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151.
For what the world admires I'll wish no more
First Line:
For what the world admires I'll wish no more
Last Line:
Esteems it mean to court the world for praise
Author:
Mary Chudleigh [nee Lee] (Absolute)
DMI number:
23524
152.
For where the mind a torpid winter leads
First Line:
For where the mind a torpid winter leads
Last Line:
Unlocks the breast and gives a cordial glow
Author:
John Armstrong (Absolute)
DMI number:
30723
153.
Fixed in a neat though humble cot
First Line:
Fixed in a neat though humble cot
Last Line:
A good and virtuous name
DMI number:
27171
154.
From horrid mountains ever hid in snow
First Line:
From horrid mountains ever hid in snow
Last Line:
For know it is my interest to be free
Author:
Joseph Spence (Absolute)
DMI number:
22488
155.
Give me great God said I a little farm
First Line:
Give me great God said I a little farm
Last Line:
Who dares have virtue in a vicious age
Author:
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu [nee Pierrepont] (Absolute)
DMI number:
2270
156.
Give me ye gods a calm retreat
First Line:
Give me ye gods a calm retreat
Last Line:
The power and pomp of pride
DMI number:
22218
157.
Go sordid earth and hope not to bewitch
First Line:
Go sordid earth and hope not to bewitch
Last Line:
Then I am rich in wealth poetical
Author:
Thomas Randolph (Absolute)
DMI number:
11834
158.
Full humble is my prayer I ween
First Line:
Full humble is my prayer I ween
Last Line:
For humble I have always been
DMI number:
33632
159.
Gods life's your gift then season't with such fate
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Gods life's your gift then season't with such fate
Last Line:
But make my life what I ask or take't away
Author:
Thomas Otway (Confident)
DMI number:
5575
160.
Gods who'd ever tempt the stormy main
First Line:
Gods who'd ever tempt the stormy main
Last Line:
To bless his offspring future days
DMI number:
2803
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