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1. Alas to this we come why why is life

First Line:: Alas to this we come why why is life
Last Line:: Alas so long their art so short their day
DMI number:: 16657

2. Amid these mouldering walls this marble round

First Line:: Amid these mouldering walls this marble round
Last Line:: The only happy is the self-approved
Author:: William Whitehead (Absolute)
DMI number:: 27812

3. Be gone delusion vain

First Line:: Be gone delusion vain
Last Line:: To deck the altars of their powers divine
Author:: James Scott (Absolute)
DMI number:: 32760

4. Be gone delusions vain

First Line:: Be gone delusions vain
Last Line:: To deck the altars of their powers divine
Author:: James Scott (Absolute)
DMI number:: 32701

5. How vain are all things here below

First Line:: How vain are all things here below
Last Line:: Who was both saint and queen
DMI number:: 11196

6. However tis well that whilst mankind

First Line:: However tis well that whilst mankind
Last Line:: And Phillis but a perjured whore
Author:: Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:: 44692

7. However tis well that whilst mankind

First Line:: However tis well that whilst mankind
Last Line:: And Phyllis but a perjured whore
DMI number:: 44691

8. Mortality behold and fear

First Line:: Mortality behold and fear
Last Line:: Yet to this shape all must be brought
DMI number:: 41955

9. Merely for death to grieve and mourn

First Line:: Merely for death to grieve and mourn
Last Line:: Sleep sleep th' ast trod a weary race
Author:: William Strode (Absolute)
DMI number:: 7080

10. Silent and clear through yonder peaceful vale

First Line:: Silent and clear through yonder peaceful vale
Last Line:: Polluted ooze or heaps of barren sand
Author:: William Whitehead (Absolute)
DMI number:: 27811