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1. A miner by trade

First Line:
A miner by trade
Last Line:
Dick the sexton can tell what you'll be
DMI number:
23039

2. As Philo's wife lay dead to calm his grief

First Line:
As Philo's wife lay dead to calm his grief
Last Line:
One day's enough for that we'll wed tomorrow
DMI number:
22981

3. Beneath this gravel and these stones

First Line:
Beneath this gravel and these stones
Last Line:
And he replied all flesh is grass
DMI number:
19518

4. Beneath this melancholy stone is laid

First Line:
Beneath this melancholy stone is laid
Last Line:
Is dead is buried rises here no more
DMI number:
22977

5. Dear faithful Mira here is laid

First Line:
Dear faithful Mira here is laid
Last Line:
They do not fall into a snare
DMI number:
19822

6. Friends do no weep

First Line:
Friends do no weep
Last Line:
So you must be
DMI number:
19817

7. Flow gentle grief in melting numbers flow

First Line:
Flow gentle grief in melting numbers flow
Last Line:
Her name her honour and her praise shall live
DMI number:
23032

8. From regions of eternal light

First Line:
From regions of eternal light
Last Line:
Where full fruition crowns desires
DMI number:
22931

9. Gentle or simple reader cross or kind

First Line:
Gentle or simple reader cross or kind
Last Line:
Should he be yet alive and what care I
DMI number:
20721

10. He made a pun and to his friend he cried

First Line:
He made a pun and to his friend he cried
Last Line:
While puns are puns or punning men have breath
DMI number:
19413

11. Here Crassus lies who living flowed in pelf

First Line:
Here Crassus lies who living flowed in pelf
Last Line:
He lived a beggar least that he should die so
DMI number:
19280

12. Here rests a woman good without pretence

First Line:
Here rests a woman good without pretence
Last Line:
The saint sustained it but the woman died
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
170

13. Here lies a good wife who died with remorse

First Line:
Here lies a good wife who died with remorse
Last Line:
Though now she is gone they both are at rest
DMI number:
21702

14. Here lies an ancient bard let all men know

First Line:
Here lies an ancient bard let all men know
Last Line:
One in his wig the other in his grave
DMI number:
21703

15. Here lies George H---n who by drinking

First Line:
Here lies George H---n who by drinking
Last Line:
For want of living soberly
DMI number:
20750

16. How fickle's health when sickness thus

First Line:
How fickle's health when sickness thus
Last Line:
Which writ so fine on Mountaign's cat
DMI number:
19400

17. In vain alas my friend you strive

First Line:
In vain alas my friend you strive
Last Line:
Whilst cruel raging death your feeble love disarms
DMI number:
21478

18. Life the dear precarious boon

First Line:
Life the dear precarious boon
Last Line:
Awful period who can tell
Author:
John Hawkesworth (Absolute)
DMI number:
22984

19. Mourn all ye Cupids break your bows and darts

First Line:
Mourn all ye Cupids break your bows and darts
Last Line:
She had yet fate has ravished her away
DMI number:
21530

20. Must snarling lap dogs claim an elegy

First Line:
Must snarling lap dogs claim an elegy
Last Line:
The quondam favourite of his Delamain
DMI number:
20747

21. Mortal a while suspend thy haste

First Line:
Mortal a while suspend thy haste
Last Line:
Which once was Billy Board
DMI number:
19273

22. Mortals take care

First Line:
Mortals take care
Last Line:
As poor as I
DMI number:
19814

23. I wonder what these nice distinctions mean

First Line:
I wonder what these nice distinctions mean
Last Line:
They're of the truest church that live the best
DMI number:
7481

24. If ladies weep when petted lap-dogs die

First Line:
If ladies weep when petted lap-dogs die
Last Line:
To some new constellation give the name
DMI number:
20039

25. Let costly show in pompous funeral state

First Line:
Let costly show in pompous funeral state
Last Line:
So shall he leave a spotless memory
DMI number:
19810

26. Oppressed with grief in heavy strains I mourn

First Line:
Oppressed with grief in heavy strains I mourn
Last Line:
Are now doomed victims to the teeth of rats
DMI number:
23074

27. Once from three different corners in a street

First Line:
Once from three different corners in a street
Last Line:
When once I'm gone you'll never see me more
DMI number:
20051

28. Peaceful within this shrine that dust is laid

First Line:
Peaceful within this shrine that dust is laid
Last Line:
And till we joy with you indulge our grief
DMI number:
20030

29. Prepare thou sacred venerable pile

First Line:
Prepare thou sacred venerable pile
Last Line:
And the departed spirits come again for joy
DMI number:
19519

30. Pope dead who'll write his monumental stone

First Line:
Pope dead who'll write his monumental stone
Last Line:
For with him Phoebus and the nine are gone
DMI number:
23009

31. 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

32. Reader if thou canst read at all thou'lt find

First Line:
Reader if thou canst read at all thou'lt find
Last Line:
That for her species sake thus greatly fell
DMI number:
17582

33. Shall Pug the blooming nymph's peculiar care

First Line:
Shall Pug the blooming nymph's peculiar care
Last Line:
What brandy could not Helicon should give
Author:
Edward Cobden (Absolute)
DMI number:
23049

34. 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

35. Since Mira the dear Mira's dead

First Line:
Since Mira the dear Mira's dead
Last Line:
And be esteemed like Mira dear
DMI number:
19819

36. Stop friend and see

First Line:
Stop friend and see
Last Line:
And one hog root another
DMI number:
21508

37. That pretty little gaudy fly

First Line:
That pretty little gaudy fly
Last Line:
Whose torments and his truths deserve it all
DMI number:
22936

38. The gloomy night that darkens all the sky

First Line:
The gloomy night that darkens all the sky
Last Line:
He surely must submit to destined fate
DMI number:
23065

39. The waters bore me next the earth did share

First Line:
The waters bore me next the earth did share
Last Line:
It will be well if I escape the last
DMI number:
20048

40. This preacher silent yet severe

First Line:
This preacher silent yet severe
Last Line:
A joyful victor over the grave
DMI number:
22988

41. Thy soul from earth o gentle Tickell flies

First Line:
Thy soul from earth o gentle Tickell flies
Last Line:
Your names together shall for ever live
DMI number:
19263

42. Time meeting death addressed the pallid king

First Line:
Time meeting death addressed the pallid king
Last Line:
And at that instant struck at Caroline
DMI number:
19274

43. Wake the British harp again

First Line:
Wake the British harp again
Last Line:
To the last their hope securing
Author:
Ambrose Philips (Absolute)
DMI number:
20723

44. When Tom said Jack was not alive

First Line:
When Tom said Jack was not alive
Last Line:
And wave vain hopes of future fame
DMI number:
19250

45. Whoever wrote that must surely be a fibber

First Line:
Whoever wrote that must surely be a fibber
Last Line:
Though Pope is dead yet still lives Colley Cibber
DMI number:
23010

46. Ye weeping muses with sad pomp attend

First Line:
Ye weeping muses with sad pomp attend
Last Line:
Myrtillo's dead Myrtillo is no more
DMI number:
23029