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71. Poor floating isle tossed on ill fortunes waves

First Line:
Poor floating isle tossed on ill fortunes waves
Last Line:
Thou fixed of old be now the moving land
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Absolute)
DMI number:
22396

72. Say ye whose heads decline with weight of years

First Line:
Say ye whose heads decline with weight of years
Last Line:
And ermined honours dwindle to a shroud
DMI number:
36229

73. Richard over the green grown old and very poor

First Line:
Richard over the green grown old and very poor
Last Line:
Those that have something they must something lose
DMI number:
22506

74. So farewell to the little good you bear me

First Line:
So farewell to the little good you bear me
Last Line:
Never to hope again
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
37372

75. Taxes ran high the Britons loud complained

First Line:
Taxes ran high the Britons loud complained
Last Line:
We soon shall have no coats to put it on
DMI number:
24819

76. The pauky auld Carle came ovir the lee

First Line:
The pauky auld Carle came ovir the lee
Last Line:
While we sall sing and be merrie o
DMI number:
37530

77. This was the noblest Roman of them all

First Line:
This was the noblest Roman of them all
Last Line:
And say to all the world this was a man
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
37392

78. Though Madam Money look both brisk and gay

First Line:
Though Madam Money look both brisk and gay
Last Line:
But that pecuniae obediunt omnia
DMI number:
43297

79. Travelling of late in fogs and through thick mist

First Line:
Travelling of late in fogs and through thick mist
Last Line:
To the tune of old Sir Simon the king
Author:
Alexander Pennecuik (Absolute)
DMI number:
25403

80. Two brethren thin called bone and skin

First Line:
Two brethren thin called bone and skin
Last Line:
That flesh and blood won't bear it
Author:
John Byrom (Absolute)
DMI number:
35150