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41. In vain my muse I bid you hold in vain

First Line:: In vain my muse I bid you hold in vain
Last Line:: For ever now farewell a long adieu
DMI number:: 8971

42. Let the self lover these strict lessons learn

First Line:: Let the self lover these strict lessons learn
Last Line:: Will cure his passion and correct his pride
DMI number:: 9438

43. My sire to business threescore years applied

First Line:: My sire to business threescore years applied
Last Line:: On scrolls over which with so much gain they pored
DMI number:: 27909

44. My rhyme unforced attends to reasons call

First Line:: My rhyme unforced attends to reasons call
Last Line:: Or take him for a friend to truth
DMI number:: 8945

45. My friend Bilain as yesterday

First Line:: My friend Bilain as yesterday
Last Line:: I have 'em all they're lasting ware
DMI number:: 9441

46. My friend Marullus I'm uneasy

First Line:: My friend Marullus I'm uneasy
Last Line:: So dull and wanting more of flame than phlegm
DMI number:: 9445

47. If my past writings for my present plead

First Line:: If my past writings for my present plead
Last Line:: Yet will not dare his frailties to defend
DMI number:: 27920

48. Learned sir you're right for all engaged in sin

First Line:: Learned sir you're right for all engaged in sin
Last Line:: This doctrine to refute and strike me dumb
DMI number:: 8973

49. Midst the soft pleasures of fraternal peace

First Line:: Midst the soft pleasures of fraternal peace
Last Line:: And substitute a journeyman divine
DMI number:: 27912

50. Mistake not fathers read it once again

First Line:: Mistake not fathers read it once again
Last Line:: With sparks of lust the punished sinners breast
DMI number:: 8919

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