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1781.
What boots it that the fair are free from war
First Line:
What boots it that the fair are free from war
Last Line:
But without mercy punish then her crime
DMI number:
6748
1782.
What I shall leave thee none can tell
First Line:
What I shall leave thee none can tell
Last Line:
As innocent as now thou art
Author:
Richard Corbett (Absolute)
DMI number:
7070
1783.
What is judicious eloquence to those
First Line:
What is judicious eloquence to those
Last Line:
Lifts reason's ensigns higher in the field
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
14568
1784.
What is pleasure | More than a lustful motion in the sense
First Line:
What is pleasure | More than a lustful motion in the sense
Last Line:
The pure end's lost and ruin must attend it
Author:
Thomas Nabbes [Nabbs] (Absolute)
DMI number:
17190
1785.
What is prudery a beldam
First Line:
What is prudery a beldam
Last Line:
That rails at dear Le Pell and How
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
15424
1786.
Were I who to my cost already am
First Line:
Were I who to my cost already am
Last Line:
Is only who's a knave of the first rate
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
4135
1787.
What is the blooming tincture of a skin
First Line:
What is the blooming tincture of a skin
Last Line:
But these these only can that heart retain
Author:
Robert Dodsley (Absolute)
DMI number:
21847
1788.
What is't that wastes a prince example shows
First Line:
What is't that wastes a prince example shows
Last Line:
Tis flattery spends a king more than his foes
Author:
Robert Herrick (Absolute)
DMI number:
14768
1789.
What many men desire that may be meant
First Line:
What many men desire that may be meant
Last Line:
Because I will not jump with common spirits
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
13907
1790.
What may the reason be so many wed
First Line:
What may the reason be so many wed
Last Line:
Go and repent it on thy wedding night
Author:
George Wither (Absolute)
DMI number:
9997
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