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321.
Tis not for nothing that we life pursue
First Line:
Tis not for nothing that we life pursue
Last Line:
Like travellers we're pleased with seeing more
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
5574
322.
To know no thought of rest to have the mind
First Line:
To know no thought of rest to have the mind
Last Line:
What know the fiends beyond it
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
21658
323.
To live and live a torment to myself
First Line:
To live and live a torment to myself
Last Line:
Becasue it cannot tell is what's to come
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
21670
324.
To you whose groves protect the feathered choirs
First Line:
To you whose groves protect the feathered choirs
Last Line:
And there in silent sadness inly mourned
Author:
Richard Jago (Absolute)
DMI number:
32390
325.
Tobacco it is an Indian weed
First Line:
Tobacco it is an Indian weed
Last Line:
That we came from dust and return we must | Think of this &c
DMI number:
8308
326.
Tobacco that is withered quite
First Line:
Tobacco that is withered quite
Last Line:
Thus think then drink tobacco
DMI number:
42918
327.
Tobacco's but an Indian weed
First Line:
Tobacco's but an Indian weed
Last Line:
Think of this when you take tobacco
DMI number:
20694
328.
To read the monuments to weigh my dust
First Line:
To read the monuments to weigh my dust
Last Line:
Visit the vaults and dwell among the tombs
Author:
Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:
34183
329.
To silent groves where weeping yew
First Line:
To silent groves where weeping yew
Last Line:
To pity and reward thy constant love
Author:
Benjamin Hoadly (Absolute)
DMI number:
2395
330.
To friends when absent is remembrance due
First Line:
To friends when absent is remembrance due
Last Line:
And nature with the swain in softening slumbers lay
DMI number:
25359
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