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151.
In times overgrown with rust and ignorance
First Line:
In times overgrown with rust and ignorance
Last Line:
And saved himself as cheap as ever he could
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
28237
152.
In church your grandsire cut his throat
First Line:
In church your grandsire cut his throat
Last Line:
To have cut his throat before he married
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Absolute)
DMI number:
24883
153.
In happier times ere virgin vows begun
First Line:
In happier times ere virgin vows begun
Last Line:
However those stars that ruled my birth may shine
Author:
James Ward (Confident)
DMI number:
11860
154.
In me false Thais as you pass
First Line:
In me false Thais as you pass
Last Line:
All mercury within
DMI number:
33098
155.
In december when the dayes draw to be short
First Line:
In december when the dayes draw to be short
Last Line:
But little John Nobody that dare not once speake
DMI number:
37326
156.
In early days ere prologues did begin
First Line:
In early days ere prologues did begin
Last Line:
If satire did not grin and growl and guard the coast
DMI number:
3869
157.
In pimps and politicians
First Line:
In pimps and politicians
Last Line:
For they are all his own
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
23722
158.
It shall be known how Lackworth came so great
First Line:
It shall be known how Lackworth came so great
Last Line:
Into coined gold transmutes the name of ore
DMI number:
5021
159.
Ingrateful woman | Who followed me but as the swallow summer
First Line:
Ingrateful woman | Who followed me but as the swallow summer
Last Line:
And promises a lie before he speaks
DMI number:
39552
160.
Instead of these I saw the veils of power
First Line:
Instead of these I saw the veils of power
Last Line:
That thinks in pomp to mask her tyrannies
Author:
Fulke Greville (Absolute)
DMI number:
17247
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