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51.
Honest and poor faithful in word and thought
First Line:
Honest and poor faithful in word and thought
Last Line:
But faith go back and keep you where you were
DMI number:
28349
52.
Here the cold bones of tattling Pius lie
First Line:
Here the cold bones of tattling Pius lie
Last Line:
But masked with seeming virtue each lewd fact
DMI number:
29488
53.
I cannot hold hot struggling rage aspires
First Line:
I cannot hold hot struggling rage aspires
Last Line:
In a long long succession down to the day of doom
Author:
Thomas Thompson (Absolute)
DMI number:
5923
54.
I hold it rash at any time
First Line:
I hold it rash at any time
Last Line:
Connects with any fop that rhymes
Author:
William Wilkie (Absolute)
DMI number:
37162
55.
In ages past when men did prize
First Line:
In ages past when men did prize
Last Line:
And things remain in statu-quo
DMI number:
19674
56.
In times overgrown with rust and ignorance
First Line:
In times overgrown with rust and ignorance
Last Line:
And saved himself as cheap as ever he could
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
28237
57.
In happier times ere virgin vows begun
First Line:
In happier times ere virgin vows begun
Last Line:
However those stars that ruled my birth may shine
Author:
James Ward (Confident)
DMI number:
11860
58.
In early days ere prologues did begin
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In early days ere prologues did begin
Last Line:
If satire did not grin and growl and guard the coast
DMI number:
3869
59.
It shall be known how Lackworth came so great
First Line:
It shall be known how Lackworth came so great
Last Line:
Into coined gold transmutes the name of ore
DMI number:
5021
60.
Jove governs heaven with his nod
First Line:
Jove governs heaven with his nod
Last Line:
And give his mind some relaxation
Author:
Sir Richard Fanshawe (Absolute)
DMI number:
42102
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