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91.
While a young lion just arrived at age
First Line:
While a young lion just arrived at age
Last Line:
He's forced to stoop to what he does despise
Author:
Edmund Arwaker (Absolute)
DMI number:
7698
92.
Whoever thou art who temptst in such a strain
First Line:
Whoever thou art who temptst in such a strain
Last Line:
By several ways and none are in the right
Author:
George Granville (Absolute)
DMI number:
3451
93.
Whoever thou art whose forward years are bent
First Line:
Whoever thou art whose forward years are bent
Last Line:
But what thou art and find the beggar there
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
7256
94.
Whoever with impious hand essays
First Line:
Whoever with impious hand essays
Last Line:
Fast by the tree of life now blooms for you
DMI number:
25614
95.
Whoever would soar to Pindar's height
First Line:
Whoever would soar to Pindar's height
Last Line:
Like Cynthia's fires the third revolving night
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25613
96.
With steady wing between extremes to soar
First Line:
With steady wing between extremes to soar
Last Line:
But a Nassau approves the thorny Way
Author:
Sneyd Davies (Absolute)
DMI number:
25751
97.
With steady wing between extremes to soar
First Line:
With steady wing between extremes to soar
Last Line:
Where Tudors and Plantagenets are gone
Author:
Sneyd Davies (Absolute)
DMI number:
2839
98.
With glory satiate from the bustling stage
First Line:
With glory satiate from the bustling stage
Last Line:
If I repent I'll come again and please you
Author:
Horace Walpole (Absolute)
DMI number:
38455
99.
Yes you condemn those sages too refined
First Line:
Yes you condemn those sages too refined
Last Line:
And form the whole with fairest symmetry
Author:
William Melmoth (Absolute)
DMI number:
22223
100.
Ye vain desist from your erroneous strife
First Line:
Ye vain desist from your erroneous strife
Last Line:
Brave men would act though scandal should ensue
Author:
Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:
27070
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