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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. 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

3. 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

4. Advanced in years he died one common date

First Line:
Advanced in years he died one common date
Last Line:
I serve my goddess and attend her chase
Author:
Alexander Stopford Catcott (Confident)
DMI number:
12038

5. Ah dearest friend in whom the gods had joined

First Line:
Ah dearest friend in whom the gods had joined
Last Line:
The wretched source of all this misery
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31584

6. Apollo's darling gave his utmost aid

First Line:
Apollo's darling gave his utmost aid
Last Line:
Make her at least immortal in thy strains
DMI number:
6368

7. Amongst a huge crowd who surrounded the boat

First Line:
Amongst a huge crowd who surrounded the boat
Last Line:
And be sure of your fare ere you take them on board
DMI number:
3257

8. Amid the vain of Persia was a youth

First Line:
Amid the vain of Persia was a youth
Last Line:
On her slain lover silent sinks in death
Author:
Richard Glover (Absolute)
DMI number:
30927

9. As Neptune driving with his steeds

First Line:
As Neptune driving with his steeds
Last Line:
And she shall wear your weeds
DMI number:
3097

10. As over the vast Atlantic sea

First Line:
As over the vast Atlantic sea
Last Line:
His soul was all her own
Author:
Samuel Whyte (Speculation)
DMI number:
36568

11. As Phillis sat beneath the spreading shade

First Line:
As Phillis sat beneath the spreading shade
Last Line:
Oblige the lover and the husband's lost
DMI number:
33623

12. As Phoebus darted forth a milder ray

First Line:
As Phoebus darted forth a milder ray
Last Line:
And gained a living conquest by her death
Author:
William Pattison (Speculation)
DMI number:
11877

13. Arise ye winds from your rough caves

First Line:
Arise ye winds from your rough caves
Last Line:
And then she laid her down and died
DMI number:
42801

14. At that sad prospect that tormenting scene

First Line:
At that sad prospect that tormenting scene
Last Line:
Hope in her looks but anguish at her breast
Author:
Christopher Pitt (Absolute)
DMI number:
31686

15. Awake Angantyr Hervor the only daughter

First Line:
Awake Angantyr Hervor the only daughter
Last Line:
In the midst of a place where fire burns round about me
Author:
George Hickes (Absolute)
DMI number:
7075

16. Attend ye fair and learn what pains await

First Line:
Attend ye fair and learn what pains await
Last Line:
In life divided but in death conjoined
DMI number:
25319

17. 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

18. But now the hero of immortal birth

First Line:
But now the hero of immortal birth
Last Line:
And lodge the hero in the starry sky
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
11726

19. But Pentheus grown more furious than before

First Line:
But Pentheus grown more furious than before
Last Line:
The Thebans tremble and confess the god
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
11377

20. Charon grim ferryman these streams doth guard

First Line:
Charon grim ferryman these streams doth guard
Last Line:
With robe on beastly shoulder hung knottied
DMI number:
43746

21. Charon o Charon

First Line:
Charon o Charon
Last Line:
Cha Till then be wise
DMI number:
44011

22. Chaste Hippolite and Paris fair Ulysses wise and sly

First Line:
Chaste Hippolite and Paris fair Ulysses wise and sly
Last Line:
Aeneas kind fierce Hector here jointly entombed lie
DMI number:
28943

23. Come sing my muse that lamp that once did prove

First Line:
Come sing my muse that lamp that once did prove
Last Line:
And thus enjoyed him in the shades below
DMI number:
41799

24. Come gentle god with magic wand

First Line:
Come gentle god with magic wand
Last Line:
And wild oblivion lost in fancy's boundless gaze
DMI number:
30888

25. Desponding sorrow seized Apollo's heart

First Line:
Desponding sorrow seized Apollo's heart
Last Line:
When fate with cruel shears encompasses around
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
27679

26. Does Charidas entombed beneath thee sleep

First Line:
Does Charidas entombed beneath thee sleep
Last Line:
Horses when dead lie still and so do we
DMI number:
8593

27. Deep over his knee inseamed remained the scar

First Line:
Deep over his knee inseamed remained the scar
Last Line:
At length abrupt my son my king she cried
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31659

