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28571.
Wit and beauty once contended
First Line:
Wit and beauty once contended
Last Line:
And one to win her heart by day
DMI number:
6562
28572.
Wit bears so thin a crop this duller age
First Line:
Wit bears so thin a crop this duller age
Last Line:
For time that makes new fools may mend his hand
Author:
Colley Cibber (Absolute)
DMI number:
17525
28573.
Wit e'nt a flash of fancy which sometimes
First Line:
Wit e'nt a flash of fancy which sometimes
Last Line:
True wit is everlasting like the sun
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
5616
28574.
Wit in a prologue poets justly may
First Line:
Wit in a prologue poets justly may
Last Line:
Men's brains grow barren and you raise the rent
Author:
Sir John Suckling (Absolute)
DMI number:
38760
28575.
Wit like beauty triumphs over the heart
First Line:
Wit like beauty triumphs over the heart
Last Line:
When more of nature's seen and less of art
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
6020
28576.
Wit not avails late bought with care and cost
First Line:
Wit not avails late bought with care and cost
Last Line:
Too late it comes when life and all is lost
DMI number:
41631
28577.
Wit once thou said'st was worth thy weight in gold
First Line:
Wit once thou said'st was worth thy weight in gold
Last Line:
When thou should'st use it for thy love or money
DMI number:
49107
28578.
Wit sense and learning massacred of late
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Wit sense and learning massacred of late
Last Line:
Nor will the public relish meaner lays
DMI number:
15510
28579.
Wit's blue eyed maid industrious art
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Wit's blue eyed maid industrious art
Last Line:
Yet Pluto knows her passion
DMI number:
4685
28580.
Wit's judgement day is sure at hand
First Line:
Wit's judgement day is sure at hand
Last Line:
Now rises from their Gr-ves
DMI number:
35074
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