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1. 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

2. 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

3. Alas how swift the crowding minutes pass

First Line:
Alas how swift the crowding minutes pass
Last Line:
Of glutton priests when they their solemn feasts profess
DMI number:
3900

4. Ah Death thou pleasing end to human woe

First Line:
Ah Death thou pleasing end to human woe
Last Line:
And thy soft slumbers only bless the brave
DMI number:
18102

5. As all alone I slowly tread

First Line:
As all alone I slowly tread
Last Line:
Man dies to live and lives to die no more
DMI number:
35270

6. Away away thou ape of solid bliss

First Line:
Away away thou ape of solid bliss
Last Line:
He purchased for himself the overrated ball
DMI number:
43384

7. Beneath the horrors of a grave

First Line:
Beneath the horrors of a grave
Last Line:
To pluck the fairest flower first
DMI number:
25197

8. Can the deep statesman skilled in great design

First Line:
Can the deep statesman skilled in great design
Last Line:
The wish that sighs for sublunary things
Author:
John Cunningham (Absolute)
DMI number:
33128

9. Careless besotted man whose baffled mind

First Line:
Careless besotted man whose baffled mind
Last Line:
And more than all the dearest things but thee
Author:
Edmund Arwaker (Absolute)
DMI number:
30618

10. Christ is to me as life on earth

First Line:
Christ is to me as life on earth
Last Line:
Must pass and fade away
DMI number:
33800

11. Dear saviour oh what ails this heart

First Line:
Dear saviour oh what ails this heart
Last Line:
Cleave this obdurate heart in sunder
DMI number:
43240

12. Fame riches honour birth or wit

First Line:
Fame riches honour birth or wit
Last Line:
There's nought to wish or fear
DMI number:
23292

13. Farewell vain world and thou it vainest part

First Line:
Farewell vain world and thou it vainest part
Last Line:
Of which the noisy babbling world complains
Author:
Benjamin Ibbot (Absolute)
DMI number:
19121

14. From the maternal tomb

First Line:
From the maternal tomb
Last Line:
Are but the empty dreams which in death's sleep we make
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
6007

15. Hail hallowed fane amid whose mouldring shrines

First Line:
Hail hallowed fane amid whose mouldring shrines
Last Line:
Amid the mansions of eternal light
Author:
Reginald Heber (Absolute)
DMI number:
32685

16. 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

17. Hail midnight shades hail venerable dome

First Line:
Hail midnight shades hail venerable dome
Last Line:
And name and place are here for ever lost
Author:
David Mallet (Absolute)
DMI number:
30903

18. Ha not a breath of wind no gentle breeze

First Line:
Ha not a breath of wind no gentle breeze
Last Line:
Tis virtue only blossoms in the dust
DMI number:
25331

19. Hail aged remains of what thou once hast been

First Line:
Hail aged remains of what thou once hast been
Last Line:
But by time's stronger hand subdued at last
DMI number:
35406

20. Hours months and years with gliding pace

First Line:
Hours months and years with gliding pace
Last Line:
At their proud feasts the Salian train
Author:
William Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25537

21. How full of troubles is the life of man

First Line:
How full of troubles is the life of man
Last Line:
And hell grow proud of the dominion
DMI number:
43484

22. How soon frail royalty is over

First Line:
How soon frail royalty is over
Last Line:
To silence and the shade returns
DMI number:
17105

23. How vain are all things here below

First Line:
How vain are all things here below
Last Line:
Who was both saint and queen
DMI number:
11196

24. How vain are mortal man's endeavours

First Line:
How vain are mortal man's endeavours
Last Line:
Runs the same track it went before
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Speculation) & John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
2003

25. How vain are mortal man's endeavours

First Line:
How vain are mortal man's endeavours
Last Line:
Runs the same tract it went before
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Speculation) & John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
15422

26. I do not ask thee fate to give

First Line:
I do not ask thee fate to give
Last Line:
Are bound to no set laws but humoursomly rove
Author:
John Norris (Absolute)
DMI number:
5525