28. Forever sacred be this place

First Line:
Forever sacred be this place
Last Line:
And robbed thy mate of rest
DMI number:
29585

29. From him the Caledonians sought relief

First Line:
From him the Caledonians sought relief
Last Line:
Who yearly round the tomb in feathered flocks repair
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
11663

30. Hear ye bright muses your own Dryden's dead

First Line:
Hear ye bright muses your own Dryden's dead
Last Line:
She left her garment and to heaven aspired
DMI number:
3528

31. Haste on ye clouds and veil the dusky sphere

First Line:
Haste on ye clouds and veil the dusky sphere
Last Line:
In Frederick promised or in George displayed
DMI number:
28722

32. He who could often and alone withstand

First Line:
He who could often and alone withstand
Last Line:
But those express the grief and these the name
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
11938

33. Her self half dead to find her queen expired

First Line:
Her self half dead to find her queen expired
Last Line:
Retire and mourn the short remains of life away
Author:
Nahum Tate (Absolute)
DMI number:
11191

34. Here as I lay and swelled with tears the flood

First Line:
Here as I lay and swelled with tears the flood
Last Line:
Nor let a lover's death the guiltless flood profane
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
27589

35. Her breathless sister runs with eager pace

First Line:
Her breathless sister runs with eager pace
Last Line:
Dissolves in air and mingles with the wind
Author:
Christopher Pitt (Absolute)
DMI number:
31694

36. 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

37. How blessed a life how short its date

First Line:
How blessed a life how short its date
Last Line:
The victim of too fierce a flame
DMI number:
12255

38. Hold hold thy hand vile son of viler mother

First Line:
Hold hold thy hand vile son of viler mother
Last Line:
When the one did bear thee and the other nurse thee
Author:
Francis Davison (Absolute)
DMI number:
49830

39. Hold hold thy hand vile son of viler mother

First Line:
Hold hold thy hand vile son of viler mother
Last Line:
When the one did beare thee and the other nurse thee
Author:
Francis Davison (Absolute)
DMI number:
49754

40. Here underneath this little stone

First Line:
Here underneath this little stone
Last Line:
And offer for his soul your prayers
DMI number:
29933

41. Here while the Thracian bard's enchanting strain

First Line:
Here while the Thracian bard's enchanting strain
Last Line:
And without danger can review his spouse
Author:
Samuel Croxall (Confident)
DMI number:
11896

42. I am that Dido look upon me well

First Line:
I am that Dido look upon me well
Last Line:
Make the high gods much more corrupt than man
DMI number:
29899

43. In Babylon where first her Queen for state

First Line:
In Babylon where first her Queen for state
Last Line:
And drew attentive all the sister-throng
Author:
Laurence Eusden (Confident)
DMI number:
11404

44. In Babylon where ramparts rose on high

First Line:
In Babylon where ramparts rose on high
Last Line:
And in one urn still keep their mixed remains
DMI number:
10297

45. In Babylon whose lofty walls were built

First Line:
In Babylon whose lofty walls were built
Last Line:
And the same urn their ashes does contain
DMI number:
8507

46. In lonely shades distracted with despair

First Line:
In lonely shades distracted with despair
Last Line:
He lays him down breaks his proud heart and dies
Author:
George Granville (Absolute)
DMI number:
4194

47. In vain by being great

First Line:
In vain by being great
Last Line:
And blessed the wind that blew them to the gainful shore
DMI number:
42831

48. Mourn all ye groves in darker shades be seen

First Line:
Mourn all ye groves in darker shades be seen
Last Line:
Would try to move the rigid king of hell
Author:
John Oldham (Absolute)
DMI number:
4111

49. Mourn all ye loves the fair Adonis dies

First Line:
Mourn all ye loves the fair Adonis dies
Last Line:
But cruel Prosperine is deaf to prayer
Author:
Charles Finch (Speculation) & Anne Finch [nee Kingsmill] (Speculation)
DMI number:
3828

50. If Memnon's fate bewailed with constant dew

First Line:
If Memnon's fate bewailed with constant dew
Last Line:
And be as soft and easy as his muse
Author:
George Stepney (Absolute)
DMI number:
6777