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71.
What life refused to gain by death he thought
First Line:
What life refused to gain by death he thought
Last Line:
But for the good or ill that either brings
Author:
William Alexander (Absolute)
DMI number:
14419
72.
What makes vain worldings so to swell with pride
First Line:
What makes vain worldings so to swell with pride
Last Line:
That whilst he is not he may be commended
Author:
William Alexander (Absolute)
DMI number:
13953
73.
What man not wondering can by deeds behold
First Line:
What man not wondering can by deeds behold
Last Line:
Times and occasions are to serve him bound
DMI number:
40684
74.
What stoic strange who most precise appears
First Line:
What stoic strange who most precise appears
Last Line:
A hoary judgment under locks of gold
DMI number:
41755
75.
What thing so good which not some harm may bring
First Line:
What thing so good which not some harm may bring
Last Line:
Even to be happy is a dangerous thing
Author:
William Alexander (Absolute)
DMI number:
14998
76.
Where private men but only fear their foes
First Line:
Where private men but only fear their foes
Last Line:
Whilst falsest hearts are hid with fairest words
Author:
William Alexander (Absolute)
DMI number:
14741
77.
Whilst great men do as tossed on th' ocean groan
First Line:
Whilst great men do as tossed on th' ocean groan
Last Line:
To us all things are as we think them still
Author:
William Alexander (Absolute)
DMI number:
16921
78.
Who would make war must not have empty coffers
First Line:
Who would make war must not have empty coffers
Last Line:
Where one for glory thousands fight for gain
DMI number:
41546
79.
Who would the title of true worth were his
First Line:
Who would the title of true worth were his
Last Line:
Is that which over himself himself hath gained
Author:
William Alexander (Absolute)
DMI number:
17031
80.
Yet princes must be served and with all sorts
First Line:
Yet princes must be served and with all sorts
Last Line:
The wretched courtiers fall with their own weight
Author:
William Alexander (Absolute)
DMI number:
14118
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