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1. Ask not the cause why sullen spring

First Line:: Ask not the cause why sullen spring
Last Line:: I only am by love designed
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 657

2. But least of all could their endeavours find

First Line:: But least of all could their endeavours find
Last Line:: But vanished from them like enchanted ground
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 28354

3. Life is but air

First Line:: Life is but air
Last Line:: And closes when tis gone
DMI number:: 39770

4. Learn | The bounds of good and evil to discern

First Line:: Learn | The bounds of good and evil to discern
Last Line:: Still to be near but never to reach the first
DMI number:: 39889

5. O wretched man in what a mist of life

First Line:: O wretched man in what a mist of life
Last Line:: A soul serene a body void of pain
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 30321

6. O wretched man in what a mist of life

First Line:: O wretched man in what a mist of life
Last Line:: And craves no more than undisturbed rest
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 5490

7. Tis not for nothing that we life pursue

First Line:: Tis not for nothing that we life pursue
Last Line:: Like travellers we're pleased with seeing more
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 5574

8. When I consider life tis all a cheat

First Line:: When I consider life tis all a cheat
Last Line:: Which fools us young and beggars us when old
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 5573

9. Where where is this most wretched of mankind

First Line:: Where where is this most wretched of mankind
Last Line:: And throw the ravisher before her feet
Author:: Nathaniel Lee (Absolute) & John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 21673