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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 higher flight and of a happier force

First Line:
A higher flight and of a happier force
Last Line:
And makes the work much easier than it shows
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10413

4. A hummingbird by nature led

First Line:
A hummingbird by nature led
Last Line:
But mischief oft concealed lies there
DMI number:
32658

5. A mourning friend invites a mourning muse

First Line:
A mourning friend invites a mourning muse
Last Line:
And thou to all its trifling pleasures blind
Author:
William Oldisworth (Speculation)
DMI number:
4340

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. Ah me that restless bliss so soon should fly

First Line:
Ah me that restless bliss so soon should fly
Last Line:
Nor death the lasting union could divide
DMI number:
27781

11. Ah me what is this mortal life I cried

First Line:
Ah me what is this mortal life I cried
Last Line:
But he alone is great who's truly good
Author:
Hew Dalrymple (Absolute)
DMI number:
32507

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. Adieu destructive source of every ill

First Line:
Adieu destructive source of every ill
Last Line:
Or amidst the dreary wilds of anxious woe
DMI number:
33135

17. Adieu fair spring adorned with chaplets gay

First Line:
Adieu fair spring adorned with chaplets gay
Last Line:
Their hope their strength their fortitude increase
DMI number:
30854

18. 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

19. Adieu o ye favourites so dear

First Line:
Adieu o ye favourites so dear
Last Line:
How rare meet affection so true
Author:
Samuel Whyte (Absolute)
DMI number:
33774

20. 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

21. 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

22. Ah weep now English genius weep

First Line:
Ah weep now English genius weep
Last Line:
Looks brighter from a sullen cloud
DMI number:
5110

23. Ah well away the gentle Ruff is dead

First Line:
Ah well away the gentle Ruff is dead
Last Line:
To live by nature's law his only care
DMI number:
37759

24. 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

25. Alack for woe

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

26. Alas how vain and transitory a thing

First Line:
Alas how vain and transitory a thing
Last Line:
May his example learn to imitate
DMI number:
4367

27. 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

28. 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

29. Ah Damon dear shepherd adieu

First Line:
Ah Damon dear shepherd adieu
Last Line:
Ah Damon dear shepherd farewell
DMI number:
22186

30. 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

31. Ah Delia fairer than the new blown rose

First Line:
Ah Delia fairer than the new blown rose
Last Line:
Must learn of her to die
DMI number:
33809

32. 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

33. Another patriot claims the votive strain

First Line:
Another patriot claims the votive strain
Last Line:
Breathes the pure aether of eternal day
DMI number:
36034

34. 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

35. 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

36. 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

37. And is the lovely shadow fled

First Line:
And is the lovely shadow fled
Last Line:
To give a child to god
DMI number:
180

38. Alle that beoth of huerte trewe

First Line:
Alle that beoth of huerte trewe
Last Line:
That ever wes ant ever ys
DMI number:
37303

39. 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

40. 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

41. 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

42. Amidst these venerable drear remains

First Line:
Amidst these venerable drear remains
Last Line:
A superstructure time can never decay
Author:
Anthony Moore (Absolute)
DMI number:
30461

43. As then no wind at all there blew

First Line:
As then no wind at all there blew
Last Line:
My tears discolours so mine ink
Author:
Matthew Roydon (Absolute)
DMI number:
44710

44. As on his death bed gasping Strephon lay

First Line:
As on his death bed gasping Strephon lay
Last Line:
Live not like Strephon but like Strephon die
Author:
Thomas Flatman (Absolute)
DMI number:
5951

45. As over the vast Atlantic sea

First Line:
As over the vast Atlantic sea
Last Line:
His soul was all her own
Author:
Samuel Whyte (Speculation)
DMI number:
36568

46. As Philomela for her ravished young

First Line:
As Philomela for her ravished young
Last Line:
No age remove thee from my faithful breast
DMI number:
1922

47. As did the Romans mourn that fatal day

First Line:
As did the Romans mourn that fatal day
Last Line:
Who likes his country and hates to be oppressed
DMI number:
4369

