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631.
What do I wish No more than what I have
First Line:
What do I wish No more than what I have
Last Line:
To ask of heaven and I'll give my self content
DMI number:
43288
632.
What does the suppliant bard desire
First Line:
What does the suppliant bard desire
Last Line:
Grant this o Phoebus and I ask no more
Author:
William Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
26118
633.
What fool on earth since all must fate obey
First Line:
What fool on earth since all must fate obey
Last Line:
And shun the world that did my hopes destroy
DMI number:
3529
634.
What happiness the rural maid attends
First Line:
What happiness the rural maid attends
Last Line:
And rich in poverty enjoys content
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
37117
635.
What all men have or seem to have in view
First Line:
What all men have or seem to have in view
Last Line:
You'd been more happy had you been so less
DMI number:
22972
636.
Were it not better in some distant clime
First Line:
Were it not better in some distant clime
Last Line:
Is greatness power wealth honour all summed up
Author:
George Powell (Absolute)
DMI number:
18528
637.
Were my days again to pass
First Line:
Were my days again to pass
Last Line:
And for these I'd live again
DMI number:
35630
638.
What is the reason none enjoy the state
First Line:
What is the reason none enjoy the state
Last Line:
Lest you suspect that I'm turned Methodist
DMI number:
25656
639.
What is this fleeting life of man
First Line:
What is this fleeting life of man
Last Line:
And there enjoyment lies
DMI number:
33624
640.
What though the skies be clouded over
First Line:
What though the skies be clouded over
Last Line:
The worst that cruel man can do is done
Author:
Thomas Flatman (Absolute)
DMI number:
7190
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