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1. Ah me that fate should still with nipping blast

First Line:
Ah me that fate should still with nipping blast
Last Line:
At fame's fair shrine her offering consecrate
DMI number:
22660

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. Ah whither does the pleasing vision fly

First Line:
Ah whither does the pleasing vision fly
Last Line:
And all thy promised joys but prove a dream
DMI number:
22708

8. 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

9. An overgrown wood my wandering steps invade

First Line:
An overgrown wood my wandering steps invade
Last Line:
And my cold corpse lie treasured up with thine
Author:
John Gerrard (Absolute)
DMI number:
32671

10. 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

11. And now 'tis time for their officious haste

First Line:
And now 'tis time for their officious haste
Last Line:
Where piety and valour jointly go
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
3513

12. Amid these mouldering walls this marble round

First Line:
Amid these mouldering walls this marble round
Last Line:
The only happy is the self-approved
Author:
William Whitehead (Absolute)
DMI number:
27812

13. 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

14. Behold my friend to this small orb confined

First Line:
Behold my friend to this small orb confined
Last Line:
And lost the friend the universe had gained
Author:
William Whitehead (Absolute)
DMI number:
27829

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. Deep in the grove where tends this devious way

First Line:
Deep in the grove where tends this devious way
Last Line:
The horned hoot of women and of boys
DMI number:
31589

20. Fame spread the alarm Britannia stood appalled

First Line:
Fame spread the alarm Britannia stood appalled
Last Line:
Soon shall each toil each danger be no more
DMI number:
38596

21. 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

22. 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

23. Frail man to strength superior bow

First Line:
Frail man to strength superior bow
Last Line:
The conqueror the guardian sire the patriot king
DMI number:
38605

24. Forgive dread sir an honest untaught muse

First Line:
Forgive dread sir an honest untaught muse
Last Line:
Not vain of knowledge though by Clarke admired
DMI number:
17881

25. From Latian fields the mansions of renown

First Line:
From Latian fields the mansions of renown
Last Line:
And still new trophies rise at once to arts and arms
Author:
William Whitehead (Absolute)
DMI number:
27814

26. 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

27. 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

28. Hail bright eyed harbinger of sacred light

First Line:
Hail bright eyed harbinger of sacred light
Last Line:
To check my wants my passions and my pride
Author:
Abraham Portal (Absolute)
DMI number:
32198

29. Good people all with one accord

First Line:
Good people all with one accord
Last Line:
She had not died today
Author:
Oliver Goldsmith (Absolute)
DMI number:
31625

30. Haste elegy in all thy sad attire

First Line:
Haste elegy in all thy sad attire
Last Line:
And strew their drooping laurels on his grave
DMI number:
22669

31. 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

32. 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

33. How blithe the flowery graces of the spring

First Line:
How blithe the flowery graces of the spring
Last Line:
Be mine the widow's sigh the orphan's prayer
Author:
John Delap (Absolute)
DMI number:
31240

34. How has Jehova wrapped in night

First Line:
How has Jehova wrapped in night
Last Line:
It rise to clothe the well-known mind
DMI number:
17870

35. 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

36. In the full prospect yonder hill commands

First Line:
In the full prospect yonder hill commands
Last Line:
The wish that sighs for sublunary things
Author:
John Cunningham (Absolute)
DMI number:
29827

37. Illustrious mourner beautiful in tears

First Line:
Illustrious mourner beautiful in tears
Last Line:
Refine to angels who before were men
DMI number:
22648

38. Image of her whom I love more than she

First Line:
Image of her whom I love more than she
Last Line:
Mad with much heart than idiot with none
Author:
John Donne (Absolute)
DMI number:
9171

39. 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

40. In even scale by truth divine

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

41. 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

42. It is not impious and the streaming eye

First Line:
It is not impious and the streaming eye
Last Line:
And wets with tears unfeigned the hero's urn
DMI number:
22670

43. 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

44. 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

45. 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

46. No Lesbia no you ask in vain

First Line:
No Lesbia no you ask in vain
Last Line:
And every moon she sacrificed for all
DMI number:
7513

