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131.
Sternhold and Hopkins had great qualms
First Line:
Sternhold and Hopkins had great qualms
Last Line:
By Jove it had made him mad
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
17618
132.
St Paul be zealous in good matters saith
First Line:
St Paul be zealous in good matters saith
Last Line:
And in the church's cause prove true and hearty
DMI number:
5277
133.
Some faiths are like those mills that cannot grind
First Line:
Some faiths are like those mills that cannot grind
Last Line:
Their corn unless they work against the wind
Author:
Francis Quarles (Absolute)
DMI number:
14681
134.
Th' oft shaken tree grows faster at the root
First Line:
Th' oft shaken tree grows faster at the root
Last Line:
And faith's most firm that's sometimes urged with doubt
Author:
Francis Quarles (Absolute)
DMI number:
14682
135.
Talk as you please of Turk and Pope but I
First Line:
Talk as you please of Turk and Pope but I
Last Line:
Still find my neighbour my worst enemy
DMI number:
32146
136.
That ignorance makes devout if right the notion
First Line:
That ignorance makes devout if right the notion
Last Line:
Troth Rufus thou art a man of great devotion
DMI number:
12595
137.
T--r a priest of modern date
First Line:
T--r a priest of modern date
Last Line:
And he the virgin's wants supplies
DMI number:
24645
138.
That speech surpasses force is no new whim
First Line:
That speech surpasses force is no new whim
Last Line:
Concluded twas plain that they wanted his grace
DMI number:
25348
139.
That there's no heaven and that no gods there are
First Line:
That there's no heaven and that no gods there are
Last Line:
He liveth here in ease and earthly bliss
Author:
Sir John Harington (Confident)
DMI number:
17416
140.
Start not that here unite in every line
First Line:
Start not that here unite in every line
Last Line:
To paraphrase his penitence begins
DMI number:
15724
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