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1.
Councils like seamen as they cause do find
First Line:
Councils like seamen as they cause do find
Last Line:
Must tack about according to the wind
Author:
John Dover (Absolute)
DMI number:
13415
2.
Grief's like a river which does silent creep
First Line:
Grief's like a river which does silent creep
Last Line:
And makes but little noise if it be deep
DMI number:
41110
3.
He who his country serves with justice may
First Line:
He who his country serves with justice may
Last Line:
To private ends and to peculiar use
DMI number:
40893
4.
Love's a foundation that will never decay
First Line:
Love's a foundation that will never decay
Last Line:
Yet oft in ruin doth the builder lay
Author:
John Dover (Absolute)
DMI number:
16295
5.
Ill news like a contagion spreads too fast
First Line:
Ill news like a contagion spreads too fast
Last Line:
And in its slowest pace makes too much haste
Author:
John Dover (Absolute)
DMI number:
16820
6.
Sir I am pre-engaged let that suffice
First Line:
Sir I am pre-engaged let that suffice
Last Line:
When he is burnt so that he needs must die
DMI number:
40764
7.
The fire of love like to the common fire
First Line:
The fire of love like to the common fire
Last Line:
Would cease to be were objects took away
Author:
John Dover (Absolute)
DMI number:
16294
8.
This shepherd sure is sprung from noble race
First Line:
This shepherd sure is sprung from noble race
Last Line:
Not by their father's actions but their own
Author:
John Dover (Absolute)
DMI number:
13737