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251. Whilst men have these ambitious fancies

First Line:
Whilst men have these ambitious fancies
Last Line:
Love is a jest and vows are wind
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
4191

252. Who soars too near the sun with golden wings

First Line:
Who soars too near the sun with golden wings
Last Line:
Melts them to ruin his own fortune brings
Author:
William Shakespeare (Speculation)
DMI number:
13445

253. Who ever thou art that mounts a dazzling throne

First Line:
Who ever thou art that mounts a dazzling throne
Last Line:
Mounting too high pitched headlong to his grave
DMI number:
3337

254. While a young lion just arrived at age

First Line:
While a young lion just arrived at age
Last Line:
He's forced to stoop to what he does despise
Author:
Edmund Arwaker (Absolute)
DMI number:
7698

255. Whoever thou art who temptst in such a strain

First Line:
Whoever thou art who temptst in such a strain
Last Line:
By several ways and none are in the right
Author:
George Granville (Absolute)
DMI number:
3451

256. Whoever thou art whose forward years are bent

First Line:
Whoever thou art whose forward years are bent
Last Line:
But what thou art and find the beggar there
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
7256

257. Whoever with impious hand essays

First Line:
Whoever with impious hand essays
Last Line:
Fast by the tree of life now blooms for you
DMI number:
25614

258. Whoever would soar to Pindar's height

First Line:
Whoever would soar to Pindar's height
Last Line:
Like Cynthia's fires the third revolving night
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25613

259. With steady wing between extremes to soar

First Line:
With steady wing between extremes to soar
Last Line:
But a Nassau approves the thorny Way
Author:
Sneyd Davies (Absolute)
DMI number:
25751

260. With steady wing between extremes to soar

First Line:
With steady wing between extremes to soar
Last Line:
Where Tudors and Plantagenets are gone
Author:
Sneyd Davies (Absolute)
DMI number:
2839