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241.
Upon the slippery tops of human state
First Line:
Upon the slippery tops of human state
Last Line:
Nor what he is nor whither he's to go
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
22901
242.
What mortal burns not with the love of fame
First Line:
What mortal burns not with the love of fame
Last Line:
Illustrious grown by mere obscurity
Author:
Richard Graves (Absolute)
DMI number:
35889
243.
What walls can guard me or what shades can hide
First Line:
What walls can guard me or what shades can hide
Last Line:
They stop the chariot and they board the barge
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
22771
244.
What the fierce Scythians and Cantabrians dare
First Line:
What the fierce Scythians and Cantabrians dare
Last Line:
Her ivory harp with us to sing and play
DMI number:
25533
245.
When famed Christina laid her grandeur down
First Line:
When famed Christina laid her grandeur down
Last Line:
So great in public or so great alone
DMI number:
10847
246.
When here Lucinda first we came
First Line:
When here Lucinda first we came
Last Line:
Adieu the sweets of Arno's vale
Author:
Charles Sackville (Absolute)
DMI number:
32631
247.
When Phoebus had exhaled the winter's floods
First Line:
When Phoebus had exhaled the winter's floods
Last Line:
Something that's always good and always new
Author:
Edward Ward (Confident)
DMI number:
5382
248.
When to the levees of the great we run
First Line:
When to the levees of the great we run
Last Line:
Whilst what the court denies the country gives
DMI number:
5877
249.
When my Aminta weeps tis sure
First Line:
When my Aminta weeps tis sure
Last Line:
And make a palace of the shade | Far from the hurry we'll retire &c
DMI number:
2366
250.
When nothing serious entertains the town
First Line:
When nothing serious entertains the town
Last Line:
Love no repose but in itself can find
DMI number:
1896
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