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61.
Dear Love let me this ev'ning die
First Line:
Dear Love let me this ev'ning die
Last Line:
Whose roots are still embracing
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
47185
62.
Dost thou use me as fond children do
First Line:
Dost thou use me as fond children do
Last Line:
Me back again to languish in my cage
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
15621
63.
Favourites are served in
First Line:
Favourites are served in
Last Line:
We soonest surfeit on
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
14747
64.
Even good examples may so great be made
First Line:
Even good examples may so great be made
Last Line:
As to discourage whom they should persuade
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
14649
65.
First let me seek my vows where they were sealed
First Line:
First let me seek my vows where they were sealed
Last Line:
These are the funeral rights of love
DMI number:
41512
66.
Fair as unshaded light or as the day
First Line:
Fair as unshaded light or as the day
Last Line:
In this small lanthorn would contract her light
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
7044
67.
For lust in reading beauty solemn grows
First Line:
For lust in reading beauty solemn grows
Last Line:
As old physicians in anatomy
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
15665
68.
For fame whose custom is to have a care
First Line:
For fame whose custom is to have a care
Last Line:
And weary is of those who live too long
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
14731
69.
For from the monarch's virtue subjects take
First Line:
For from the monarch's virtue subjects take
Last Line:
And by his dial set their motion right
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
15958
70.
For he who secrets power's chief treasure spends
First Line:
For he who secrets power's chief treasure spends
Last Line:
Since power seeks great confederates more than friends
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
17252
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