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111. How vain are mortal man's endeavours

First Line:
How vain are mortal man's endeavours
Last Line:
Runs the same tract it went before
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Speculation) & John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
15422

112. How vain is man how fluttering are his joys

First Line:
How vain is man how fluttering are his joys
Last Line:
Or never hope to meet with happy days
DMI number:
40583

113. How various are the cares which man surround

First Line:
How various are the cares which man surround
Last Line:
Too prone to change too knowing to be told
DMI number:
12842

114. 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

115. How wouldst thou shake at Britain's modish tribe

First Line:
How wouldst thou shake at Britain's modish tribe
Last Line:
To rust on medals or on stones decay
Author:
Samuel Johnson (Absolute)
DMI number:
23587

116. However tis well that whilst mankind

First Line:
However tis well that whilst mankind
Last Line:
And Phillis but a perjured whore
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
44692

117. However tis well that whilst mankind

First Line:
However tis well that whilst mankind
Last Line:
And Phyllis but a perjured whore
DMI number:
44691

118. How much of other each is sure to cost

First Line:
How much of other each is sure to cost
Last Line:
How sometimes life is risked and always ease
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28547

119. How poor a thing is man whom death itself

First Line:
How poor a thing is man whom death itself
Last Line:
In cruel sport shoot miseries
Author:
Thomas Randolph (Absolute)
DMI number:
16412

120. I do not ask thee fate to give

First Line:
I do not ask thee fate to give
Last Line:
Are bound to no set laws but humoursomly rove
Author:
John Norris (Absolute)
DMI number:
5525