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351.
True wit is everlasting like the sun
First Line:
True wit is everlasting like the sun
Last Line:
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Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10376
352.
True wit is like a brilliant stone
First Line:
True wit is like a brilliant stone
Last Line:
And sparkles while it wounds
DMI number:
3326
353.
True wit is like the brilliant stone
First Line:
True wit is like the brilliant stone
Last Line:
And sparkles as it wounds
DMI number:
22997
354.
True wit is like the precious stone
First Line:
True wit is like the precious stone
Last Line:
It neither cuts nor shines
DMI number:
31963
355.
True wit is nature to advantage dressed
First Line:
True wit is nature to advantage dressed
Last Line:
True wit is everlasting like the sun
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute) & John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
30962
356.
Unhappy wit like most mistaken things
First Line:
Unhappy wit like most mistaken things
Last Line:
To err is human to forgive divine
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
30649
357.
Two rival sisters in alternate strains
First Line:
Two rival sisters in alternate strains
Last Line:
Than Sappho's sprightly wit and Delia's modest sense
DMI number:
19719
358.
Two accidents the weekly bills have missed
First Line:
Two accidents the weekly bills have missed
Last Line:
The Spartan virtue to the Athenian wit
DMI number:
35076
359.
We all can well admire few well can praise
First Line:
We all can well admire few well can praise
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For thus you're sure to kill where once you wound
DMI number:
43668
360.
Upon a time a solemn ass
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Upon a time a solemn ass
Last Line:
Served only to augment their mirth
Author:
Allan Ramsay (Absolute)
DMI number:
15368
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