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1. A fool indeed has great need of a title

First Line:
A fool indeed has great need of a title
Last Line:
And to forget his proper name of fool
DMI number:
41302

2. A most harmonious friendship this must prove

First Line:
A most harmonious friendship this must prove
Last Line:
Their kindness centers on themselves alone
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
16300

3. A limb by being broke gets strength they say

First Line:
A limb by being broke gets strength they say
Last Line:
If set with art so broken virtue may
DMI number:
40801

4. A lovely pair endued by fate

First Line:
A lovely pair endued by fate
Last Line:
But alas his stakes are done | But alas &c
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
42286

5. A lovely pair endued by fate

First Line:
A lovely pair endued by fate
Last Line:
You know you know what I mean | You know &c
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
42769

6. Ah had I studied but much to gain

First Line:
Ah had I studied but much to gain
Last Line:
They'll find at last there is no cheat like sin
DMI number:
41209

7. All actions finely gilded over succeed

First Line:
All actions finely gilded over succeed
Last Line:
Men still the doers mind and not the deed
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
13361

8. All the corruptions of a land repair

First Line:
All the corruptions of a land repair
Last Line:
To courts and fill them with unwholsome air
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
14097

9. And could the traitors find no fitter time

First Line:
And could the traitors find no fitter time
Last Line:
Success seems heaven's commission to rebel
DMI number:
41359

10. And to rash youth tis an unhappy fate

First Line:
And to rash youth tis an unhappy fate
Last Line:
To come too early to a great estate
DMI number:
41763

11. And what's so desperate as an angry slave

First Line:
And what's so desperate as an angry slave
Last Line:
When by adventuring he revenge may have
DMI number:
40884

12. Beauty I love but I hate toilsome rapes

First Line:
Beauty I love but I hate toilsome rapes
Last Line:
I love good wine but would not tread the grapes
DMI number:
40732

13. Brave men scorn death but yet they value life

First Line:
Brave men scorn death but yet they value life
Last Line:
Because their lives are useful to the world
DMI number:
41435

14. Can human sorrows be delights to the gods

First Line:
Can human sorrows be delights to the gods
Last Line:
Is a great spectacle worthy of the gods
DMI number:
41112

15. But if your resolutions be like mine

First Line:
But if your resolutions be like mine
Last Line:
Let us be gods and fortune to ourselves
DMI number:
40846

16. But power it seems can change the names of things

First Line:
But power it seems can change the names of things
Last Line:
Call treason virtue and make rebels kings
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
17256

17. Court deeps but few can sound

First Line:
Court deeps but few can sound
Last Line:
They strike most awe like temples when obscure
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
14096

18. Despairing as I sat alone

First Line:
Despairing as I sat alone
Last Line:
Must bear our grief or die with shame
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
6536

19. Death waits at home disgrace and ruin here

First Line:
Death waits at home disgrace and ruin here
Last Line:
And see a thousand waves but not one shore
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
16603

20. For though she virtuous be

First Line:
For though she virtuous be
Last Line:
It is a serpent in a phoenix' nest
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
13892

21. For tis the constant creed of most old fools

First Line:
For tis the constant creed of most old fools
Last Line:
When the young fools themselves do not enjoy it
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
13906

22. From men we only seem to fly

First Line:
From men we only seem to fly
Last Line:
To meet them with more privacy
DMI number:
41727

23. Give me good proofs of what you have alleged

First Line:
Give me good proofs of what you have alleged
Last Line:
As life and death the grave shall be betwixt us
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
13306

24. Glory and pleasure in my breast contend

First Line:
Glory and pleasure in my breast contend
Last Line:
And never stand before victorious sense
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
14892

25. From this unhappy place let us fly

First Line:
From this unhappy place let us fly
Last Line:
The wretched are unwelcome everywhere
Author:
John Crowne (Confident)
DMI number:
16605

26. Goddess Minerva wise austere

First Line:
Goddess Minerva wise austere
Last Line:
In chaste and holy marriage bands
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
42770

27. Gold is of use to every sort of knave

First Line:
Gold is of use to every sort of knave
Last Line:
It does not only cover them but gild them
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
16667

28. Ha at devotion still can the tired air

First Line:
Ha at devotion still can the tired air
Last Line:
Which the fond world into subjection brings
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
14511

29. Heaven for our ruin gifts on us bestows

First Line:
Heaven for our ruin gifts on us bestows
Last Line:
Witty in sin and for damnation fair
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
39410

30. Have you no titles and distinctions there

First Line:
Have you no titles and distinctions there
Last Line:
Whose greatest riches are their silver hair
DMI number:
41303

31. Hark how they bandy praise and flattery round

First Line:
Hark how they bandy praise and flattery round
Last Line:
And praise ourselves if any praise we'll gain
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
17274

32. He never stoops in person to subdue

First Line:
He never stoops in person to subdue
Last Line:
He dares not look on war
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
14336

33. He says he'll keep his honesty damned sot

First Line:
He says he'll keep his honesty damned sot
Last Line:
For all man will suspect it for a bastard
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
15073

