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281.
How weak how vain is human pride
First Line:
How weak how vain is human pride
Last Line:
For different tastes please different vermin
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
23349
282.
How wretched is the wit and how forlorn
First Line:
How wretched is the wit and how forlorn
Last Line:
For women choose their men like silks for show
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
30267
283.
How much the inward charms surpass
First Line:
How much the inward charms surpass
Last Line:
Shall triumph in eternity
DMI number:
33329
284.
I hate the face however fair
First Line:
I hate the face however fair
Last Line:
You only her defects reveal
Author:
Edward Moore (Absolute)
DMI number:
23423
285.
I hate the man who builds his name
First Line:
I hate the man who builds his name
Last Line:
To wither envy pine and fade
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
23405
286.
I have heard both French and Phrygian Aesop say
First Line:
I have heard both French and Phrygian Aesop say
Last Line:
To bluster's not the way to win
DMI number:
25466
287.
In Sussex Road as you go down
First Line:
In Sussex Road as you go down
Last Line:
I count you fool you count me mad
DMI number:
39133
288.
In a wild heath a miser laid
First Line:
In a wild heath a miser laid
Last Line:
What fortune keeps and what she grants
DMI number:
23095
289.
In Aesop's days when trees could speak
First Line:
In Aesop's days when trees could speak
Last Line:
And mutual grace and aid supply
DMI number:
31247
290.
In Aesop's new-made world of wit
First Line:
In Aesop's new-made world of wit
Last Line:
But application made the ass
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
4381
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