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1. Can the deep statesman skilled in great design

First Line:: Can the deep statesman skilled in great design
Last Line:: The wish that sighs for sublunary things
Author:: John Cunningham (Absolute)
DMI number:: 33128

2. Hark heard ye not that piercing cry

First Line:: Hark heard ye not that piercing cry
Last Line:: For other's woe down virtue's manly cheeks
Author:: Erasmus Darwin (Absolute)
DMI number:: 36968

3. Know mortals that the men the gods most love

First Line:: Know mortals that the men the gods most love
Last Line:: He but goes backward in all noble deeds
Author:: Thomas Goffe [Gough] (Absolute)
DMI number:: 17153

4. Let not thy avarice tempt thee to withdraw

First Line:: Let not thy avarice tempt thee to withdraw
Last Line:: Be just and wise and tremble to transgress
Author:: John Philips (Confident)
DMI number:: 9388

5. Oh Davus am I so despised a fool

First Line:: Oh Davus am I so despised a fool
Last Line:: The plot that I more courage might have shown
DMI number:: 8551

6. Promises of princes must not be

First Line:: Promises of princes must not be
Last Line:: The faith he hath made them
Author:: William Habington (Absolute)
DMI number:: 17347

7. The people thus in time of peace agree

First Line:: The people thus in time of peace agree
Last Line:: Which shrouded them of late against a storm
Author:: William Alexander (Absolute)
DMI number:: 17113

8. Things over rank do never kindly bear

First Line:: Things over rank do never kindly bear
Last Line:: Sits above fortune and controlleth time
Author:: Michael Drayton (Absolute)
DMI number:: 17358

9. Unactive wishes slow concessions find

First Line:: Unactive wishes slow concessions find
Last Line:: Where sleep's their business sleep should be their meat
Author:: Edmund Arwaker (Absolute)
DMI number:: 11307

10. What cannot be preserved when fortune takes

First Line:: What cannot be preserved when fortune takes
Last Line:: He robs himself that spends a bootless grief
Author:: William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:: 17084