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1. Another's sin sometimes procures our shame

First Line:: Another's sin sometimes procures our shame
Last Line:: It stains our body or at least our name
DMI number:: 41018

2. Close thine eyes and sleep secure

First Line:: Close thine eyes and sleep secure
Last Line:: No sleep so sweet as thine no rest so sure
Author:: Francis Quarles (Absolute) & Charles I (Speculation)
DMI number:: 7557

3. First bait thy hook with deep dissembled love

First Line:: First bait thy hook with deep dissembled love
Last Line:: The whetstone of abated valour 's shame
Author:: Francis Quarles (Absolute)
DMI number:: 14540

4. Formio bewails his sins with the same heart

First Line:: Formio bewails his sins with the same heart
Last Line:: One merry thought until they meet again
Author:: Francis Quarles (Absolute)
DMI number:: 17137

5. Lord if our days be few why do we spend

First Line:: Lord if our days be few why do we spend
Last Line:: We make them evil and thou makest them few
Author:: Francis Quarles (Absolute)
DMI number:: 17397

6. No man's condition is so base as his

First Line:: No man's condition is so base as his
Last Line:: Be added to the hate of God and man
Author:: Francis Quarles (Absolute)
DMI number:: 15235

7. The world's a printing house our words are thoughts

First Line:: The world's a printing house our words are thoughts
Last Line:: We're gathered sheet by sheet and bound for heaven
Author:: Francis Quarles (Absolute)
DMI number:: 17426

8. There is a kind of conscience some men keep

First Line:: There is a kind of conscience some men keep
Last Line:: It shoots and pricks and feels as big as ten
Author:: Francis Quarles (Absolute)
DMI number:: 14006

9. Tis not to cry out mercy or to sit

First Line:: Tis not to cry out mercy or to sit
Last Line:: Confesses rather what he means to do
Author:: Francis Quarles (Absolute)
DMI number:: 17402

10. Unlawful lust immoderate often brings

First Line:: Unlawful lust immoderate often brings
Last Line:: A loathing in the use of lawful things
Author:: Francis Quarles (Absolute)
DMI number:: 15663