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181.
Fortune's a blind profuser of her own
First Line:
Fortune's a blind profuser of her own
Last Line:
Too much she gives to some enough to none
Author:
Robert Herrick (Absolute)
DMI number:
14809
182.
Fortune's a market if a while you stand
First Line:
Fortune's a market if a while you stand
Last Line:
Things will grow cheap and fall into your hand
Author:
Charles Aleyn (Absolute)
DMI number:
14803
183.
Fortune's a mistress that with cautions kind
First Line:
Fortune's a mistress that with cautions kind
Last Line:
They who though she seemed froward yet court on
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
18940
184.
Fortune's an under power that is herself
First Line:
Fortune's an under power that is herself
Last Line:
To an heroic spirit
Author:
Thomas Nabbes [Nabbs] (Absolute)
DMI number:
14802
185.
For over all men hangs a double fate
First Line:
For over all men hangs a double fate
Last Line:
Maintained like nature by an ebb and flow
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute) & Sir Robert Howard (Absolute)
DMI number:
21205
186.
For fortune like herself does ever blind
First Line:
For fortune like herself does ever blind
Last Line:
Their envied height until they ruined fall
Author:
Thomas May (Absolute)
DMI number:
14746
187.
For what tomorrow shall disclose
First Line:
For what tomorrow shall disclose
Last Line:
Love and life are for today
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
25006
188.
For who shall go about
First Line:
For who shall go about
Last Line:
To be new varnished
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
37221
189.
For think how few the joys allowed by fate
First Line:
For think how few the joys allowed by fate
Last Line:
And find with meaner charms one common doom
Author:
John Hervey (Absolute)
DMI number:
30934
190.
For tis some skill in innocence to bear
First Line:
For tis some skill in innocence to bear
Last Line:
Our sufferings may make our foes afraid
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
14784
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