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1.
All melancholy lying
First Line:
All melancholy lying
Last Line:
She bowed her head and died
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
31511
2.
But now the hero of immortal birth
First Line:
But now the hero of immortal birth
Last Line:
And lodge the hero in the starry sky
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
11726
3.
Come night as dark as pitch surround my head
First Line:
Come night as dark as pitch surround my head
Last Line:
Tis hard so true a damsel dies a maid
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
22702
4.
Consider man weigh well thy frame
First Line:
Consider man weigh well thy frame
Last Line:
Then sinks into his native clay
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
34647
5.
Death on a solemn night of state
First Line:
Death on a solemn night of state
Last Line:
Who finds employment for you all
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
25122
6.
Here lies a round woman who thought mighty odd
First Line:
Here lies a round woman who thought mighty odd
Last Line:
And now she's in the other she thinks it but queer
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Speculation) & Alexander Pope (Confident) & John Gay (Speculation)
DMI number:
13476
7.
How vain are mortal man's endeavours
First Line:
How vain are mortal man's endeavours
Last Line:
Runs the same track it went before
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Speculation) & John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
2003
8.
How vain are mortal man's endeavours
First Line:
How vain are mortal man's endeavours
Last Line:
Runs the same tract it went before
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Speculation) & John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
15422
9.
Is there no hope the sick man said
First Line:
Is there no hope the sick man said
Last Line:
Then why such haste so groaned and died
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
25120
10.
Life is a jest and all things show it
First Line:
Life is a jest and all things show it
Last Line:
I thought so once but now I know it
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
15965
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