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121.
How vain are mortal man's endeavours
First Line:
How vain are mortal man's endeavours
Last Line:
Runs the same track it went before
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Speculation) & John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
2003
122.
How vain are mortal man's endeavours
First Line:
How vain are mortal man's endeavours
Last Line:
Runs the same tract it went before
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Speculation) & John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
15422
123.
How weak how vain is human pride
First Line:
How weak how vain is human pride
Last Line:
For different tastes please different vermin
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
23349
124.
I am a dapper barber slim and spare
First Line:
I am a dapper barber slim and spare
Last Line:
Whose box can hold no money brain no guts
DMI number:
3084
125.
I had a being ere the world was made
First Line:
I had a being ere the world was made
Last Line:
The virtues of seven nations end in me
DMI number:
15125
126.
I have made short the hours that time made long
First Line:
I have made short the hours that time made long
Last Line:
And yet to ease him help to praise thee too
Author:
Michael Drayton (Absolute)
DMI number:
17266
127.
I hope sir by this you have found your account
First Line:
I hope sir by this you have found your account
Last Line:
Since one is too solid and the other too light
Author:
Mary Barber (Absolute)
DMI number:
11626
128.
In this vast isle a famous city stands
First Line:
In this vast isle a famous city stands
Last Line:
But as defective in his judgement too
Author:
Aphra Behn (Absolute)
DMI number:
23358
129.
In times when gloomy superstition reigned
First Line:
In times when gloomy superstition reigned
Last Line:
We crave your pardon and excuse applause
DMI number:
33641
130.
In Tonson's shop at Shakespeare's head
First Line:
In Tonson's shop at Shakespeare's head
Last Line:
The other nothing but a dress
DMI number:
2814
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