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251.
Spring hoary winter's lovely child
First Line:
Spring hoary winter's lovely child
Last Line:
Let him who scorns it by his life deny
DMI number:
25272
252.
Sumwhat musyng and more mornyng
First Line:
Sumwhat musyng and more mornyng
Last Line:
But sho hit ment such is hur won
Author:
Anthony Woodville [Wydeville] (Absolute)
DMI number:
37311
253.
Some gentle ghost that's launched and gone
First Line:
Some gentle ghost that's launched and gone
Last Line:
Sleep on till I return to call thee from thy cell
DMI number:
7163
254.
Some plunged in riot seek their sovereign good
First Line:
Some plunged in riot seek their sovereign good
Last Line:
Bid prudence prop what what folly dooms to fall
Author:
Henry Jones (Absolute)
DMI number:
30348
255.
Stretched on the grassy margin of a brook
First Line:
Stretched on the grassy margin of a brook
Last Line:
Ardella joys worth living for can give
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
24398
256.
Tears which the barranged orators command
First Line:
Tears which the barranged orators command
Last Line:
And all the farce of human life is over
Author:
William Stevenson (Absolute)
DMI number:
30698
257.
Tell me dog whose tomb is this
First Line:
Tell me dog whose tomb is this
Last Line:
Because no honesty he could see
DMI number:
43738
258.
Survey mankind observe what risks they run
First Line:
Survey mankind observe what risks they run
Last Line:
And fighting stroll from wake to wake for bread
DMI number:
33188
259.
Tell me Marissa by what rule
First Line:
Tell me Marissa by what rule
Last Line:
And in an amorous rapture dies
Author:
Mary Chudleigh [nee Lee] (Absolute)
DMI number:
23526
260.
Sylvia to thee this withered rose I send
First Line:
Sylvia to thee this withered rose I send
Last Line:
Beauty's the vainest vanity below
Author:
Thomas Drummond (Absolute)
DMI number:
36215
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