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1. A common theme a flattering muse may fire

First Line:
A common theme a flattering muse may fire
Last Line:
Till then my little saint adieu adieu
DMI number:
28986

2. A loving and as tender wife

First Line:
A loving and as tender wife
Last Line:
A guest with Christ eternally
DMI number:
29873

3. All flesh are but as morning grass

First Line:
All flesh are but as morning grass
Last Line:
That as soon born this child waxed old
DMI number:
29512

4. Accept dear sire this humble tribute paid

First Line:
Accept dear sire this humble tribute paid
Last Line:
Beyond the glimmering spark of our meridian sun
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
27360

5. Advanced in years he died one common date

First Line:
Advanced in years he died one common date
Last Line:
I serve my goddess and attend her chase
Author:
Alexander Stopford Catcott (Confident)
DMI number:
12038

6. Ah think thou favoured of the powers divine

First Line:
Ah think thou favoured of the powers divine
Last Line:
And kiss those hands yet reeking with their gore
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
12919

7. Ah whither hast thou flown delightful boy

First Line:
Ah whither hast thou flown delightful boy
Last Line:
Speeds far away and leaves all ills behind
DMI number:
35725

8. Alas what thing can hope death's hand to escape

First Line:
Alas what thing can hope death's hand to escape
Last Line:
A plot a mother plot without a name
DMI number:
43015

9. After a short but sharp affliction here

First Line:
After a short but sharp affliction here
Last Line:
So live and die that you may rest with me
DMI number:
9731

10. After our royal king

First Line:
After our royal king
Last Line:
As you shall plainly read
DMI number:
36972

11. An infant's fate may make a parent sad

First Line:
An infant's fate may make a parent sad
Last Line:
Reader repent since thou hast lived so long
DMI number:
34291

12. 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

13. As careful mothers in their cradles lay

First Line:
As careful mothers in their cradles lay
Last Line:
Nature my nurse put me to bed betimes
DMI number:
5821

14. At length thy soul has reached the land of peace

First Line:
At length thy soul has reached the land of peace
Last Line:
By the dear father lay the unworthy son
DMI number:
34173

15. As when some great and gracious monarch dies

First Line:
As when some great and gracious monarch dies
Last Line:
For thou shalt make it live because it sings of thee
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4321

16. Before the altar the devoted maid

First Line:
Before the altar the devoted maid
Last Line:
I bear the double load of guilt and grief
Author:
Nahum Tate (Absolute)
DMI number:
5008

17. Born at the first to bring another forth

First Line:
Born at the first to bring another forth
Last Line:
Dying herself renews it in her seed
DMI number:
29312

18. Beneath this rugged monument

First Line:
Beneath this rugged monument
Last Line:
Then say these sweets let sweetness have
DMI number:
34391

19. Beneath this steane lies our dear child

First Line:
Beneath this steane lies our dear child
Last Line:
But him can never go back again to we
DMI number:
24145

20. Beneath this stone a humble maiden lies

First Line:
Beneath this stone a humble maiden lies
Last Line:
A father's all a mother's hopes lie here
DMI number:
34362

21. Beneath this stone here generous Griston lies

First Line:
Beneath this stone here generous Griston lies
Last Line:
Think with thyself that thou thyself must die
DMI number:
29774

22. By this small stone as great remains are hid

First Line:
By this small stone as great remains are hid
Last Line:
One man she held most dear and one alone
DMI number:
27950

23. Can I who have for others oft compiled

First Line:
Can I who have for others oft compiled
Last Line:
How to this port at every step I go
Author:
Sir John Beaumont (Absolute)
DMI number:
23915

24. But Pentheus grown more furious than before

First Line:
But Pentheus grown more furious than before
Last Line:
The Thebans tremble and confess the god
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
11377

25. Children are snatched away sometimes

First Line:
Children are snatched away sometimes
Last Line:
Twas resignation crowned the rest
Author:
Mary Barber (Absolute)
DMI number:
11563

