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141.
Riches chance may take or give
First Line:
Riches chance may take or give
Last Line:
And beauty mirth and pleasure fail
DMI number:
32129
142.
Since Adam all are gone astray
First Line:
Since Adam all are gone astray
Last Line:
That cannot be expressed
DMI number:
9634
143.
Since all mankind to happiness
First Line:
Since all mankind to happiness
Last Line:
The self same distance keeps
DMI number:
16174
144.
Sceptics whose strength of argument makes out
First Line:
Sceptics whose strength of argument makes out
Last Line:
He wakes but for a garter finds a rope
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
25306
145.
Short is our life but longer is our rest
First Line:
Short is our life but longer is our rest
Last Line:
Loses some days of life but years of sorrow
DMI number:
4348
146.
See on his labouring pinions rise
First Line:
See on his labouring pinions rise
Last Line:
Till life arrives its end
DMI number:
36292
147.
See the wild waste of all-devouring years
First Line:
See the wild waste of all-devouring years
Last Line:
And praised unenvied by the muse he loved
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
7446
148.
So pale Amintas do thy looks appear
First Line:
So pale Amintas do thy looks appear
Last Line:
And fall and fall as on our flocks the morning dew
DMI number:
3999
149.
Since language never can describe my pain
First Line:
Since language never can describe my pain
Last Line:
Tis all I ask eternally adieu
Author:
John Hervey (Absolute)
DMI number:
25328
150.
Since all thy vows false maid
First Line:
Since all thy vows false maid
Last Line:
From loving thee
DMI number:
1251
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