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1141. Quickly lay hold of time while in your power

First Line:
Quickly lay hold of time while in your power
Last Line:
Unwearied diligence your point will gain
DMI number:
1731

1142. Pity the shipwrecked dangers still attend

First Line:
Pity the shipwrecked dangers still attend
Last Line:
Life is a wheel and happiness unsure
DMI number:
30316

1143. Pity the sorrows of a poor old man

First Line:
Pity the sorrows of a poor old man
Last Line:
And left the world to wretchedness and me
Author:
Thomas Moss (Absolute)
DMI number:
33671

1144. Pity though it doth a kind affection show

First Line:
Pity though it doth a kind affection show
Last Line:
If it end there our weakness makes us know
DMI number:
13980

1145. Place no dependence on the vulgar herd

First Line:
Place no dependence on the vulgar herd
Last Line:
The unstable vulgar in a moment's stirred
DMI number:
30342

1146. Platonic leave that stale concern

First Line:
Platonic leave that stale concern
Last Line:
And turn platonic too
DMI number:
11746

1147. Pleasure but cheats us with an empty name

First Line:
Pleasure but cheats us with an empty name
Last Line:
Where good is sparing sown but ills abound
Author:
Thomas Catesby Pagett (Confident)
DMI number:
35055

1148. Pleasure is like a building the more high

First Line:
Pleasure is like a building the more high
Last Line:
The narrower still it grows cedars die | Soonest at top
Author:
William Rowley (Absolute) & William Shakespeare (Speculation)
DMI number:
17175

1149. Pleasure's a courtly mistress a conceit

First Line:
Pleasure's a courtly mistress a conceit
Last Line:
Is but repentance lavishly inlaid
Author:
R. Fletcher (Absolute)
DMI number:
17194

1150. Pleasures like wonders quickly lose their price

First Line:
Pleasures like wonders quickly lose their price
Last Line:
When reason or experience makes us wise
Author:
Henry King (Absolute)
DMI number:
17198