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51.
Castalio o how often has he sworn
First Line:
Castalio o how often has he sworn
Last Line:
And at each sigh he drinks the gushing blood
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
18803
52.
Come painter you and I you know dare do
First Line:
Come painter you and I you know dare do
Last Line:
Then Asaph's song shall be like Doeg's rhyme
DMI number:
41823
53.
Clarendon had law and sense
First Line:
Clarendon had law and sense
Last Line:
With here and there a pawn
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation) & Charles Sackville (Speculation) & John Dryden (Speculation)
DMI number:
2182
54.
Clo asked me one day to tell her a lie
First Line:
Clo asked me one day to tell her a lie
Last Line:
When falshood conspires her beauty to praise
DMI number:
21992
55.
Come all ye brave boys and high churchmen draw near
First Line:
Come all ye brave boys and high churchmen draw near
Last Line:
We know who'd enjoy axes halters and carts | Which nobody can deny
DMI number:
13313
56.
Curse on such representatives
First Line:
Curse on such representatives
Last Line:
By this old Whitehall pump
DMI number:
4734
57.
Curse on the authors of our present woes
First Line:
Curse on the authors of our present woes
Last Line:
Reduce their native country to a wretched state
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
5457
58.
Cursed be those dull unpointed doggerel rhymes
First Line:
Cursed be those dull unpointed doggerel rhymes
Last Line:
As when old H-e was catched with rem in re
Author:
Charles Sackville (Absolute)
DMI number:
5451
59.
Curses on him
First Line:
Curses on him
Last Line:
Must women cold appear false to herself and him
Author:
Sir Richard Steele (Absolute)
DMI number:
18687
60.
Cook lawrel would needs have the devil his guest
First Line:
Cook lawrel would needs have the devil his guest
Last Line:
And send him good meat and mirth without end
Author:
Benjamin Jonson (Absolute)
DMI number:
3973
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