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161.
O opportunity thy guilt is great
First Line:
O opportunity thy guilt is great
Last Line:
Like bright things stained a kind of heavy fear
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
1070
162.
O L--ll ere you drive too far
First Line:
O L--ll ere you drive too far
Last Line:
And Icarus's wings
DMI number:
32186
163.
O memory celestial maid
First Line:
O memory celestial maid
Last Line:
But ah for pleasure yield us pain
Author:
William Shenstone (Absolute)
DMI number:
26734
164.
Oh mediocrity | Thou prizeless jewel only mean men have
First Line:
Oh mediocrity | Thou prizeless jewel only mean men have
Last Line:
Found in the muckhill by the ignorant cock
Author:
John Fletcher (Absolute) & Philip Massinger (Absolute) & Nathan Field (Absolute)
DMI number:
16475
165.
Oh Elfrid I believe thee chaste as snow
First Line:
Oh Elfrid I believe thee chaste as snow
Last Line:
Who knew no power to wish but was her own
DMI number:
14186
166.
Oh energy divine of great ambition
First Line:
Oh energy divine of great ambition
Last Line:
And ripen em to men in spite of nature
DMI number:
14181
167.
Over midnight glass or by the fair
First Line:
Over midnight glass or by the fair
Last Line:
In glory's active courts delights to dwell
Author:
Richard Shepherd (Absolute)
DMI number:
31300
168.
Our natures are like oil
First Line:
Our natures are like oil
Last Line:
Yet still we strive to swim upon the top
Author:
John Fletcher (Absolute)
DMI number:
13515
169.
One world sufficed not Alexander's mind
First Line:
One world sufficed not Alexander's mind
Last Line:
The mighty soul how small a body holds
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
5955
170.
Others that stemmed the current of the time
First Line:
Others that stemmed the current of the time
Last Line:
Some drowned and some do with much danger swim
Author:
Michael Drayton (Absolute)
DMI number:
17303
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