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191.
O friend how fleeting are the years of man
First Line:
O friend how fleeting are the years of man
Last Line:
As pampered pontiffs when they treat their priests
DMI number:
10092
192.
Of lentron in the first mornyng
First Line:
Of lentron in the first mornyng
Last Line:
All erdly joy returnis in pane
Author:
William Dunbar (Absolute)
DMI number:
30026
193.
O night dark night wrapped round with Stygian gloom
First Line:
O night dark night wrapped round with Stygian gloom
Last Line:
Fools banter heaven itself O Young and thee
Author:
Samuel Derrick (Speculation) & William Whitehead (Absolute)
DMI number:
20451
194.
O son of man O creature of a day
First Line:
O son of man O creature of a day
Last Line:
And scarce the man himself the debt immense will own
Author:
John Hughes (Absolute)
DMI number:
30614
195.
O sons of earth attempt ye still to rise
First Line:
O sons of earth attempt ye still to rise
Last Line:
And buries madmen in the heaps they raise
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
34229
196.
O the vast change from life to death
First Line:
O the vast change from life to death
Last Line:
This this O mortal is thy certain fate
DMI number:
4357
197.
O the vast change from life to death
First Line:
O the vast change from life to death
Last Line:
This this O mortal is your certain fate
DMI number:
4334
198.
O trifling toys that toss the brains
First Line:
O trifling toys that toss the brains
Last Line:
We loath the soul to save
DMI number:
49704
199.
O vanity of age untoward
First Line:
O vanity of age untoward
Last Line:
What comfort from this darling son
Author:
John Hoadly (Absolute)
DMI number:
27734
200.
O wretched man in what a mist of life
First Line:
O wretched man in what a mist of life
Last Line:
A soul serene a body void of pain
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
30321
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