26. Dear infant babe thou lovely smiling boy

First Line:
Dear infant babe thou lovely smiling boy
Last Line:
And lead me to the God who made thee mine
DMI number:
36270

27. Dark december was the month

First Line:
Dark december was the month
Last Line:
Alike beseem us all
DMI number:
37856

28. Dear to the wise and good beneath this stone

First Line:
Dear to the wise and good beneath this stone
Last Line:
Felt all a father's anguish wept and died
Author:
David Mallet (Absolute)
DMI number:
32464

29. Dear to the wise and good dispraised by none

First Line:
Dear to the wise and good dispraised by none
Last Line:
Felt all a father's anguish wept and died
Author:
David Mallet (Absolute)
DMI number:
13026

30. Dearer than daughter paralleled by few

First Line:
Dearer than daughter paralleled by few
Last Line:
O come to my paternal arms again
DMI number:
36715

31. Detested deed what rites shall purge the land

First Line:
Detested deed what rites shall purge the land
Last Line:
A fierceness more than savage nature knows
DMI number:
32256

32. Dig a grave and dig it deep

First Line:
Dig a grave and dig it deep
Last Line:
View my sorrow painted there
DMI number:
19795

33. Dreaming Sophists learned fools

First Line:
Dreaming Sophists learned fools
Last Line:
Did but glitter and expire
DMI number:
19416

34. Farewell thou child of my right hand and joy

First Line:
Farewell thou child of my right hand and joy
Last Line:
As what he loves may never like too much
Author:
Benjamin Jonson (Absolute)
DMI number:
23895

35. Farewell thou child of my right hand and joy

First Line:
Farewell thou child of my right hand and joy
Last Line:
Ben Jonson his best piece of poetry
Author:
Benjamin Jonson (Absolute)
DMI number:
34073

36. From him the Caledonians sought relief

First Line:
From him the Caledonians sought relief
Last Line:
Who yearly round the tomb in feathered flocks repair
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
11663

37. Go fair example of untainted youth

First Line:
Go fair example of untainted youth
Last Line:
Tis all a father all a friend can give
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
185

38. Full fadom five thy father lies

First Line:
Full fadom five thy father lies
Last Line:
Harke now I heare them ding dong bell
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
37415

39. Hail lovely babe pure as thy natal morn

First Line:
Hail lovely babe pure as thy natal morn
Last Line:
Who with his tears bedewed thy sad untimely grave
DMI number:
38148

40. Hear me my child for you my thoughts employ

First Line:
Hear me my child for you my thoughts employ
Last Line:
Mark they're my dying words and sure they'll be obeyed
DMI number:
2074

41. 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

42. Here lies an infant who could never guess

First Line:
Here lies an infant who could never guess
Last Line:
In quiet loves to lie like innocence
DMI number:
6038

43. Here lies embalmed in careful parents tears

First Line:
Here lies embalmed in careful parents tears
Last Line:
Of a sad mother in honour of your dust
DMI number:
9717

44. Here lies father and mother and I

First Line:
Here lies father and mother and I
Last Line:
Except I and I lies buried here
DMI number:
36893

45. Here lies father and mother and sister and I

First Line:
Here lies father and mother and sister and I
Last Line:
And I be buried here
DMI number:
25813

46. Here lies out little baby Nancy

First Line:
Here lies out little baby Nancy
Last Line:
Both daughters of Thomas and Mary Rivers
DMI number:
24168

47. Here lies Joseph Antony Myonet's son

First Line:
Here lies Joseph Antony Myonet's son
Last Line:
Then death do thy worst thou canst have no more
DMI number:
34155

48. Here lies the son here lies the mother

First Line:
Here lies the son here lies the mother
Last Line:
And yet but three lie buried here
DMI number:
24180

49. Here lies to each her parents ruth

First Line:
Here lies to each her parents ruth
Last Line:
Which cover lightly gentle earth
Author:
Benjamin Jonson (Absolute)
DMI number:
23891

