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71.
Hence almost every crime nor do we find
First Line:
Hence almost every crime nor do we find
Last Line:
The greedy wretch in full pursuit of gain
DMI number:
33628
72.
How deep implanted in the breast of man
First Line:
How deep implanted in the breast of man
Last Line:
Men may live fools but fools they cannot die
Author:
Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:
35191
73.
How is't my friend what's matter now
First Line:
How is't my friend what's matter now
Last Line:
And damned alive by your own folly
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
5459
74.
His Grace was once of men the best
First Line:
His Grace was once of men the best
Last Line:
Reason shall fix him in the sky
DMI number:
32333
75.
His noble verse through nature's secrets leads
First Line:
His noble verse through nature's secrets leads
Last Line:
From off her brows and here whole rivers spills
DMI number:
40018
76.
Here then we rest the universal cause
First Line:
Here then we rest the universal cause
Last Line:
And bade self love and social be the same
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
26669
77.
High on a hill's green bosom laid
First Line:
High on a hill's green bosom laid
Last Line:
And boasts an endless reign
Author:
William Julius Mickle (Absolute)
DMI number:
32540
78.
High on the list of fame while Newton stands
First Line:
High on the list of fame while Newton stands
Last Line:
The choicest honours that the muse can give
DMI number:
17053
79.
How short is life's uncertain space
First Line:
How short is life's uncertain space
Last Line:
Be centred in a friend
Author:
James Merrick (Absolute)
DMI number:
27721
80.
I am no such pil'd cynique to beleeve
First Line:
I am no such pil'd cynique to beleeve
Last Line:
When the lanke hungrie belly barkes for foode
DMI number:
37283
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