48. As distant thunder in a rolling cloud

First Line:
As distant thunder in a rolling cloud
Last Line:
Ireland will never again know cause of public grief or fear
DMI number:
43182

49. 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

50. As Cypress tree that rent is by the root

First Line:
As Cypress tree that rent is by the root
Last Line:
So wanting my wish I die for my desire
DMI number:
49457

51. 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

52. 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

53. As Indians when a valued hero dies

First Line:
As Indians when a valued hero dies
Last Line:
You'll scarce admit a charge when you're refined for bliss
DMI number:
5980

54. At length escaped from every human eye

First Line:
At length escaped from every human eye
Last Line:
There yield up all his power ere to divide you more
Author:
George Lyttelton (Absolute)
DMI number:
22334

55. 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

56. 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

57. 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

58. 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

59. As when plebeians at a monarch's death

First Line:
As when plebeians at a monarch's death
Last Line:
While nonsense shall have friends and sense have foes
Author:
Sarah Fyge Egerton (Absolute)
DMI number:
5739

60. 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

61. 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

62. 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

63. Auld reeky mourn in sable hue

First Line:
Auld reeky mourn in sable hue
Last Line:
Guess whether ye're in heaven or hell | They're sure ye're dead
Author:
Allan Ramsay (Absolute)
DMI number:
28063

64. 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

65. 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

66. 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

67. 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

68. 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:
Daniel Baker (Speculation) & Robert Gould (Speculation) & John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
6940

69. Before such time age made her ruinous

First Line:
Before such time age made her ruinous
Last Line:
In that sad fate of London's dismal fire
DMI number:
43726

70. 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

71. Behold Dutch prince here lie the unconquered pair

First Line:
Behold Dutch prince here lie the unconquered pair
Last Line:
No trophy of your love or war remains
DMI number:
4975

72. Bewail with me all ye that have professed

First Line:
Bewail with me all ye that have professed
Last Line:
Phillips her friend that can her touch no more
DMI number:
49451

73. Bewail with me all ye that have professed

First Line:
Bewail with me all ye that have professed
Last Line:
Phillips her friend that can touch her no more
DMI number:
8906

74. Bow the head thou lily fair

First Line:
Bow the head thou lily fair
Last Line:
Alive to memory alone
DMI number:
36945

75. 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

76. 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

77. Blush not illustrious bard to own

First Line:
Blush not illustrious bard to own
Last Line:
And give new joys to life
DMI number:
5119

78. Beneath an aged oak's embowering shade

First Line:
Beneath an aged oak's embowering shade
Last Line:
Nor pain forsake me in the jocund field
Author:
Thomas Percy (Absolute)
DMI number:
27886

79. 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

80. Beneath this stone lies Trotplaid John

First Line:
Beneath this stone lies Trotplaid John
Last Line:
Cracked loudly stunk and died
DMI number:
26090

81. 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

82. 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

83. 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

84. Cambridge worthy Philip by this verse builds thee an altar

First Line:
Cambridge worthy Philip by this verse builds thee an altar
Last Line:
So be thy holy favour help to my holy fury
DMI number:
49699

85. 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

86. 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

87. 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

88. 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

89. 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

90. Dear infant babe thou lovely smiling boy

First Line:
Dear infant babe thou lovely smiling boy
Last Line:
And lead me to the God who made thee mine
DMI number:
36270

91. 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

92. Could sad reflection ever call forth a thought

First Line:
Could sad reflection ever call forth a thought
Last Line:
Stole her from life and lodged her in the tomb
DMI number:
35623

93. 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

94. 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

95. Dark was the night and dreary was the cell

First Line:
Dark was the night and dreary was the cell
Last Line:
All sad and pensive to his cot returned
DMI number:
30440

96. 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

97. 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

98. Death and the king did as it were contend

First Line:
Death and the king did as it were contend
Last Line:
Death brought him bliss that ever shall endure
DMI number:
9006

99. 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

100. 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