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1. Admire not dear knight

First Line:
Admire not dear knight
Last Line:
De mortuis nil nisi bonum
Author:
Mr Whiteford (Absolute)
DMI number:
36041

2. Again my garret poverty is shown

First Line:
Again my garret poverty is shown
Last Line:
For like St Stephen I am stoned to death
Author:
Samuel Butler (Speculation)
DMI number:
35081

3. Arise ye glimmering stars of wit

First Line:
Arise ye glimmering stars of wit
Last Line:
For lo the sun of verse is set
DMI number:
25174

4. Disclose your grievances to me

First Line:
Disclose your grievances to me
Last Line:
And take advice without a fee
DMI number:
36857

5. Deep waters silent roll so grief like mine

First Line:
Deep waters silent roll so grief like mine
Last Line:
And to him winged with joy out fly the wind
Author:
Anne Wharton [nee Lee] (Absolute)
DMI number:
3523

6. Filled with the noisome folly of the age

First Line:
Filled with the noisome folly of the age
Last Line:
Unthinking Charles ruled by unthinking thee
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation) & Charles Sackville (Speculation)
DMI number:
5441

7. 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

8. Here lies a proof that wit can never be

First Line:
Here lies a proof that wit can never be
Last Line:
Defence enough against mortality
DMI number:
24178

9. Here lies my wife here let her lie

First Line:
Here lies my wife here let her lie
Last Line:
Now she's at rest and so am I
Author:
John Dryden (Speculation)
DMI number:
35095

10. Life's a jest and all things show it

First Line:
Life's a jest and all things show it
Last Line:
I thought so once but now I know it
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
36721

11. If humour wit and honesty could save

First Line:
If humour wit and honesty could save
Last Line:
Whom all mankind esteemed and loved so well
Author:
Stephen Duck (Confident)
DMI number:
25297

12. Not born not dead not christened not begot

First Line:
Not born not dead not christened not begot
Last Line:
And while thou seemest to read thou readest not
DMI number:
34071

13. Not born not dead not christened not begot

First Line:
Not born not dead not christened not begot
Last Line:
Which while thou seems to read thou readest not
DMI number:
29308

14. Not born Not dead Not christened Not begot

First Line:
Not born Not dead Not christened Not begot
Last Line:
Which whilst thou seemst to read thou readest Not
DMI number:
42017

15. Nott born Nott died Nott christened Nott begot

First Line:
Nott born Nott died Nott christened Nott begot
Last Line:
That whilst thou seemst to read thou readest Nott
DMI number:
34965

16. Oh sir your passion's dead and you are weaving

First Line:
Oh sir your passion's dead and you are weaving
Last Line:
Garlands of fine expressions for its funeral
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
17081

17. Our wit till Cowley did its lustre raise

First Line:
Our wit till Cowley did its lustre raise
Last Line:
For that part buried than for all above
DMI number:
3487

18. 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

19. Since death on all lays his impartial hand

First Line:
Since death on all lays his impartial hand
Last Line:
Since one so wise left all to follow them
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation) & Charles Blount (Confident)
DMI number:
3521

20. This monument for Hudibras

First Line:
This monument for Hudibras
Last Line:
Erected was by John de Brass
DMI number:
35082