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1. Ah me that restless bliss so soon should fly

First Line:
Ah me that restless bliss so soon should fly
Last Line:
Nor death the lasting union could divide
DMI number:
27781

2. Ah me what is this mortal life I cried

First Line:
Ah me what is this mortal life I cried
Last Line:
But he alone is great who's truly good
Author:
Hew Dalrymple (Absolute)
DMI number:
32507

3. Adieu destructive source of every ill

First Line:
Adieu destructive source of every ill
Last Line:
Or amidst the dreary wilds of anxious woe
DMI number:
33135

4. Adieu fair spring adorned with chaplets gay

First Line:
Adieu fair spring adorned with chaplets gay
Last Line:
Their hope their strength their fortitude increase
DMI number:
30854

5. Ah well away the gentle Ruff is dead

First Line:
Ah well away the gentle Ruff is dead
Last Line:
To live by nature's law his only care
DMI number:
37759

6. Another patriot claims the votive strain

First Line:
Another patriot claims the votive strain
Last Line:
Breathes the pure aether of eternal day
DMI number:
36034

7. And is the lovely shadow fled

First Line:
And is the lovely shadow fled
Last Line:
To give a child to god
DMI number:
180

8. Amidst these venerable drear remains

First Line:
Amidst these venerable drear remains
Last Line:
A superstructure time can never decay
Author:
Anthony Moore (Absolute)
DMI number:
30461

9. Beneath an aged oak's embowering shade

First Line:
Beneath an aged oak's embowering shade
Last Line:
Nor pain forsake me in the jocund field
Author:
Thomas Percy (Absolute)
DMI number:
27886

10. Could sad reflection ever call forth a thought

First Line:
Could sad reflection ever call forth a thought
Last Line:
Stole her from life and lodged her in the tomb
DMI number:
35623

11. Dark was the night and dreary was the cell

First Line:
Dark was the night and dreary was the cell
Last Line:
All sad and pensive to his cot returned
DMI number:
30440

12. Daughter of God religion lend thine aid

First Line:
Daughter of God religion lend thine aid
Last Line:
There ever the Almighty's praises breathe
DMI number:
29012

13. Far from the busy cares of life

First Line:
Far from the busy cares of life
Last Line:
Is sure it never can be worse
Author:
Samuel Whyte (Speculation)
DMI number:
33791

14. Fatal vicissitude | Was it for this that fortune graced thy birth

First Line:
Fatal vicissitude | Was it for this that fortune graced thy birth
Last Line:
Unbiased reason shows herself thy friend
DMI number:
31374

15. Gay Venus gentle queen of soft desire

First Line:
Gay Venus gentle queen of soft desire
Last Line:
For life's a cheat and love itself is vain
DMI number:
25886

16. From wanton scenes -- the show of fools

First Line:
From wanton scenes -- the show of fools
Last Line:
And seeks her native skies
DMI number:
32409

17. Hark through the sacred silence of the night

First Line:
Hark through the sacred silence of the night
Last Line:
Ere yet my love awake my secret pain
DMI number:
27856

18. Here lies Sir Thomas Scot by name

First Line:
Here lies Sir Thomas Scot by name
Last Line:
To have entombed him in their temple
DMI number:
31605

19. How oft to Mira has her favoured youth

First Line:
How oft to Mira has her favoured youth
Last Line:
Peaceful to sleep amongst the silent dead
DMI number:
36162

20. In Burton's favourite groves alas how changed

First Line:
In Burton's favourite groves alas how changed
Last Line:
Nor left but in my heart a wreck behind
DMI number:
31604

21. In even scale by truth divine

First Line:
In even scale by truth divine
Last Line:
A never-fading crown
DMI number:
241

22. In vain our fruitless tears are shed

First Line:
In vain our fruitless tears are shed
Last Line:
And soon unmasks the hypocrite
DMI number:
3340

23. Must that soft frame in dust be laid

First Line:
Must that soft frame in dust be laid
Last Line:
And only death to me
DMI number:
19797

24. Lament ye nymphs be sad ye swains

First Line:
Lament ye nymphs be sad ye swains
Last Line:
And wear 'em for her sake
DMI number:
10075

25. Matt Prior and we must submit

First Line:
Matt Prior and we must submit
Last Line:
In form of o rare Ben
DMI number:
11855

26. No longer hope fond youth to hide thy pain

First Line:
No longer hope fond youth to hide thy pain
Last Line:
And blooms uninjured in his living rhyme
Author:
Samuel Whyte (Speculation)
DMI number:
29208

