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10041.
Why did my parents send me to the schools
First Line:
Why did my parents send me to the schools
Last Line:
That have been ever from our birthday blind
Author:
Sir John Davies (Absolute)
DMI number:
16014
10042.
Why did the gods give thee a heavenly form
First Line:
Why did the gods give thee a heavenly form
Last Line:
Of her own self-conceived excellence
Author:
Benjamin Jonson (Absolute)
DMI number:
13675
10043.
Why do I take
First Line:
Why do I take
Last Line:
For true compassion
Author:
John Webster (Absolute)
DMI number:
13632
10044.
Why do I wander over this wide barren waste
First Line:
Why do I wander over this wide barren waste
Last Line:
Awaken me to wretchedness again
Author:
Thomas Southerne (Absolute)
DMI number:
18676
10045.
Why do they lay me on a couch of thorns
First Line:
Why do they lay me on a couch of thorns
Last Line:
Shall I have rest
Author:
Ambrose Philips (Absolute)
DMI number:
19031
10046.
Why do we pray for children call em blessings
First Line:
Why do we pray for children call em blessings
Last Line:
The vexed womb seems to bring forth to vex
Author:
George Granville (Absolute)
DMI number:
18451
10047.
Why do you wave your hand and warn me hence
First Line:
Why do you wave your hand and warn me hence
Last Line:
And thus like me the wretch despairing dies
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute) & John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20263
10048.
With shame we see our passions can prevail
First Line:
With shame we see our passions can prevail
Last Line:
Where reason certainty and virtue fail
DMI number:
9572
10049.
With silent awe attend my potent charm
First Line:
With silent awe attend my potent charm
Last Line:
And from thy gloomy caverns thunder thy reply
Author:
John Dennis (Absolute)
DMI number:
19842
10050.
With slaughtering guns the unwearied fowler roves
First Line:
With slaughtering guns the unwearied fowler roves
Last Line:
They fall and leave their little lives in air
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
29834
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