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201.
While from the noisy crowd you lean retired
First Line:
While from the noisy crowd you lean retired
Last Line:
Form but one wish to think and look like thee
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
1020
202.
Whoever thou art who temptst in such a strain
First Line:
Whoever thou art who temptst in such a strain
Last Line:
By several ways and none are in the right
Author:
George Granville (Absolute)
DMI number:
3451
203.
With thee for ever I in woods could rest
First Line:
With thee for ever I in woods could rest
Last Line:
And from a desert banish solitude
DMI number:
25224
204.
Why to a homely cottage I retire
First Line:
Why to a homely cottage I retire
Last Line:
To pass in country cot the night in quiet
DMI number:
28259
205.
Yes you condemn those sages too refined
First Line:
Yes you condemn those sages too refined
Last Line:
And form the whole with fairest symmetry
Author:
William Melmoth (Absolute)
DMI number:
22223
206.
Ye groves and flowery vales in you we find
First Line:
Ye groves and flowery vales in you we find
Last Line:
But still the lovely saint her holy vigils kept
DMI number:
21873
207.
Ye holy cares that haunt these lonely cells
First Line:
Ye holy cares that haunt these lonely cells
Last Line:
Those gentle hearts that I must hold no more
Author:
John Langhorne (Absolute)
DMI number:
32662
208.
You little know the heart that you advise
First Line:
You little know the heart that you advise
Last Line:
To that sole being merciful and just
Author:
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu [nee Pierrepont] (Absolute)
DMI number:
25745
209.
Would heaven which never fails to hear the poor
First Line:
Would heaven which never fails to hear the poor
Last Line:
But utter discord for Apollo's fire
DMI number:
7547
210.
Would you my friend in little room express
First Line:
Would you my friend in little room express
Last Line:
Not tired with life nor yet afraid to die
Author:
Elijah Fenton (Absolute)
DMI number:
6469
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