50. Here lieth inhumed

First Line:
Here lieth inhumed
Last Line:
By his death they are freed
DMI number:
17570

51. How vain a thing is man

First Line:
How vain a thing is man
Last Line:
Fell fast asleep
DMI number:
28769

52. I John Bell

First Line:
I John Bell
Last Line:
And keeps nothing to themsell
DMI number:
29768

53. In this marble casket lies

First Line:
In this marble casket lies
Last Line:
But showed and put it up again
DMI number:
24192

54. In life's fair dawning but deceitful morn

First Line:
In life's fair dawning but deceitful morn
Last Line:
His genius triumphs over time and death
DMI number:
30177

55. Jack's father's dead and left him without hope

First Line:
Jack's father's dead and left him without hope
Last Line:
To make Jack wish his father were alive
DMI number:
27388

56. Life's taper thou presentest to me

First Line:
Life's taper thou presentest to me
Last Line:
But gain immortal life by death
Author:
Nahum Tate (Absolute)
DMI number:
34381

57. Like bird of prey

First Line:
Like bird of prey
Last Line:
In heaven above
DMI number:
29297

58. Mother or maid I pray you whether

First Line:
Mother or maid I pray you whether
Last Line:
And free me from this new suspence
DMI number:
5495

59. 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

60. My father and mother and I died all in one year

First Line:
My father and mother and I died all in one year
Last Line:
They are buried at Water Eaton and I am buried here
DMI number:
24160

61. I'll tell you a story if it be true

First Line:
I'll tell you a story if it be true
Last Line:
And away went the spirit with a tuneable voice | Which no body can deny
DMI number:
3953

62. If ever paerent ever child was dear

First Line:
If ever paerent ever child was dear
Last Line:
And weep memento mori to mankind
DMI number:
26007

63. If ever parent ever child was dear

First Line:
If ever parent ever child was dear
Last Line:
And weep memento mori to mankind
DMI number:
34297

64. If loaded eyelids and a clouded brow

First Line:
If loaded eyelids and a clouded brow
Last Line:
Till time's no more and nature's works lie waste
DMI number:
3803

65. If ever thy bosom swelled with grief sincere

First Line:
If ever thy bosom swelled with grief sincere
Last Line:
Fair branches budding from the lifeless tree
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
32916

66. If filial fondness or parental love

First Line:
If filial fondness or parental love
Last Line:
Tis nature's rebel stop the rebel here
DMI number:
24940

67. Keep always god before your eyes

First Line:
Keep always god before your eyes
Last Line:
And live with him for aye
DMI number:
30720

68. Kind France gave me my birth and tender life

First Line:
Kind France gave me my birth and tender life
Last Line:
Of my long life old age should cut the thread
DMI number:
27935

69. Let joyful heirs in mock procession flow

First Line:
Let joyful heirs in mock procession flow
Last Line:
To sleep with mortals and awake with saints
DMI number:
40602

70. Meniscus mourning for his hapless son

First Line:
Meniscus mourning for his hapless son
Last Line:
The badges of a painful life and poor
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute) & Sappho (Absolute)
DMI number:
27618

71. Near to this place two lovely babes do lie

First Line:
Near to this place two lovely babes do lie
Last Line:
To heavens blest courts to dwell above the skies
DMI number:
37550

72. Not long this babe did see the light

First Line:
Not long this babe did see the light
Last Line:
Time swallowed in eternity
DMI number:
29867

73. No sooner peeped i'th' world came out o'th' womb

First Line:
No sooner peeped i'th' world came out o'th' womb
Last Line:
Your joys to mine are a parenthesis
DMI number:
29091

74. No longer Orpheus shall thy sacred strains

First Line:
No longer Orpheus shall thy sacred strains
Last Line:
If thus a goddess could not save her own
DMI number:
13745

75. No not through envious time's continued course

First Line:
No not through envious time's continued course
Last Line:
Thou Pope through sympathy assume the lyre
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
27436

