Poem Theme: Death and Sex / relations between the sexes

First Line:: Before my projects all are finished
Last Line:: And so is Sarah if she get no son
Author:: Daniel Baker (Speculation) & Robert Gould (Speculation) & John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 6940

17. Beneath a shady bower

First Line:: Beneath a shady bower
Last Line:: And so the virgin died
DMI number:: 322

18. Beneath this stone fair ladies lies

First Line:: Beneath this stone fair ladies lies
Last Line:: But favour in the dust
DMI number:: 15469

19. Calvus if tears which we profusely shed

First Line:: Calvus if tears which we profusely shed
Last Line:: Though sudden as the joys to think how well you love
DMI number:: 8543

20. Busk ye busk ye my bonny bonny bride

First Line:: Busk ye busk ye my bonny bonny bride
Last Line:: He lies a corps in the braes of Yarrow
Author:: William of Bangour Hamilton (Absolute)
DMI number:: 1296

21. By a murmuring stream a fair shepherdess lay

First Line:: By a murmuring stream a fair shepherdess lay
Last Line:: Expired the poor Strephon with mourning
DMI number:: 609

22. Cease cease your mourning lovely maid

First Line:: Cease cease your mourning lovely maid
Last Line:: For one whom your unkindness killed
DMI number:: 2070

23. Come sing my muse that lamp that once did prove

First Line:: Come sing my muse that lamp that once did prove
Last Line:: And thus enjoyed him in the shades below
DMI number:: 41799

24. Celia that faithful servant you disown

First Line:: Celia that faithful servant you disown
Last Line:: Since dying I must be no more your slave
Author:: John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:: 4114

25. Clarissa sprightly once and gay

First Line:: Clarissa sprightly once and gay
Last Line:: And reason is but inclination
DMI number:: 21911

26. Clorinda hear my moan

First Line:: Clorinda hear my moan
Last Line:: For you I lived and died
DMI number:: 2476

27. Curmudgeon the rich widow courts

First Line:: Curmudgeon the rich widow courts
Last Line:: That she has got a church-yard cough
Author:: John Hoadly (Absolute)
DMI number:: 27750

28. Constantia now a saint was heavenly fair

First Line:: Constantia now a saint was heavenly fair
Last Line:: And lovely in their eyes in death they joined
Author:: George Jeffreys (Absolute)
DMI number:: 25340

29. Cruel hard-hearted man was he who first

First Line:: Cruel hard-hearted man was he who first
Last Line:: Thought nothing here worth living for and died
DMI number:: 41860

30. Dark december was the month

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

31. Darkness does now the world surround

First Line:: Darkness does now the world surround
Last Line:: I'll haste to slumber in the grave
DMI number:: 42764

32. Dearest Chloe I must leave you

First Line:: Dearest Chloe I must leave you
Last Line:: For another more jolly his place shall supply
Author:: Edward Ward (Confident)
DMI number:: 5385

33. From silent shades and the Elysium groves

First Line:: From silent shades and the Elysium groves
Last Line:: In her thoughts is as great as a king
DMI number:: 2673

34. Gilderoy was a bonny boy

First Line:: Gilderoy was a bonny boy
Last Line:: For my dear Gilderoy
DMI number:: 11431

35. Go hang thy self I will not hear

First Line:: Go hang thy self I will not hear
Last Line:: I cannot deal with such a worm as thee
Author:: Thomas Flatman (Absolute)
DMI number:: 42167

36. Hail blessed pair whom love and nature joins

First Line:: Hail blessed pair whom love and nature joins
Last Line:: Death that grim tyrant that does all things blast
DMI number:: 42777

37. Grim king of the ghosts make haste

First Line:: Grim king of the ghosts make haste
Last Line:: Is hovering in the air
DMI number:: 2551

38. Hark how the mower Damon sung

First Line:: Hark how the mower Damon sung
Last Line:: For death thou art a mower too
Author:: Andrew Marvell (Absolute)
DMI number:: 3989

39. Here at last doth she lie in quiet

First Line:: Here at last doth she lie in quiet
Last Line:: You'd gently tread for if waked she'll talk
DMI number:: 42584

40. Here my poor dear wife does lie

First Line:: Here my poor dear wife does lie
Last Line:: That she did not sooner die
DMI number:: 1520

41. Here lies a taylor's counterpart

First Line:: Here lies a taylor's counterpart
Last Line:: Now dead not valued of a button
DMI number:: 5099

42. Here lies a youth who fell a sacrifice

First Line:: Here lies a youth who fell a sacrifice
Last Line:: Now pours her fruitless tears upon his grave
DMI number:: 4218

43. Here lies Du Vall reader if male thou art

First Line:: Here lies Du Vall reader if male thou art
Last Line:: Du Vall the ladies joy Du vall the ladies grief
DMI number:: 28911

44. Here lies my wife here let her lie

First Line:: Here lies my wife here let her lie
Last Line:: Now she's at rest and so am I
Author:: John Dryden (Speculation)
DMI number:: 35095

45. Here lies within this holy place

First Line:: Here lies within this holy place
Last Line:: As once he did his conscience
Author:: Edward Ward (Confident) & Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:: 5383

46. Here those who by love's cruelty have died

First Line:: Here those who by love's cruelty have died
Last Line:: With fruitless sorrow pities her too late
Author:: Robert Wolseley (Absolute)
DMI number:: 4779

47. 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

48. I go to the Elysian shade

First Line:: I go to the Elysian shade
Last Line:: Let me die and so have ease
Author:: Henry Carey (Absolute)
DMI number:: 2567