34. He secretly

First Line:
He secretly
Last Line:
That he should share the ruin of us both
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
14453

35. Her garb did negligence express

First Line:
Her garb did negligence express
Last Line:
For oh she had no need of dress
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
13575

36. How false are men both in their heads and hearts

First Line:
How false are men both in their heads and hearts
Last Line:
Look round the world what shall we find sincere
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
14712

37. Hold he is innocent and she may be

First Line:
Hold he is innocent and she may be
Last Line:
Than see her hourly sinning in my thoughts
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
15584

38. How miserable a thing is a great man

First Line:
How miserable a thing is a great man
Last Line:
As men to sleep after a plenteous meal
DMI number:
40860

39. How often has our loves in groves and gardens

First Line:
How often has our loves in groves and gardens
Last Line:
Till they have swooned away into a calm
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
14607

40. I can endure no sweets but what excel

First Line:
I can endure no sweets but what excel
Last Line:
Yet of dead enemies I like the smell
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
14585

41. I am the centre of all miseries

First Line:
I am the centre of all miseries
Last Line:
What wander from me leave their proper course
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
21667

42. I hate dependance on another's will

First Line:
I hate dependance on another's will
Last Line:
So are our wholsome or unwholsome days
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
14462

43. I for my glory seize on regal crowns

First Line:
I for my glory seize on regal crowns
Last Line:
And want a sense worth all the other five
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
14893

44. In a base commonwealth

First Line:
In a base commonwealth
Last Line:
Fear of me tortures you
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
16532

45. In my delights I can no limits bear

First Line:
In my delights I can no limits bear
Last Line:
Our joys have bounds and our desires have none
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
17199

46. In other worlds devotion may have bliss

First Line:
In other worlds devotion may have bliss
Last Line:
Till first their crimes are clearer than the sun
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
15144

47. It is success makes innocence a sin

First Line:
It is success makes innocence a sin
Last Line:
They always have the cause who have the day
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
20962

48. It is unnatutal a generous mind

First Line:
It is unnatutal a generous mind
Last Line:
And cannot act as bravely as he loves
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
14857

49. Let us to private shades

First Line:
Let us to private shades
Last Line:
For darkness and dishonour best agree
DMI number:
40859

50. My trade is a fine easy gainful cheat

First Line:
My trade is a fine easy gainful cheat
Last Line:
And fools never find the cheat till they are dead
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
13923

51. My father's old what then age like a caterpillar

First Line:
My father's old what then age like a caterpillar
Last Line:
To a proud slave
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
16913

52. I'm ruined because I know all their designs

First Line:
I'm ruined because I know all their designs
Last Line:
With sudden blasts that either tell or see them
DMI number:
40947

53. I sing of angels not the heavenly choir

First Line:
I sing of angels not the heavenly choir
Last Line:
Once more is in a sea of darkness set
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
5012

54. I never thought fame a lawful cause of war

First Line:
I never thought fame a lawful cause of war
Last Line:
And they that murder men for money hanged
DMI number:
41560

55. I perceive | In flesh or spirit we are sinners all

First Line:
I perceive | In flesh or spirit we are sinners all
Last Line:
But a flesh wound time seldom fails to cure
DMI number:
41023

56. I was born with greatness

First Line:
I was born with greatness
Last Line:
They are of chiefest use to fools and knaves
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
14983

57. I was your friend when you were honest

First Line:
I was your friend when you were honest
Last Line:
And hate the fogs that haunt the dirty vales
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
13366

58. I'll not such favour to rebellion show

First Line:
I'll not such favour to rebellion show
Last Line:
And scorn that idol which themselves have made
DMI number:
40757

59. I'll offer and I'll suffer no abuse

First Line:
I'll offer and I'll suffer no abuse
Last Line:
Are oft the noble monuments of pride
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
17321

60. I'll seem religious to be damnedly wicked

First Line:
I'll seem religious to be damnedly wicked
Last Line:
I will the foolish credulous world enslave
DMI number:
41210

61. I'd as soon be

First Line:
I'd as soon be
Last Line:
The world would be a filthy settled mud
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
13524

62. I've seen admired adored yes and enjoyed

First Line:
I've seen admired adored yes and enjoyed
Last Line:
Than all the armies of em did before
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
13710

63. If I had used this fool to sin I might

First Line:
If I had used this fool to sin I might
Last Line:
As safe as poison in an asses' hoof
DMI number:
41358

64. If she be gone the world in my esteem

First Line:
If she be gone the world in my esteem
Last Line:
And the foul steps where plunderers have been
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
13263

65. Man is a foolish pamphlet full of lies

First Line:
Man is a foolish pamphlet full of lies
Last Line:
Those never come and these fly fast away
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
16376

66. Moderate delight is but a waking dream

First Line:
Moderate delight is but a waking dream
Last Line:
Excess overcomes but moderation starves
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
16297

67. Men's eyes are dim but women's blind to excellence

First Line:
Men's eyes are dim but women's blind to excellence
Last Line:
Tis for his pages to hold up her tail
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
16628

