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1. A truce to thought and let us over the fields

First Line:
A truce to thought and let us over the fields
Last Line:
Once more to rest his foot on his own threshold
Author:
James Hurdis (Absolute)
DMI number:
36983

2. Ah happy rills ah pleasing shade

First Line:
Ah happy rills ah pleasing shade
Last Line:
To breathe a second spring
Author:
Thomas Gray (Absolute)
DMI number:
37114

3. Ask of the learned the way the learned are blind

First Line:
Ask of the learned the way the learned are blind
Last Line:
Those call it pleasure and contentment these
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28247

4. Can he that flies his country find

First Line:
Can he that flies his country find
Last Line:
More swift than roes or stormy wind
Author:
Thomas Creech (Absolute)
DMI number:
24404

5. But he the muse's laurel justly shares

First Line:
But he the muse's laurel justly shares
Last Line:
One power of physic melody and song
Author:
John Armstrong (Absolute)
DMI number:
30725

6. But the base miser starves amidst his store

First Line:
But the base miser starves amidst his store
Last Line:
Sits sadly pining and believes he's poor
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
5972

7. But there is a passion whose tempestuous sway

First Line:
But there is a passion whose tempestuous sway
Last Line:
And sudden grief and rage and sudden joy
Author:
John Armstrong (Absolute)
DMI number:
30722

8. Climb at court for me that will

First Line:
Climb at court for me that will
Last Line:
An old honest country-man
Author:
Andrew Marvell (Absolute)
DMI number:
33659

9. Content alone can all our wrongs redress

First Line:
Content alone can all our wrongs redress
Last Line:
Content that other name for happiness
Author:
Sir Richard Blackmore (Absolute)
DMI number:
5971

10. Content alone can all their wrongs redress

First Line:
Content alone can all their wrongs redress
Last Line:
Content that other name for happiness
DMI number:
39367