27. I dreamed when buried by my fellow clay

First Line:
I dreamed when buried by my fellow clay
Last Line:
This is my rotting place and that is thine
DMI number:
17601

28. 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

29. Move faster life thou tiresome guest away

First Line:
Move faster life thou tiresome guest away
Last Line:
Tis better once to die then welcome death
DMI number:
6157

30. My swelling griefs intending to allay

First Line:
My swelling griefs intending to allay
Last Line:
Twill shroud me safer than a sheet of lead
DMI number:
7169

31. My prime of youth is but a frost of cares

First Line:
My prime of youth is but a frost of cares
Last Line:
And now I live and now my life is done
DMI number:
43369

32. Mortality behold and fear

First Line:
Mortality behold and fear
Last Line:
Buried in dust once dead by fate
Author:
Francis Beaumont (Confident)
DMI number:
15794

33. Mortality behold and fear

First Line:
Mortality behold and fear
Last Line:
Yet to this shape all must be brought
DMI number:
41955

34. If conquered realms or power from death could save

First Line:
If conquered realms or power from death could save
Last Line:
In this small tomb in smaller ashes lies
DMI number:
23873

35. If the remembrance of whatever was dear

First Line:
If the remembrance of whatever was dear
Last Line:
Till ravished from before our eyes and gone
Author:
Vincent Bourne (Absolute)
DMI number:
25193

36. Merely for death to grieve and mourn

First Line:
Merely for death to grieve and mourn
Last Line:
Sleep sleep th' ast trod a weary race
Author:
William Strode (Absolute)
DMI number:
7080

37. Mark how ere eve the morning honours fade

First Line:
Mark how ere eve the morning honours fade
Last Line:
And life beginning teems with seeds of death
DMI number:
36279

38. Man only from himself can suffer wrong

First Line:
Man only from himself can suffer wrong
Last Line:
And dying finds too late he lived in vain
Author:
Ambrose Philips (Absolute)
DMI number:
30652

39. Man's life's a tragedy his mother's womb

First Line:
Man's life's a tragedy his mother's womb
Last Line:
And trouble him then death's his epilogue
DMI number:
43372

40. O friend how fleeting are the years of man

First Line:
O friend how fleeting are the years of man
Last Line:
As pampered pontiffs when they treat their priests
DMI number:
10092

41. O night dark night wrapped round with Stygian gloom

First Line:
O night dark night wrapped round with Stygian gloom
Last Line:
Fools banter heaven itself O Young and thee
Author:
Samuel Derrick (Speculation) & William Whitehead (Absolute)
DMI number:
20451

42. O the vast change from life to death

First Line:
O the vast change from life to death
Last Line:
This this O mortal is thy certain fate
DMI number:
4357

43. O the vast change from life to death

First Line:
O the vast change from life to death
Last Line:
This this O mortal is your certain fate
DMI number:
4334

44. O trifling toys that toss the brains

First Line:
O trifling toys that toss the brains
Last Line:
We loath the soul to save
DMI number:
49704

45. Phoenix the first the Arabian lord

First Line:
Phoenix the first the Arabian lord
Last Line:
While just men join the glorious thrang
Author:
Allan Ramsay (Absolute)
DMI number:
15365

46. Short is our life but longer is our rest

First Line:
Short is our life but longer is our rest
Last Line:
Loses some days of life but years of sorrow
DMI number:
4348

47. Sojourning here below immortal man

First Line:
Sojourning here below immortal man
Last Line:
When parting nature bids the soul retire
DMI number:
36185

48. Stop gentle youth and view this clod

First Line:
Stop gentle youth and view this clod
Last Line:
And peace shall be the Christian's end
DMI number:
34193

49. The many sorrows that are heirs to breath

First Line:
The many sorrows that are heirs to breath
Last Line:
Princes and kings are all mowed down to dust
DMI number:
41901

50. The weak and ignorant by nature led

First Line:
The weak and ignorant by nature led
Last Line:
The brave may pity what he never fears
DMI number:
19370