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1.
Great nature break thy chain that links together
First Line:
Great nature break thy chain that links together
Last Line:
Too powerful rebels and too weak a prince
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20298
2.
My reason bears no rule upon my tongue
First Line:
My reason bears no rule upon my tongue
Last Line:
But lets my thoughts break all at random out
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20557
3.
O why did heaven leave man so weak defence
First Line:
O why did heaven leave man so weak defence
Last Line:
An easy king deserves no better fate
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20569
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Reason was given to curb our headstrong will
First Line:
Reason was given to curb our headstrong will
Last Line:
But youth is strong enough to walk alone
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20567
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Reason and love rend my divided soul
First Line:
Reason and love rend my divided soul
Last Line:
But reason over winds and crack the string
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
19552
6.
Some few whose lamp shone brighter have been led
First Line:
Some few whose lamp shone brighter have been led
Last Line:
For what could fathom God were more than he
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
28205
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Wisdom's an evenness of soul
First Line:
Wisdom's an evenness of soul
Last Line:
None are so busy as the fool and knave
DMI number:
40334