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91.
Mortality behold and fear
First Line:
Mortality behold and fear
Last Line:
Yet to this shape all must be brought
DMI number:
41955
92.
I pity the aspiring cheel
First Line:
I pity the aspiring cheel
Last Line:
That a mankind's ae Sisyphus
DMI number:
25157
93.
I leave mortality's low sphere
First Line:
I leave mortality's low sphere
Last Line:
And bears the thunder through the aetherial plains
Author:
John Hughes (Absolute)
DMI number:
21276
94.
I'll sing you a sonnet that never was in print
First Line:
I'll sing you a sonnet that never was in print
Last Line:
For writing of nothing I comprehend all
DMI number:
44222
95.
I'll sing you a sonnet that never was in print
First Line:
I'll sing you a sonnet that never was in print
Last Line:
If the vintner should cry there is nothing to pay
DMI number:
42937
96.
If conquered realms or power from death could save
First Line:
If conquered realms or power from death could save
Last Line:
In this small tomb in smaller ashes lies
DMI number:
23873
97.
If the remembrance of whatever was dear
First Line:
If the remembrance of whatever was dear
Last Line:
Till ravished from before our eyes and gone
Author:
Vincent Bourne (Absolute)
DMI number:
25193
98.
If for mere wantonness you buy so fast
First Line:
If for mere wantonness you buy so fast
Last Line:
For very want you must sell all at last
DMI number:
32354
99.
If tender infants who imprisoned stay
First Line:
If tender infants who imprisoned stay
Last Line:
As backward to be born as we to die
Author:
Sir Richard Blackmore (Absolute)
DMI number:
5561
100.
Let dogs and devils die
First Line:
Let dogs and devils die
Last Line:
Our life's but a holiday
DMI number:
42928
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