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181.
Nor is this lower world but a huge inn
First Line:
Nor is this lower world but a huge inn
Last Line:
Her patient sons above the reach of chance
Author:
James Howell (Absolute)
DMI number:
16418
182.
Nature and all those universal powers
First Line:
Nature and all those universal powers
Last Line:
Reason doth sway and rule each passion
Author:
Thomas Goffe [Gough] (Absolute)
DMI number:
16406
183.
Ne gay attire ne marble hall
First Line:
Ne gay attire ne marble hall
Last Line:
Mine house shall prove an hermitage
Author:
Gilbert West (Absolute)
DMI number:
27979
184.
Ne gay attire ne marble hall
First Line:
Ne gay attire ne marble hall
Last Line:
My house shall prove a hermitage
Author:
Gilbert West (Absolute)
DMI number:
22514
185.
Not every temper rural scenes delight
First Line:
Not every temper rural scenes delight
Last Line:
The power of gin from love defend us all
DMI number:
22390
186.
Not happiness itself makes good her name
First Line:
Not happiness itself makes good her name
Last Line:
On its sharp point peace bleeds and hope expires
Author:
Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:
34247
187.
No vital bread no cordial wine
First Line:
No vital bread no cordial wine
Last Line:
Tis folly all beside
Author:
John Langhorne (Absolute)
DMI number:
32907
188.
Now my grey hairs begin to show
First Line:
Now my grey hairs begin to show
Last Line:
And write and sing my last in numbers all sublime
Author:
Simon Patrick (Confident)
DMI number:
10086
189.
Now o my god I trembling view
First Line:
Now o my god I trembling view
Last Line:
But sue for mercy through his name
DMI number:
33059
190.
Not to sigh and to be tender
First Line:
Not to sigh and to be tender
Last Line:
Than be where life's not understood
DMI number:
43595
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