Poem Genre / Form: Quatrain aabb and Epitaph / Related People: Not attributed

1. Beneath this consecrated stone

First Line:: Beneath this consecrated stone
Last Line:: Tis all thy weeping wife can give
DMI number:: 17838

2. Beneath this marble Butler lies entombed

First Line:: Beneath this marble Butler lies entombed
Last Line:: The irradiant glories of the mystic dove
DMI number:: 25185

3. Come Alecto and lend me thy torch

First Line:: Come Alecto and lend me thy torch
Last Line:: Therefore gentlemen be merry in prose
DMI number:: 23877

4. Dear drunk here Elderton doth lie

First Line:: Dear drunk here Elderton doth lie
Last Line:: Here he but not his thirst is laid
DMI number:: 37344

5. Concord is conquered in this urn there lies

First Line:: Concord is conquered in this urn there lies
Last Line:: Will Lawes was slain by such whose wills were laws
Author:: Thomas Jordan (Confident)
DMI number:: 16935

6. Death by a conduct strange and new

First Line:: Death by a conduct strange and new
Last Line:: And died because he feared to die
DMI number:: 32261

7. Farewell vain world thou shop of toil and pain

First Line:: Farewell vain world thou shop of toil and pain
Last Line:: A place of rest o what a change is this
DMI number:: 34533

8. Grieve not for me my dearest dear

First Line:: Grieve not for me my dearest dear
Last Line:: And in short time you will come to I
DMI number:: 34999

9. Haste reader and away for fear

First Line:: Haste reader and away for fear
Last Line:: In a true virgin-knot were knit
DMI number:: 17398

10. Here doomed the sabbath of the grave to keep

First Line:: Here doomed the sabbath of the grave to keep
Last Line:: And of thy raptures may they then partake
DMI number:: 32254

11. Here lyes ye corps of William Prynne

First Line:: Here lyes ye corps of William Prynne
Last Line:: Death crops off remnant of his luggs
DMI number:: 34992

12. Here sleeps in peace a Hampshire grenadier

First Line:: Here sleeps in peace a Hampshire grenadier
Last Line:: And when you are hot drink strong or none at all
DMI number:: 34995

13. Here lies a lady who if not belied

First Line:: Here lies a lady who if not belied
Last Line:: And always stuck the longest to the best
Author:: Alexander Pennecuik (Confident)
DMI number:: 27934

14. Here lies a proof that wit can never be

First Line:: Here lies a proof that wit can never be
Last Line:: The world admires and the muses praise
DMI number:: 23933

15. Here lies doctor John Dauntsey by name

First Line:: Here lies doctor John Dauntsey by name
Last Line:: Approved to posterity shall this engraving over last evermore
DMI number:: 34169

16. Here lies Du Val - reader if male thou are

First Line:: Here lies Du Val - reader if male thou are
Last Line:: The men he made to stand - the women fall
DMI number:: 21887

17. Here lies the body of Barren Pegg

First Line:: Here lies the body of Barren Pegg
Last Line:: Whilst one stood still the other was running
Author:: Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:: 8671

18. Here lies interred in this earth

First Line:: Here lies interred in this earth
Last Line:: Till god was pleased by death his soul and body to sunder
DMI number:: 34518

19. Here lieth John Thorne musician most perfect in art

First Line:: Here lieth John Thorne musician most perfect in art
Last Line:: And now doth reign above the skies in joys most firm and sure
DMI number:: 34042

20. Here lieth Richard a Preene

First Line:: Here lieth Richard a Preene
Last Line:: And he that will die after him may
DMI number:: 34140

21. Here to its pristine dust again is hurled

First Line:: Here to its pristine dust again is hurled
Last Line:: Flutter a while fall and are seen no more
Author:: Philip Ayres (Absolute)
DMI number:: 15068

22. Heroes and kings your distance keep

First Line:: Heroes and kings your distance keep
Last Line:: Let Horace blush and Virgil too
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 26082

23. How strangely fond of life poor mortals be

First Line:: How strangely fond of life poor mortals be
Last Line:: The toilsome journey or the traveler's rest
DMI number:: 34045

24. In sixty two my glass was run

First Line:: In sixty two my glass was run
Last Line:: Who paid a ransom for my sin
DMI number:: 34540

25. It that I gife I haif

First Line:: It that I gife I haif
Last Line:: It that I leif I tyne
DMI number:: 33804

26. John Bell broken bow ligs under this stean

First Line:: John Bell broken bow ligs under this stean
Last Line:: I lived on mine owne land without mickle strife
DMI number:: 34033

27. Learn curious reader whom you pass

First Line:: Learn curious reader whom you pass
Last Line:: Whose tongue could never flatter whose heart could never yeald
DMI number:: 34048

28. Mark how ere eve the morning honours fade

First Line:: Mark how ere eve the morning honours fade
Last Line:: And life beginning teems with seeds of death
DMI number:: 36279

