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1.
Hail old patrician trees so great and good
First Line:
Hail old patrician trees so great and good
Last Line:
A solitude almost
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
22900
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Hail old patrician trees so great and good
First Line:
Hail old patrician trees so great and good
Last Line:
How prettily they talk
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
5506
3.
He's no small prince who every day
First Line:
He's no small prince who every day
Last Line:
A journey too might go
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
5649
4.
If dearest friend it my good fate might be
First Line:
If dearest friend it my good fate might be
Last Line:
Knows a man how to live and does he stay
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
9740
5.
Me who have lived so long among the great
First Line:
Me who have lived so long among the great
Last Line:
The place's bounty there will give you more
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
28351
6.
O solitude first state of humane kind
First Line:
O solitude first state of humane kind
Last Line:
To help to bear it away
DMI number:
40170
7.
Oh happy if his happiness he knows
First Line:
Oh happy if his happiness he knows
Last Line:
By men unless to the gods use were slain
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
22902
8.
Thus thus and this deserved great Virgil's praise
First Line:
Thus thus and this deserved great Virgil's praise
Last Line:
Let my life sleep and learn to love my end
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
28308
9.
Upon the slippery tops of human state
First Line:
Upon the slippery tops of human state
Last Line:
Nor what he is nor whither he's to go
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
22901
10.
Well then I now do plainly see
First Line:
Well then I now do plainly see
Last Line:
And so make a city here
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
9770