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211. 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:
Edward Ward (Speculation) & John Pomfret (Absolute)
DMI number:
10636

212. 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

213. If you can leave for books the crowded court

First Line:
If you can leave for books the crowded court
Last Line:
Neglect the living poet for the dead
Author:
Christopher Pitt (Absolute)
DMI number:
22125

214. If you can sit on an old three legged chair

First Line:
If you can sit on an old three legged chair
Last Line:
Whip out at the back door and bite em all
DMI number:
21581

215. If you dear sir will deign to pass a day

First Line:
If you dear sir will deign to pass a day
Last Line:
While you steal secret through the garden gate
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
26681

216. Kings rule their flocks with awful sway

First Line:
Kings rule their flocks with awful sway
Last Line:
For the more cumbrous riches of the great
DMI number:
25568

217. Let mercenary souls with endless pain

First Line:
Let mercenary souls with endless pain
Last Line:
Glanced at the feathered or the footed game
DMI number:
22143

218. Let others boast their heaps of shining gold

First Line:
Let others boast their heaps of shining gold
Last Line:
While pitying maids our wondrous loves relate
Author:
James Hammond (Absolute)
DMI number:
22619

219. Let others dote on gilded roofs of state

First Line:
Let others dote on gilded roofs of state
Last Line:
And peaceful sleep among the silent dead
DMI number:
36937

220. Leave Garrick the rich landscape proudly gay

First Line:
Leave Garrick the rich landscape proudly gay
Last Line:
Who rich in rural peace never thought of pomp or gold
DMI number:
33069