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What ecstasies her bosom fire
First Line:
What ecstasies her bosom fire
Last Line:
Or else you break a faithful heart
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
33560
202.
What happiness the rural maid attends
First Line:
What happiness the rural maid attends
Last Line:
And rich in poverty enjoys content
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
37117
203.
Were I laid on Greenland's coast
First Line:
Were I laid on Greenland's coast
Last Line:
Over the hills and far away
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
23692
204.
When as corruption hence did go
First Line:
When as corruption hence did go
Last Line:
His subjects must play at quadrille
Author:
William Congreve (Confident) & John Gay (Confident) & Jonathan Swift (Speculation)
DMI number:
1997
205.
When as corruption hence did go
First Line:
When as corruption hence did go
Last Line:
His subjects must play at quadrille &c
Author:
John Gay (Confident)
DMI number:
2380
206.
What though the gathering mire thy feet besmear
First Line:
What though the gathering mire thy feet besmear
Last Line:
And Whitehall echoes claean your honour's shoes
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
30634
207.
What whispers must the beauty bear
First Line:
What whispers must the beauty bear
Last Line:
That wasps have stings and felt the wound
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
24904
208.
When Blouselind expired the weather's bell
First Line:
When Blouselind expired the weather's bell
Last Line:
And peaceful like the harmless lambs she died
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
29806
209.
When Themis thus with prescient voice had spoke
First Line:
When Themis thus with prescient voice had spoke
Last Line:
The double offspring of your warm embrace
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
12110
210.
When the chaste lamb is from her sisters led
First Line:
When the chaste lamb is from her sisters led
Last Line:
The gaze and envy of each thoughtless maid
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
17409
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