47. 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

48. 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

49. 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

50. Not to condemn what heaven's behest decreed

First Line:
Not to condemn what heaven's behest decreed
Last Line:
For oh tis her's a Frederick to lose
DMI number:
22268

51. O friend by every sympathy endeared

First Line:
O friend by every sympathy endeared
Last Line:
She rise to native heaven from whence she came
Author:
Thomas Blacklock (Absolute)
DMI number:
25855

52. Oft let me on yon marble gaze

First Line:
Oft let me on yon marble gaze
Last Line:
By Tickell sung or carved by Cheere
DMI number:
17893

53. 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

54. 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

55. 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

56. Own it at last presumptuous man

First Line:
Own it at last presumptuous man
Last Line:
Or join the azure main
DMI number:
22668

57. 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

58. 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

59. 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

60. 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

61. Poor trifling mortal tell me why

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

62. Silence in truth would speak my sorrow best

First Line:
Silence in truth would speak my sorrow best
Last Line:
And runs the rest of my remaining dust
DMI number:
43359

63. Silent and clear through yonder peaceful vale

First Line:
Silent and clear through yonder peaceful vale
Last Line:
Polluted ooze or heaps of barren sand
Author:
William Whitehead (Absolute)
DMI number:
27811

64. 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

65. 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

66. Some by experience vainly some

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

67. 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

68. Stranger for why should Britons wish to hear

First Line:
Stranger for why should Britons wish to hear
Last Line:
For Frederick was a friend to human kind
DMI number:
22671

69. Stretched on the marge where quivering oziers play

First Line:
Stretched on the marge where quivering oziers play
Last Line:
And conquered Gaul shall crown his deathless fame
DMI number:
38602

70. 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

71. The curfeu tolls the knell of parting day

First Line:
The curfeu tolls the knell of parting day
Last Line:
The bosom of his Father and his God
Author:
Thomas Gray (Absolute)
DMI number:
34431

72. 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

73. The curfue tolls the knell of parting day

First Line:
The curfue tolls the knell of parting day
Last Line:
The bosom of his father and his god
Author:
Thomas Gray (Absolute)
DMI number:
32349

74. 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

75. The open heart the polished mind

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

76. The lights of heaven which are the world's fair eyes

First Line:
The lights of heaven which are the world's fair eyes
Last Line:
Which gives thee power to be and use the same
Author:
Sir John Davies (Absolute)
DMI number:
27126

77. The solemn dirge prepare what bard unsung

First Line:
The solemn dirge prepare what bard unsung
Last Line:
Their forms reflecting as thy Frederick's they
DMI number:
22651

78. 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

79. 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

80. 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

81. 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

82. Though kindly silent thus my friend remains

First Line:
Though kindly silent thus my friend remains
Last Line:
Affliction frowning comes thy minister of pain
Author:
John Scott (Absolute)
DMI number:
32712

83. 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

84. 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

85. 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

86. 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

87. 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

88. 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

89. Twas in this isle o Wright indulge my lay

First Line:
Twas in this isle o Wright indulge my lay
Last Line:
And friendship well matured from youth to age
Author:
William Whitehead (Absolute)
DMI number:
27828

90. Twas on the evening of that gloomy day

First Line:
Twas on the evening of that gloomy day
Last Line:
The fond illusion all dissolves in air
DMI number:
22655

91. 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

92. Unskilled to sing I take the sylvan reed

First Line:
Unskilled to sing I take the sylvan reed
Last Line:
And frequent shed the solitary tear
DMI number:
22661

93. 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

94. Welcome thou sober evening calm and grey

First Line:
Welcome thou sober evening calm and grey
Last Line:
A course more glorious shall its orient wait
Author:
Abraham Portal (Absolute)
DMI number:
32199

95. W resteth here that quick could never rest

First Line:
W resteth here that quick could never rest
Last Line:
The earth his bones the heavens possess his ghost
Author:
Henry Howard (Absolute)
DMI number:
49273

96. 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

97. Weigh well my soul while yet there's time

First Line:
Weigh well my soul while yet there's time
Last Line:
Through heaven's eternal year the same
DMI number:
32406

98. Urania o descend

First Line:
Urania o descend
Last Line:
O may his son another Hardwicke prove
DMI number:
27012

99. 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

100. What force of reason can relieve

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