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1. 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

2. Dryden is dead Dryden alone could sing

First Line:
Dryden is dead Dryden alone could sing
Last Line:
His laurels are not grafted on the bays
Author:
Isaac Watts (Absolute)
DMI number:
16733

3. Excellent poetry whose noble flight

First Line:
Excellent poetry whose noble flight
Last Line:
Read an hic iacet corpus or an o rare Ben
DMI number:
42097

4. Hallow my temples let my thoughts be dressed

First Line:
Hallow my temples let my thoughts be dressed
Last Line:
Myriads of stars spring from his falling light
DMI number:
42968

5. Here placed near Chaucer Spenser claims a room

First Line:
Here placed near Chaucer Spenser claims a room
Last Line:
But now declined it fears with thee to die
DMI number:
34035

6. O had my tongue but language to express

First Line:
O had my tongue but language to express
Last Line:
A rest a fame and a reward like thine
DMI number:
12264

7. Respect to Dryden justly Sheffield paid

First Line:
Respect to Dryden justly Sheffield paid
Last Line:
The city printer and the city bard
DMI number:
13492

8. Respect to Dryden Sheffield justly paid

First Line:
Respect to Dryden Sheffield justly paid
Last Line:
The city printer and the city bard
DMI number:
35040

9. Strangers this tomb's inscription makes appear

First Line:
Strangers this tomb's inscription makes appear
Last Line:
Kindly survey when young when old they prize
DMI number:
8592

10. Some say that poets are so born

First Line:
Some say that poets are so born
Last Line:
His name shall live to eternity
DMI number:
36823

11. That thus blessed princess we lament thy fall

First Line:
That thus blessed princess we lament thy fall
Last Line:
And drink immortal draughts of inexhausted love
DMI number:
42895

12. The rose and other fragrant flowers smell best

First Line:
The rose and other fragrant flowers smell best
Last Line:
To make new poets not like him in haste
DMI number:
43499

13. The work is finished which nor dreads the rage

First Line:
The work is finished which nor dreads the rage
Last Line:
One half of round eternity is mine
Author:
Leonard Welsted (Confident)
DMI number:
12048

14. The work is finished which not dreads the rage

First Line:
The work is finished which not dreads the rage
Last Line:
One half of round eternity is mine
Author:
Leonard Welsted (Confident)
DMI number:
15503

15. Thus Britain loved me and preserved my fame

First Line:
Thus Britain loved me and preserved my fame
Last Line:
Clear from a Barber's or a Benson's name
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
35041

16. Tis but too true while living fame's denied

First Line:
Tis but too true while living fame's denied
Last Line:
Since glory's after death we're not in haste
DMI number:
17399

17. Tis all that goodness left behind can show

First Line:
Tis all that goodness left behind can show
Last Line:
And virtue sighs out Prior is no more
DMI number:
40563

18. To fertile wits and plants of fruitful kind

First Line:
To fertile wits and plants of fruitful kind
Last Line:
Can only say Augustus is expired
DMI number:
7749

19. While sacred bard far worlds thy works proclaim

First Line:
While sacred bard far worlds thy works proclaim
Last Line:
May Cowley's dust this marble shrine defend
DMI number:
33934

20. 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