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A wife who as our own by law we hold
First Line:
A wife who as our own by law we hold
Last Line:
And a false woman is a matchless curse
Author:
Edward Ward (Confident)
DMI number:
6760
2.
Bacchus and nymphs delight O mighty god
First Line:
Bacchus and nymphs delight O mighty god
Last Line:
In pious drunkenness thy orgies found
Author:
William Burnaby (Speculation)
DMI number:
9680
3.
Beauty alone's too impotent a charm
First Line:
Beauty alone's too impotent a charm
Last Line:
For elegance can only win the heart
DMI number:
10309
4.
Celestial fires thy star bright eyes illume
First Line:
Celestial fires thy star bright eyes illume
Last Line:
And I shall soon revive to bless your charms
DMI number:
10308
5.
Chloe you write to me for coin
First Line:
Chloe you write to me for coin
Last Line:
Enjoyed god Bacchus and became a star
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
6756
6.
Commit your ship to sea and wind
First Line:
Commit your ship to sea and wind
Last Line:
Made constant by inconstancy
DMI number:
6764
7.
Divine Cosmelia has two burning eyes
First Line:
Divine Cosmelia has two burning eyes
Last Line:
I'll soon revive touched by that lovely face
DMI number:
9675
8.
Fallen are thy locks for woeful winter hoar
First Line:
Fallen are thy locks for woeful winter hoar
Last Line:
Fallen are thy locks and beauty is no more
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
28320
9.
From mutual wounds the wretched find relief
First Line:
From mutual wounds the wretched find relief
Last Line:
Divides his sorrows but unites his heart
DMI number:
9676
10.
From servile fear the fancied gods first came
First Line:
From servile fear the fancied gods first came
Last Line:
Invents new gods and aids the pious cheat
DMI number:
10310
11.
Haste generous youth a foreign world explore
First Line:
Haste generous youth a foreign world explore
Last Line:
And sighing goddesses pursued his love
DMI number:
6769
12.
I would not always the same odours prove
First Line:
I would not always the same odours prove
Last Line:
But for the sweet vicissitude of night
DMI number:
10311
13.
Since active man can in the air rebound
First Line:
Since active man can in the air rebound
Last Line:
The vast conceptions of our teeming brains
Author:
Edward Ward (Confident)
DMI number:
9674
14.
Sure Cerberus a lawyer first must be
First Line:
Sure Cerberus a lawyer first must be
Last Line:
Instead of coin the growling puppy's fee
Author:
Edward Ward (Confident)
DMI number:
6762
15.
The merchant shipwrecked on the faithless main
First Line:
The merchant shipwrecked on the faithless main
Last Line:
Associate the prayers wing swiftest to the skies
DMI number:
10313
16.
The venturing merchant in his mighty gains
First Line:
The venturing merchant in his mighty gains
Last Line:
Worth unregarded and neglected lyes
DMI number:
42615
17.
The wealthy lord through storms at court may sail
First Line:
The wealthy lord through storms at court may sail
Last Line:
Have heaven and Jove himself too in your chest
DMI number:
43397
18.
Tis but a short but a filthy pleasure
First Line:
Tis but a short but a filthy pleasure
Last Line:
Where love is ever but begun
DMI number:
3697
19.
Unhappy mortals on how fine a thread
First Line:
Unhappy mortals on how fine a thread
Last Line:
Therefore let's live merrily while we can
Author:
William Burnaby (Speculation)
DMI number:
6766
20.
Unhappy Tantalus amidst the flood
First Line:
Unhappy Tantalus amidst the flood
Last Line:
In midst of endless treasures starves himself
DMI number:
6768
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