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21.
Along the sunny bank or watery mead
First Line:
Along the sunny bank or watery mead
Last Line:
Our gay attire and impotence of pride
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
36211
22.
Amid these mouldering walls this marble round
First Line:
Amid these mouldering walls this marble round
Last Line:
The only happy is the self-approved
Author:
William Whitehead (Absolute)
DMI number:
27812
23.
As I beneath a myrtle shade lay musing
First Line:
As I beneath a myrtle shade lay musing
Last Line:
Then sucked the balm and found a cure
DMI number:
2545
24.
Are these the effects is this then all I gain
First Line:
Are these the effects is this then all I gain
Last Line:
Which the first chaos did but typify
DMI number:
42576
25.
As budding branch rent from the native tree
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As budding branch rent from the native tree
Last Line:
Into this life with woe and end with misery
Author:
Edmund Spenser (Absolute)
DMI number:
16385
26.
As all alone I slowly tread
First Line:
As all alone I slowly tread
Last Line:
Man dies to live and lives to die no more
DMI number:
35270
27.
As swift as time put round the glass
First Line:
As swift as time put round the glass
Last Line:
For you to be merry's to be wise
DMI number:
2377
28.
Away away thou ape of solid bliss
First Line:
Away away thou ape of solid bliss
Last Line:
He purchased for himself the overrated ball
DMI number:
43384
29.
As when on mountain heads
First Line:
As when on mountain heads
Last Line:
When love's declared his foe
DMI number:
2434
30.
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
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