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1. Aid all ye tuneful nine my feeble lays

First Line:
Aid all ye tuneful nine my feeble lays
Last Line:
As his lost merits are lamented here
DMI number:
12800

2. As when the vestal hearth went out no fire

First Line:
As when the vestal hearth went out no fire
Last Line:
Poets and kings are not born every day
Author:
Jasper Mayne (Absolute)
DMI number:
3983

3. Close by a purling stream Sarpedon lay

First Line:
Close by a purling stream Sarpedon lay
Last Line:
And died for grief that Dorax was no more
DMI number:
9968

4. 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:
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu [nee Pierrepont] (Confident) & John Hervey (Speculation)
DMI number:
17574

5. Farewell the genius of the British stage

First Line:
Farewell the genius of the British stage
Last Line:
And clothed with glory you ascend the opening skies
DMI number:
10083

6. Hylas the clear day boasts a glorious sun

First Line:
Hylas the clear day boasts a glorious sun
Last Line:
Far as the fame of poetry and Ben
Author:
Lucius Cary (Confident)
DMI number:
3981

7. 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

8. I see that wreath which doth the wearer arm

First Line:
I see that wreath which doth the wearer arm
Last Line:
A relic famed by all posterity
Author:
Henry King (Absolute)
DMI number:
3982

9. Keene is no more I'm sorry for't

First Line:
Keene is no more I'm sorry for't
Last Line:
The sweets which did on Hybla dwell
DMI number:
9970

10. Let others when some mighty man they'd praise

First Line:
Let others when some mighty man they'd praise
Last Line:
To which estate none else can make pretence
DMI number:
5731

11. Of late how dreadful on our modern stage

First Line:
Of late how dreadful on our modern stage
Last Line:
Stand well prepared to meet their final doom
DMI number:
35639

12. Oh death thou great relief of mortal woe

First Line:
Oh death thou great relief of mortal woe
Last Line:
Once more farewell and heaven receive thy soul
Author:
Thomas Walker (Speculation)
DMI number:
9965

13. Stay passenger a while reluctant see

First Line:
Stay passenger a while reluctant see
Last Line:
The stage became a sea of briny tears
DMI number:
2953

14. Thou great reviver of the attic fire

First Line:
Thou great reviver of the attic fire
Last Line:
And tells the mourner Garrick cannot die
DMI number:
35682

15. Vain and uncertain is this mortal state

First Line:
Vain and uncertain is this mortal state
Last Line:
An ode as to her own Cecilia's day
Author:
Richard Savage (Absolute)
DMI number:
9964

16. When wrapped in clouds the sable night came on

First Line:
When wrapped in clouds the sable night came on
Last Line:
Though tracts of light that formed a new born day
Author:
Knightly Chetwood (Speculation)
DMI number:
9969

17. Within this humble tomb confined

First Line:
Within this humble tomb confined
Last Line:
Whose fate they now with me deplore
DMI number:
9966