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1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. Desolate Albion mourn thy cruel fate

First Line:
Desolate Albion mourn thy cruel fate
Last Line:
Whilst he rules Albion or Maria is remembered in our isle
DMI number:
7482

10. Good angels snatched him eagerly on high

First Line:
Good angels snatched him eagerly on high
Last Line:
Nothing but elevated thoughts and gentle soft desires
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
4241

11. Great and illustrious what tongues of men

First Line:
Great and illustrious what tongues of men
Last Line:
In the eternal world and hemisphere sublime
DMI number:
4679

12. Great Dryden's dead and what bold daring muse

First Line:
Great Dryden's dead and what bold daring muse
Last Line:
For what I want in praise my tears shall pay thy hearse
DMI number:
5752

13. Hark a dread voice of Sinai does rebound

First Line:
Hark a dread voice of Sinai does rebound
Last Line:
That death is swallowed up in victory
DMI number:
3894

14. Long our divided state

First Line:
Long our divided state
Last Line:
To a more lofty and immortal song
DMI number:
2255

15. Mourn all ye brethren of the string

First Line:
Mourn all ye brethren of the string
Last Line:
For him who lived by canon to expire by ball
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
5455

16. I soft Euterpe sweetest of the nine

First Line:
I soft Euterpe sweetest of the nine
Last Line:
And one eternal sigh spread through the extending air
Author:
Sarah Fyge Egerton (Confident)
DMI number:
5679

17. No more of youthful joys or love's fond dreams

First Line:
No more of youthful joys or love's fond dreams
Last Line:
Then rose and homeward slowly bent his way
Author:
Michael Bruce (Absolute)
DMI number:
30157

18. Shall all the muses darlings mourn

First Line:
Shall all the muses darlings mourn
Last Line:
Or discompose th' eternal round of bliss
DMI number:
6561

19. See how those dropping monuments decay

First Line:
See how those dropping monuments decay
Last Line:
Then grateful call that year an age of virtuous joy
Author:
John Hughes (Absolute)
DMI number:
10622

20. She's dead alas beyond recovery dead

First Line:
She's dead alas beyond recovery dead
Last Line:
And reigns a queen in heaven who lived a saint on earth
Author:
Edmund Arwaker (Absolute)
DMI number:
7484

21. Such Clelia's was drawn by famed Titian's hand

First Line:
Such Clelia's was drawn by famed Titian's hand
Last Line:
The glorious bridegrooms and her great creator's praise
DMI number:
4364

22. Such is the doom of unrelenting fate

First Line:
Such is the doom of unrelenting fate
Last Line:
Should dare thy malice but employ thee well
DMI number:
4178

23. The rising moon in silver glowed

First Line:
The rising moon in silver glowed
Last Line:
No more shall love no more shall die
DMI number:
11512

24. Thou youngest virgin-daughter of the skies

First Line:
Thou youngest virgin-daughter of the skies
Last Line:
The way which thou so well hast learnt below
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4323

25. Thus long my grief has kept me dumb

First Line:
Thus long my grief has kept me dumb
Last Line:
The fasces of the main
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4983

26. Weep all ye muses weep over Damon's hearse

First Line:
Weep all ye muses weep over Damon's hearse
Last Line:
To aggravate your sad despair
DMI number:
6930

27. Weep all ye virgins weep over this sad hearse

First Line:
Weep all ye virgins weep over this sad hearse
Last Line:
Her sighing soul to death's eternal empire's fled
DMI number:
36143

28. Weep all you virgins meet over this sad hearse

First Line:
Weep all you virgins meet over this sad hearse
Last Line:
Her sighing soul to death's eternal empire's fled
DMI number:
4044

29. Upon a sea-girt rock the mourner stood

First Line:
Upon a sea-girt rock the mourner stood
Last Line:
Thy native hills the solemn notes prolong
DMI number:
36052

30. What shall I say what numbers shall I choose

First Line:
What shall I say what numbers shall I choose
Last Line:
Is that their joys are placed in music and in love
DMI number:
275

31. While you mid spring's gay months deplore

First Line:
While you mid spring's gay months deplore
Last Line:
Or languish into shade
DMI number:
32282