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1. All seek their ends and each would other cheat

First Line:
All seek their ends and each would other cheat
Last Line:
Tis who bids most for all men would be sold
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
19175

2. And though love's all the world's pretence

First Line:
And though love's all the world's pretence
Last Line:
Which all address and courtships made to
DMI number:
39861

3. And to be plain tis not your person

First Line:
And to be plain tis not your person
Last Line:
That my enamoured heart bewitches
DMI number:
39864

4. As Hesiod sings spread water over thy field

First Line:
As Hesiod sings spread water over thy field
Last Line:
Which makes us borrow what we cannot pay
Author:
Sir John Denham (Absolute)
DMI number:
13810

5. Are all my services forgot this morn

First Line:
Are all my services forgot this morn
Last Line:
Or with an Obolus relieve his wants
Author:
William Philips (Absolute)
DMI number:
20388

6. Art thou a man and shamest thou not to beg

First Line:
Art thou a man and shamest thou not to beg
Last Line:
I would esteem the sin not thine but his
Author:
Benjamin Jonson (Absolute)
DMI number:
13713

7. At midnight thus the usurer steals untracked

First Line:
At midnight thus the usurer steals untracked
Last Line:
And feasts his eyes upon the shining mammon
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
20045

8. Base worldlings that despise all such as need

First Line:
Base worldlings that despise all such as need
Last Line:
Not knowing unto what themselves may come
Author:
Thomas Heywood (Absolute)
DMI number:
13715

9. Bounty and gifts lose more than they do find

First Line:
Bounty and gifts lose more than they do find
Last Line:
And so gifts laid for love do catch men wrath
Author:
Samuel Daniel (Absolute)
DMI number:
13803

10. Blow winds and crack your cheeks rage blow

First Line:
Blow winds and crack your cheeks rage blow
Last Line:
And show the heavens more just
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
37394

11. Bond damns the poor and hates them from his heart

First Line:
Bond damns the poor and hates them from his heart
Last Line:
Admits and leaves them providence's care
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
22426

12. But do not so I have five hundred crowns

First Line:
But do not so I have five hundred crowns
Last Line:
In all your business and necessities
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
37416

13. But I whom griping penury surrounds

First Line:
But I whom griping penury surrounds
Last Line:
With Massic Setin or renowned Falern
Author:
John Philips (Absolute)
DMI number:
28165

14. But the base miser starves amidst his store

First Line:
But the base miser starves amidst his store
Last Line:
Sits sadly pining and believes he's poor
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
5972

15. But when by man's audacious labour won

First Line:
But when by man's audacious labour won
Last Line:
To Ward to Waters Chartres or the devil
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
22422

16. Come forth state and wonder

First Line:
Come forth state and wonder
Last Line:
Since money this base money gan to have any
Author:
Benjamin Jonson (Absolute)
DMI number:
16653

17. Content is wealth the riches of the mind

First Line:
Content is wealth the riches of the mind
Last Line:
And happy he who can that treasure find
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
5560

18. Creditors my lord

First Line:
Creditors my lord
Last Line:
They have been beholden to
Author:
John Ford (Absolute)
DMI number:
14441

19. 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

20. Dan Congreve spent in writing plays

First Line:
Dan Congreve spent in writing plays
Last Line:
And so might every dunce alive
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Absolute)
DMI number:
17291