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851. Over all men hangs a double fate

First Line:
Over all men hangs a double fate
Last Line:
Maintained like nature by an ebb and flow
Author:
Sir Robert Howard (Absolute) & John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
15006

852. Our thoughtless sex is caught by outward form

First Line:
Our thoughtless sex is caught by outward form
Last Line:
And empty noise and loves itself in man
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute) & John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
21556

853. Our wise creator for his choirs divine

First Line:
Our wise creator for his choirs divine
Last Line:
The bending crutch of a decrepid life
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
21384

854. Our emperor is a tyrant feared and hated

First Line:
Our emperor is a tyrant feared and hated
Last Line:
This hour our own
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
21200

855. Our labours you with sickly eyes behold

First Line:
Our labours you with sickly eyes behold
Last Line:
To prove heroic constancy in man
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
21164

856. Our life can never be securely blessed

First Line:
Our life can never be securely blessed
Last Line:
Heaven punishes the bad and proves the best
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
9593

857. Our life is short but to extend that span

First Line:
Our life is short but to extend that span
Last Line:
To vast eternity is virtue's work
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute) & John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
21219

858. Our life shall be but one long nuptial day

First Line:
Our life shall be but one long nuptial day
Last Line:
And cheerful as the birds that wake the morn
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
18758

859. One stirs the fire and one the bellows blows

First Line:
One stirs the fire and one the bellows blows
Last Line:
The fiery work proceeds with rustick songs
DMI number:
40156

860. One world sufficed not Alexander's mind

First Line:
One world sufficed not Alexander's mind
Last Line:
The mighty soul how small a body holds
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
5955