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61. 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

62. None violent empires long enjoy secure

First Line:
None violent empires long enjoy secure
Last Line:
And fearing when the gods appear too kind
DMI number:
40681

63. Nature is so kind

First Line:
Nature is so kind
Last Line:
As to exceed man's use though not his mind
Author:
Sir Robert Howard (Absolute) & John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
16803

64. O speak again the breath that tells you love

First Line:
O speak again the breath that tells you love
Last Line:
To the blest sense their souls upon the wing
Author:
Sir Robert Howard (Absolute)
DMI number:
21610

65. O what a traitor is my love

First Line:
O what a traitor is my love
Last Line:
The form the same but all the use is lost
Author:
Sir Robert Howard (Absolute)
DMI number:
19569

66. Oh dangerous friendship kindness to be feared

First Line:
Oh dangerous friendship kindness to be feared
Last Line:
Which turns with fortune and by her is steered
Author:
Katherine Philips (Speculation)
DMI number:
9587

67. 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

68. Passions like raging storms grow loud and high

First Line:
Passions like raging storms grow loud and high
Last Line:
When they are most opposed
Author:
Sir Robert Howard (Absolute)
DMI number:
20301

69. 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:
Sir Robert Howard (Absolute) & John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
5549

70. 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