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231.
Lord how reformed and quiet are we grown
First Line:
Lord how reformed and quiet are we grown
Last Line:
To oblige the town the city and the court
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
35767
232.
Lord how the poets in these times will pine
First Line:
Lord how the poets in these times will pine
Last Line:
I'll hang if I don't make you laugh today
Author:
Thomas Shadwell (Absolute)
DMI number:
38812
233.
Let us ere yet we finish our career
First Line:
Let us ere yet we finish our career
Last Line:
And boast like him he was a briton born
Author:
George Colman (Absolute)
DMI number:
39025
234.
Like dancers on the ropes poor poets fare
First Line:
Like dancers on the ropes poor poets fare
Last Line:
Why should you when we hold it break the glass
Author:
Sir Carr Scrope (Absolute)
DMI number:
35834
235.
Like famed La Mancha's knight who lance in hand
First Line:
Like famed La Mancha's knight who lance in hand
Last Line:
If every honest hand would lend its aid
Author:
David Garrick (Absolute)
DMI number:
31712
236.
Like hungry guests a sitting audience looks
First Line:
Like hungry guests a sitting audience looks
Last Line:
You're welcome all now fall to where you like
Author:
Peter Anthony Motteux (Confident)
DMI number:
38982
237.
Like shipwrecked wretches tossed from shore to shore
First Line:
Like shipwrecked wretches tossed from shore to shore
Last Line:
And tread ennobled the just paths to fame
DMI number:
3301
238.
Most raw recruits in times of peace appear
First Line:
Most raw recruits in times of peace appear
Last Line:
If with a wish to please we want the powers
DMI number:
36009
239.
Mr Weston Mr Weston
First Line:
Mr Weston Mr Weston
Last Line:
Pray don't give sentence till the piece is ended
Author:
George Alexander Stevens (Absolute)
DMI number:
33914
240.
My lord you in your early youth did fit
First Line:
My lord you in your early youth did fit
Last Line:
And venture not your lives to spoil a play
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
38770
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