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21.
Conceal no fraud for both are equal thieves
First Line:
Conceal no fraud for both are equal thieves
Last Line:
Who steals the goods and who when stolen receives
DMI number:
30359
22.
Exact not from a poor man though thy right
First Line:
Exact not from a poor man though thy right
Last Line:
A debt with rigour to the utmost mite
DMI number:
30339
23.
First honour god and next thy parents too
First Line:
First honour god and next thy parents too
Last Line:
And deal to all men their peculiar due
DMI number:
30307
24.
First to the gods thy humble homage pay
First Line:
First to the gods thy humble homage pay
Last Line:
And teach thy feet her heavenly paths to tread
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
30250
25.
For favour wrest not judgment nor reject
First Line:
For favour wrest not judgment nor reject
Last Line:
If ever thou judgest wrong a judge of thee
DMI number:
30308
26.
From the twelfth day of may
First Line:
From the twelfth day of may
Last Line:
Of running streams which to the eastward glide
DMI number:
23477
27.
Happy the house the goods whereof excel
First Line:
Happy the house the goods whereof excel
Last Line:
When the owner's godly and those gotten well
DMI number:
41992
28.
Good husbandmen must labour in the field
First Line:
Good husbandmen must labour in the field
Last Line:
And must keep touch or crack and run away
DMI number:
23490
29.
He that would know how minutes steal away
First Line:
He that would know how minutes steal away
Last Line:
Proclaims our lives' short span in their swift speed
DMI number:
41908
30.
He that would thrive
First Line:
He that would thrive
Last Line:
May lie till seven
DMI number:
23480
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