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1. Beneath an aged oak's embowering shade

First Line:
Beneath an aged oak's embowering shade
Last Line:
Nor pain forsake me in the jocund field
Author:
Thomas Percy (Absolute)
DMI number:
27886

2. Calvus if tears which we profusely shed

First Line:
Calvus if tears which we profusely shed
Last Line:
Though sudden as the joys to think how well you love
DMI number:
8543

3. Cruel hard-hearted man was he who first

First Line:
Cruel hard-hearted man was he who first
Last Line:
Thought nothing here worth living for and died
DMI number:
41860

4. Dread sir if your just grief no bounds receives

First Line:
Dread sir if your just grief no bounds receives
Last Line:
At once we grieve and banish all our fears
DMI number:
42892

5. How oft to Mira has her favoured youth

First Line:
How oft to Mira has her favoured youth
Last Line:
Peaceful to sleep amongst the silent dead
DMI number:
36162

6. O friend by every sympathy endeared

First Line:
O friend by every sympathy endeared
Last Line:
She rise to native heaven from whence she came
Author:
Thomas Blacklock (Absolute)
DMI number:
25855

7. Oft I by wine have tried to lull my cares

First Line:
Oft I by wine have tried to lull my cares
Last Line:
What you must suffer learn by what I bear
DMI number:
41876

8. What day of all my life what hour was there

First Line:
What day of all my life what hour was there
Last Line:
I'm ruined now by your credulity
DMI number:
43408

9. Where now are all my flattering dreams of joy

First Line:
Where now are all my flattering dreams of joy
Last Line:
And bid the turf lie light upon my breast
Author:
Tobias George Smollett (Absolute)
DMI number:
24538

10. Where now are all my flattering dreams of joy

First Line:
Where now are all my flattering dreams of joy
Last Line:
And bid the turf lie lightly on my breast
Author:
Tobias George Smollett (Absolute)
DMI number:
24449

11. Why are those hours which heaven in pity lent

First Line:
Why are those hours which heaven in pity lent
Last Line:
The hottest hell in which a heart can burn
Author:
William Congreve (Absolute)
DMI number:
36955

12. Will any fop yet wed the liberal arts

First Line:
Will any fop yet wed the liberal arts
Last Line:
But vanish at the touch away from her
Author:
Ovid (Absolute)
DMI number:
43409