Blacklight

Search Constraints

Start Over
You searched for: Poem Genre / Form Elegy Remove constraint Poem Genre / Form: Elegy Related People Not attributed Remove constraint Related People: Not attributed
« Previous | 1 - 50 of 557 |
Number of results to display per page
View results as:
List Gallery

Search Results

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