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1361.
The heart that's to the altar brought
First Line:
The heart that's to the altar brought
Last Line:
Only heaven should fill its thought
DMI number:
9598
1362.
The high hill power whose bowels are of gold
First Line:
The high hill power whose bowels are of gold
Last Line:
And have mistook the distance by the height
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
22207
1363.
The honour is overpaid
First Line:
The honour is overpaid
Last Line:
When he that did the act is commentator
Author:
James Shirley (Absolute)
DMI number:
13776
1364.
The cold and torrid reigns
First Line:
The cold and torrid reigns
Last Line:
With sallow quartans no contagion breathes
Author:
John Armstrong (Absolute)
DMI number:
30706
1365.
The common ingredients of health and long life are
First Line:
The common ingredients of health and long life are
Last Line:
Easy labour little care
Author:
Sir William Temple (Speculation) & Sir Philip Sidney (Speculation)
DMI number:
9419
1366.
The conscience is the test of every mind
First Line:
The conscience is the test of every mind
Last Line:
Seek not thy self without thy self to find
DMI number:
39363
1367.
The gods one time as poets feign
First Line:
The gods one time as poets feign
Last Line:
But in his life he felt a joy
Author:
Elizabeth Thomas (Absolute)
DMI number:
30782
1368.
The greatest gift that nature does bestow
First Line:
The greatest gift that nature does bestow
Last Line:
And motion always ceases with the breath
Author:
Thomas Parnell (Confident)
DMI number:
30275
1369.
The friendship found by chance is such
First Line:
The friendship found by chance is such
Last Line:
Sometime as well the good as bad
DMI number:
49176
1370.
The gaudy peacock and the glossy dove
First Line:
The gaudy peacock and the glossy dove
Last Line:
The hate or malice of the sharpest eye
Author:
Thomas Cooke (Absolute)
DMI number:
33272
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