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1. A chilling damp invades my trembling heart

First Line:
A chilling damp invades my trembling heart
Last Line:
And with her filial tears bedew his hallowed urn
DMI number:
40565

2. A common theme a flattering muse may fire

First Line:
A common theme a flattering muse may fire
Last Line:
Till then my little saint adieu adieu
DMI number:
28986

3. A statesman dead the muses now must mourn

First Line:
A statesman dead the muses now must mourn
Last Line:
Nor party jarrings now disturb his rest
DMI number:
40617

4. A lovely form so permanently fair

First Line:
A lovely form so permanently fair
Last Line:
By soft degrees decayed into a saint
Author:
Sneyd Davies (Confident)
DMI number:
23446

5. Ah how all elements conspire with death

First Line:
Ah how all elements conspire with death
Last Line:
Can their excessive agonies abate
DMI number:
4372

6. Ah me how frail this mortal state

First Line:
Ah me how frail this mortal state
Last Line:
A servant faithful or a master kind
DMI number:
25696

7. Ah pity me my friends the cruel fair

First Line:
Ah pity me my friends the cruel fair
Last Line:
And by all mortals as by me abhorred
DMI number:
6690

8. Ah pity me my friends the cruel pair

First Line:
Ah pity me my friends the cruel pair
Last Line:
And by all mortals as by me abhorred
DMI number:
7940

9. All blots I cannot from my manners wipe

First Line:
All blots I cannot from my manners wipe
Last Line:
My love will find a tally for them all
Author:
Thomas Rymer (Absolute)
DMI number:
41880

10. Accept lamented shade the mournful lays

First Line:
Accept lamented shade the mournful lays
Last Line:
That ever youth could boast or heaven itself bestow
DMI number:
22939

11. Adieu harmonious Dryden and receive

First Line:
Adieu harmonious Dryden and receive
Last Line:
Worthy the poet's and the patron's name
DMI number:
5697

12. Admit great sir a mourning swain

First Line:
Admit great sir a mourning swain
Last Line:
By her mortality she was not so
DMI number:
5828

13. 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

14. Alack for woe

First Line:
Alack for woe
Last Line:
But all things change and all things turn
DMI number:
22277

15. Alas to this we come why why is life

First Line:
Alas to this we come why why is life
Last Line:
Alas so long their art so short their day
DMI number:
16657

16. Affection bids me now to weep

First Line:
Affection bids me now to weep
Last Line:
May teach us where to seek for rest
DMI number:
9637

17. 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

18. All is not well when such a one as I

First Line:
All is not well when such a one as I
Last Line:
His glory's as his gifts above others far
DMI number:
9289

19. Among the mourners that attend his hearse

First Line:
Among the mourners that attend his hearse
Last Line:
Would longer live that could but now die so
Author:
Charles Cotton (Absolute)
DMI number:
29800

20. Among the train of mourners whose swollen eyes

First Line:
Among the train of mourners whose swollen eyes
Last Line:
By her mortality she was not so
Author:
Alexander Brome (Absolute)
DMI number:
2290

21. And is he dead is he already dead

First Line:
And is he dead is he already dead
Last Line:
Henry Britannia's equal hope and pride
DMI number:
44590

22. Although the cross could not Christ here detain

First Line:
Although the cross could not Christ here detain
Last Line:
This holy cable's of all storms secure
DMI number:
9302

23. And shall great Halifax resign to fate

First Line:
And shall great Halifax resign to fate
Last Line:
Or Newton die in falling worlds of fire
Author:
George Sewell (Confident)
DMI number:
1470

24. Amidst the sorrows for a son so dear

First Line:
Amidst the sorrows for a son so dear
Last Line:
That nature had both wit and art outdone
DMI number:
11145

25. As fair Lucretia pensive walked alone

First Line:
As fair Lucretia pensive walked alone
Last Line:
And pay eternal honours to her name
DMI number:
21062

26. As she was once few of her sex you'll see

First Line:
As she was once few of her sex you'll see
Last Line:
To the most fair for fairest Marcia died
Author:
Alexander Pope (Speculation)
DMI number:
32850

