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51.
Say ye whose heads decline with weight of years
First Line:
Say ye whose heads decline with weight of years
Last Line:
And ermined honours dwindle to a shroud
DMI number:
36229
52.
See Chloe yonder glowing bed
First Line:
See Chloe yonder glowing bed
Last Line:
Unfading through eternity
DMI number:
33063
53.
See on his labouring pinions rise
First Line:
See on his labouring pinions rise
Last Line:
Till life arrives its end
DMI number:
36292
54.
See the busy insect train
First Line:
See the busy insect train
Last Line:
Some moral lesson to improve your mind
DMI number:
33452
55.
See where she comes transcending human praise
First Line:
See where she comes transcending human praise
Last Line:
And weep to touch the hem | Of thy celestial stole
Author:
William Woty (Absolute)
DMI number:
33055
56.
Since now all scruples cast away
First Line:
Since now all scruples cast away
Last Line:
Shall fill another pipe to thee
Author:
Robert Lloyd (Absolute)
DMI number:
32357
57.
Since some with barefaced impudence deny
First Line:
Since some with barefaced impudence deny
Last Line:
And in their ruin will himself assert
Author:
Sir William Dawes (Absolute)
DMI number:
33597
58.
The adverbs had a quarrel as they say
First Line:
The adverbs had a quarrel as they say
Last Line:
But at the last he did and there's an end
DMI number:
42386
59.
The battle of the verbs being fully known
First Line:
The battle of the verbs being fully known
Last Line:
No more of fighting if you'll be ruled by me
DMI number:
42419
60.
The first tragedians found that serious style
First Line:
The first tragedians found that serious style
Last Line:
Loved such variety and antic tricks
Author:
Wentworth Dillon (Absolute)
DMI number:
31542
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