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251.
Whilst men have these ambitious fancies
First Line:
Whilst men have these ambitious fancies
Last Line:
Love is a jest and vows are wind
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
4191
252.
Who ever thou art that mounts a dazzling throne
First Line:
Who ever thou art that mounts a dazzling throne
Last Line:
Mounting too high pitched headlong to his grave
DMI number:
3337
253.
Who soars too near the sun with golden wings
First Line:
Who soars too near the sun with golden wings
Last Line:
Melts them to ruin his own fortune brings
Author:
William Shakespeare (Speculation)
DMI number:
13445
254.
While a young lion just arrived at age
First Line:
While a young lion just arrived at age
Last Line:
He's forced to stoop to what he does despise
Author:
Edmund Arwaker (Absolute)
DMI number:
7698
255.
Whoever thou art who temptst in such a strain
First Line:
Whoever thou art who temptst in such a strain
Last Line:
By several ways and none are in the right
Author:
George Granville (Absolute)
DMI number:
3451
256.
Whoever thou art whose forward years are bent
First Line:
Whoever thou art whose forward years are bent
Last Line:
But what thou art and find the beggar there
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
7256
257.
Whoever with impious hand essays
First Line:
Whoever with impious hand essays
Last Line:
Fast by the tree of life now blooms for you
DMI number:
25614
258.
Whoever would soar to Pindar's height
First Line:
Whoever would soar to Pindar's height
Last Line:
Like Cynthia's fires the third revolving night
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25613
259.
With steady wing between extremes to soar
First Line:
With steady wing between extremes to soar
Last Line:
But a Nassau approves the thorny Way
Author:
Sneyd Davies (Absolute)
DMI number:
25751
260.
With steady wing between extremes to soar
First Line:
With steady wing between extremes to soar
Last Line:
Where Tudors and Plantagenets are gone
Author:
Sneyd Davies (Absolute)
DMI number:
2839
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