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51.
Were there on earth another voice like thine
First Line:
Were there on earth another voice like thine
Last Line:
And harmony recall her from the grave
Author:
William Congreve (Absolute)
DMI number:
29963
52.
Whatever future fate our house may find
First Line:
Whatever future fate our house may find
Last Line:
And in bold strokes the vicious town display
Author:
William Congreve (Absolute)
DMI number:
35852
53.
When Celia first I saw so heavenly fair
First Line:
When Celia first I saw so heavenly fair
Last Line:
And what her eyes enthralled her tongue unbound
Author:
William Congreve (Absolute)
DMI number:
28071
54.
When first the frame of this vast ball was made
First Line:
When first the frame of this vast ball was made
Last Line:
But bleeding nature prove the rigid law
Author:
William Congreve (Absolute)
DMI number:
28286
55.
When Lesbia first I saw so heavenly fair
First Line:
When Lesbia first I saw so heavenly fair
Last Line:
And what her eyes enthralled her tongue unbound
Author:
William Congreve (Absolute)
DMI number:
4232
56.
When pleasure is fallen to the low delight
First Line:
When pleasure is fallen to the low delight
Last Line:
To lull our sorrow and correct our joy
DMI number:
3887
57.
Why are these hours which heaven in pity lent
First Line:
Why are these hours which heaven in pity lent
Last Line:
The hottest hell in which a heart can burn
Author:
William Congreve (Absolute)
DMI number:
6614
58.
Why are those hours which heaven in pity lent
First Line:
Why are those hours which heaven in pity lent
Last Line:
The hottest hell in which a heart can burn
Author:
William Congreve (Absolute)
DMI number:
36955
59.
Why laughs the wine with which this glass is crowned
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Why laughs the wine with which this glass is crowned
Last Line:
Her name the glass her form my heart inspires
Author:
William Congreve (Absolute)
DMI number:
4281
60.
You see we try all shapes and shifts and arts
First Line:
You see we try all shapes and shifts and arts
Last Line:
Had Covent Garden been in Surinam
Author:
William Congreve (Absolute)
DMI number:
3462
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