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31. His proud head the airy mountain hides

First Line:
His proud head the airy mountain hides
Last Line:
The common fate of all that's high and great
DMI number:
39893

32. How strangely am I tempted

First Line:
How strangely am I tempted
Last Line:
And makest them start and wake to new unquietness
Author:
Sir John Denham (Absolute)
DMI number:
20183

33. I could stand upright

First Line:
I could stand upright
Last Line:
Will crush me into earth
Author:
Sir John Denham (Absolute)
DMI number:
19152

34. I despise | These short and empty pleasures and how low

First Line:
I despise | These short and empty pleasures and how low
Last Line:
Only by sense those creatures which have least | Of reason most enjoy
Author:
Sir John Denham (Absolute)
DMI number:
17196

35. In age to wish for youth is full as vain

First Line:
In age to wish for youth is full as vain
Last Line:
As for a youth to turn a child again
Author:
Sir John Denham (Absolute)
DMI number:
16909

36. In his looks appears

First Line:
In his looks appears
Last Line:
And looks behind him
Author:
Sir John Denham (Absolute)
DMI number:
19318

37. Look forward what's to come and back what's past

First Line:
Look forward what's to come and back what's past
Last Line:
Thou then wilt be secure of the success
DMI number:
40692

38. Love in what poison is thy dart

First Line:
Love in what poison is thy dart
Last Line:
Our centinel betray our forts
Author:
Sir John Denham (Absolute)
DMI number:
16277

39. More in prosperity is reason tossed

First Line:
More in prosperity is reason tossed
Last Line:
Or unseen rocks than in high storms are lost
Author:
Sir John Denham (Absolute)
DMI number:
39162

40. My eye descending from the hill surveys

First Line:
My eye descending from the hill surveys
Last Line:
And knows no bound but makes his power his shores
Author:
Sir John Denham (Absolute)
DMI number:
38236