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1. A doubtful dying doleful Dame

First Line:
A doubtful dying doleful Dame
Last Line:
For as I am a Lover will I die
Author:
Isabella Whitney (Absolute)
DMI number:
49210

2. Admire not dear knight

First Line:
Admire not dear knight
Last Line:
De mortuis nil nisi bonum
Author:
Mr Whiteford (Absolute)
DMI number:
36041

3. And when thy ruins shall disclaim

First Line:
And when thy ruins shall disclaim
Last Line:
An everlasting monument to thee
DMI number:
34040

4. As doctors give physic by way of prevention

First Line:
As doctors give physic by way of prevention
Last Line:
He cares not yet prithee be kind to his fame
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
16903

5. Cheated by death at last here I

First Line:
Cheated by death at last here I
Last Line:
And your renown like vice advance from age to age
DMI number:
44693

6. Children unborn and priests not yet begotten

First Line:
Children unborn and priests not yet begotten
Last Line:
Grows old and halts as now our beauties are
Author:
Robert Baron (Absolute)
DMI number:
13958

7. Charming Annetta but that I'm forbid

First Line:
Charming Annetta but that I'm forbid
Last Line:
Death and oblivion are the same
Author:
Charles Denis (Absolute)
DMI number:
28334

8. Commerce and peace restored each sea his own

First Line:
Commerce and peace restored each sea his own
Last Line:
Just in the fulness of his fame to die
DMI number:
17121

9. Divine Euripides this tomb we see

First Line:
Divine Euripides this tomb we see
Last Line:
Thy name and lasting praise adorns the stone
DMI number:
13746

10. Dryden is dead Dryden alone could sing

First Line:
Dryden is dead Dryden alone could sing
Last Line:
His laurels are not grafted on the bays
Author:
Isaac Watts (Absolute)
DMI number:
16733

11. Excellent poetry whose noble flight

First Line:
Excellent poetry whose noble flight
Last Line:
Read an hic iacet corpus or an o rare Ben
DMI number:
42097

12. For fame the wretch beneath the gallows lies

First Line:
For fame the wretch beneath the gallows lies
Last Line:
Nor ever penetrate the silent urn
Author:
Soame Jenyns (Absolute)
DMI number:
29812

13. For all may have

First Line:
For all may have
Last Line:
If they dare try a glorious life or grave
Author:
George Herbert (Absolute)
DMI number:
14889

14. Gil Morrice was an erles son

First Line:
Gil Morrice was an erles son
Last Line:
On which the zouth was slain
Author:
John Home (Speculation)
DMI number:
37595

15. From worldly woe the mead of misbelief

First Line:
From worldly woe the mead of misbelief
Last Line:
His sprite in heaven shall triumph over thee
Author:
Thomas Norton (Absolute)
DMI number:
49495

16. Great Pompey's ashes Egypt's triumphs swell

First Line:
Great Pompey's ashes Egypt's triumphs swell
Last Line:
So vast a ruin could not spread less wide
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
13151

17. Hallow my temples let my thoughts be dressed

First Line:
Hallow my temples let my thoughts be dressed
Last Line:
Myriads of stars spring from his falling light
DMI number:
42968

18. Hadst thou been taken by foreign foes a prey

First Line:
Hadst thou been taken by foreign foes a prey
Last Line:
Barbarians to their foes less cruel are
DMI number:
15769

19. Here placed near Chaucer Spenser claims a room

First Line:
Here placed near Chaucer Spenser claims a room
Last Line:
But now declined it fears with thee to die
DMI number:
34035

20. Here lies the man whose name in spite of death

First Line:
Here lies the man whose name in spite of death
Last Line:
His memory shines bright who thus we praise
DMI number:
15801