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1. Alas poor Jack and shall thy snout

First Line:
Alas poor Jack and shall thy snout
Last Line:
Tis yours to rot tis mine to mourn
DMI number:
33971

2. Alas poor Tabby's dead who can deny

First Line:
Alas poor Tabby's dead who can deny
Last Line:
And her loved memory from oblivion save
Author:
Henry Needler (Confident)
DMI number:
17759

3. Alas what thing can hope death's hand to escape

First Line:
Alas what thing can hope death's hand to escape
Last Line:
A plot a mother plot without a name
DMI number:
43015

4. And is Miss Tabby from the world retired

First Line:
And is Miss Tabby from the world retired
Last Line:
For every muse should celebrate a life
DMI number:
8460

5. And must our glorious laureate then depart

First Line:
And must our glorious laureate then depart
Last Line:
As for the rest sweet devil fetch a cart
DMI number:
7106

6. Down with your marrow bones and cleaver all

First Line:
Down with your marrow bones and cleaver all
Last Line:
When sober hipped blith as a bird when mellow
DMI number:
17725

7. Fame cease to sound thy trumpet on our shore

First Line:
Fame cease to sound thy trumpet on our shore
Last Line:
Run himself out of breath and's dead---- | No matter
DMI number:
5783

8. From a black cliff where bold Cornubia's shore

First Line:
From a black cliff where bold Cornubia's shore
Last Line:
Secure defiance from my chosen race
DMI number:
36423

9. Go set Scotch bagpipes to the briskest notes

First Line:
Go set Scotch bagpipes to the briskest notes
Last Line:
He's grown a wolf by this and worries lambs
DMI number:
43023

10. Greatest of men yet man's least friend farewell

First Line:
Greatest of men yet man's least friend farewell
Last Line:
This last association holds for ever
DMI number:
43062

11. Help me ye midnight hags to sing the praise

First Line:
Help me ye midnight hags to sing the praise
Last Line:
To live by ale should die at last in grains
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
5430

12. He's gone tis true who oft did spend his breath

First Line:
He's gone tis true who oft did spend his breath
Last Line:
Than where he did i'th' university
DMI number:
6090

13. Here is an end of love and folly

First Line:
Here is an end of love and folly
Last Line:
And dances under golden trees
DMI number:
37880

14. In vain you keep your sorrow fresh with tears

First Line:
In vain you keep your sorrow fresh with tears
Last Line:
Of some what haste you make to kill the rest
DMI number:
44605

15. Indeed I cannot but make moan

First Line:
Indeed I cannot but make moan
Last Line:
And on him no more roam
DMI number:
7745

16. Is John Dolben dead fare him heartily well

First Line:
Is John Dolben dead fare him heartily well
Last Line:
Died in revenge for being basely trepanned
DMI number:
7266

17. John Dow is dead and gane to rest

First Line:
John Dow is dead and gane to rest
Last Line:
But where his saul is gane I fear | Tis hard to say
DMI number:
35309

18. If heaven be pleased when sinners cease to sin

First Line:
If heaven be pleased when sinners cease to sin
Last Line:
Then all are pleased for Coleman's in his grave
DMI number:
4883

19. Oh cruel death whose rage without remorse is

First Line:
Oh cruel death whose rage without remorse is
Last Line:
I'll have thy epitaph composed by Pittis
DMI number:
7146

20. Phillips to thy lamented shade

First Line:
Phillips to thy lamented shade
Last Line:
But most of all from that of writing
DMI number:
17738