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1.
A dame the abbey's tomb contain
First Line:
A dame the abbey's tomb contain
Last Line:
Is full as small and fatal too
Author:
Samuel Whyte (Speculation)
DMI number:
36001
2.
A daughter of Abraham here doth lie
First Line:
A daughter of Abraham here doth lie
Last Line:
Who lived desired and died lamented
DMI number:
29331
3.
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
4.
A dread eternity how surely mine
First Line:
A dread eternity how surely mine
Last Line:
Poor pensioner on the bounties of an hour
DMI number:
34184
5.
A dreadful plague from angry Juno came
First Line:
A dreadful plague from angry Juno came
Last Line:
To fill your sails and favour your intent
Author:
William Stonestreet (Absolute)
DMI number:
4174
6.
A Dudley lodgeth here peace idle fame
First Line:
A Dudley lodgeth here peace idle fame
Last Line:
Turn dust it holds impression in the heart
DMI number:
34940
7.
A dumb dead corpse we saw
First Line:
A dumb dead corpse we saw
Last Line:
All save the flesh the sinew and the vein
Author:
Thomas Sackville (Absolute)
DMI number:
14406
8.
A dying Latinist of great renown
First Line:
A dying Latinist of great renown
Last Line:
With female gender the case masculine
DMI number:
17152
9.
A fever with its wasting heat destroys
First Line:
A fever with its wasting heat destroys
Last Line:
He seems to envy and who pretends to grieve
DMI number:
34680
10.
A fierce foe thee slew thou a king he king in view
First Line:
A fierce foe thee slew thou a king he king in view
Last Line:
So let good men all to god for thee call
DMI number:
29437
11.
A fig for ear why should we spare
First Line:
A fig for ear why should we spare
Last Line:
Where no body means to find us
DMI number:
43081
12.
A friend so true there were but few
First Line:
A friend so true there were but few
Last Line:
There is not left behind
DMI number:
34692
13.
A generous foe a faithful friend
First Line:
A generous foe a faithful friend
Last Line:
With so much honour twas a horse
DMI number:
34907
14.
A grasshopper once while the winter prevailed
First Line:
A grasshopper once while the winter prevailed
Last Line:
All idlers shall suffer the woes they deserve
DMI number:
36291
15.
A blooming youth lies buried here
First Line:
A blooming youth lies buried here
Last Line:
But death had quicker wings than love
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
27361
16.
A body chaste a virtuous mind a temperate tongue an humble heart
First Line:
A body chaste a virtuous mind a temperate tongue an humble heart
Last Line:
A friend to peace a foe to strife a spotless maid a matchless wife
DMI number:
26051
17.
A brace of bucks in friendship bound
First Line:
A brace of bucks in friendship bound
Last Line:
Smile on her cheek and bloom without decay
DMI number:
36520
18.
A Brooke by name the Baron Cobham's child
First Line:
A Brooke by name the Baron Cobham's child
Last Line:
Blessed with two babes the third brought her to this
DMI number:
34149
19.
A cave there is deep in declining ground
First Line:
A cave there is deep in declining ground
Last Line:
Because thought absent at his wondrous fall
Author:
John Hopkins (Absolute)
DMI number:
5880
20.
A charming star that glistered far when fixed in this our sky
First Line:
A charming star that glistered far when fixed in this our sky
Last Line:
His earth we have within this grave his soul in heaven is found
DMI number:
28539
21.
A child and dead alas how could it come
First Line:
A child and dead alas how could it come
Last Line:
Surely thy thread of life was but a thrum
DMI number:
29373
22.
A chilling damp invades my trembling heart
First Line:
A chilling damp invades my trembling heart
Last Line:
And with her filial tears bedew his hallowed urn
DMI number:
40565
23.
A coffin black is all we have
First Line:
A coffin black is all we have
Last Line:
When we are laid into the grave
DMI number:
29282
24.
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
25.
A cordial friend a father to the poor
First Line:
A cordial friend a father to the poor
Last Line:
And having live in christ in christ he died
DMI number:
34755
26.
A cruel tiger all with teeth bebled
First Line:
A cruel tiger all with teeth bebled
Last Line:
Has slain us both for cloking of his crime
DMI number:
49551
27.
