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121.
Life ill preserved is worse than basely lost
First Line:
Life ill preserved is worse than basely lost
Last Line:
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Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
16121
122.
Like the camelion's colours that decay
First Line:
Like the camelion's colours that decay
Last Line:
But stepped aside to vary in return
DMI number:
41094
123.
Love he had liked yet never lodged before
First Line:
Love he had liked yet never lodged before
Last Line:
The lucky mirtle more than willow worn
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
16275
124.
Most to himself his valour fatal was
First Line:
Most to himself his valour fatal was
Last Line:
But waste themselves to make their gazers fear
DMI number:
41429
125.
My reward is power | An outward trifle bought with inward peace
First Line:
My reward is power | An outward trifle bought with inward peace
Last Line:
When feverish love the people's fit shall cease
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
17253
126.
My lord we need you here in court and are
First Line:
My lord we need you here in court and are
Last Line:
Upon a foreign coast
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
14133
127.
My lord you in your early youth did fit
First Line:
My lord you in your early youth did fit
Last Line:
And venture not your lives to spoil a play
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
38770
128.
My lodging it is on the cold ground
First Line:
My lodging it is on the cold ground
Last Line:
The cause of my misery
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
43913
129.
I learned to admire goodness that
First Line:
I learned to admire goodness that
Last Line:
Like landskips gracing them only far off
DMI number:
41299
130.
If justice could in solemn dulness lie
First Line:
If justice could in solemn dulness lie
Last Line:
Armed and entrenched in a contracted gross
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
15849
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