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1. Ah cruel day must we for ever grieve

First Line:: Ah cruel day must we for ever grieve
Last Line:: Then think his soul informed her body too
DMI number:: 42880

2. He's gone and was it then by your decree

First Line:: He's gone and was it then by your decree
Last Line:: Shall the defect of written grief supply
Author:: George Stepney (Absolute)
DMI number:: 4819

3. How oft beneath this poplar have we lain

First Line:: How oft beneath this poplar have we lain
Last Line:: May heaven abandon me for such a crime
DMI number:: 42832

4. 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

5. My bursting heart is torn with racking pain

First Line:: My bursting heart is torn with racking pain
Last Line:: Black horrors madden in my raging brain
DMI number:: 25920

6. If it be not love I ought to fear

First Line:: If it be not love I ought to fear
Last Line:: For with my love my life shall end
DMI number:: 44232

7. If righteous souls in their blessed mansions know

First Line:: If righteous souls in their blessed mansions know
Last Line:: To the bright regions of unfading light
Author:: James Talbot (Absolute)
DMI number:: 4776

8. 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

9. O Albion mourn and let not the least smile

First Line:: O Albion mourn and let not the least smile
Last Line:: The dark resolves of sullen destiny
DMI number:: 42890

10. Now did the saffron morn her beams display

First Line:: Now did the saffron morn her beams display
Last Line:: Ending the funeral with a solemn feast
Author:: William Congreve (Absolute)
DMI number:: 4800

11. Of murdering guns who might first author be

First Line:: Of murdering guns who might first author be
Last Line:: And death with horror by new ways find out
DMI number:: 43721

12. Our pleasance heir is all vain glory

First Line:: Our pleasance heir is all vain glory
Last Line:: Then sen our warks sall nevir die | Timor mortis non turbat me
Author:: Allan Ramsay (Absolute) & William Dunbar (Absolute)
DMI number:: 10870

13. So spake the god and heavenward took his flight

First Line:: So spake the god and heavenward took his flight
Last Line:: Till sorrow seemed to wear one common face
Author:: William Congreve (Absolute)
DMI number:: 4799

14. Tell me my Corydon my well-loved swain

First Line:: Tell me my Corydon my well-loved swain
Last Line:: And recommend a name so truly great
DMI number:: 42896

15. Tis all eternal spring around

First Line:: Tis all eternal spring around
Last Line:: And lose the sight of this dull world with joy | Your Lysander
Author:: Aphra Behn (Absolute)
DMI number:: 23365

16. Wretch that I am and is it come to this

First Line:: Wretch that I am and is it come to this
Last Line:: Farewell to victuals greatness and to you
DMI number:: 22046