27. As she was once few of her sex you'll see

First Line:
As she was once few of her sex you'll see
Last Line:
To the most fair for fairest Martha died
Author:
Alexander Pope (Speculation)
DMI number:
11312

28. At length poor suffering wretch thy pangs are over

First Line:
At length poor suffering wretch thy pangs are over
Last Line:
And bury all his follies in the tomb
DMI number:
30857

29. As when some merchant on the stormy main

First Line:
As when some merchant on the stormy main
Last Line:
Remembring Gloucester and beholding you
Author:
George Jeffreys (Absolute)
DMI number:
3864

30. As when the king of peace and lord of love

First Line:
As when the king of peace and lord of love
Last Line:
And ask the certain way to rise as high
Author:
William Broome (Confident) & George Sewell (Confident)
DMI number:
1474

31. As when the sun neglects the northern sphere

First Line:
As when the sun neglects the northern sphere
Last Line:
Such pleasures as the saint but there can know
DMI number:
11193

32. Aven and Douglas murmur both to Clyde

First Line:
Aven and Douglas murmur both to Clyde
Last Line:
Or Hamilton or Douglas to him claim
DMI number:
4370

33. Awake my muse awake tis time to rise

First Line:
Awake my muse awake tis time to rise
Last Line:
To join in consort with the heavenly choir
DMI number:
11195

34. Awake oh muse lift up thy downcast eyes

First Line:
Awake oh muse lift up thy downcast eyes
Last Line:
Over hearts of lovely nymphs and dying swains
DMI number:
12822

35. Aurora rising from old Tithon's bed

First Line:
Aurora rising from old Tithon's bed
Last Line:
Drove the dear shades that hid our joys away
DMI number:
6691

36. As with soft numbers when the Thracian tried

First Line:
As with soft numbers when the Thracian tried
Last Line:
That it rejects the life thy voice could give
DMI number:
11795

37. Ask not the world what treasure it has lost

First Line:
Ask not the world what treasure it has lost
Last Line:
Clothe thy own soul and make the saint complete
DMI number:
8264

38. Be hushed ye winds ye billows cease to roar

First Line:
Be hushed ye winds ye billows cease to roar
Last Line:
Devoid of sullenness devoid of pride
DMI number:
3347

39. Before my projects all are finished

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

40. Begin my muse in mournful sounds proclaim

First Line:
Begin my muse in mournful sounds proclaim
Last Line:
Learning at length to choose what's only best
DMI number:
9627

41. Breathless and pale would heaven no longer lend

First Line:
Breathless and pale would heaven no longer lend
Last Line:
And tell the young the learned the good must die
DMI number:
1785

42. Behold the regions of the heavens surveyed

First Line:
Behold the regions of the heavens surveyed
Last Line:
The nice barrier twixt human and divine
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
35703

43. Beneath this monument is laid

First Line:
Beneath this monument is laid
Last Line:
In the lamb's glorious and eternal train
DMI number:
43289

44. By wondrous power of music's artful force

First Line:
By wondrous power of music's artful force
Last Line:
Her formal chastity is much belied
DMI number:
10545

45. Called by my grief Melpomene I come

First Line:
Called by my grief Melpomene I come
Last Line:
Cure me by death from deathless sad despair
Author:
Susanna Centlivre (Confident)
DMI number:
5684

46. 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

47. Cease all my tuneful sisters now restrain

First Line:
Cease all my tuneful sisters now restrain
Last Line:
For nature can no second Dryden give
Author:
Catharine Cockburn [nee Trotter] (Absolute)
DMI number:
5682

48. Cease Britains your laments you weep in vain

First Line:
Cease Britains your laments you weep in vain
Last Line:
And crowned his living brows with living bays
DMI number:
6219

49. Celestial muse whose godhead could inspire

First Line:
Celestial muse whose godhead could inspire
Last Line:
Eternal in its beauties and its fame
DMI number:
5743

50. Come all my sisters now in consort join

First Line:
Come all my sisters now in consort join
Last Line:
Unfollowed drove through all his immortal round
Author:
Delarivier Manley (Confident)
DMI number:
5676

51. Come all ye Venus's ye Cupids all

First Line:
Come all ye Venus's ye Cupids all
Last Line:
With tears my Lesbia's swelling eyes look red
DMI number:
8529

