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401.
Why bleeds my heart these drops of woe
First Line:
Why bleeds my heart these drops of woe
Last Line:
Will pity while I sing
DMI number:
40608
402.
Why Damon with the forward day
First Line:
Why Damon with the forward day
Last Line:
But rosemary will with thee go
Author:
George Sewell (Absolute)
DMI number:
24460
403.
Why Damon with the forward day
First Line:
Why Damon with the forward day
Last Line:
Thy evenings then will all be past
DMI number:
26906
404.
With toilsome steps when I pursue
First Line:
With toilsome steps when I pursue
Last Line:
The path to life which all must tread
DMI number:
23403
405.
Why start this case is yours or will be soon
First Line:
Why start this case is yours or will be soon
Last Line:
Farewell remember lest you wake too late
DMI number:
33488
406.
Why start this fate will your's be very soon
First Line:
Why start this fate will your's be very soon
Last Line:
You know thou feastest but to feast a worm
DMI number:
33155
407.
Why Strephon why departed from the plains
First Line:
Why Strephon why departed from the plains
Last Line:
And for a heaven born soul too base and too terrene
DMI number:
23234
408.
Why wears my pensive friend that gloomy brow
First Line:
Why wears my pensive friend that gloomy brow
Last Line:
Her rules are fixed and all her ways are just
Author:
John Hervey (Absolute)
DMI number:
1128
409.
Why is't damnation to despair and die
First Line:
Why is't damnation to despair and die
Last Line:
Adieu unkind where skill is nothing worth
Author:
Thomas Nashe (Absolute)
DMI number:
13162
410.
Why Lycidas should man be vain
First Line:
Why Lycidas should man be vain
Last Line:
Dissolves to common air again
Author:
Matthew Pilkington (Absolute)
DMI number:
23387
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