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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. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. Alack for woe

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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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

21. 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

22. 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

23. 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

24. 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

25. 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

26. 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

27. 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

28. 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:
George Sewell (Confident) & William Broome (Confident)
DMI number:
1474

29. 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

30. 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

31. 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

32. 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

33. 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:
Robert Gould (Speculation) & John Dryden (Absolute) & Daniel Baker (Speculation)
DMI number:
6940

34. 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

35. 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

36. 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

37. 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

38. 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

39. 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

40. 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

41. 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

42. 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

43. 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

44. 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

45. 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

46. 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

47. 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

48. 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

49. 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

50. 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

51. 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

52. 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

53. 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

54. 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

55. 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

56. 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

57. 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

58. 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

59. 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

60. 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

61. 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

62. 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

63. 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

64. 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

65. 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

66. 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

67. 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

68. 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

69. 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

70. 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

71. 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:
Matthew Prior (Speculation) & Charles Sackville (Absolute)
DMI number:
293

72. 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

73. 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

74. 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

75. 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

76. 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

77. 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

78. 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

79. 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

80. 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

81. 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

82. 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

83. 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

84. 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

85. 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

86. Ingenuous heart to whom my votive lyre

First Line:
Ingenuous heart to whom my votive lyre
Last Line:
Unite in firmer bonds of soul to soul
DMI number:
36817

87. Is Dryden dead in whining cantos mourn

First Line:
Is Dryden dead in whining cantos mourn
Last Line:
Shew more of ostentation than of love
DMI number:
5750

88. Is he then dead at last whom vain report

First Line:
Is he then dead at last whom vain report
Last Line:
As their mode differed to be bad or good
DMI number:
41834

89. Is Lawson dead lie envy in the grave

First Line:
Is Lawson dead lie envy in the grave
Last Line:
Blest among seraphims and cherubs blest
DMI number:
30519

90. Just as the gods were listening to my strains

First Line:
Just as the gods were listening to my strains
Last Line:
And take his works for an eternal president
Author:
Sarah Fyge Egerton (Confident)
DMI number:
5683

91. Long since this task of tears from you was due

First Line:
Long since this task of tears from you was due
Last Line:
Must weep here if he have ambition
DMI number:
9292

92. Long did my muse expectant wish to see

First Line:
Long did my muse expectant wish to see
Last Line:
And Zion's glorious king for ever lives
DMI number:
15281

93. Let vulgar souls endure a length of days

First Line:
Let vulgar souls endure a length of days
Last Line:
And point the way to happiness and thee
DMI number:
26907

94. Let wanton Sappho tune her warbling lyre

First Line:
Let wanton Sappho tune her warbling lyre
Last Line:
And all his skill and fame be added to thy own
DMI number:
12559

95. Like vulgar belles shall Malpas leave the day

First Line:
Like vulgar belles shall Malpas leave the day
Last Line:
Like the celestial guest from whom ye sprung
DMI number:
10962

96. Lo how great cause have we to mourn for thee

First Line:
Lo how great cause have we to mourn for thee
Last Line:
Now thou art made partaker by his grace
DMI number:
4376

97. Mourn all ye loves the fair Adonis dies

First Line:
Mourn all ye loves the fair Adonis dies
Last Line:
But cruel Prosperine is deaf to prayer
Author:
Anne Finch [nee Kingsmill] (Speculation) & Charles Finch (Speculation)
DMI number:
3828

98. Mourn all ye poets mourn ye nymphs and swains

First Line:
Mourn all ye poets mourn ye nymphs and swains
Last Line:
And think my death more happy than my life
DMI number:
18147

99. Mourn mourn you booksellers for cruel death

First Line:
Mourn mourn you booksellers for cruel death
Last Line:
His whole qualities are not to be expressed
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
8680

100. Mortality behold and fear

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