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A cottage with a steeple nigh
First Line:
A cottage with a steeple nigh
Last Line:
To providence we leave the rest
DMI number:
31596
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A stranger from Hibernia came
First Line:
A stranger from Hibernia came
Last Line:
Remember 'tis a Dorset sways
Author:
Mary Barber (Absolute)
DMI number:
967
3.
A lofty brazen tower once was built
First Line:
A lofty brazen tower once was built
Last Line:
Sufficient just to answer all his wants
DMI number:
7864
4.
Ah happy grove dark and secure retreat
First Line:
Ah happy grove dark and secure retreat
Last Line:
And whilst they live their flames can never die
Author:
Wentworth Dillon (Absolute) & Giovanni Battista Guarini (Absolute)
DMI number:
3417
5.
All attendants apart
First Line:
All attendants apart
Last Line:
And do penance in shape of a wife
Author:
Miss Soper (Absolute)
DMI number:
24054
6.
All people languages and nations
First Line:
All people languages and nations
Last Line:
That made my lord the happiest of peers
Author:
John Hall-Stevenson (Absolute)
DMI number:
33269
7.
An humble muse from long-kept silence breaks
First Line:
An humble muse from long-kept silence breaks
Last Line:
For Barber's name shall make their glory rise
DMI number:
18812
8.
An humble station is a safe retreat
First Line:
An humble station is a safe retreat
Last Line:
While reason bounds and answers his desires
Author:
Edmund Arwaker (Absolute)
DMI number:
7736
9.
Ambition never me seduced
First Line:
Ambition never me seduced
Last Line:
And all the wild creation dies
DMI number:
23709
10.
Amidst the more important toils of state
First Line:
Amidst the more important toils of state
Last Line:
The poor shall bless the day when Pitt was born
Author:
William Hayward Roberts (Absolute)
DMI number:
31264
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