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1.
Ah me my joys my hopes are fled
First Line:
Ah me my joys my hopes are fled
Last Line:
My dear Columbo dead and gone
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
28975
2.
Behind an unfrequented glade
First Line:
Behind an unfrequented glade
Last Line:
And knaves and prudes are six times married
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
11870
3.
Downward I hasten to my destined place
First Line:
Downward I hasten to my destined place
Last Line:
Thou that art the god of love
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
30118
4.
Gentleman and heralds by your leave
First Line:
Gentleman and heralds by your leave
Last Line:
Let Bourbon or Nassau go higher
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
29550
5.
Happy the babe who privileged by fate
First Line:
Happy the babe who privileged by fate
Last Line:
Ordered tomorrow to return to death
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
34707
6.
Heralds and statesmen by your leave
First Line:
Heralds and statesmen by your leave
Last Line:
Can Bourbon or Nassau go higher
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
11856
7.
Here lies little -- a yard deeper more
First Line:
Here lies little -- a yard deeper more
Last Line:
Contribute some tears to water her grave
Author:
Matthew Prior (Speculation) & Charles Sackville (Absolute)
DMI number:
25960
8.
Here lies little --- a yard deep and more
First Line:
Here lies little --- a yard deep and more
Last Line:
Contribute some tears to water her grave
Author:
Matthew Prior (Speculation) & Charles Sackville (Absolute)
DMI number:
4200
9.
Here lies little Lundy a yard deep or more
First Line:
Here lies little Lundy a yard deep or more
Last Line:
Contribute some tears to water her grave
Author:
Matthew Prior (Speculation) & Charles Sackville (Absolute)
DMI number:
293
10.
I have no hopes the Duke he says and dies
First Line:
I have no hopes the Duke he says and dies
Last Line:
And who can say the reverend prelate lies
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
12186
11.
Interred beneath this marble stone
First Line:
Interred beneath this marble stone
Last Line:
And so they lived and so they died
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
12297
12.
I see the fetters I am doomed to wear
First Line:
I see the fetters I am doomed to wear
Last Line:
I'll drink it all and drink it with a gust
DMI number:
16972
13.
If wit or honesty could save
First Line:
If wit or honesty could save
Last Line:
And mend your own by True's behaviour
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute) & Thomas Brown (Speculation)
DMI number:
23027
14.
Not that I may in worldly wealth abound
First Line:
Not that I may in worldly wealth abound
Last Line:
Where lazily along the livid waters flow
DMI number:
16973
15.
Nobles and heralds by your leave
First Line:
Nobles and heralds by your leave
Last Line:
Let Bourbon or Nassau go higher
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
11771
16.
On his deathbed poor Lubin lies
First Line:
On his deathbed poor Lubin lies
Last Line:
His wife that he may live
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
12416
17.
Poor little pretty fluttering thing
First Line:
Poor little pretty fluttering thing
Last Line:
Thou dread'st and hop'st thou know'st not what
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
1736
18.
So vanishes our state so pass our days
First Line:
So vanishes our state so pass our days
Last Line:
To live is scarce distinguished from to die
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
34666
19.
To me 'tis given to die to thee 'tis given
First Line:
To me 'tis given to die to thee 'tis given
Last Line:
Mark how impartial is the will of heaven
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
12491