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1. Adieu ye toyish reeds that once could please

First Line:
Adieu ye toyish reeds that once could please
Last Line:
And born to bliss shall tread imperial skies
Author:
John Pomfret (Absolute)
DMI number:
17967

2. Custom the world's great idol we adore

First Line:
Custom the world's great idol we adore
Last Line:
We live and learn but never the wiser grow
Author:
John Pomfret (Absolute)
DMI number:
30276

3. I would not have you Strephon choose a mate

First Line:
I would not have you Strephon choose a mate
Last Line:
Is a genteel sufficiency and love
Author:
John Pomfret (Absolute)
DMI number:
11823

4. 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

5. None lives in this tumultuous state of things

First Line:
None lives in this tumultuous state of things
Last Line:
Relieves the anguish or rewards the pain
Author:
John Pomfret (Absolute)
DMI number:
11803

6. Now the black days of universal doom

First Line:
Now the black days of universal doom
Last Line:
To joys immense and everlasting ecstasy
Author:
John Pomfret (Absolute)
DMI number:
12212

7. Painter thou hast performed what man can do

First Line:
Painter thou hast performed what man can do
Last Line:
But neither art nor nature's able to excel
Author:
John Pomfret (Confident)
DMI number:
11806

8. Since we can die but once and after death

First Line:
Since we can die but once and after death
Last Line:
But in a mighty circle round for ever goes
Author:
John Pomfret (Absolute)
DMI number:
7161

9. Since we can die but once and after death

First Line:
Since we can die but once and after death
Last Line:
Which no cessation knows
Author:
John Pomfret (Absolute)
DMI number:
3496

10. The happiest man that ever breathed on earth

First Line:
The happiest man that ever breathed on earth
Last Line:
Sometimes as tis a miracle we live
Author:
John Pomfret (Absolute)
DMI number:
30193