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301.
Though first in earliest annals shine
First Line:
Though first in earliest annals shine
Last Line:
The high and mighty prince lies here
DMI number:
19642
302.
Though infant years no pompous honours claim
First Line:
Though infant years no pompous honours claim
Last Line:
The spotless innocence that slumbers here
Author:
Elizabeth Carter (Confident)
DMI number:
33056
303.
Though land tarry in your heirs some forty
First Line:
Though land tarry in your heirs some forty
Last Line:
No man a state of perpetuity
DMI number:
41469
304.
Through misery leads to fortitude and truth
First Line:
Through misery leads to fortitude and truth
Last Line:
Which then even then he scorned and blushed to name
Author:
Richard Savage (Absolute)
DMI number:
28201
305.
Thus airy pleasure dances in our eyes
First Line:
Thus airy pleasure dances in our eyes
Last Line:
Till they are lost in shades and mingle with the night
Author:
Isaac Watts (Absolute)
DMI number:
33195
306.
Thus doth the ever changing course of things
First Line:
Thus doth the ever changing course of things
Last Line:
Brings us unto the point of back returning
DMI number:
41471
307.
Thus run the wheels of state now up now down
First Line:
Thus run the wheels of state now up now down
Last Line:
And none that lives finds safety in a crown
DMI number:
41473
308.
Tis in virtue that alone can give
First Line:
Tis in virtue that alone can give
Last Line:
And buries madmen in the heaps they raise
Author:
John Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
33759
309.
Tis better be a dog than be a man
First Line:
Tis better be a dog than be a man
Last Line:
The noble part's not current for the base
Author:
George Granville (Absolute)
DMI number:
19903
310.
Tis better for sure to slumber in the grave
First Line:
Tis better for sure to slumber in the grave
Last Line:
Yet still the melting sounds are in my ears
DMI number:
14040
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