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211.
Great were our hero's actions great the house
First Line:
Great were our hero's actions great the house
Last Line:
The power that set him up should pull him down
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
8015
212.
Great works do oft yield grievous accidents
First Line:
Great works do oft yield grievous accidents
Last Line:
Which stir up peoples rage beyond intents
Author:
Fulke Greville (Absolute)
DMI number:
13286
213.
Greatness we owe to fortune or to fate
First Line:
Greatness we owe to fortune or to fate
Last Line:
But wisdom only can secure a state
DMI number:
41625
214.
Hail midnight shades hail venerable dome
First Line:
Hail midnight shades hail venerable dome
Last Line:
And name and place are here for ever lost
Author:
David Mallet (Absolute)
DMI number:
30903
215.
Hail o thou future glory of our state
First Line:
Hail o thou future glory of our state
Last Line:
And finish all the wonders we expect
DMI number:
42847
216.
Happy the former age to which each field
First Line:
Happy the former age to which each field
Last Line:
Where loss of blood and life is all the gain
DMI number:
43249
217.
Good things that come of course far less do please
First Line:
Good things that come of course far less do please
Last Line:
Than those which come by sweet contingencies
Author:
Robert Herrick (Absolute)
DMI number:
13289
218.
Good unexpected evil unforeseen
First Line:
Good unexpected evil unforeseen
Last Line:
Then fall so hard they bound and rise again
DMI number:
40285
219.
Guy Faux no doubt deserved to hang
First Line:
Guy Faux no doubt deserved to hang
Last Line:
And keep another annual feast
DMI number:
24439
220.
Hail aged remains of what thou once hast been
First Line:
Hail aged remains of what thou once hast been
Last Line:
But by time's stronger hand subdued at last
DMI number:
35406
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