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351.
Weary of life with restless thoughts oppressed
First Line:
Weary of life with restless thoughts oppressed
Last Line:
There for to sing Jehovah's endless praise
DMI number:
10667
352.
Unto thee wisdom to thy sacred shade
First Line:
Unto thee wisdom to thy sacred shade
Last Line:
That I may live in uprightness and truth
DMI number:
30511
353.
What schemes the Swedes or Russians frame
First Line:
What schemes the Swedes or Russians frame
Last Line:
Can't raise your drooping spirits
DMI number:
26588
354.
What shall become of man so wise
First Line:
What shall become of man so wise
Last Line:
Of what the knaves invent
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Confident)
DMI number:
6302
355.
What path of life by man is trod | without repenting at the road
First Line:
What path of life by man is trod | without repenting at the road
Last Line:
The wise this only choice would try | or not to live or soon to die
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
15928
356.
What has this life to make it worth our care
First Line:
What has this life to make it worth our care
Last Line:
And court the fancied tyrant for relief
DMI number:
3494
357.
What am I how produced and for what end
First Line:
What am I how produced and for what end
Last Line:
Regain by meekness what you lost by pride
Author:
John Arbuthnot (Absolute)
DMI number:
21302
358.
What am I how produced and for what end
First Line:
What am I how produced and for what end
Last Line:
Repair by meekness what you lost by pride
Author:
John Arbuthnot (Absolute)
DMI number:
25445
359.
What art thou life whose stay we court
First Line:
What art thou life whose stay we court
Last Line:
Is ignorance at best and often worse
Author:
Elijah Fenton (Absolute)
DMI number:
6499
360.
What boots the glittering turret's lofty top
First Line:
What boots the glittering turret's lofty top
Last Line:
The glorious train of heaven crowned saints to join
DMI number:
33053
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