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1. A poet to applaud or boldly blame

First Line:: A poet to applaud or boldly blame
Last Line:: And vice to dark oblivion is betrayed
Author:: Dermot O'Connor (Absolute)
DMI number:: 27118

2. A wit's a feather and a chief's a rod

First Line:: A wit's a feather and a chief's a rod
Last Line:: But an honest man's the noblest work of God
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 33649

3. A wit's a feather and a chief's a rod

First Line:: A wit's a feather and a chief's a rod
Last Line:: Of stupid starers and of loud huzzas
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 30028

4. Give me flattery

First Line:: Give me flattery
Last Line:: And lull him in the down of his desires
Author:: Philip Massinger (Absolute) & John Fletcher (Absolute)
DMI number:: 18890

5. Heart merit wanting mount we ever so high

First Line:: Heart merit wanting mount we ever so high
Last Line:: Our height is but the gibbet of our name
Author:: Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:: 35274

6. He heightens them with commendation praise

First Line:: He heightens them with commendation praise
Last Line:: And represent to them what they should be
Author:: Charles Aleyn (Absolute)
DMI number:: 17267

7. 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

8. Learn to live well that thou mayst die so too

First Line:: Learn to live well that thou mayst die so too
Last Line:: To live and die is all we have to do
Author:: Sir John Denham (Absolute)
DMI number:: 34205

9. Let good men for good deeds covet good fame

First Line:: Let good men for good deeds covet good fame
Last Line:: Since place and riches oft are bribes for shame
Author:: John Webster (Absolute)
DMI number:: 14726

10. O you hard hearts you cruel men of Rome

First Line:: O you hard hearts you cruel men of Rome
Last Line:: Made in his concave shores
Author:: William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:: 37436

11. Our author by experience finds it true

First Line:: Our author by experience finds it true
Last Line:: And see us play the tragedy of wit
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 17532

12. One good deed dying tongueless

First Line:: One good deed dying tongueless
Last Line:: Our praises are our wages
Author:: William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:: 17258

13. Place me ye powers in some obscure retreat

First Line:: Place me ye powers in some obscure retreat
Last Line:: Worse is an evil fame much worse than none
Author:: George Granville (Absolute)
DMI number:: 33660

14. Shall my own sovereign's praise enrich my lines

First Line:: Shall my own sovereign's praise enrich my lines
Last Line:: To say to angels heaven is all divine
Author:: Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:: 12109

15. The end of every act

First Line:: The end of every act
Last Line:: But in the knowledge and ascription
Author:: George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:: 13344

16. The life of fame is action understood

First Line:: The life of fame is action understood
Last Line:: And dies despised where the fame's neglected
Author:: Benjamin Jonson (Absolute)
DMI number:: 14717

17. The youngest son of Priam a true knight

First Line:: The youngest son of Priam a true knight
Last Line:: Is more vindicative than jealous love
Author:: William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:: 37413

18. They talk as they are wont not as I merit

First Line:: They talk as they are wont not as I merit
Last Line:: That in the fall endangers their own head
Author:: Benjamin Jonson (Absolute)
DMI number:: 14497

19. This was the noblest Roman of them all

First Line:: This was the noblest Roman of them all
Last Line:: And say to all the world this was a man
Author:: William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:: 37392

20. Though every fortitude deserves applause

First Line:: Though every fortitude deserves applause
Last Line:: That virtuous is when the reward's away
Author:: Benjamin Jonson (Absolute)
DMI number:: 14773