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351.
If I live to be old for I find I go down
First Line:
If I live to be old for I find I go down
Last Line:
Without gout or stone by a gentle decay
DMI number:
23619
352.
If I live to be old for I find I grow down
First Line:
If I live to be old for I find I grow down
Last Line:
Shall be read on my tomb what is it to me | May I govern &c
DMI number:
20733
353.
If I live to grow old as I find I go down
First Line:
If I live to grow old as I find I go down
Last Line:
Without gout or stone by a gentle decay
Author:
Walter Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
4964
354.
If joined to make up virtue's glorious tale
First Line:
If joined to make up virtue's glorious tale
Last Line:
Take off my fill of life and wait not wish to die
Author:
William of Bangour Hamilton (Absolute)
DMI number:
32371
355.
If virtue's self were lost we might
First Line:
If virtue's self were lost we might
Last Line:
The heart you get returns no more
Author:
Edmund Waller (Absolute)
DMI number:
30105
356.
If worthy friend I know thee right thou'lt never
First Line:
If worthy friend I know thee right thou'lt never
Last Line:
A quiet mind I to my self will owe
DMI number:
3857
357.
If god or fate to man would give
First Line:
If god or fate to man would give
Last Line:
When each delight is palled by age
DMI number:
36389
358.
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:
John Pomfret (Absolute) & Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
10636
359.
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
360.
If right be racked and overrun
First Line:
If right be racked and overrun
Last Line:
I will not cease to wish you still
DMI number:
8863
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