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471.
Reason's whole pleasure all the joys of sense
First Line:
Reason's whole pleasure all the joys of sense
Last Line:
Lie in three words health peace and competence
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
23578
472.
Rest we contented with our present state
First Line:
Rest we contented with our present state
Last Line:
Tis anxious to enquire of future fate
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
18527
473.
Simplicity thou lovely fair
First Line:
Simplicity thou lovely fair
Last Line:
I'll dedicate myself to thee
Author:
John Tait (Absolute)
DMI number:
32761
474.
Since all great souls still make their own content
First Line:
Since all great souls still make their own content
Last Line:
For nothing coveting we nothing want
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
18519
475.
Since all mankind to happiness
First Line:
Since all mankind to happiness
Last Line:
The self same distance keeps
DMI number:
16174
476.
Scarce was a whisper heard such a strange force
First Line:
Scarce was a whisper heard such a strange force
Last Line:
And made it somewhat like to fortunate
Author:
John Chalkhill (Absolute)
DMI number:
13213
477.
Shining heaps of massy plate
First Line:
Shining heaps of massy plate
Last Line:
And he's most rich who's most content
DMI number:
22958
478.
Should I ever become parson for so I'm inclined
First Line:
Should I ever become parson for so I'm inclined
Last Line:
And died before tired of hinmself or his wife
DMI number:
31268
479.
Should loudest tempests and tremendous storms
First Line:
Should loudest tempests and tremendous storms
Last Line:
Smiles at the blow and gently sinks to rest
DMI number:
8134
480.
Seek not my friend to know the fates decree
First Line:
Seek not my friend to know the fates decree
Last Line:
He's the unhappiest man because he knows the most
DMI number:
11050
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