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1. A grave physician used to write for fees

First Line:
A grave physician used to write for fees
Last Line:
When thou prescribest thy potions and thy pills
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
3730

2. All things are common amongst friends thou sayest

First Line:
All things are common amongst friends thou sayest
Last Line:
Nothing so common as to use them so
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
6325

3. 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

4. Chloris the prettiest girl about the town

First Line:
Chloris the prettiest girl about the town
Last Line:
And to content thee I'll never stick at price
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
6334

5. Coscus thou sayest my epigrams are long

First Line:
Coscus thou sayest my epigrams are long
Last Line:
But Coscus even thy distichs tedious are
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
6328

6. How shall we please this age if in a song

First Line:
How shall we please this age if in a song
Last Line:
Vex the ill natured fools we cannot please
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
6315

7. I offer love but thou respect wilt have

First Line:
I offer love but thou respect wilt have
Last Line:
But know I can be no man's friend and slave
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
6314

8. If thou dost want a horse thou buyest a score

First Line:
If thou dost want a horse thou buyest a score
Last Line:
Out of mere want thou wilt sell all at last
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
6320

9. If Scaeva for more friends you care

First Line:
If Scaeva for more friends you care
Last Line:
If you no want of friendly virtues see
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
13096

10. Leave off thy paint perfumes and youthful dress

First Line:
Leave off thy paint perfumes and youthful dress
Last Line:
Plain downright ugliness would less offend
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
6321

11. Ovid who bid the ladies laugh

First Line:
Ovid who bid the ladies laugh
Last Line:
And laugh not above once a year
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Confident)
DMI number:
6313

12. Phrine as odious as youth well can be

First Line:
Phrine as odious as youth well can be
Last Line:
And but for faults on both sides never had met
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
6339

13. Storm not brave friend that thou hadst never yet

First Line:
Storm not brave friend that thou hadst never yet
Last Line:
For thy own pox will thy revenge contrive
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
6342

14. That thou dost cassia breathe and foreign gums

First Line:
That thou dost cassia breathe and foreign gums
Last Line:
He that smells always well does never so
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
13092

15. That thou dost shorten thy long nights with wine

First Line:
That thou dost shorten thy long nights with wine
Last Line:
But that thou art whipped is thy peculiar shame
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
6326

16. That thy wife coughs all night and spits all day

First Line:
That thy wife coughs all night and spits all day
Last Line:
She will not die but wheedles like a jade
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
6329

17. They were for breeches made obedience we

First Line:
They were for breeches made obedience we
Last Line:
Courage their virtue ours is chastity
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
5553

18. Thou wilt fight if any man call Phoebe whore

First Line:
Thou wilt fight if any man call Phoebe whore
Last Line:
That she is thine what can proclaim it more
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
13098

19. Thou quibblest well hast craft and industry

First Line:
Thou quibblest well hast craft and industry
Last Line:
And so thou darest not thrive upon thy trade
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
6324

20. Thou struttest as if thou wert the only lord

First Line:
Thou struttest as if thou wert the only lord
Last Line:
Were they alive they'd be ashamed of thee
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
6322