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A dog tax invented by some as I'm told
First Line:
A dog tax invented by some as I'm told
Last Line:
We must starve by the paws of the overgrown rats
DMI number:
36840
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A bard on whom Phoebus his spirit bestowed
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A bard on whom Phoebus his spirit bestowed
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Are always fobbed off with sheer wit and sheer wine
Author:
Patrick Delany (Confident)
DMI number:
11477
3.
A cap and bells for him produce
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A cap and bells for him produce
Last Line:
Some good tight hempen halters
DMI number:
36076
4.
A handsome treat a piece of gold or so
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A handsome treat a piece of gold or so
Last Line:
And yields the tenderest point of honor wit
DMI number:
28990
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A heat that glows in every line that's writ
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A heat that glows in every line that's writ
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Describing all men yet described by none &c
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10775
6.
A knife dear girl cuts love they say
First Line:
A knife dear girl cuts love they say
Last Line:
Save only cut and come again
DMI number:
36063
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A story strange I will you tell
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A story strange I will you tell
Last Line:
Which pleased her husband wondrous well
DMI number:
43005
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A thousand different shapes it bears
First Line:
A thousand different shapes it bears
Last Line:
In that strange mirror of the deity
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
6021
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A thousand different shapes it wears
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A thousand different shapes it wears
Last Line:
In that strange mirror of the deity
DMI number:
40338
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A monkey every day was chid
First Line:
A monkey every day was chid
Last Line:
Extinguishing through fear the blaze
DMI number:
33286
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