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1. A modest poet's in as great a fright

First Line:: A modest poet's in as great a fright
Last Line:: But yet she makes a hardship to go through
DMI number:: 17671

2. Amidst your train this unseen judge will wait

First Line:: Amidst your train this unseen judge will wait
Last Line:: You'll sit and hood your sorrows on a throne
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 5531

3. Content is wealth the riches of the mind

First Line:: Content is wealth the riches of the mind
Last Line:: Sits sadly pining and believes he's poor
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 5512

4. False women to new joys unseen can move

First Line:: False women to new joys unseen can move
Last Line:: But that we most desire to keep has none
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 5521

5. Great souls discern not when the leap's too wide

First Line:: Great souls discern not when the leap's too wide
Last Line:: They jump and only view the farther side
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 5543

6. O wretched man in what a mist of life

First Line:: O wretched man in what a mist of life
Last Line:: And craves no more than undisturbed rest
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 5490

7. Patience in cowards is tame hopeless fear

First Line:: Patience in cowards is tame hopeless fear
Last Line:: But in brave minds a scorn of what they bear
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute) & Sir Robert Howard (Absolute)
DMI number:: 5549

8. Physic can only mend our crazy state

First Line:: Physic can only mend our crazy state
Last Line:: God never made his work for man to mend
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 9416

9. The greater care the higher passion shews

First Line:: The greater care the higher passion shews
Last Line:: But that which sick men have of life their pains
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 5520

10. Then burn and conquer God will soon dispose

First Line:: Then burn and conquer God will soon dispose
Last Line:: No frightful sight of danger can be new
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 5551