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71.
Fond flattering world thou never shalt boast
First Line:
Fond flattering world thou never shalt boast
Last Line:
With thine O happy shore
Author:
Octavia Walsh (Absolute)
DMI number:
10119
72.
Fond foolish man would fain those thoughts decline
First Line:
Fond foolish man would fain those thoughts decline
Last Line:
In towers and fields we every where meet death
Author:
Joseph Trapp (Absolute)
DMI number:
34222
73.
From rosy bowers where sleeps the god of love
First Line:
From rosy bowers where sleeps the god of love
Last Line:
Ere thus in vain adore
Author:
Thomas D'Urfey (Absolute)
DMI number:
23670
74.
From rosy fingers morning shook the dew
First Line:
From rosy fingers morning shook the dew
Last Line:
With guiltless mirth to crown the happy day
Author:
John Hawkesworth (Absolute)
DMI number:
25320
75.
Gentle gales that fan the may
First Line:
Gentle gales that fan the may
Last Line:
Fill the mountains with our moans
DMI number:
2399
76.
From the maternal tomb
First Line:
From the maternal tomb
Last Line:
Are but the empty dreams which in death's sleep we make
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
6007
77.
From Utrecht's silent walks by winds I send
First Line:
From Utrecht's silent walks by winds I send
Last Line:
And dying finds too late he lived in vain
Author:
Ambrose Philips (Absolute)
DMI number:
11777
78.
Go thy way go thy way
First Line:
Go thy way go thy way
Last Line:
And thou shalt see
DMI number:
44144
79.
God's wondrous power on that great day revealed
First Line:
God's wondrous power on that great day revealed
Last Line:
And try the spirits if they be of God
DMI number:
35991
80.
Good and great god can I not think of thee
First Line:
Good and great god can I not think of thee
Last Line:
For weariness of life not love of thee
Author:
Benjamin Jonson (Absolute)
DMI number:
3975
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