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101.
Success the mark no mortal wit
First Line:
Success the mark no mortal wit
Last Line:
Fortune and cowardice succeed
Author:
Samuel Butler (Absolute)
DMI number:
1762
102.
Tempt not too much the boisterous main
First Line:
Tempt not too much the boisterous main
Last Line:
And all presumption fly
DMI number:
31201
103.
The husbandman in vain renews his toil
First Line:
The husbandman in vain renews his toil
Last Line:
Before your late encouragement of wit
Author:
William Congreve (Absolute)
DMI number:
17528
104.
The prince made me a grenadier
First Line:
The prince made me a grenadier
Last Line:
Tis not worth while to grumble
Author:
Sir Robert Murray Keith (Absolute)
DMI number:
35302
105.
The morning blushed with vivid red
First Line:
The morning blushed with vivid red
Last Line:
And all the joys of earth and air
DMI number:
25314
106.
The learned Sydenham does not doubt
First Line:
The learned Sydenham does not doubt
Last Line:
Are tumbled back upon their britches
DMI number:
38631
107.
The lofty arch his high ambition shows
First Line:
The lofty arch his high ambition shows
Last Line:
The stream an emblem of his bounty flows
DMI number:
12478
108.
Their vast ambition to dethrone the gods
First Line:
Their vast ambition to dethrone the gods
Last Line:
And doubtless thy had done it &c
DMI number:
39931
109.
This commoner has worth and parts
First Line:
This commoner has worth and parts
Last Line:
'Tis all a wish and all a ladle
Author:
Matthew Prior (Confident)
DMI number:
4251
110.
There is a tax which must be paid to fate
First Line:
There is a tax which must be paid to fate
Last Line:
Away she mounts into her native skies
Author:
H. Denne (Speculation)
DMI number:
3896
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