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241.
Tis pleasant safely to behold from shore
First Line:
Tis pleasant safely to behold from shore
Last Line:
Their beams abroad and bring the darksome soul to day
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
3958
242.
To friends when absent is remembrance due
First Line:
To friends when absent is remembrance due
Last Line:
And nature with the swain in softening slumbers lay
DMI number:
25359
243.
To close Lorenzo spite of all my pains
First Line:
To close Lorenzo spite of all my pains
Last Line:
Or all is nothing or that prize is all
Author:
Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:
37108
244.
Twas on a river's verdant side
First Line:
Twas on a river's verdant side
Last Line:
And it's a pain to live
DMI number:
2579
245.
Twa travellers as they were a walking
First Line:
Twa travellers as they were a walking
Last Line:
They'll ilka ane resemble me
Author:
Allan Ramsay (Absolute)
DMI number:
15372
246.
Truth is not seen by judgments prepossed
First Line:
Truth is not seen by judgments prepossed
Last Line:
No more than light by eyes with rheum oppressed
DMI number:
41380
247.
Try try all earthly pleasures and you'll find
First Line:
Try try all earthly pleasures and you'll find
Last Line:
And ah to fly from our own selves is vain
Author:
Boethius (Absolute)
DMI number:
7174
248.
Two principles in human nature reign
First Line:
Two principles in human nature reign
Last Line:
Tis this though Man's a fool yet God is wise
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31036
249.
Two geniuses one age and nation grace
First Line:
Two geniuses one age and nation grace
Last Line:
Who does not know Sir Isaac and the Dean
DMI number:
17060
250.
What quit the pleasures of the laurel grove
First Line:
What quit the pleasures of the laurel grove
Last Line:
Keep you your logic I'll indulge my muse
DMI number:
11288
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