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221.
Tis not advancement that I love alone
First Line:
Tis not advancement that I love alone
Last Line:
Tis love of shelter to keep shame unknown
Author:
Thomas Middleton (Absolute)
DMI number:
17307
222.
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
223.
Timon chagrined and sick of life
First Line:
Timon chagrined and sick of life
Last Line:
Finds out the evil's in his mind
Author:
Hildebrand Jacob (Absolute)
DMI number:
24874
224.
Tis a common proof
First Line:
Tis a common proof
Last Line:
And kill him in the shell
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
13444
225.
Tis true great name thou art secure
First Line:
Tis true great name thou art secure
Last Line:
Did settle and secured them in the promised land
Author:
Thomas Sprat (Absolute)
DMI number:
3516
226.
To curb ambition parsons preach
First Line:
To curb ambition parsons preach
Last Line:
And show them William's grave
DMI number:
24096
227.
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
228.
True emblem that of this much honoured race
First Line:
True emblem that of this much honoured race
Last Line:
And boast a lustre which is not their own
DMI number:
36284
229.
Under this stone does lie
First Line:
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
230.
W- whose dear friendship in the dawning years
First Line:
W- whose dear friendship in the dawning years
Last Line:
And praise thy lot contented with my own
Author:
Thomas Edwards (Absolute)
DMI number:
23555
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