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1.
As Jupiter I made my court in vain
First Line:
As Jupiter I made my court in vain
Last Line:
To bind your friends and to disarm your foes
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
3710
2.
Clarendon had law and sense
First Line:
Clarendon had law and sense
Last Line:
With here and there a pawn
Author:
Charles Sackville (Speculation) & John Dryden (Speculation) & John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
2182
3.
Discord and plots which have undone our age
First Line:
Discord and plots which have undone our age
Last Line:
Oxford's a place where wit can never starve
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4022
4.
Gallants by all good signs it does appear
First Line:
Gallants by all good signs it does appear
Last Line:
And you'll be troubled with them all agen
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute) & John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4202
5.
Hear me dull prostitute worse than my wife
First Line:
Hear me dull prostitute worse than my wife
Last Line:
While thy vile heroes to their pardons run
Author:
John Somers (Confident)
DMI number:
5498
6.
In pious times ere priestcraft did begin
First Line:
In pious times ere priestcraft did begin
Last Line:
And willing nations knew their lawful lord
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
3689
7.
Much time and trouble this poor play has cost
First Line:
Much time and trouble this poor play has cost
Last Line:
With tory wings but whiggish teeth and claws
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
35785
8.
Of all our antic sights and pageantry
First Line:
Of all our antic sights and pageantry
Last Line:
Reclined us on a rightful monarch's breast
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
3823