52. Could mournful verse in every mortal raise

First Line:
Could mournful verse in every mortal raise
Last Line:
That Anna's fame shall last as long as his
DMI number:
11197

53. Commerce and peace restored each sea his own

First Line:
Commerce and peace restored each sea his own
Last Line:
Just in the fulness of his fame to die
DMI number:
17121

54. Condemned to Pontus tired with endless toil

First Line:
Condemned to Pontus tired with endless toil
Last Line:
Is a less grief than Caesar to offend
DMI number:
4037

55. 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

56. Death is a common fortune sure to all

First Line:
Death is a common fortune sure to all
Last Line:
And sing a parting requiem to his dust
DMI number:
29354

57. Death is a debt which all to nature owe

First Line:
Death is a debt which all to nature owe
Last Line:
Which in one constant course will always flow
DMI number:
3244

58. Diana come attend this mournful story

First Line:
Diana come attend this mournful story
Last Line:
Leap frisk and play until the day of doom
DMI number:
5664

59. Dig a grave and dig it deep

First Line:
Dig a grave and dig it deep
Last Line:
View my sorrow painted there
DMI number:
19795

60. Disconsolate Britannia mourning sate

First Line:
Disconsolate Britannia mourning sate
Last Line:
And in elegaic numbers celebrate his fame
Author:
Elizabeth Thomas (Confident)
DMI number:
5733

61. Enshrined oh marble in thy secret breast

First Line:
Enshrined oh marble in thy secret breast
Last Line:
And safely land him on the shore of peace
DMI number:
26716

62. Donne dead tis here reported true though I

First Line:
Donne dead tis here reported true though I
Last Line:
And now believe that miracles are ceased
DMI number:
9300

63. Fashioned alike by nature and by art

First Line:
Fashioned alike by nature and by art
Last Line:
In private life by all who knew her loved
Author:
John Hervey (Speculation) & Lady Mary Wortley Montagu [nee Pierrepont] (Confident)
DMI number:
17574

64. Farewell oh more than Greece or Rome could boast

First Line:
Farewell oh more than Greece or Rome could boast
Last Line:
And out do all as thou hast all outdone
DMI number:
5742

65. Fair royal mourner hear the pious muse

First Line:
Fair royal mourner hear the pious muse
Last Line:
And faithful to his god in sad obedience bowed
Author:
George Sewell (Confident)
DMI number:
1471

66. From Coghill's court the news is spread

First Line:
From Coghill's court the news is spread
Last Line:
We shall see Jemmy's ghost in a very short space
DMI number:
18457

67. From joyous songs and from the vocal groves

First Line:
From joyous songs and from the vocal groves
Last Line:
And pyramids shall sink in long oblivion laid
DMI number:
11206

68. From Temple-Bar the news is spread

First Line:
From Temple-Bar the news is spread
Last Line:
We shall all see Jemmy's ghost in a very short space
DMI number:
18592

69. Go happy ring who art about to bind

First Line:
Go happy ring who art about to bind
Last Line:
And that I die for her let the dear creature know
DMI number:
6749

70. Hail bard triumphant whose melodious breath

First Line:
Hail bard triumphant whose melodious breath
Last Line:
It has killed a poet in whose verse it lives
DMI number:
42558

71. Great Strafford worthy of that name though all

First Line:
Great Strafford worthy of that name though all
Last Line:
That his last action all the rest might crown
Author:
Sir John Denham (Absolute)
DMI number:
16678

72. Grief be my muse I seek no distant stream

First Line:
Grief be my muse I seek no distant stream
Last Line:
To be destructive now is to be kind
DMI number:
6359

73. Hang all the streets with sable sad and call

First Line:
Hang all the streets with sable sad and call
Last Line:
Though undeserving yet attend his hearse
Author:
Patrick Ker (Absolute)
DMI number:
43179

74. Hadst thou been taken by foreign foes a prey

First Line:
Hadst thou been taken by foreign foes a prey
Last Line:
Barbarians to their foes less cruel are
DMI number:
15769

