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301.
Lo when prosperity too much prevails
First Line:
Lo when prosperity too much prevails
Last Line:
They move in state all swollen with fortune's winds
Author:
William Alexander (Absolute)
DMI number:
17360
302.
Long has the fate of kings and empires been
First Line:
Long has the fate of kings and empires been
Last Line:
And heaven in justice made that one a queen
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
17522
303.
Let thy great deeds force fate to change her mind
First Line:
Let thy great deeds force fate to change her mind
Last Line:
He that courts fortune boldly makes her kind
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute) & Sir Robert Howard (Absolute)
DMI number:
18870
304.
Listen lords in bower and hall
First Line:
Listen lords in bower and hall
Last Line:
And every martial play
Author:
Richard Johnson (Absolute)
DMI number:
37626
305.
Little their learning less their sense
First Line:
Little their learning less their sense
Last Line:
They'd bid astrology good night
Author:
Edward Ward (Absolute)
DMI number:
30085
306.
Life have I worn out thrice thirty years
First Line:
Life have I worn out thrice thirty years
Last Line:
But gently took all that ungently came
Author:
Edmund Spenser (Confident)
DMI number:
8146
307.
Life of the world immortal mind
First Line:
Life of the world immortal mind
Last Line:
Forgive while I presume to praise
Author:
John Langhorne (Absolute)
DMI number:
38521
308.
Like dust before a wind those men do fly
First Line:
Like dust before a wind those men do fly
Last Line:
Their own top heavy state grubs up their root
DMI number:
44534
309.
Much injured grace for being mild
First Line:
Much injured grace for being mild
Last Line:
Thou only canst her frowns despise
DMI number:
43285
310.
My name is fortune who hath sent
First Line:
My name is fortune who hath sent
Last Line:
Mind what I say farewell adieu
DMI number:
8200
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