Poem Genre / Form: Mock elegy - Blacklight Search Results

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:: And every muse shall celebrate a life
DMI number:: 24878

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. Gentle or simple reader cross or kind

First Line:: Gentle or simple reader cross or kind
Last Line:: Should he be yet alive and what care I
DMI number:: 20721

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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

21. O all ye spotted brutes that guard the fair

First Line:: O all ye spotted brutes that guard the fair
Last Line:: Be Spark your present now as once before
Author:: Mary Jones (Absolute)
DMI number:: 23681

22. 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

23. Oppressed with grief in heavy strains I mourn

First Line:: Oppressed with grief in heavy strains I mourn
Last Line:: Are now doomed victims to the teeth of rats
DMI number:: 23074

24. 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

25. Say daring insect did ambition's fire

First Line:: Say daring insect did ambition's fire
Last Line:: The Mantuan gnat outrivalled by a flea
DMI number:: 11135

26. Renowned Phiz kept evidence in awe

First Line:: Renowned Phiz kept evidence in awe
Last Line:: I boldly answered positively no
DMI number:: 5992

27. Sad fate our valiant Captain Bedloe

First Line:: Sad fate our valiant Captain Bedloe
Last Line:: Ah swear thy self to life again
Author:: Richard Duke (Confident)
DMI number:: 43048

28. Stop passenger

First Line:: Stop passenger
Last Line:: The latter by possession
DMI number:: 21059

29. Stateliest of the tabby race

First Line:: Stateliest of the tabby race
Last Line:: Rats and mice keep holiday
DMI number:: 19649

30. The death of faithful Dobbin I deplore

First Line:: The death of faithful Dobbin I deplore
Last Line:: Dame Jolt's brown horse old Dobbin is no more
Author:: Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:: 38116

31. The chapel bell with hollow mournful sound

First Line:: The chapel bell with hollow mournful sound
Last Line:: With these few lines engraved upon his tomb
DMI number:: 37160

32. The best of poets write of frogs

First Line:: The best of poets write of frogs
Last Line:: And sighing with a harmless hiss departed
DMI number:: 42958

33. The queen deceased so pleased the king so grieved

First Line:: The queen deceased so pleased the king so grieved
Last Line:: He should have knotted and she gone to Flanders
DMI number:: 4968

34. The sun creeps slowly over the eastern hills

First Line:: The sun creeps slowly over the eastern hills
Last Line:: And eat in dreams the custard of the day
DMI number:: 36065

35. Thou who the pangs of my embittered rage

First Line:: Thou who the pangs of my embittered rage
Last Line:: Those virtues you so late admired in me
Author:: Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:: 8097

36. Twas on a lofty vase's side

First Line:: Twas on a lofty vase's side
Last Line:: Nor all that glitters gold
Author:: Thomas Gray (Absolute)
DMI number:: 23100

37. Twas on the lofty treasury's side

First Line:: Twas on the lofty treasury's side
Last Line:: Nor all that glitters gold
DMI number:: 36012

38. Twas when the god if such there are

First Line:: Twas when the god if such there are
Last Line:: An uninspired pen
DMI number:: 33523

39. Unfortunate fellow he died

First Line:: Unfortunate fellow he died
Last Line:: Excepting the daughters of Wood
DMI number:: 28751

40. We lived one and twenty years

First Line:: We lived one and twenty years
Last Line:: I'll say no more
DMI number:: 29860

41. Weep all you schismatics since he is gone

First Line:: Weep all you schismatics since he is gone
Last Line:: Lest for your conscience you too dearly pay
Author:: Isaac Bickerstaff (Absolute)
DMI number:: 7275

42. What reason have I to complain

First Line:: What reason have I to complain
Last Line:: Should never be stopped a double death
DMI number:: 4984

43. Well tis as Bickerstaff has guessed

First Line:: Well tis as Bickerstaff has guessed
Last Line:: And then the signs will be thirteen
Author:: Jonathan Swift (Absolute)
DMI number:: 12173

44. Ye ghosts of Trigg old Saffold and Ponteus

First Line:: Ye ghosts of Trigg old Saffold and Ponteus
Last Line:: Remember gentlemen your friend John Case
Author:: Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:: 7147

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1. Alas poor Jack and shall thy snout

2. Alas poor Tabby's dead who can deny

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

4. And is Miss Tabby from the world retired

5. And is Miss Tabby from the world retired

6. And must our glorious laureate then depart

7. Down with your marrow bones and cleaver all

8. Fame cease to sound thy trumpet on our shore

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

10. Gentle or simple reader cross or kind

11. Go set Scotch bagpipes to the briskest notes

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

13. Help me ye midnight hags to sing the praise

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

15. Here is an end of love and folly

16. In vain you keep your sorrow fresh with tears

17. Indeed I cannot but make moan

18. Is John Dolben dead fare him heartily well

19. John Dow is dead and gane to rest

20. If heaven be pleased when sinners cease to sin

21. O all ye spotted brutes that guard the fair

22. Oh cruel death whose rage without remorse is

23. Oppressed with grief in heavy strains I mourn

24. Phillips to thy lamented shade

25. Say daring insect did ambition's fire

26. Renowned Phiz kept evidence in awe

27. Sad fate our valiant Captain Bedloe

28. Stop passenger

29. Stateliest of the tabby race

30. The death of faithful Dobbin I deplore

31. The chapel bell with hollow mournful sound

32. The best of poets write of frogs

33. The queen deceased so pleased the king so grieved

34. The sun creeps slowly over the eastern hills

35. Thou who the pangs of my embittered rage

36. Twas on a lofty vase's side

37. Twas on the lofty treasury's side

38. Twas when the god if such there are

39. Unfortunate fellow he died

40. We lived one and twenty years

41. Weep all you schismatics since he is gone

42. What reason have I to complain

43. Well tis as Bickerstaff has guessed

44. Ye ghosts of Trigg old Saffold and Ponteus