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231.
Silent and clear through yonder peaceful vale
First Line:
Silent and clear through yonder peaceful vale
Last Line:
Polluted ooze or heaps of barren sand
Author:
William Whitehead (Absolute)
DMI number:
27811
232.
Since Adam all are gone astray
First Line:
Since Adam all are gone astray
Last Line:
That cannot be expressed
DMI number:
9634
233.
Since all earth's pleasures are so short and small
First Line:
Since all earth's pleasures are so short and small
Last Line:
The way to enjoy them is to abjure them all
Author:
George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
17176
234.
Since all mankind to happiness
First Line:
Since all mankind to happiness
Last Line:
The self same distance keeps
DMI number:
16174
235.
Since all must certainly to death resign
First Line:
Since all must certainly to death resign
Last Line:
To reach the heaven of eternal light
DMI number:
4775
236.
Sceptics whose strength of argument makes out
First Line:
Sceptics whose strength of argument makes out
Last Line:
But found the golden mark was left in bed
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
30726
237.
Sceptics whose strength of argument makes out
First Line:
Sceptics whose strength of argument makes out
Last Line:
He wakes but for a garter finds a rope
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
25306
238.
Short is our life but longer is our rest
First Line:
Short is our life but longer is our rest
Last Line:
Loses some days of life but years of sorrow
DMI number:
4348
239.
Short is the uncertain reign and pomp of mortal pride
First Line:
Short is the uncertain reign and pomp of mortal pride
Last Line:
Maintained like nature by an ebb and flow
DMI number:
40286
240.
See on his labouring pinions rise
First Line:
See on his labouring pinions rise
Last Line:
Till life arrives its end
DMI number:
36292
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