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1.
Men are unhappy when they know not how
First Line:
Men are unhappy when they know not how
Last Line:
What they could so ill manage when enjoyed
Author:
Sir Robert Howard (Absolute)
DMI number:
17118
2.
Passions are like thieves | That watch to enter undefended places
First Line:
Passions are like thieves | That watch to enter undefended places
Last Line:
Between wild beasts and man
Author:
Sir Robert Howard (Absolute)
DMI number:
17039
3.
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
4.
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
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Wisdom's too froward to let any find
First Line:
Wisdom's too froward to let any find
Last Line:
She shakes our courage and disturbs our joys
Author:
Sir Robert Howard (Absolute)
DMI number:
5613