27. No more I seeo the pansy-paven vale

First Line:
No more I seeo the pansy-paven vale
Last Line:
And weave illfated wretch a cypress crown
DMI number:
22200

28. O come thou melancholy muse

First Line:
O come thou melancholy muse
Last Line:
And many a pleasing thought inspire
Author:
Joseph Giles (Absolute)
DMI number:
27529

29. Oh Albion famed for arts and in arms renowned

First Line:
Oh Albion famed for arts and in arms renowned
Last Line:
And conscious worth enhance each dear delight
DMI number:
31590

30. Oh Albion famed for arts in arms renowned

First Line:
Oh Albion famed for arts in arms renowned
Last Line:
And conscious worth inhance each dear light
DMI number:
32575

31. Oh Boston late with every pleasure crowned

First Line:
Oh Boston late with every pleasure crowned
Last Line:
Bids dark oblivion draw her sable veil
Author:
John Trumbull (Absolute)
DMI number:
33557

32. On yonder plain what awful form appears

First Line:
On yonder plain what awful form appears
Last Line:
Great in his life and glorious in his fall
DMI number:
25882

33. Peace to thy royal shade illustrious king

First Line:
Peace to thy royal shade illustrious king
Last Line:
And thou be happy in thy people's love
DMI number:
35980

34. Pensive I lay even from the dead of night

First Line:
Pensive I lay even from the dead of night
Last Line:
And death's the grand extinguisher of all
DMI number:
26999

35. Prose driving dunces waddling fools in rhyme

First Line:
Prose driving dunces waddling fools in rhyme
Last Line:
Churchill who scourged you to your holes is dead
DMI number:
31370

36. Poor trifling mortal tell me why

First Line:
Poor trifling mortal tell me why
Last Line:
When suns shall fade away
DMI number:
32407

37. Since you permit the lowly muse

First Line:
Since you permit the lowly muse
Last Line:
To throw a laurel on his urn
Author:
Samuel Whyte (Speculation)
DMI number:
33543

38. Since Lucy's death who had my heart

First Line:
Since Lucy's death who had my heart
Last Line:
She only can supply the place
DMI number:
25586

39. Some by experience vainly some

First Line:
Some by experience vainly some
Last Line:
Of earth and heaven too
DMI number:
25044

40. Sure more than barbarous was the butcher's heart

First Line:
Sure more than barbarous was the butcher's heart
Last Line:
And he who sung the larks may sing your fate
DMI number:
32483

41. Sure triple brass involved his cruel heart

First Line:
Sure triple brass involved his cruel heart
Last Line:
And with a tender sigh lament your fate
DMI number:
25879

42. The curfew tolls the knell of parting day

First Line:
The curfew tolls the knell of parting day
Last Line:
Awake and faithful to her wonted fires
Author:
Thomas Gray (Absolute)
DMI number:
23393

43. The dewy morn her saffron mantle spreads

First Line:
The dewy morn her saffron mantle spreads
Last Line:
Renews my woes and binds me more her slave
Author:
Henry James Pye (Absolute)
DMI number:
28336

44. The open heart the polished mind

First Line:
The open heart the polished mind
Last Line:
In the distressful struggle break
DMI number:
31635

45. The solemn hand of sable suited night

First Line:
The solemn hand of sable suited night
Last Line:
And bathe the senseless marble with a tear
Author:
Henry James Pye (Absolute)
DMI number:
29224

46. The sun far southward bends his annual way

First Line:
The sun far southward bends his annual way
Last Line:
And autumn's corn clad field and winter's sounding storm
Author:
John Scott (Absolute)
DMI number:
32302

47. Thine eyes dear youth are closed in night

First Line:
Thine eyes dear youth are closed in night
Last Line:
Be buried with his bones
Author:
Samuel Whyte (Absolute)
DMI number:
33782

48. Thou whom long since I numbered for my own

First Line:
Thou whom long since I numbered for my own
Last Line:
No child of his may meet so hard a fate
Author:
Samuel Whyte (Speculation)
DMI number:
29209

49. Through the dim veil of evening's dusky shade

First Line:
Through the dim veil of evening's dusky shade
Last Line:
Your best your brightest favourite is no more
DMI number:
38708

50. Tis night dead night and now no busy sound

First Line:
Tis night dead night and now no busy sound
Last Line:
Here not my sorrow but my muse must rest
Author:
Samuel Whyte (Speculation)
DMI number:
33790

