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171.
I never can think his conversation good
First Line:
I never can think his conversation good
Last Line:
And lovely Venus with the graces joins
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
27512
172.
I often have admired dear friend why we
First Line:
I often have admired dear friend why we
Last Line:
The bold young pilot sails to be a man
DMI number:
41805
173.
I once a pack of fox hounds knew
First Line:
I once a pack of fox hounds knew
Last Line:
No longer hounds but Newfoundlanders
DMI number:
36073
174.
I lately thought no man alive
First Line:
I lately thought no man alive
Last Line:
Grow like himself polite
Author:
Thomas Barnard (Confident)
DMI number:
36015
175.
I little thought the time would ever be
First Line:
I little thought the time would ever be
Last Line:
To womankind epitomized in you
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
12398
176.
I would have you to know sir though now you despise
First Line:
I would have you to know sir though now you despise
Last Line:
I should think it might be twenty twelvemonths or so
DMI number:
33539
177.
If B----re labours as he writes to please
First Line:
If B----re labours as he writes to please
Last Line:
As if cannot fall it cannot rise
Author:
Sir Richard Blackmore (Speculation)
DMI number:
3605
178.
If bards would have a shortlived poem writ
First Line:
If bards would have a shortlived poem writ
Last Line:
To file the rust of wit from P----ck's sense
Author:
Sir Richard Blackmore (Speculation)
DMI number:
3583
179.
If beauty be or not is in dispute
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If beauty be or not is in dispute
Last Line:
I give her beauty and she gives me wit
Author:
Walter Kennedy (Speculation)
DMI number:
22375
180.
If added days of life bring nothing new
First Line:
If added days of life bring nothing new
Last Line:
The same dull story Mordaunt thou didst well
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
35035
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