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31.
Base world begone thy false delusive joys
First Line:
Base world begone thy false delusive joys
Last Line:
In beatific trance where saints enjoy their god
Author:
James Scott (Absolute)
DMI number:
35987
32.
Be absolute for death or death or life
First Line:
Be absolute for death or death or life
Last Line:
That makes these odds all even
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
16094
33.
Be gone delusion vain
First Line:
Be gone delusion vain
Last Line:
To deck the altars of their powers divine
Author:
James Scott (Absolute)
DMI number:
32760
34.
Be gone delusions vain
First Line:
Be gone delusions vain
Last Line:
To deck the altars of their powers divine
Author:
James Scott (Absolute)
DMI number:
32701
35.
Believe me sir he's neither good nor great
First Line:
Believe me sir he's neither good nor great
Last Line:
But this remain when both shall be no more
DMI number:
36283
36.
Beneath the horrors of a grave
First Line:
Beneath the horrors of a grave
Last Line:
To pluck the fairest flower first
DMI number:
25197
37.
Can mortal man boast of his days
First Line:
Can mortal man boast of his days
Last Line:
Kings lords and princes are but man
DMI number:
30662
38.
Can storied urn or animated bust
First Line:
Can storied urn or animated bust
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Or flattery soothe the dull cold ear of death
DMI number:
40591
39.
Can the deep statesman skilled in great design
First Line:
Can the deep statesman skilled in great design
Last Line:
The wish that sighs for sublunary things
Author:
John Cunningham (Absolute)
DMI number:
33128
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Careless besotted man whose baffled mind
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Careless besotted man whose baffled mind
Last Line:
And more than all the dearest things but thee
Author:
Edmund Arwaker (Absolute)
DMI number:
30618
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