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11.
Poets by dangers like old soldiers taught
First Line:
Poets by dangers like old soldiers taught
Last Line:
Grow wise and shun the same which once they sought
Author:
Sir Robert Howard (Absolute)
DMI number:
17210
12.
Peace is the rust of minds brave souls refine
First Line:
Peace is the rust of minds brave souls refine
Last Line:
By great examples and with use they shine
Author:
Sir Robert Howard (Absolute)
DMI number:
13359
13.
Princes by disobedience yet command
First Line:
Princes by disobedience yet command
Last Line:
They meet their fate in ill-used happiness
Author:
Sir Robert Howard (Absolute)
DMI number:
5597
14.
Since all must certainly to death resign
First Line:
Since all must certainly to death resign
Last Line:
To reach the haven of eternal light
Author:
Sir Robert Howard (Absolute)
DMI number:
3854
15.
Since all must certainly to death resign
First Line:
Since all must certainly to death resign
Last Line:
To reach the heaven of eternal light
DMI number:
4775
16.
Since earth and water more dilated air
First Line:
Since earth and water more dilated air
Last Line:
And falling floods proclaimed prevailing powers
Author:
Sir Robert Howard (Confident)
DMI number:
4036
17.
The gods from passions might have made us free
First Line:
The gods from passions might have made us free
Last Line:
Or gave us only those which best agree
Author:
Sir Robert Howard (Absolute)
DMI number:
17037
18.
There's none from their own sense of shame can fly
First Line:
There's none from their own sense of shame can fly
Last Line:
With the world's favour loses too his own
Author:
Sir Robert Howard (Absolute)
DMI number:
9455
19.
These starts are the convulsions of weak reason
First Line:
These starts are the convulsions of weak reason
Last Line:
And watched by reason into gentleness
Author:
Sir Robert Howard (Absolute)
DMI number:
17038
20.
Unhappy state of such as wear a crown
First Line:
Unhappy state of such as wear a crown
Last Line:
Fortune does seldom lay 'em gently down
Author:
Sir Robert Howard (Absolute)
DMI number:
9585
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