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11.
A sudden damp has seized my spirits
First Line:
A sudden damp has seized my spirits
Last Line:
Hangs on their active springs
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute) & Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
19963
12.
A tear bedews my Delia's eye
First Line:
A tear bedews my Delia's eye
Last Line:
To think that youth so swiftly flies
Author:
William Shenstone (Absolute)
DMI number:
27230
13.
A thousand charms if Lesbia boast
First Line:
A thousand charms if Lesbia boast
Last Line:
Or cool this glowing heart of mine
Author:
Josiah Relph (Absolute)
DMI number:
21076
14.
A thousand thoughts prey on my tortured soul
First Line:
A thousand thoughts prey on my tortured soul
Last Line:
And whirling fancy turns my senses round
Author:
Thomas Southerne (Absolute)
DMI number:
18688
15.
A man triumphant is a monstrous sight
First Line:
A man triumphant is a monstrous sight
Last Line:
Who called us into being to be blessed
Author:
Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:
30198
16.
A peasant past his climacteric year
First Line:
A peasant past his climacteric year
Last Line:
Their trouble they forget and wish it gone
DMI number:
6246
17.
A pensive sadness overwhelms my soul
First Line:
A pensive sadness overwhelms my soul
Last Line:
That leads to endless joys or endless woes
DMI number:
35722
18.
A poore soule sat sighing under a sicamore tree
First Line:
A poore soule sat sighing under a sicamore tree
Last Line:
Sing O the greene willow shall be my garland
DMI number:
37267
19.
A shepherd boy all in an evening fair
First Line:
A shepherd boy all in an evening fair
Last Line:
To slumbers soft his sorrowing breast invite
Author:
Ambrose Philips (Confident)
DMI number:
6478
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A shower of tears flowed down her lovely face
First Line:
A shower of tears flowed down her lovely face
Last Line:
Which from her grief received yet sweeter grace
DMI number:
40318
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