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1441.
We frequently misplace esteem
First Line:
We frequently misplace esteem
Last Line:
The thriving knaves that keep em poor
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
30411
1442.
We hope to find
First Line:
We hope to find
Last Line:
But 'tis with whip and spur the race is won
Author:
William Congreve (Absolute)
DMI number:
5967
1443.
We might well call this short mock-play of ours
First Line:
We might well call this short mock-play of ours
Last Line:
Tis I John Lacy have reformed your stage
Author:
Thomas Sprat (Speculation) & Martin Clifford (Speculation) & George Villiers (Absolute) & Samuel Butler (Speculation)
DMI number:
17529
1444.
Want is a bitter and a hateful good
First Line:
Want is a bitter and a hateful good
Last Line:
Want gives to know the flatterer from the friend
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
30944
1445.
War its thousands slays
First Line:
War its thousands slays
Last Line:
O sad but sure mischance
Author:
Beilby Porteus (Absolute)
DMI number:
31002
1446.
Warwick Gloucester Clarence
First Line:
Warwick Gloucester Clarence
Last Line:
In that Jerusalem shall Harry die
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
40550
1447.
Was ever man so paid for being curious
First Line:
Was ever man so paid for being curious
Last Line:
Curious night-walkers may they find my fee
Author:
George Villiers (Absolute)
DMI number:
40535
1448.
We've oft been told and more's the pity
First Line:
We've oft been told and more's the pity
Last Line:
But on all our posterity
DMI number:
11251
1449.
Unworthy joys that wasteful leave behind
First Line:
Unworthy joys that wasteful leave behind
Last Line:
Destroys the nobler faculties of bliss
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
30203
1450.
Up springs the lark
First Line:
Up springs the lark
Last Line:
A melancholy murmur through the whole
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
27063
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