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111.
This is a truth so certain and so clear
First Line:
This is a truth so certain and so clear
Last Line:
The coronation day's more than a thousand years
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
4721
112.
This little village serves to show
First Line:
This little village serves to show
Last Line:
You still will wish a little more
DMI number:
32431
113.
Though to no peer you are allied
First Line:
Though to no peer you are allied
Last Line:
And careless of all other praise
DMI number:
19588
114.
Thrice happy who free from ambition and pride
First Line:
Thrice happy who free from ambition and pride
Last Line:
Direct to St James's and takes up the seals
Author:
Isaac Hawkins Browne (Absolute)
DMI number:
19754
115.
Thus have I known a barrister the path of honour tread
First Line:
Thus have I known a barrister the path of honour tread
Last Line:
A city swallow chirps his fame but one no summer makes
DMI number:
18236
116.
Tis done I tower to that degree
First Line:
Tis done I tower to that degree
Last Line:
And deck with hood my shoulders
Author:
Christopher Smart (Absolute)
DMI number:
25610
117.
To curb ambition parsons preach
First Line:
To curb ambition parsons preach
Last Line:
And show them William's grave
DMI number:
24096
118.
Too bold the man whom thirst of gain
First Line:
Too bold the man whom thirst of gain
Last Line:
Nor thine O Thule be the utmost shore
DMI number:
22130
119.
True emblem that of this much honoured race
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True emblem that of this much honoured race
Last Line:
And boast a lustre which is not their own
DMI number:
36284
120.
Under this stone does lie
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Under this stone does lie
Last Line:
A man as great in war in peace as just as he
Author:
George Villiers (Absolute)
DMI number:
3645
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