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1. A grumbler full of discontent

First Line:: A grumbler full of discontent
Last Line:: A thousand smarts with shadowy woes
DMI number:: 33356

2. A youth a pupil of the town

First Line:: A youth a pupil of the town
Last Line:: That all was ordered for the best
Author:: William Wilkie (Absolute)
DMI number:: 32312

3. Aspiring souls to great attempts inclined

First Line:: Aspiring souls to great attempts inclined
Last Line:: In tunes compelled they of their fate complain
Author:: Edmund Arwaker (Absolute)
DMI number:: 7699

4. Daily and hourly proof | Tell us prosperity is at highest degree

First Line:: Daily and hourly proof | Tell us prosperity is at highest degree
Last Line:: Their own top-heavy state grubs up their root
Author:: George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:: 17356

5. Enquire not lovely maid what end

First Line:: Enquire not lovely maid what end
Last Line:: By fools they're left in fortune's hand
Author:: William of Bangour Hamilton (Absolute)
DMI number:: 25938

6. He fawns for more though he his thousands touch

First Line:: He fawns for more though he his thousands touch
Last Line:: Fortune gives none enough but some too much
DMI number:: 27990

7. It chanced two mules no matter whither

First Line:: It chanced two mules no matter whither
Last Line:: None shoot the jackdaw or the pye
DMI number:: 19838

8. None lives in this tumultuous state of things

First Line:: None lives in this tumultuous state of things
Last Line:: Relieves the anguish or rewards the pain
Author:: John Pomfret (Absolute)
DMI number:: 11803

9. Reynard by fraud and rapine fed

First Line:: Reynard by fraud and rapine fed
Last Line:: And what they cannot reach disparage
Author:: Robert Lucke (Absolute)
DMI number:: 12633

10. Success the mark no mortal wit

First Line:: Success the mark no mortal wit
Last Line:: Fortune and cowardice succeed
Author:: Samuel Butler (Absolute)
DMI number:: 1762

11. There is a deep nick in time's restless wheel

First Line:: There is a deep nick in time's restless wheel
Last Line:: As well as men cast headlong from the sky
Author:: George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:: 17301

12. To the ill-natured young or envious old

First Line:: To the ill-natured young or envious old
Last Line:: But now my fears invade and I can add no more
DMI number:: 18205

13. We must all live and we would all live well

First Line:: We must all live and we would all live well
Last Line:: To use good fortune and to bear our ill
DMI number:: 912

14. What should I ask my friend which best would be

First Line:: What should I ask my friend which best would be
Last Line:: He left scorned Ammon to the vulgar rout
Author:: Robert Wolseley (Confident)
DMI number:: 3933

15. What should I ask my friends which best would be

First Line:: What should I ask my friends which best would be
Last Line:: He left scorned Hamon to the vulgar rout
DMI number:: 3658

16. What means this noise thou poor inglorious stream

First Line:: What means this noise thou poor inglorious stream
Last Line:: And riches gaudy now tomorrow disappear
DMI number:: 10230

17. What strepitantious noise is it that sounds

First Line:: What strepitantious noise is it that sounds
Last Line:: Pharetra to make loyal his own cities
DMI number:: 3661