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1. Ambition is the saint to which you pray

First Line:
Ambition is the saint to which you pray
Last Line:
So may they fare that with ambition swell
DMI number:
44396

2. Ambition's never safe till power be past

First Line:
Ambition's never safe till power be past
Last Line:
As men till impotent were seldom chaste
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
5528

3. Bestrid an ant a pigmy great and tall

First Line:
Bestrid an ant a pigmy great and tall
Last Line:
For thus I fall and thus fell Phaeton
Author:
Thomas Sprat (Absolute)
DMI number:
6501

4. Geta from wool and weaving first began

First Line:
Geta from wool and weaving first began
Last Line:
He swelled to be a lord and then he burst
DMI number:
41923

5. Great souls discern not when the leap's too wide

First Line:
Great souls discern not when the leap's too wide
Last Line:
They jump and only view the farther side
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
5543

6. In days of yore old Abraham Elt

First Line:
In days of yore old Abraham Elt
Last Line:
Being knighted has both sword and belt on
DMI number:
35088

7. Lord Bute his ambition and wisdom to show

First Line:
Lord Bute his ambition and wisdom to show
Last Line:
Odd numbers are lucky pray give him a third
DMI number:
35965

8. O L--ll ere you drive too far

First Line:
O L--ll ere you drive too far
Last Line:
And Icarus's wings
DMI number:
32186

9. Perrault in France like English Ralph has long

First Line:
Perrault in France like English Ralph has long
Last Line:
Shows plainly to the world that he knows neither
DMI number:
24787

10. Philip of Macedon for fear

First Line:
Philip of Macedon for fear
Last Line:
Remember sir you're but a boy
DMI number:
24801

11. Sir Thomas of Wentworth inflexibly good

First Line:
Sir Thomas of Wentworth inflexibly good
Last Line:
Our Pyms and our Hampdens are not all of them dead
Author:
Sir Charles Hanbury Williams (Confident)
DMI number:
17942

12. The learned Sydenham does not doubt

First Line:
The learned Sydenham does not doubt
Last Line:
Are tumbled back upon their britches
DMI number:
38631

13. The lofty arch his high ambition shows

First Line:
The lofty arch his high ambition shows
Last Line:
The stream an emblem of his bounty flows
DMI number:
12478

14. This little village serves to show

First Line:
This little village serves to show
Last Line:
You still will wish a little more
DMI number:
32431

15. To curb ambition parsons preach

First Line:
To curb ambition parsons preach
Last Line:
And show them William's grave
DMI number:
24096

16. True emblem that of this much honoured race

First Line:
True emblem that of this much honoured race
Last Line:
And boast a lustre which is not their own
DMI number:
36284

17. When youthful Phaeton high swelled with pride

First Line:
When youthful Phaeton high swelled with pride
Last Line:
Thus fell the brave unfortunate -
DMI number:
5351