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1.
And those who to themselves loved life deny
First Line:
And those who to themselves loved life deny
Last Line:
When they would others kill
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
16771
2.
Ask not bodies doomed to die
First Line:
Ask not bodies doomed to die
Last Line:
It is not safe to know
DMI number:
8653
3.
Before by death you never knowledge gain
First Line:
Before by death you never knowledge gain
Last Line:
And none when fear is past will supplicate
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation) & Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
7036
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Before by death you newer knowledge gain
First Line:
Before by death you newer knowledge gain
Last Line:
And none when fear is past will supplicate
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation) & Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
17982
5.
Beware delighted poets when you sing
First Line:
Beware delighted poets when you sing
Last Line:
Will find a shallow brook
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Confident)
DMI number:
7045
6.
But ask not bodies doomed to die
First Line:
But ask not bodies doomed to die
Last Line:
It is not safe to know
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
14435
7.
I cannot leave thee to
First Line:
I cannot leave thee to
Last Line:
Our own when it is fallen in our dislike
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
16780
8.
I gave when last I was about to die
First Line:
I gave when last I was about to die
Last Line:
Or me but as their own inheritance
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
16056
9.
The good in graves as heavenly seed are sown
First Line:
The good in graves as heavenly seed are sown
Last Line:
A short dark passage to eternal light
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
7038
10.
Wake all you dead what ho what ho
First Line:
Wake all you dead what ho what ho
Last Line:
Lie two in a grave and to bed to bed
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
43956
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