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191.
The hermit's solace in his cell
First Line:
The hermit's solace in his cell
Last Line:
The mad man's sport the wise man's pain
Author:
Ambrose Philips (Absolute)
DMI number:
6980
192.
The curious structure of the hand survey
First Line:
The curious structure of the hand survey
Last Line:
To breathe that grateful lay and touch that tuneful lyre
DMI number:
36392
193.
The gods from passions might have made us free
First Line:
The gods from passions might have made us free
Last Line:
Or gave us only those which best agree
Author:
Sir Robert Howard (Absolute)
DMI number:
17037
194.
The good in graves as heavenly seed are sown
First Line:
The good in graves as heavenly seed are sown
Last Line:
A short dark passage to eternal light
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
7038
195.
The dread of future foes
First Line:
The dread of future foes
Last Line:
Or gape for such like joy
Author:
Elizabeth I (Absolute)
DMI number:
32087
196.
The brightest beauty I yet most obscured
First Line:
The brightest beauty I yet most obscured
Last Line:
Though I in every place and being dwell
DMI number:
15238
197.
The eternal cause in their immortal lines
First Line:
The eternal cause in their immortal lines
Last Line:
Even God the poet of the world doth call
Author:
Sir John Denham (Absolute)
DMI number:
17209
198.
The famed essays on man in this agree
First Line:
The famed essays on man in this agree
Last Line:
So they should be and therefore so they are
Author:
George Jeffreys (Absolute)
DMI number:
19640
199.
The bramble growis althocht it be obscure
First Line:
The bramble growis althocht it be obscure
Last Line:
Quhylis michty tempestis toss imperial mynds
Author:
William Alexander (Absolute)
DMI number:
10944
200.
The longest tyranny that ever swayed
First Line:
The longest tyranny that ever swayed
Last Line:
But he restored tis now become a throne
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4152
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