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1. Adieu eternally adieu thrice happy train

First Line:
Adieu eternally adieu thrice happy train
Last Line:
But at his set a bigger blaze of rays adorns his head
DMI number:
11199

2. 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

3. 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

4. Away away thou ape of solid bliss

First Line:
Away away thou ape of solid bliss
Last Line:
He purchased for himself the overrated ball
DMI number:
43384

5. Away my muse far from the British shore

First Line:
Away my muse far from the British shore
Last Line:
Yet felt the heavenly joys she smiled and then conceived
DMI number:
42836

6. 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

7. Good angels snatched him eagerly on high

First Line:
Good angels snatched him eagerly on high
Last Line:
Nothing but elevated thoughts and eager warm desires
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
3510

8. Hail ye sympathetic pleasures

First Line:
Hail ye sympathetic pleasures
Last Line:
Death proclaims his destined prey
Author:
John Tait (Speculation)
DMI number:
32763

9. Hece ye follies light and vain

First Line:
Hece ye follies light and vain
Last Line:
There's nought so dainty sweet as lovely melancholy
DMI number:
36712

10. Hence ye pleasures fond and vain

First Line:
Hence ye pleasures fond and vain
Last Line:
This is melancholy's reign
DMI number:
22654

11. In vain alas with eager strife

First Line:
In vain alas with eager strife
Last Line:
And unto many many years extend the shortened span
DMI number:
42828

12. Let others hail the rising sun

First Line:
Let others hail the rising sun
Last Line:
And Pelham live in you
Author:
David Garrick (Absolute)
DMI number:
25749

13. Melpomene whom Jove our father deigns

First Line:
Melpomene whom Jove our father deigns
Last Line:
Which to correct or change exceeds our might
Author:
Sir Thomas Hawkins (Absolute)
DMI number:
42055

14. 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

15. On cham's fair banks where learning's hallowed fane

First Line:
On cham's fair banks where learning's hallowed fane
Last Line:
Fixed on the solid base of adamantine fame
Author:
John Tait (Confident)
DMI number:
32758

16. Penurious heaven it had been more kind to save

First Line:
Penurious heaven it had been more kind to save
Last Line:
And be in heaven as once on earth supporters of our throne
DMI number:
42888

17. Sad was the day and gloomy all the air

First Line:
Sad was the day and gloomy all the air
Last Line:
To swell the wondering flood with tributary brine
DMI number:
42889

18. 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

19. So when the beauteous soul prepares her way

First Line:
So when the beauteous soul prepares her way
Last Line:
Start from their beds as glorious as before
DMI number:
44394

20. So when the beauteous soul prepares her way

First Line:
So when the beauteous soul prepares her way
Last Line:
Start from their buds as glorious as before
DMI number:
43380

21. 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

22. The clouds not always pour forth rain

First Line:
The clouds not always pour forth rain
Last Line:
To bounds prescribed be now the glorious theme
DMI number:
25530

23. Though tempests long may toss the sea

First Line:
Though tempests long may toss the sea
Last Line:
Or must Philander always sue in vain
Author:
George Jeffreys (Absolute)
DMI number:
25531

24. Was grief that celebrated fire

First Line:
Was grief that celebrated fire
Last Line:
So good so great a prince for ever on thy throne
DMI number:
42837

25. What shame or stint in mourning over

First Line:
What shame or stint in mourning over
Last Line:
Which all the world cannot redress
Author:
Sir Richard Fanshawe (Absolute)
DMI number:
42056

26. What shame what bounds can sorrow know

First Line:
What shame what bounds can sorrow know
Last Line:
To assuage at least the wound she cannot cure
DMI number:
26111

27. What shame what bounds can sorrow know

First Line:
What shame what bounds can sorrow know
Last Line:
To mollify the wound she cannot cure
Author:
William Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25438

28. What measure shall affliction know

First Line:
What measure shall affliction know
Last Line:
When tis in vain to murmur and repine
Author:
William of Bangour Hamilton (Absolute)
DMI number:
26112

29. When shall I wretched maid

First Line:
When shall I wretched maid
Last Line:
Poor Julia dead
DMI number:
15495

30. Yet once more O ye laurels and once more

First Line:
Yet once more O ye laurels and once more
Last Line:
Tomorrow to fresh woods and pastures new
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
3801

31. Would but the Delphian god my soul inspire

First Line:
Would but the Delphian god my soul inspire
Last Line:
As great a mother of our church defender of our laws
DMI number:
42883