last Line:
All praises to the heavenly king
Author:
William le Tans'ur (Absolute)
DMI number:
36790