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211.
Our yesterday's tomorrow now is gone
First Line:
Our yesterday's tomorrow now is gone
Last Line:
Till the exhausted well can yield no more
DMI number:
39890
212.
Our life is nothing but a winter's day
First Line:
Our life is nothing but a winter's day
Last Line:
Who dies betimes has less and less to pay
Author:
Francis Quarles (Absolute)
DMI number:
16110
213.
One whom heaven forsakes
First Line:
One whom heaven forsakes
Last Line:
Or earth it rests and rots to silent dust
Author:
William Congreve (Absolute)
DMI number:
21660
214.
On what foundation stands the warrior's pride
First Line:
On what foundation stands the warrior's pride
Last Line:
By interest prudence and by flattery pride
Author:
Samuel Johnson (Absolute)
DMI number:
23588
215.
Once as Jove traversed over his usual rounds
First Line:
Once as Jove traversed over his usual rounds
Last Line:
His fancy knows no limits but the whole
Author:
Claudian (Absolute)
DMI number:
43413
216.
One day whiles that my daily cares did sleep
First Line:
One day whiles that my daily cares did sleep
Last Line:
Shall find his state most fickle and unsure
Author:
Edmund Spenser (Absolute)
DMI number:
22880
217.
One night as all adown I laid
First Line:
One night as all adown I laid
Last Line:
And life itself is but a dream
DMI number:
1944
218.
One night I dreamed and dreams may oft prove true
First Line:
One night I dreamed and dreams may oft prove true
Last Line:
Nor think a beggar's title worse than thine
Author:
Thomas Blacklock (Absolute)
DMI number:
25844
219.
Phoenix the first the Arabian lord
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Phoenix the first the Arabian lord
Last Line:
While just men join the glorious thrang
Author:
Allan Ramsay (Absolute)
DMI number:
15365
220.
Princes have but their titles for their glories
First Line:
Princes have but their titles for their glories
Last Line:
There's nothing differs but the outward fame
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
37407
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