A heart to mercy as to zeal inclined
First Line:
A heart to mercy as to zeal inclined
Last Line:
Accept the tribute of a grateful line
Author:
Mary Leapor (Absolute)
DMI number:
34379
28.
A hummingbird by nature led
First Line:
A hummingbird by nature led
Last Line:
But mischief oft concealed lies there
DMI number:
32658
29.
A monster in a course of vice grown old
First Line:
A monster in a course of vice grown old
Last Line:
Pity a wretch like him should ever live
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
13487
30.
A mourning friend invites a mourning muse
First Line:
A mourning friend invites a mourning muse
Last Line:
And thou to all its trifling pleasures blind
Author:
William Oldisworth (Speculation)
DMI number:
4340
31.
A nymph is dead mild virtuous young and fair
First Line:
A nymph is dead mild virtuous young and fair
Last Line:
Which from short life ascends to eternal rest
Author:
Sir John Beaumont (Absolute)
DMI number:
23912
32.
A statesman dead the muses now must mourn
First Line:
A statesman dead the muses now must mourn
Last Line:
Nor party jarrings now disturb his rest
DMI number:
40617
33.
A steady friend to truth a soul sincere
First Line:
A steady friend to truth a soul sincere
Last Line:
Religion stood by him he honoured that
DMI number:
34280
34.
A stiff starched virgin of unblemished fame
First Line:
A stiff starched virgin of unblemished fame
Last Line:
Aged but thee and fifty here she lies
DMI number:
34857
35.
A sudden change on me was wrought
First Line:
A sudden change on me was wrought
Last Line:
By his almighty gracious call
DMI number:
34520
36.
A sullen planet frowned upon my birth
First Line:
A sullen planet frowned upon my birth
Last Line:
Of all my sufferings life the greatest wrong
DMI number:
43266
37.
A tailor's a thief and a bailiff is worse
First Line:
A tailor's a thief and a bailiff is worse
Last Line:
Here lies both god 'a mercy horse
DMI number:
29940
38.
A tale of grief I must unfold
First Line:
A tale of grief I must unfold
Last Line:
Of this great duke of Buckingham
DMI number:
37020
39.
A tale of the grief I must unfold
First Line:
A tale of the grief I must unfold
Last Line:
Of this great Duke of Buckingham
Author:
Richard Johnson (Speculation)
DMI number:
12053
40.
A tear bedews my Delia's eye
First Line:
A tear bedews my Delia's eye
Last Line:
To think that youth so swiftly flies
Author:
William Shenstone (Absolute)
DMI number:
27230
41.
A thing here singular this doth unfold
First Line:
A thing here singular this doth unfold
Last Line:
He cannot fail to die well to his praise
DMI number:
29296
42.
A thousand ills in death's sad pomp appears
First Line:
A thousand ills in death's sad pomp appears
Last Line:
But all is quiet all is ease below
DMI number:
6396
43.
A thousand six and ninety years
First Line:
A thousand six and ninety years
Last Line:
And brought this land to bale
DMI number:
29744
44.
A time of death there is you know full well
First Line:
A time of death there is you know full well
Last Line:
Death is most certain yet uncertain when
DMI number:
34545
45.
A man unfortunate was wont to cry
First Line:
A man unfortunate was wont to cry
Last Line:
And all of us would say the same Mecaenas said before
DMI number:
6247
46.
A manly wit a child's simplicity
First Line:
A manly wit a child's simplicity
Last Line:
Striking their aching bosoms here lies Gay
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
16357
47.
A manly wit a child's simplicity
First Line:
A manly wit a child's simplicity
Last Line:
Striking their pensive bosoms here lies Gay
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
17689
48.
A miner by trade
First Line:
A miner by trade
Last Line:
Dick the sexton can tell what you'll be
DMI number:
23039
49.
A moment's space a transient span
First Line:
A moment's space a transient span
Last Line:
So short is life so frail is man
DMI number:
34207
50.
A peasant past his climacteric year
First Line:
A peasant past his climacteric year
Last Line:
Their trouble they forget and wish it gone
DMI number:
6246
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