51. Tis night dead night and over the plain

First Line:
Tis night dead night and over the plain
Last Line:
And bid the muse's labour cease
Author:
Samuel Whyte (Speculation)
DMI number:
29211

52. Tis done pale sickness all her form invades

First Line:
Tis done pale sickness all her form invades
Last Line:
Wave soft around her couch your life restoring wings
DMI number:
32473

53. Tis fate commands reluctant I depart

First Line:
Tis fate commands reluctant I depart
Last Line:
Frowns at the name of lover and of love
DMI number:
29604

54. To pious sorrow sacred be this day

First Line:
To pious sorrow sacred be this day
Last Line:
Sweet as his temper early as his fate
DMI number:
25858

55. Twas from a sloe tree's leafless spray

First Line:
Twas from a sloe tree's leafless spray
Last Line:
His spirit sought the Stygian strand
Author:
Thomas Pearson (Absolute)
DMI number:
32730

56. Untaught by science artlessly I drew

First Line:
Untaught by science artlessly I drew
Last Line:
And shed in gratitude a tear for Gray
DMI number:
35622

57. Waiting I sit on Leven's sandy shore

First Line:
Waiting I sit on Leven's sandy shore
Last Line:
And still is dear though buried in the dust
Author:
Michael Bruce (Absolute)
DMI number:
30184

58. What shall the fell destroyers of mankind

First Line:
What shall the fell destroyers of mankind
Last Line:
When pillars rise the monuments of shame
Author:
Samuel Whyte (Absolute)
DMI number:
34442

59. What force of reason can relieve

First Line:
What force of reason can relieve
Last Line:
Might equal his in innocence
DMI number:
11072

60. When greatness claims or merit gives

First Line:
When greatness claims or merit gives
Last Line:
To have acted well thy own
DMI number:
28337

61. Where are ye now ye late attendant throng

First Line:
Where are ye now ye late attendant throng
Last Line:
Of blessing want and earning bliss on high
DMI number:
31866

62. When young life's journey I began

First Line:
When young life's journey I began
Last Line:
And grave these lines upon my tomb
Author:
Samuel Whyte (Speculation)
DMI number:
29212

63. While others sing the heroes glorious fate

First Line:
While others sing the heroes glorious fate
Last Line:
Adieu adieu a long a last farewell
DMI number:
35362

64. Where now are all my flattering dreams of joy

First Line:
Where now are all my flattering dreams of joy
Last Line:
And bid the turf lie lightly on my breast
Author:
Tobias George Smollett (Absolute)
DMI number:
24449

65. Where the dull slave or sycophant confessed

First Line:
Where the dull slave or sycophant confessed
Last Line:
But what was winged with benison's for thee
DMI number:
31121

66. Whither ye bright eyed train immortal maids

First Line:
Whither ye bright eyed train immortal maids
Last Line:
Or learn instructive lore like them to die
Author:
Samuel Whyte (Absolute)
DMI number:
35208

67. With each perfection dawning on her mind

First Line:
With each perfection dawning on her mind
Last Line:
The tears may trickle from a father's eye
Author:
Edward Jerningham (Absolute)
DMI number:
24588

68. Why mourns my friend why weeps his downcast eye

First Line:
Why mourns my friend why weeps his downcast eye
Last Line:
From Jessy floating on her watery bier
Author:
William Shenstone (Absolute)
DMI number:
24586

69. Why seems so dull the approach of spring

First Line:
Why seems so dull the approach of spring
Last Line:
Expression real grief disdains
DMI number:
38036

70. Within this humble tomb confined

First Line:
Within this humble tomb confined
Last Line:
Whose fate they now with me deplore
DMI number:
9966

71. Yet once again my muse I pardon pray

First Line:
Yet once again my muse I pardon pray
Last Line:
Let them esteem which true love knot can draw
DMI number:
49490

72. Ye maids of the village attend

First Line:
Ye maids of the village attend
Last Line:
Is the pang from a lover to part
DMI number:
31950

73. Ye mountains so dreary and dread

First Line:
Ye mountains so dreary and dread
Last Line:
Tis blasphemy surely to pray
DMI number:
36941

74. Ye sacred maids that lead the tuneful choir

First Line:
Ye sacred maids that lead the tuneful choir
Last Line:
Upborn by seraphs to immortal joys
DMI number:
31855