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1. All these fond pleasures if fond things

First Line:
All these fond pleasures if fond things
Last Line:
And vex thee with annoy
Author:
Samuel Brandon (Absolute)
DMI number:
17174

2. As dogs of Nilus drink a snatch and gone

First Line:
As dogs of Nilus drink a snatch and gone
Last Line:
Sweets must be tasted and not glutted on
Author:
Charles Aleyn (Absolute)
DMI number:
17192

3. Are you not proud of your clothes

First Line:
Are you not proud of your clothes
Last Line:
Made proud by the favour of a waiting-woman
Author:
Robert Tailor (Absolute)
DMI number:
17318

4. But how men gain their power the gods do not

First Line:
But how men gain their power the gods do not
Last Line:
So much regard as how tis used when got
Author:
Roger Boyle (Absolute)
DMI number:
17254

5. Court promises let wise men count them cursed

First Line:
Court promises let wise men count them cursed
Last Line:
For while you live he that scores best pays worst
Author:
John Webster (Absolute)
DMI number:
17341

6. Daily and hourly proof | Tell us prosperity is at highest degree

First Line:
Daily and hourly proof | Tell us prosperity is at highest degree
Last Line:
Their own top-heavy state grubs up their root
Author:
George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
17356

7. Ease dulls the spirit each drop of fond delight

First Line:
Ease dulls the spirit each drop of fond delight
Last Line:
Allays the thirst which glory doth excite
DMI number:
17173

8. Farewell to thy enticing vanity

First Line:
Farewell to thy enticing vanity
Last Line:
The treasure thou includest is dust and smoke
Author:
Nathan Field (Absolute) & John Fletcher (Absolute)
DMI number:
17189

9. For power is proud till it look down to fear

First Line:
For power is proud till it look down to fear
Last Line:
Though only safe by ever looking there
Author:
Fulke Greville (Absolute)
DMI number:
17244

10. For this chaos | This lump of projects ere it be licked over

First Line:
For this chaos | This lump of projects ere it be licked over
Last Line:
All fashions ere ye apparel villainy
DMI number:
17213

11. He has not felt | The weight of need that want is virtue's clog

First Line:
He has not felt | The weight of need that want is virtue's clog
Author:
Thomas Randolph (Absolute)
DMI number:
17330

12. He who cannot merit | Preferment by employments let him bare

First Line:
He who cannot merit | Preferment by employments let him bare
Last Line:
Or die or live a slave without redemption
Author:
John Ford (Absolute)
DMI number:
17309

13. He that is proud eats up himself pride is

First Line:
He that is proud eats up himself pride is
Last Line:
The deed devours the deed in the praise
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
17312

14. Henceforth I'll strive to fly the sight of pleasure

First Line:
Henceforth I'll strive to fly the sight of pleasure
Last Line:
From the sweet tunes of the Sicilian shore
Author:
Shackerley Marmion (Absolute)
DMI number:
17193

15. How blind is pride what eagles are we still

First Line:
How blind is pride what eagles are we still
Last Line:
What beetles in our own
Author:
George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
17315

16. How wretched is that suppliant who must

First Line:
How wretched is that suppliant who must
Last Line:
Make suit to obtain that which he fears to take
Author:
Richard Brome (Absolute)
DMI number:
17165

17. I believe cunning | Court ladies choose some pretty venial errors

First Line:
I believe cunning | Court ladies choose some pretty venial errors
Last Line:
A scorn you would deserve it
Author:
William Habington (Absolute)
DMI number:
17319

18. Long lulled asleep with scornful fortune's lies

First Line:
Long lulled asleep with scornful fortune's lies
Last Line:
One must be wretched once or young or old
Author:
William Alexander (Absolute)
DMI number:
17177

19. Let this example move the insolent man

First Line:
Let this example move the insolent man
Last Line:
Thus low and little fore the eve doth lie
Author:
Benjamin Jonson (Absolute)
DMI number:
17314

20. Like dew upon the grass when pleasure's sun

First Line:
Like dew upon the grass when pleasure's sun
Last Line:
Shines on your virtues all your virtue's done
Author:
John Marston (Absolute) & Lewis Machin (Absolute) & William Barksted [Backsted or Baxter] (Absolute)
DMI number:
17181