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41.
For quiet Yorke the sailor cries
First Line:
For quiet Yorke the sailor cries
Last Line:
I mean that aren't freeholders
Author:
Soame Jenyns (Absolute)
DMI number:
20407
42.
For the brook and the willow
First Line:
For the brook and the willow
Last Line:
She called upon death for to bring her relief | To the brook &c
DMI number:
2413
43.
From rosy bowers where sleeps the god of love
First Line:
From rosy bowers where sleeps the god of love
Last Line:
Ere thus in vain adore
Author:
Thomas D'Urfey (Absolute)
DMI number:
23670
44.
From rosy fingers morning shook the dew
First Line:
From rosy fingers morning shook the dew
Last Line:
With guiltless mirth to crown the happy day
Author:
John Hawkesworth (Absolute)
DMI number:
25320
45.
Gentle gales that fan the may
First Line:
Gentle gales that fan the may
Last Line:
Fill the mountains with our moans
DMI number:
2399
46.
From the maternal tomb
First Line:
From the maternal tomb
Last Line:
Are but the empty dreams which in death's sleep we make
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
6007
47.
From Utrecht's silent walks by winds I send
First Line:
From Utrecht's silent walks by winds I send
Last Line:
And dying finds too late he lived in vain
Author:
Ambrose Philips (Absolute)
DMI number:
11777
48.
Go thy way go thy way
First Line:
Go thy way go thy way
Last Line:
And thou shalt see
DMI number:
44144
49.
Hail hallowed fane amid whose mouldring shrines
First Line:
Hail hallowed fane amid whose mouldring shrines
Last Line:
Amid the mansions of eternal light
Author:
Reginald Heber (Absolute)
DMI number:
32685
50.
Great source of bliss send down a gracious beam
First Line:
Great source of bliss send down a gracious beam
Last Line:
Most discontented for thy discontent
DMI number:
36222
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