76. O thou whose eyes were closed in death's pale night

First Line:
O thou whose eyes were closed in death's pale night
Last Line:
Honour in spite of love pronouced thy death
DMI number:
26067

77. Of gentle blood his parents only treasure

First Line:
Of gentle blood his parents only treasure
Last Line:
He leaped over age and took a shorter way
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
26070

78. Of gentle blood his parents only treasure

First Line:
Of gentle blood his parents only treasure
Last Line:
He leaped over age and took the shortest way
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4181

79. Of gentle race his parents' only treasure

First Line:
Of gentle race his parents' only treasure
Last Line:
From youth he soared to heaven the shortest way
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
32458

80. Of all the blessings bounteous heaven doth give

First Line:
Of all the blessings bounteous heaven doth give
Last Line:
To heavenly joys that never never fade
Author:
William le Tans'ur (Absolute)
DMI number:
36920

81. O son the night before thy wedding day

First Line:
O son the night before thy wedding day
Last Line:
Death is my son in law
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
22156

82. Oh lead me where my darling lies

First Line:
Oh lead me where my darling lies
Last Line:
I'll dig my way to thee
Author:
Henry Carey (Absolute)
DMI number:
17569

83. Oh son the night before thy wedding day

First Line:
Oh son the night before thy wedding day
Last Line:
O Juliet oh my child my child
Author:
David Garrick (Absolute)
DMI number:
22155

84. Outrageous did the loud wind blow

First Line:
Outrageous did the loud wind blow
Last Line:
She sighed her troubled soul
Author:
Edward Jerningham (Absolute)
DMI number:
37071

85. One summer's day invited by the shade

First Line:
One summer's day invited by the shade
Last Line:
When time can temples doves can life destroy
DMI number:
32253

86. Peculiar blessings bear the shortest date

First Line:
Peculiar blessings bear the shortest date
Last Line:
Of too refined a substance to grow old
DMI number:
17593

87. Pompey's dead sons Europe and Asia have

First Line:
Pompey's dead sons Europe and Asia have
Last Line:
Too great to lie in any single place
DMI number:
27441

88. Say graceful mourner whence those tender sighs

First Line:
Say graceful mourner whence those tender sighs
Last Line:
And match the bright original in you
DMI number:
17889

89. Read this and weep but not for me

First Line:
Read this and weep but not for me
Last Line:
Blame not my haste to happiness
DMI number:
23071

90. Saw ye the thane of mickle pride

First Line:
Saw ye the thane of mickle pride
Last Line:
Seems to the traveller like a man
DMI number:
36926

91. 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

92. Reader pay thy tribute here

First Line:
Reader pay thy tribute here
Last Line:
In her dear arms arise to bliss
DMI number:
25294

93. Reader pay thy tribute here

First Line:
Reader pay thy tribute here
Last Line:
Till a mother ask for room
DMI number:
9718

94. Since all men must return to dust

First Line:
Since all men must return to dust
Last Line:
And just about to die
DMI number:
22399

95. Shadrach lies here who made both sexes happy

First Line:
Shadrach lies here who made both sexes happy
Last Line:
The women with love toys the men with nappy
DMI number:
34914

96. See my son my Offa dies

First Line:
See my son my Offa dies
Last Line:
Record that Mordrid poured the lays
Author:
Mr. Ball (Absolute)
DMI number:
37077

97. She's gone her soul has urged a wonderous flight

First Line:
She's gone her soul has urged a wonderous flight
Last Line:
To heavenly regions and eternal day
DMI number:
23053

98. So early bloomed and so untimely died

First Line:
So early bloomed and so untimely died
Last Line:
Heaven leaves four blooming nymphs divinely fair
DMI number:
4168

99. Some Christian people all give ear

First Line:
Some Christian people all give ear
Last Line:
And bless some of the peers
DMI number:
8519

100. Some Christian people all give ear

First Line:
Some Christian people all give ear
Last Line:
And God bless some of the peers
DMI number:
42446