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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