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191.
Sylvia methinks you are unfit
First Line:
Sylvia methinks you are unfit
Last Line:
Your keeper's bliss is lost
Author:
Charles Sackville (Absolute)
DMI number:
20688
192.
That silly thing men call sheer wit avoid
First Line:
That silly thing men call sheer wit avoid
Last Line:
To turn agreeably some proper thought
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10469
193.
That thing in the world of which we're all proud
First Line:
That thing in the world of which we're all proud
Last Line:
Whoever's the owner the treasure is wit
DMI number:
6217
194.
The great ones justly Johnny Gay
First Line:
The great ones justly Johnny Gay
Last Line:
For plundering but an Indian king
DMI number:
35071
195.
The difference Florio point me out
First Line:
The difference Florio point me out
Last Line:
Her tribute was a tear
DMI number:
35598
196.
The difference spite of common rumour
First Line:
The difference spite of common rumour
Last Line:
Of drollery and imitation
DMI number:
35589
197.
The busy cares of day are done
First Line:
The busy cares of day are done
Last Line:
Nor change thy festive hours for sunshine and the day
Author:
Charles Parrott (Absolute)
DMI number:
26685
198.
The expression of woe when to anguish we wake
First Line:
The expression of woe when to anguish we wake
Last Line:
Make the name of a nymph by some beaux much adored
DMI number:
36841
199.
The famed Italian muse whose rhymes advance
First Line:
The famed Italian muse whose rhymes advance
Last Line:
Is forced to turn his satire into praise
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4707
200.
The rays of wit gild wheresoever they strike
First Line:
The rays of wit gild wheresoever they strike
Last Line:
That cheer the strong and pain the weaker sight
Author:
Benjamin Stillingfleet (Absolute)
DMI number:
30964
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