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61.
Reason thou vain impertinence
First Line:
Reason thou vain impertinence
Last Line:
From which by reason we're confined
DMI number:
6921
62.
So politicians thrive | That with their crabbed faces and sly tricks
First Line:
So politicians thrive | That with their crabbed faces and sly tricks
Last Line:
Then the whole body follows
Author:
John Ford (Absolute)
DMI number:
17222
63.
Since first by heaven's decree the world began
First Line:
Since first by heaven's decree the world began
Last Line:
Of mounted fops that are - the devil's jest
Author:
Thomas D'Urfey (Speculation) & Richard Flecknoe (Speculation) & John Dryden (Absolute) & Robert Gould (Speculation) & Thomas Brown (Speculation)
DMI number:
6935
64.
Skilled in each art that can adorn the fair
First Line:
Skilled in each art that can adorn the fair
Last Line:
And with true scorpion rage she stings herself to death
Author:
Soame Jenyns (Absolute)
DMI number:
23780
65.
Still shall I hear and never quit the score
First Line:
Still shall I hear and never quit the score
Last Line:
Arraign them in the persons of the dead
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
7235
66.
Stop mortal frail collect your thought
First Line:
Stop mortal frail collect your thought
Last Line:
Of comrades follies on our back
DMI number:
35353
67.
Some herbs there are whose deadly juices fill
First Line:
Some herbs there are whose deadly juices fill
Last Line:
And live still blessed and blessing all mankind
Author:
Mary Leapor (Absolute)
DMI number:
23743
68.
Strephon whose person every grace
First Line:
Strephon whose person every grace
Last Line:
A beau is but an ass
Author:
Anne Finch [nee Kingsmill] (Absolute)
DMI number:
6220
69.
Tell me Le Vayer whence does it arise
First Line:
Tell me Le Vayer whence does it arise
Last Line:
The fool of all men is the best content
DMI number:
8805
70.
Tell me Marissa by what rule
First Line:
Tell me Marissa by what rule
Last Line:
And in an amorous rapture dies
Author:
Mary Chudleigh [nee Lee] (Absolute)
DMI number:
23526
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