49. I have lost my mistress horse and wife

First Line:: I have lost my mistress horse and wife
Last Line:: I am sorry for my horse
DMI number:: 18477

50. In Babylon where first her Queen for state

First Line:: In Babylon where first her Queen for state
Last Line:: And drew attentive all the sister-throng
Author:: Laurence Eusden (Confident)
DMI number:: 11404

51. In the wished close of evening's welcome gloom

First Line:: In the wished close of evening's welcome gloom
Last Line:: I was love's muse but he himself the god
Author:: Sarah Fyge Egerton (Absolute)
DMI number:: 5678

52. Illustrious princess formed alone

First Line:: Illustrious princess formed alone
Last Line:: A George and Charlotte's reign
DMI number:: 28817

53. In a large stately cave of old the court

First Line:: In a large stately cave of old the court
Last Line:: And tempering still each other made it thrive
Author:: Nahum Tate (Absolute)
DMI number:: 5767

54. In Babylon whose lofty walls were built

First Line:: In Babylon whose lofty walls were built
Last Line:: And the same urn their ashes does contain
DMI number:: 8507

55. In lonely shades distracted with despair

First Line:: In lonely shades distracted with despair
Last Line:: He lays him down breaks his proud heart and dies
Author:: George Granville (Absolute)
DMI number:: 4194

56. In vain you sable weeds put on

First Line:: In vain you sable weeds put on
Last Line:: What crowds of martyred slaves will die
Author:: Susanna Centlivre (Absolute)
DMI number:: 2669

57. In Warwickshire there stands a down

First Line:: In Warwickshire there stands a down
Last Line:: Till judgement comes them both to raise
Author:: Richard Johnson (Speculation)
DMI number:: 7047

58. In what sad pomp the mournful charmer lies

First Line:: In what sad pomp the mournful charmer lies
Last Line:: And with a just compassion mine survey
Author:: William Walsh (Absolute)
DMI number:: 6669

59. Incensed the raging prophet thus replies

First Line:: Incensed the raging prophet thus replies
Last Line:: Eurydice resounds along the lengthening shores
Author:: William Pattison (Absolute)
DMI number:: 11881

60. Lord Thomas and fair Annet

First Line:: Lord Thomas and fair Annet
Last Line:: They were twa luvers deare
DMI number:: 37414

61. Lord Thomas he was a bold forester

First Line:: Lord Thomas he was a bold forester
Last Line:: That sooner did depart
DMI number:: 11427

62. Lord Thomas he was a bold forrester

First Line:: Lord Thomas he was a bold forrester
Last Line:: That sooner againe did parte
DMI number:: 37592

63. Love never more shall give me pain

First Line:: Love never more shall give me pain
Last Line:: I'm lost if Peggy die
DMI number:: 1184

64. More happy than the gods is he

First Line:: More happy than the gods is he
Last Line:: I seem quite languishing in death
Author:: Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:: 27599

65. My dearest sweet lie down by me

First Line:: My dearest sweet lie down by me
Last Line:: Should die because he over loved
DMI number:: 43334

66. Mean while the queen fanning a secret fire

First Line:: Mean while the queen fanning a secret fire
Last Line:: Which done her whole life vanished into air
Author:: Sidney Godolphin (Confident) & Edmund Waller (Confident)
DMI number:: 6735

67. Many by death their fatal evils end

First Line:: Many by death their fatal evils end
Last Line:: Would be thy hated lot thy cursed share
Author:: Thomas Otway (Confident)
DMI number:: 10004

68. Nor com'st thou yet my slothful love nor yet

First Line:: Nor com'st thou yet my slothful love nor yet
Last Line:: Leander's bosom shall be Hero's tomb
DMI number:: 4007

69. O come dear fatal hour

First Line:: O come dear fatal hour
Last Line:: I'll live for ever thine
DMI number:: 2356

70. Now my fair tyrant I despise your power

First Line:: Now my fair tyrant I despise your power
Last Line:: And speak as if Aminta present were
Author:: Aphra Behn (Absolute)
DMI number:: 23320

71. Of Leinster famed for maidens fair

First Line:: Of Leinster famed for maidens fair
Last Line:: And fear to join him there
Author:: Thomas Tickell (Absolute)
DMI number:: 21862

72. Of Leinster famed for maidens fair

First Line:: Of Leinster famed for maidens fair
Last Line:: And fear to meet him there
Author:: Thomas Tickell (Absolute)
DMI number:: 21311

73. O hear my last complaint

First Line:: O hear my last complaint
Last Line:: And sunk into his grave
DMI number:: 2478

74. Oft have you cried when round your waist I hung

First Line:: Oft have you cried when round your waist I hung
Last Line:: And own he truly loves that loves to death
DMI number:: 11622

75. Oh cried Arsenia long in wedlock blessed

First Line:: Oh cried Arsenia long in wedlock blessed
Last Line:: But in the third alas became a bride
Author:: Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:: 1066

76. Oh death thou gentle end of human sorrows

First Line:: Oh death thou gentle end of human sorrows
Last Line:: That love's the strongest power that lords it over the mind
Author:: Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:: 40531

77. Oh do not die for I shall hate

First Line:: Oh do not die for I shall hate
Last Line:: Of thee one hour than all else ever
Author:: John Donne (Absolute)
DMI number:: 6706

78. Pray for the souls of John Caxton and Joan

First Line:: Pray for the souls of John Caxton and Joan
Last Line:: In the year of our lord God a thousand four hundred fourscore and five
DMI number:: 34011