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151.
Shall ignorance of good and ill
First Line:
Shall ignorance of good and ill
Last Line:
To providence resign the rest
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
30189
152.
Sirs | We the maids of Exon city
First Line:
Sirs | We the maids of Exon city
Last Line:
We pray more frequently for him
Author:
John Gay (Speculation)
DMI number:
22740
153.
Soon as your father's death was known
First Line:
Soon as your father's death was known
Last Line:
But he by folly was undone
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
30077
154.
Sublimer strains o rustic muse prepare
First Line:
Sublimer strains o rustic muse prepare
Last Line:
Till ruddy like his face the sun descends
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
31221
155.
The ancient epilogue as critics write
First Line:
The ancient epilogue as critics write
Last Line:
Who think good breeding is akin to wit
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
35389
156.
The Argonauts now cut the stormy deeps
First Line:
The Argonauts now cut the stormy deeps
Last Line:
To Cephalus' command the monarch gave
Author:
John Gay (Confident) & George Sewell (Confident)
DMI number:
17436
157.
Take a knuckle of veal
First Line:
Take a knuckle of veal
Last Line:
Will it feed dean and chapter
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute) & John Gay (Speculation)
DMI number:
17723
158.
Take a knuckle of veal
First Line:
Take a knuckle of veal
Last Line:
Will it fill Dean and chapter
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute) & John Gay (Speculation)
DMI number:
1388
159.
That man must daily wiser grow
First Line:
That man must daily wiser grow
Last Line:
Derision shouts along the strand
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
23363
160.
The hero said and with the torture stung
First Line:
The hero said and with the torture stung
Last Line:
And still the name of hapless Lychas bears
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
11723
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