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1. Bright source of bliss whose cheering rays inspire

First Line:: Bright source of bliss whose cheering rays inspire
Last Line:: Or meet unmoved the harsh decrees of fate
DMI number:: 36230

2. Cease tempting siren cease thy flattering strain

First Line:: Cease tempting siren cease thy flattering strain
Last Line:: By different paths and none are in the right
Author:: George Granville (Absolute)
DMI number:: 22887

3. Consider man in every sphere

First Line:: Consider man in every sphere
Last Line:: With cheerful heart he mounts the wheel
Author:: John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:: 23344

4. From a tall precipice on the sea-side

First Line:: From a tall precipice on the sea-side
Last Line:: Stands most exposed to storms of sudden fate
Author:: Nahum Tate (Absolute)
DMI number:: 8165

5. Fortune thou grand impostor what a cheat

First Line:: Fortune thou grand impostor what a cheat
Last Line:: But nigh the shore does more securely creep
Author:: John Glanvill (Confident)
DMI number:: 7191

6. Gods life's your gift then season't with such fate

First Line:: Gods life's your gift then season't with such fate
Last Line:: But make my life what I ask or take't away
Author:: Thomas Otway (Confident)
DMI number:: 5575

7. However great whoever you are

First Line:: However great whoever you are
Last Line:: Whose lofty masts the clouds divide
Author:: James Ward (Absolute)
DMI number:: 7434

8. In various ways designing mortals move

First Line:: In various ways designing mortals move
Last Line:: Adding no griefs to those we can't avoid
Author:: Nahum Tate (Absolute)
DMI number:: 4179

9. Life have I worn out thrice thirty years

First Line:: Life have I worn out thrice thirty years
Last Line:: But gently took all that ungently came
Author:: Edmund Spenser (Confident)
DMI number:: 8146

10. Mistaken man 'tis all a cheat

First Line:: Mistaken man 'tis all a cheat
Last Line:: And fix thee above the reach of fate
DMI number:: 19555

11. Offspring of Tyrrhene kings I have

First Line:: Offspring of Tyrrhene kings I have
Last Line:: Through Pontick storms then I will trade
Author:: Sir Richard Fanshawe (Absolute)
DMI number:: 42128

12. Order is heaven's first law and this confessed

First Line:: Order is heaven's first law and this confessed
Last Line:: One they must want which is to pass for good
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 37182

13. Seek not my friend to know the fates decree

First Line:: Seek not my friend to know the fates decree
Last Line:: He's the unhappiest man because he knows the most
DMI number:: 11050

14. Since the first man by disobedience fell

First Line:: Since the first man by disobedience fell
Last Line:: He's always happy that is always just
Author:: John Pomfret (Absolute)
DMI number:: 23247

15. 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