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31.
Delight of human kind and gods above
First Line:
Delight of human kind and gods above
Last Line:
And quiet to the weary world restore
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
3957
32.
Ere the foundations of the world were laid
First Line:
Ere the foundations of the world were laid
Last Line:
Ten thousand thousand rolling years are nought
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
8427
33.
Ere the radiant sun
First Line:
Ere the radiant sun
Last Line:
To lead the train of Phoebus and the spring
Author:
Mark Akenside (Absolute)
DMI number:
31456
34.
Death's steps are swift and yet no noise it makes
First Line:
Death's steps are swift and yet no noise it makes
Last Line:
Its hand unseen but yet most surely takes
DMI number:
33653
35.
Far hence ye visionary charming maids
First Line:
Far hence ye visionary charming maids
Last Line:
And brave the bolt that lingered round its head
Author:
Samuel Boyse (Absolute)
DMI number:
30909
36.
Farewell awhile to mortal things
First Line:
Farewell awhile to mortal things
Last Line:
Shall every grief defy
Author:
Mary Chandler (Absolute)
DMI number:
18302
37.
Fair hope I thank thee twas no idle dream
First Line:
Fair hope I thank thee twas no idle dream
Last Line:
And set the long imprisoned captive free
DMI number:
28635
38.
From dreams where thought in fancy's maze runs mad
First Line:
From dreams where thought in fancy's maze runs mad
Last Line:
Frustrate their anguish and destroy their deaths
Author:
Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:
30916
39.
For no man lives who always happy is
First Line:
For no man lives who always happy is
Last Line:
-
DMI number:
33634
40.
For him alone hope leads from goal to goal
First Line:
For him alone hope leads from goal to goal
Last Line:
Are given in vain but what they seek they find
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28212
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