68. Nature's an ocean endlessly profound

First Line:
Nature's an ocean endlessly profound
Last Line:
The monster we admire the fisher more
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
16804

69. Never contemn thy self he who will have

First Line:
Never contemn thy self he who will have
Last Line:
Fortune or women love him must be brave
DMI number:
41436

70. Now what ails your conscience

First Line:
Now what ails your conscience
Last Line:
And thou art such an ass to wear it still
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
14008

71. O fie what mean I foolish maid

First Line:
O fie what mean I foolish maid
Last Line:
And now I'm quite undone
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
2714

72. Oh wretched he who called abroad by power

First Line:
Oh wretched he who called abroad by power
Last Line:
And himself loses ere himself he knows
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
17255

73. Oh Cassius thou hast wandered far from youth

First Line:
Oh Cassius thou hast wandered far from youth
Last Line:
Thy habit is a libel on thy heart
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
13574

74. Oh cursed troubled world

First Line:
Oh cursed troubled world
Last Line:
Vice plagues the mind and virtue flesh and blood
DMI number:
41747

75. Oh fie what mean I foolish maid

First Line:
Oh fie what mean I foolish maid
Last Line:
Oh then oh then do not me deny
Author:
John Crowne (Confident)
DMI number:
8210

76. Oh servile state of conjugal embrace

First Line:
Oh servile state of conjugal embrace
Last Line:
And to be married is to be debauched
DMI number:
41671

77. Oh she is colder than the mountain's snow

First Line:
Oh she is colder than the mountain's snow
Last Line:
To name but love she vanishes to air
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
13891

78. Oh sir my reason is not dim with age

First Line:
Oh sir my reason is not dim with age
Last Line:
To make us recompence in inward light
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
16915

79. Oh sir your passion's dead and you are weaving

First Line:
Oh sir your passion's dead and you are weaving
Last Line:
Garlands of fine expressions for its funeral
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
17081

80. Oh we with specious names ourselves deceive

First Line:
Oh we with specious names ourselves deceive
Last Line:
And solid joys for empty titles leave
DMI number:
41304

81. Overflow in flattery fear no excess

First Line:
Overflow in flattery fear no excess
Last Line:
Only refreshes them and makes them lively
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
14771

82. Our envy never would great men pursue

First Line:
Our envy never would great men pursue
Last Line:
If their great plagues and passions too we knew
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
14982

83. On my own treasure of desert I live

First Line:
On my own treasure of desert I live
Last Line:
And all my glory from myself receive
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
16533

84. On remote fires with small concern we gaze

First Line:
On remote fires with small concern we gaze
Last Line:
But we all rise when our our dwellings blaze
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
14403

85. Pimps manage the great business of the nation

First Line:
Pimps manage the great business of the nation
Last Line:
That is the heavenly work of propagation
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
16998

86. Poor womankind

First Line:
Poor womankind
Last Line:
Witty in sin and for damnation fiar
DMI number:
41725

87. Service beyond the gratitude of kings

First Line:
Service beyond the gratitude of kings
Last Line:
Like crimes misfortune on the subject brings
DMI number:
40986

88. She who will run so near the brink of sin

First Line:
She who will run so near the brink of sin
Last Line:
If strongly pushed is sure to tumble in
DMI number:
41255

89. So so my love is in a fine condition

First Line:
So so my love is in a fine condition
Last Line:
For where's the man has freight enough for one
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
14323

90. So full of life and soul our joys have been

First Line:
So full of life and soul our joys have been
Last Line:
And burst into a laughter and a rapture
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
14606

91. That's villany that by its ill success

First Line:
That's villany that by its ill success
Last Line:
When once it gains a crown it virtue grows
DMI number:
41233

92. Talk not to me of fond renown the rude

First Line:
Talk not to me of fond renown the rude
Last Line:
For half the joys I part with for their sake
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
14735

93. Sure some men's souls are given them for plagues

First Line:
Sure some men's souls are given them for plagues
Last Line:
My thoughts are frogs and flies and lice and locusts
DMI number:
41146

94. Surfeited with fulsome ease and wealth

First Line:
Surfeited with fulsome ease and wealth
Last Line:
Our pilots all their skill for want of storms
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
17147

95. That sin | Becomes a virtue that chastises sin

First Line:
That sin | Becomes a virtue that chastises sin
Last Line:
-
DMI number:
41024

96. The hour of marriage ends the female reign

First Line:
The hour of marriage ends the female reign
Last Line:
They will be kind to every one but her
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
16466

97. The consul's lost dreadful reverse of fate

First Line:
The consul's lost dreadful reverse of fate
Last Line:
Since it has none from heaven
DMI number:
41465

98. The gods in vain plant virtue here below

First Line:
The gods in vain plant virtue here below
Last Line:
This world for virtue is too cold a clime
DMI number:
41466

99. The giddy multitude who never fear

First Line:
The giddy multitude who never fear
Last Line:
They then revenge their follies on their king
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
16757

100. The English nation like the sea it governs

First Line:
The English nation like the sea it governs
Last Line:
And always beats against the shore that bounds it
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
14595