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141.
In days of old some drest the Dead
First Line:
In days of old some drest the Dead
Last Line:
He'd never been hanged upon a tree
DMI number:
36821
142.
In Greece of old the candidates of fame
First Line:
In Greece of old the candidates of fame
Last Line:
And where she took him up will lay him down
DMI number:
3522
143.
In meaner wits that proverb chance may hold
First Line:
In meaner wits that proverb chance may hold
Last Line:
That they who soon are ripe are seldom old
DMI number:
41647
144.
In Phoebus wit as Ovid said
First Line:
In Phoebus wit as Ovid said
Last Line:
She pays you as a tree
Author:
Thomas Parnell (Absolute)
DMI number:
8399
145.
In poetry the happy mean
First Line:
In poetry the happy mean
Last Line:
And all the world at folly
DMI number:
19272
146.
In vain was ministerial breath
First Line:
In vain was ministerial breath
Last Line:
And Queensberry in Polly
DMI number:
35068
147.
In vain will songs of old from hence declare
First Line:
In vain will songs of old from hence declare
Last Line:
For words could never have reached to paint one single grace
DMI number:
16570
148.
Invectives we too oft at others throw
First Line:
Invectives we too oft at others throw
Last Line:
Nor spoke to Fuller more in all his life
DMI number:
24681
149.
Involved in night I lie like a golden mine
First Line:
Involved in night I lie like a golden mine
Last Line:
Unless I help you scarce will find me out
DMI number:
15242
150.
Is all the council that we two have shared
First Line:
Is all the council that we two have shared
Last Line:
But yet an union in partition
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
37420
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