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71.
There is a tax which must be paid to fate
First Line:
There is a tax which must be paid to fate
Last Line:
Away she mounts into her native skies
Author:
H. Denne (Speculation)
DMI number:
3896
72.
This is a truth so certain and so clear
First Line:
This is a truth so certain and so clear
Last Line:
The coronation day's more than a thousand years
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
4721
73.
This little village serves to show
First Line:
This little village serves to show
Last Line:
You still will wish a little more
DMI number:
32431
74.
Though to no peer you are allied
First Line:
Though to no peer you are allied
Last Line:
And careless of all other praise
DMI number:
19588
75.
Thrice happy who free from ambition and pride
First Line:
Thrice happy who free from ambition and pride
Last Line:
Direct to St James's and takes up the seals
Author:
Isaac Hawkins Browne (Absolute)
DMI number:
19754
76.
Thus have I known a barrister the path of honour tread
First Line:
Thus have I known a barrister the path of honour tread
Last Line:
A city swallow chirps his fame but one no summer makes
DMI number:
18236
77.
Tis not advancement that I love alone
First Line:
Tis not advancement that I love alone
Last Line:
Tis love of shelter to keep shame unknown
Author:
Thomas Middleton (Absolute)
DMI number:
17307
78.
Timon chagrined and sick of life
First Line:
Timon chagrined and sick of life
Last Line:
Finds out the evil's in his mind
Author:
Hildebrand Jacob (Absolute)
DMI number:
24874
79.
Too bold the man whom thirst of gain
First Line:
Too bold the man whom thirst of gain
Last Line:
Nor thine O Thule be the utmost shore
DMI number:
22130
80.
True emblem that of this much honoured race
First Line:
True emblem that of this much honoured race
Last Line:
And boast a lustre which is not their own
DMI number:
36284
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