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A wife who as our own by law we hold
First Line:
A wife who as our own by law we hold
Last Line:
And a false woman is a matchless curse
Author:
Edward Ward (Confident)
DMI number:
6760
2.
Chloe you write to me for coin
First Line:
Chloe you write to me for coin
Last Line:
Enjoyed god Bacchus and became a star
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
6756
3.
Coming a tender girl from school
First Line:
Coming a tender girl from school
Last Line:
Contract my stomach or enlarge my diet
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
6757
4.
Commit your ship to sea and wind
First Line:
Commit your ship to sea and wind
Last Line:
Made constant by inconstancy
DMI number:
6764
5.
Sure Cerberus a lawyer first must be
First Line:
Sure Cerberus a lawyer first must be
Last Line:
Instead of coin the growling puppy's fee
Author:
Edward Ward (Confident)
DMI number:
6762
6.
Things got with pain and difficulties rare
First Line:
Things got with pain and difficulties rare
Last Line:
Make the dear bought and far fetched follies please
DMI number:
36332
7.
Unhappy mortals on how fine a thread
First Line:
Unhappy mortals on how fine a thread
Last Line:
Therefore let's live merrily while we can
Author:
William Burnaby (Speculation)
DMI number:
6766
8.
Unhappy Tantalus amidst the flood
First Line:
Unhappy Tantalus amidst the flood
Last Line:
In midst of endless treasures starves himself
DMI number:
6768
9.
Whoever has money may securely sail
First Line:
Whoever has money may securely sail
Last Line:
For Jove himself's the treasure of his chest
Author:
William Burnaby (Absolute)
DMI number:
6759
10.
Why do the strict-lived Catos of the age
First Line:
Why do the strict-lived Catos of the age
Last Line:
And such lives the gods themselves possess
Author:
William Burnaby (Speculation)
DMI number:
6767