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1.
Has winter caused thee friend to change thy seat
First Line:
Has winter caused thee friend to change thy seat
Last Line:
Thy heap where I shall put an end to mine
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
7258
2.
How anxious are our cares and yet how vain
First Line:
How anxious are our cares and yet how vain
Last Line:
On dice and drink and drabs they spend their afternoon
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
7253
3.
Is this thy daily course the glaring sun
First Line:
Is this thy daily course the glaring sun
Last Line:
Would swear thou wert the madder of the two
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
7255
4.
Let this auspicious morning be expressed
First Line:
Let this auspicious morning be expressed
Last Line:
A cake thus given is worth a hecatomb
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
7254
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Of ancient use to poets it belongs
First Line:
Of ancient use to poets it belongs
Last Line:
As a clipped sixpence or a schilling Dutch
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
7257
6.
Oh the preposterous cares of human kind
First Line:
Oh the preposterous cares of human kind
Last Line:
Enough for one time sure is one such fool
DMI number:
42674
7.
Whoever thou art whose forward years are bent
First Line:
Whoever thou art whose forward years are bent
Last Line:
But what thou art and find the beggar there
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
7256