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1. In Athens once the nurse of arms and arts

First Line:: In Athens once the nurse of arms and arts
Last Line:: Twixt being happy and twixt thinking so
Author:: Thomas Heyrick (Confident)
DMI number:: 19545

2. May heaven propitious fix my calm retreat

First Line:: May heaven propitious fix my calm retreat
Last Line:: And his last moments in his native soil
DMI number:: 22970

3. O happy he who never saw the face

First Line:: O happy he who never saw the face
Last Line:: Numberless woes nor polished into torment
DMI number:: 23008

4. Shining heaps of massy plate

First Line:: Shining heaps of massy plate
Last Line:: And he's most rich who's most content
DMI number:: 22958

5. Some anxious for immortal fame

First Line:: Some anxious for immortal fame
Last Line:: I'd envy neither rich nor great
DMI number:: 19246

6. These are the things which once possessed

First Line:: These are the things which once possessed
Last Line:: Will make a life that's truly blessed
DMI number:: 23081

7. What shan't we pray but let the gods decree

First Line:: What shan't we pray but let the gods decree
Last Line:: Folly alone exalts her to the skies
DMI number:: 21645

8. What all men have or seem to have in view

First Line:: What all men have or seem to have in view
Last Line:: You'd been more happy had you been so less
DMI number:: 22972