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361.
Hence far hence unthinking swain
First Line:
Hence far hence unthinking swain
Last Line:
In pasture with thy lowing kine
Author:
Edward Burnaby Greene (Absolute)
DMI number:
31487
362.
Hence vain attempter of the good and great
First Line:
Hence vain attempter of the good and great
Last Line:
Ripens the dullest earth and warms it into gold
DMI number:
4791
363.
Her wit and beauty for a court was made
First Line:
Her wit and beauty for a court was made
Last Line:
But truth and goodness fit her for a shade
Author:
George Lyttelton (Absolute)
DMI number:
19453
364.
Her commendations praise you into shame
First Line:
Her commendations praise you into shame
Last Line:
And turns all yellow with her jaundiced eye
DMI number:
30230
365.
How comes it doctor you are grown a jest
First Line:
How comes it doctor you are grown a jest
Last Line:
For those that pay you will be always right
DMI number:
21064
366.
How few with patience can endure
First Line:
How few with patience can endure
Last Line:
Ills she had brought but could not cure
DMI number:
30820
367.
How few with prudence life's perfections scan
First Line:
How few with prudence life's perfections scan
Last Line:
For peace o virtue peace is all thy own
DMI number:
30788
368.
How fond are they who spend their precious time
First Line:
How fond are they who spend their precious time
Last Line:
Nor time nor death have power to take away
Author:
George Wither (Absolute)
DMI number:
9857
369.
Horace advises well deposit
First Line:
Horace advises well deposit
Last Line:
And to Parnassus we ascend
DMI number:
37546
370.
How blessed the man who free from care and strife
First Line:
How blessed the man who free from care and strife
Last Line:
Who fights on earth to triumph in the skies
DMI number:
32340
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