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271.
When you too stoically scorn the grave
First Line:
When you too stoically scorn the grave
Last Line:
To bear afflictions is true fortitude
DMI number:
27971
272.
While Saturn's fane with solemn step we trod
First Line:
While Saturn's fane with solemn step we trod
Last Line:
And all the instruction dies away in air
Author:
Thomas Scott (Absolute)
DMI number:
27833
273.
Whether my Vario doth thy fancy tend
First Line:
Whether my Vario doth thy fancy tend
Last Line:
But thy own merit shall record thy praise
DMI number:
12888
274.
While the dean with more wit than man ever wanted
First Line:
While the dean with more wit than man ever wanted
Last Line:
Are vanquished by what he has written himself
DMI number:
17061
275.
When virtue reigns to liberty a friend
First Line:
When virtue reigns to liberty a friend
Last Line:
Their glimmering sense improves to perfect day
DMI number:
16992
276.
When we are touched with some important ill
First Line:
When we are touched with some important ill
Last Line:
Our foreheads blab the secrets of our heart
Author:
Stephen Harvey (Absolute)
DMI number:
33604
277.
Whilst you are frolicking amongst plays and balls
First Line:
Whilst you are frolicking amongst plays and balls
Last Line:
Tis easier to preach than practice them
DMI number:
35314
278.
Whilst some affect the sun and some the shade
First Line:
Whilst some affect the sun and some the shade
Last Line:
Then claps his well fledged wings and bears away
Author:
Robert Blair (Absolute)
DMI number:
32246
279.
Whoever a Lover is of art
First Line:
Whoever a Lover is of art
Last Line:
Which non can understand but such as try
Author:
Philip Ayres (Absolute)
DMI number:
44574
280.
Why does the sun with constant glory burn
First Line:
Why does the sun with constant glory burn
Last Line:
Presaging darkness gathers in the skies
Author:
Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer] (Absolute)
DMI number:
26101
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