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141.
Says my uncle I pray now discover
First Line:
Says my uncle I pray now discover
Last Line:
With that beautiful toast Molly Mog
Author:
John Gay (Absolute) & Jonathan Swift (Speculation)
DMI number:
856
142.
Says my uncle I pray you discover
First Line:
Says my uncle I pray you discover
Last Line:
And so I shall lose Molly Mog
Author:
John Gay (Absolute) & Jonathan Swift (Speculation)
DMI number:
1998
143.
Restrain your child you'll soon believe
First Line:
Restrain your child you'll soon believe
Last Line:
But for my mother's prohibition
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
23352
144.
Remote from cities lived a swain
First Line:
Remote from cities lived a swain
Last Line:
To make men moral good and wise
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
24839
145.
Sceptics whose strength of argument makes out
First Line:
Sceptics whose strength of argument makes out
Last Line:
But found the golden mark was left in bed
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
30726
146.
Sceptics whose strength of argument makes out
First Line:
Sceptics whose strength of argument makes out
Last Line:
He wakes but for a garter finds a rope
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
25306
147.
See who never was or will be half read
First Line:
See who never was or will be half read
Last Line:
But send him honest Job thy wife
Author:
John Gay (Speculation) & Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
13483
148.
See yon gay goldfinch hop from spray to spray
First Line:
See yon gay goldfinch hop from spray to spray
Last Line:
Are these a price to purchase liberty
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
30197
149.
Seek you to train your favourite boy
First Line:
Seek you to train your favourite boy
Last Line:
Mangled he falls he howls and dies
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
24906
150.
Shall authors tease the town with tragic passion
First Line:
Shall authors tease the town with tragic passion
Last Line:
Who for that circle would but venture ruin
Author:
John Gay (Confident) & Alexander Pope (Speculation)
DMI number:
39042
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