29. Loved Banks for thee I heave the frequent sigh

First Line:: Loved Banks for thee I heave the frequent sigh
Last Line:: Shall fond remembrance oft repair to weep
Author:: Joseph Cockfield (Absolute)
DMI number:: 32606

30. O pleasing death now to expire

First Line:: O pleasing death now to expire
Last Line:: Pure bright sublime angelical
Author:: William le Tans'ur (Speculation)
DMI number:: 36919

31. O may I always ready stand

First Line:: O may I always ready stand
Last Line:: Whenever I hear the bridegroom's voice
DMI number:: 34523

32. Oh here our frail estate we see

First Line:: Oh here our frail estate we see
Last Line:: This silent dust must rise again
DMI number:: 34517

33. On me perhaps in gay pursuits employed

First Line:: On me perhaps in gay pursuits employed
Last Line:: That all mankind may wish that you may live
DMI number:: 16085

34. Posts oft he made yet never a place could get

First Line:: Posts oft he made yet never a place could get
Last Line:: And stiles corrected yet was no grammarian
DMI number:: 35010

35. Reader if pity ever touched thy heart

First Line:: Reader if pity ever touched thy heart
Last Line:: That speaks us parents and that speaks us none
DMI number:: 25408

36. Spain's rod Rome's ruin Netherlands relief

First Line:: Spain's rod Rome's ruin Netherlands relief
Last Line:: Religion's nurse and faith's defender
DMI number:: 25273

37. The female who within this tomb is laid

First Line:: The female who within this tomb is laid
Last Line:: I knew of few so good who had but two
DMI number:: 36809

38. To the dark and silent tomb

First Line:: To the dark and silent tomb
Last Line:: Is an innocence like thine
DMI number:: 32466

39. To the dark and silent tomb

First Line:: To the dark and silent tomb
Last Line:: That I hasted to the tomb
DMI number:: 16185

40. To thee bright saint and thee alone

First Line:: To thee bright saint and thee alone
Last Line:: Be crowned with joy and peace and love
DMI number:: 17837

41. Underneath this stone doth lie

First Line:: Underneath this stone doth lie
Last Line:: To more virtue than doth live
Author:: Benjamin Jonson (Absolute)
DMI number:: 12241

42. While through the world thy labours shine

First Line:: While through the world thy labours shine
Last Line:: And make this stone for ever live
DMI number:: 7814

43. When Vere sought death armed with his sword and shield

First Line:: When Vere sought death armed with his sword and shield
Last Line:: Death like a coward struck him and he died
DMI number:: 23902

44. Whoso thou be that passeth by

First Line:: Whoso thou be that passeth by
Last Line:: Wherein no wretched caitiff lies
Author:: Samuel Clarke (Confident)
DMI number:: 23874

45. Willingly have I sought and willingly have I found

First Line:: Willingly have I sought and willingly have I found
Last Line:: My soul departed Christ hath bought the end of man is ground
Author:: Charles Blount (Absolute)
DMI number:: 23879

46. Within this tomb this sacred tomb is placed

First Line:: Within this tomb this sacred tomb is placed
Last Line:: Mankind when summoned to the silent grave
DMI number:: 34386

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1. Beneath this consecrated stone

2. Beneath this marble Butler lies entombed

3. Come Alecto and lend me thy torch

4. Dear drunk here Elderton doth lie

5. Concord is conquered in this urn there lies

6. Death by a conduct strange and new

7. Farewell vain world thou shop of toil and pain

8. Grieve not for me my dearest dear

9. Haste reader and away for fear

10. Here doomed the sabbath of the grave to keep

11. Here lyes ye corps of William Prynne

12. Here sleeps in peace a Hampshire grenadier

13. Here lies a lady who if not belied

14. Here lies a proof that wit can never be

15. Here lies doctor John Dauntsey by name

16. Here lies Du Val - reader if male thou are

17. Here lies the body of Barren Pegg

18. Here lies interred in this earth

19. Here lieth John Thorne musician most perfect in art

20. Here lieth Richard a Preene

21. Here to its pristine dust again is hurled

22. Heroes and kings your distance keep

23. How strangely fond of life poor mortals be

24. In sixty two my glass was run

25. It that I gife I haif

26. John Bell broken bow ligs under this stean

27. Learn curious reader whom you pass

28. Mark how ere eve the morning honours fade

29. Loved Banks for thee I heave the frequent sigh

30. O pleasing death now to expire

31. O may I always ready stand

32. Oh here our frail estate we see

33. On me perhaps in gay pursuits employed

34. Posts oft he made yet never a place could get

35. Reader if pity ever touched thy heart

36. Spain's rod Rome's ruin Netherlands relief

37. The female who within this tomb is laid

38. To the dark and silent tomb

39. To the dark and silent tomb

40. To thee bright saint and thee alone

41. Underneath this stone doth lie

42. While through the world thy labours shine

43. When Vere sought death armed with his sword and shield

44. Whoso thou be that passeth by

45. Willingly have I sought and willingly have I found

46. Within this tomb this sacred tomb is placed