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211.
If heaven the grateful liberty would give
First Line:
If heaven the grateful liberty would give
Last Line:
All men would wish to live and die like me
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation) & John Pomfret (Absolute)
DMI number:
10636
212.
If heaven would please to grant what I would crave
First Line:
If heaven would please to grant what I would crave
Last Line:
And envy none though they were never so great
DMI number:
7744
213.
If you can leave for books the crowded court
First Line:
If you can leave for books the crowded court
Last Line:
Neglect the living poet for the dead
Author:
Christopher Pitt (Absolute)
DMI number:
22125
214.
If you can sit on an old three legged chair
First Line:
If you can sit on an old three legged chair
Last Line:
Whip out at the back door and bite em all
DMI number:
21581
215.
If you dear sir will deign to pass a day
First Line:
If you dear sir will deign to pass a day
Last Line:
While you steal secret through the garden gate
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
26681
216.
Kings rule their flocks with awful sway
First Line:
Kings rule their flocks with awful sway
Last Line:
For the more cumbrous riches of the great
DMI number:
25568
217.
Let mercenary souls with endless pain
First Line:
Let mercenary souls with endless pain
Last Line:
Glanced at the feathered or the footed game
DMI number:
22143
218.
Let others boast their heaps of shining gold
First Line:
Let others boast their heaps of shining gold
Last Line:
While pitying maids our wondrous loves relate
Author:
James Hammond (Absolute)
DMI number:
22619
219.
Let others dote on gilded roofs of state
First Line:
Let others dote on gilded roofs of state
Last Line:
And peaceful sleep among the silent dead
DMI number:
36937
220.
Leave Garrick the rich landscape proudly gay
First Line:
Leave Garrick the rich landscape proudly gay
Last Line:
Who rich in rural peace never thought of pomp or gold
DMI number:
33069
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