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Hopelessness / vanity of life
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21.
Can storied urn or animated bust
First Line:
Can storied urn or animated bust
Last Line:
Or flattery soothe the dull cold ear of death
DMI number:
40591
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Can the deep statesman skilled in great design
First Line:
Can the deep statesman skilled in great design
Last Line:
The wish that sighs for sublunary things
Author:
John Cunningham (Absolute)
DMI number:
33128
23.
Careless besotted man whose baffled mind
First Line:
Careless besotted man whose baffled mind
Last Line:
And more than all the dearest things but thee
Author:
Edmund Arwaker (Absolute)
DMI number:
30618
24.
Busy curious thirsty fly
First Line:
Busy curious thirsty fly
Last Line:
Will appear as short as one
DMI number:
3256
25.
Come old time and use thy sickle
First Line:
Come old time and use thy sickle
Last Line:
Any real blessings here
DMI number:
5113
26.
Christ is to me as life on earth
First Line:
Christ is to me as life on earth
Last Line:
Must pass and fade away
DMI number:
33800
27.
Come hither and behold the fruits
First Line:
Come hither and behold the fruits
Last Line:
Olympus trembling as he nods
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Absolute)
DMI number:
23980
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Daughter of Jove relentless power
First Line:
Daughter of Jove relentless power
Last Line:
What others are to feel and know myself a man
Author:
Thomas Gray (Absolute)
DMI number:
24572
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Dear child these words which briefly I declare
First Line:
Dear child these words which briefly I declare
Last Line:
Where sin and sorrow shall for ever cease
DMI number:
30362
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Cruel stars your rage we find
First Line:
Cruel stars your rage we find
Last Line:
Alas but little worth our care
DMI number:
603
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