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411.
A second age in wars we waste away
First Line:
A second age in wars we waste away
Last Line:
Your bard thus warns you to retire
DMI number:
25651
412.
A sergeant of the law discreet precise
First Line:
A sergeant of the law discreet precise
Last Line:
With a striped silken sash about his waist
Author:
Thomas Betterton (Absolute)
DMI number:
18341
413.
A serious lover can alone explain
First Line:
A serious lover can alone explain
Last Line:
Than all the flowers of rhetoric can do
DMI number:
6838
414.
A session of lovers was held the other day
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A session of lovers was held the other day
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He had left being a man she would make him a beast
DMI number:
4446
415.
A set of phrases learnt by rote
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A set of phrases learnt by rote
Last Line:
So holla boys god save the king
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Absolute)
DMI number:
15135
416.
A shepherd boy all in an evening fair
First Line:
A shepherd boy all in an evening fair
Last Line:
To slumbers soft his sorrowing breast invite
Author:
Ambrose Philips (Confident)
DMI number:
6478
417.
A sight like this who can unmoved survey
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A sight like this who can unmoved survey
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To break the bonds and set the prisoners free
Author:
Mary Barber (Absolute)
DMI number:
11653
418.
A singing bard wore once a dangerous sword
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A singing bard wore once a dangerous sword
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By placing in Toledo's room a fiddle stick
DMI number:
7466
419.
A single church not large but neat
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A single church not large but neat
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And limits time to die in peace
DMI number:
24604
420.
A single comma set alone
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A single comma set alone
Last Line:
Et cetera so forth the rest
Author:
William le Tans'ur (Absolute)
DMI number:
36485
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