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31.
Happy the man whose weighty purse contains
First Line:
Happy the man whose weighty purse contains
Last Line:
With chaos mixing and maternal night
DMI number:
33496
32.
He long has been a man of taste complete
First Line:
He long has been a man of taste complete
Last Line:
Would that he now had something left to eat
DMI number:
24882
33.
Here in peace and love we dwell
First Line:
Here in peace and love we dwell
Last Line:
And merry merry merry very merry let us be
Author:
Alexander Pennecuik (Absolute)
DMI number:
25411
34.
Here lies Jack Careless
First Line:
Here lies Jack Careless
Last Line:
And died in the street
DMI number:
41941
35.
Honour and shame from no condition rise
First Line:
Honour and shame from no condition rise
Last Line:
The rest is all but leather or prunella
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
37185
36.
Here's bone and skin because they're thin
First Line:
Here's bone and skin because they're thin
Last Line:
That flesh and blood won't bear it
Author:
John Byrom (Absolute)
DMI number:
32411
37.
How strangely doth the power of custom rule
First Line:
How strangely doth the power of custom rule
Last Line:
Thus to convert their old clothes into food
Author:
William Taylor (Absolute)
DMI number:
27761
38.
I joy not in no earthly blisse
First Line:
I joy not in no earthly blisse
Last Line:
No wealth is like a quiet minde
DMI number:
37784
39.
In cot of mud instead of brick
First Line:
In cot of mud instead of brick
Last Line:
But crush herself and virtue raise
DMI number:
25310
40.
In garret high there lives a swain
First Line:
In garret high there lives a swain
Last Line:
For wit is neither here nor there
DMI number:
35324
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