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171.
Fortune makes wretched human things her sport
First Line:
Fortune makes wretched human things her sport
Last Line:
She lifts again to shine above the world
DMI number:
7505
172.
Fortune means in him to show
First Line:
Fortune means in him to show
Last Line:
When they intend the building high
Author:
Robert Baron (Absolute)
DMI number:
14807
173.
Fortune men say doth give too much to many
First Line:
Fortune men say doth give too much to many
Last Line:
But yet she never gave enough to any
Author:
Sir John Harington (Absolute)
DMI number:
13211
174.
Fortune must now no more on triumph ride
First Line:
Fortune must now no more on triumph ride
Last Line:
In giving nothing Fortune serves you well
Author:
Sir John Davies (Absolute)
DMI number:
49747
175.
Fortune not reason rules the state of things
First Line:
Fortune not reason rules the state of things
Last Line:
Within are naught but mortar flint and lead
Author:
George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
14962
176.
Fortune that with malicious joy
First Line:
Fortune that with malicious joy
Last Line:
And see the storm ashore
DMI number:
39611
177.
Fortune the great commandress of the world
First Line:
Fortune the great commandress of the world
Last Line:
And make show only without touch of substance
Author:
George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
14793
178.
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
179.
Fortune thou setter up of kings
First Line:
Fortune thou setter up of kings
Last Line:
Too low for envy for contempt too high
DMI number:
43577
180.
Fortune well pictured on a rolling globe
First Line:
Fortune well pictured on a rolling globe
Last Line:
And neither courts nor yet my gifts despises
Author:
Anne Finch [nee Kingsmill] (Absolute)
DMI number:
23855
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