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41.
Atlas perceived the load of heaven's new guest
First Line:
Atlas perceived the load of heaven's new guest
Last Line:
But haunt those houses where she loved to roam
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
11728
42.
Begin my lord in early youth
First Line:
Begin my lord in early youth
Last Line:
An ass should like an ass be treated
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
25491
43.
Begin my lord in early youth
First Line:
Begin my lord in early youth
Last Line:
Their merits heighten your disgrace
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
30410
44.
Beneath the shadow of a beaver hat
First Line:
Beneath the shadow of a beaver hat
Last Line:
So Tabitha took earnest of a spouse
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
17959
45.
Can love be controlled by advice
First Line:
Can love be controlled by advice
Last Line:
To marry for fear you should chide
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
23642
46.
But now the hero of immortal birth
First Line:
But now the hero of immortal birth
Last Line:
And lodge the hero in the starry sky
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
11726
47.
But when the swinging signs your ears offend
First Line:
But when the swinging signs your ears offend
Last Line:
Which from the blue eyed Patty takes the name
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
28408
48.
Censure will blame her breath was ever spent
First Line:
Censure will blame her breath was ever spent
Last Line:
Must live obscure and never merit praise
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
30210
49.
Come night as dark as pitch surround my head
First Line:
Come night as dark as pitch surround my head
Last Line:
Tis hard so true a damsel dies a maid
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
22702
50.
Conversing with your sprightly boys
First Line:
Conversing with your sprightly boys
Last Line:
But never give a blockhead sense
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
30510
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