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91.
Ever brilliant ever charming I defy the power of time
First Line:
Ever brilliant ever charming I defy the power of time
Last Line:
Yet joyless pass his anxious moments who to me devotes his leisure
Author:
Anna Miller [née Riggs] (Confident)
DMI number:
35496
92.
Ever eating never cloying
First Line:
Ever eating never cloying
Last Line:
Till I eat the world at last
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Speculation)
DMI number:
24224
93.
First I was small and round like a pearl
First Line:
First I was small and round like a pearl
Last Line:
And now like a rogue in the wide world I dwell
DMI number:
41963
94.
Five jolly toppers had to pay
First Line:
Five jolly toppers had to pay
Last Line:
Then tell me what each topper paid
DMI number:
37577
95.
Fetched with much labour from my native home
First Line:
Fetched with much labour from my native home
Last Line:
Instead of that doth fix on me a beast
DMI number:
23996
96.
Few creatures have so odd a fate as I
First Line:
Few creatures have so odd a fate as I
Last Line:
In pulpits once a week I show my face
DMI number:
7536
97.
From a well manured earth I challenge my birth
First Line:
From a well manured earth I challenge my birth
Last Line:
I'm a salve for almost any sore
DMI number:
24017
98.
From dirty form and filthy dress set free
First Line:
From dirty form and filthy dress set free
Last Line:
To name the thing you deal so coarsely by
DMI number:
24009
99.
Formed half beneath and half above the earth
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Formed half beneath and half above the earth
Last Line:
Sink when it rains and when it freezes swim
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
16893
100.
Frail man so lofty and so big
First Line:
Frail man so lofty and so big
Last Line:
Or but enigmas at the best
DMI number:
6887
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