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1611.
Want is a bitter but a wholesome good
First Line:
Want is a bitter but a wholesome good
Last Line:
And wit in rags is turned to ridicule
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
24654
1612.
Want is the scorn of every wealthy fool
First Line:
Want is the scorn of every wealthy fool
Last Line:
And wit in rags is turned to ridicule
DMI number:
40303
1613.
Want whets the wit tis true but wit not blest
First Line:
Want whets the wit tis true but wit not blest
Last Line:
For wealth is solid food but wit is hungry sauce
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20385
1614.
Was it for me to prop
First Line:
Was it for me to prop
Last Line:
Which courts its own destruction
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20956
1615.
We act by fits and starts like drowning men
First Line:
We act by fits and starts like drowning men
Last Line:
The satisfaction of a gentleman
Author:
John Dryden (Confident)
DMI number:
4032
1616.
Weigh well the various turns of human fate
First Line:
Weigh well the various turns of human fate
Last Line:
And seek by mercy to secure your state
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20007
1617.
Welcome as kindly showers to long parched earth
First Line:
Welcome as kindly showers to long parched earth
Last Line:
The lucky plank that bears him to the shore
DMI number:
40323
1618.
Welcome as light
First Line:
Welcome as light
Last Line:
To cheerful birds or to the lovers night
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
21372
1619.
Welcome as mercy to a man condemned
First Line:
Welcome as mercy to a man condemned
Last Line:
The luckly plank that bears him to the shore
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute) & John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
21371
1620.
Welcome as the light
First Line:
Welcome as the light
Last Line:
To cheerful birds or as to lovers' night
DMI number:
40324
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