75. Hadst thou like other sirs and knights of worth

First Line:
Hadst thou like other sirs and knights of worth
Last Line:
What life of man is worth in valuing thine
DMI number:
6779

76. He's gone the youth is mounted up on high

First Line:
He's gone the youth is mounted up on high
Last Line:
Gain to himself an everlasting name
DMI number:
8503

77. Hard by the grassy margin of a stream

First Line:
Hard by the grassy margin of a stream
Last Line:
Ramsay is dead his silence told the rest
DMI number:
35413

78. He did not live upon the earth

First Line:
He did not live upon the earth
Last Line:
Admire how they are maintained
Author:
Alexander Pennecuik (Confident)
DMI number:
25414

79. He that would write an epitaph for thee

First Line:
He that would write an epitaph for thee
Last Line:
He must be dead first let it alone for me
Author:
Richard Corbett (Absolute)
DMI number:
9288

80. Her form the fairest of the beauteous race

First Line:
Her form the fairest of the beauteous race
Last Line:
Why made for man and oh not made for me
DMI number:
26909

81. Here lies little Lundy a yard deep or more

First Line:
Here lies little Lundy a yard deep or more
Last Line:
Contribute some tears to water her grave
Author:
Charles Sackville (Absolute) & Matthew Prior (Speculation)
DMI number:
293

82. 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

83. How hard's my hap to have my fair consigned

First Line:
How hard's my hap to have my fair consigned
Last Line:
And we with bounteous hand thy friendship will reward
DMI number:
6696

84. Here slumbers Kellow on a bed of rest

First Line:
Here slumbers Kellow on a bed of rest
Last Line:
When lasting marble cannot show her name
DMI number:
34283

85. 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

86. I cannot blame those men that knew thee well

First Line:
I cannot blame those men that knew thee well
Last Line:
Here lies the best divinity all the arts
Author:
Edward Hyde (Speculation)
DMI number:
9287

87. I did not know thee lord nor do I strive

First Line:
I did not know thee lord nor do I strive
Last Line:
Truth is well paid when she is sung and heard
Author:
Richard Corbett (Absolute)
DMI number:
7076

88. I ask no more than that the fair I love

First Line:
I ask no more than that the fair I love
Last Line:
For after ages fill the mouth of fame
Author:
Ovid (Absolute)
DMI number:
44618

89. I do not ask you would to me prove true

First Line:
I do not ask you would to me prove true
Last Line:
I'll trust the oath and think my eyes in fault
DMI number:
6794

90. 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

91. In the wished close of evening's welcome gloom

First Line:
In the wished close of evening's welcome gloom
Last Line:
I was love's muse but he himself the god
Author:
Sarah Fyge Egerton (Absolute)
DMI number:
5678

92. Ill-natured censurer desist for shame

First Line:
Ill-natured censurer desist for shame
Last Line:
An the best part of me shall still remain
DMI number:
43410

93. Immortal Clio thou my breast inspire

First Line:
Immortal Clio thou my breast inspire
Last Line:
And every line will chronicle his name
Author:
Mary Pix [nee Griffith] (Speculation)
DMI number:
5681

94. In scenes where Hallet's genius has combined

First Line:
In scenes where Hallet's genius has combined
Last Line:
Vigils alike Norfolk has murdered sleep
Author:
Richard Owen Cambridge (Absolute)
DMI number:
25471

95. In softest strains Parnassian virgins mourn

First Line:
In softest strains Parnassian virgins mourn
Last Line:
Where all is harmony and all is love
DMI number:
17579

96. In gloomy scenes of grief Britannia lies

First Line:
In gloomy scenes of grief Britannia lies
Last Line:
And heaven well pleased smiled on her glorious reign
DMI number:
11204

97. In him the favourite strokes of heaven were seen

First Line:
In him the favourite strokes of heaven were seen
Last Line:
Eternal praises to our glorious king
DMI number:
30607

98. In medicine far renowned what clime or age

First Line:
In medicine far renowned what clime or age
Last Line:
His death recalls us to rely on heaven
DMI number:
219

99. In mournful lays whilst others justly grieved

First Line:
In mournful lays whilst others justly grieved
Last Line:
To him where he is now in joy above
DMI number:
24558

100. 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