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1. Be thou blest Bertram and succeed thy father

First Line:: Be thou blest Bertram and succeed thy father
Last Line:: But never taxed for speech
Author:: William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:: 37428

2. Conscience what art thou thou tremendous power

First Line:: Conscience what art thou thou tremendous power
Last Line:: Nay wise men flatter with the name of life
Author:: Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:: 28963

3. Give thy thoughts no tongue

First Line:: Give thy thoughts no tongue
Last Line:: Thou canst not then be false to any man
Author:: William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:: 32690

4. Let truth and virtue be their earliest teachers

First Line:: Let truth and virtue be their earliest teachers
Last Line:: That scorches freezes racks and kills the beggar
Author:: David Mallet (Absolute)
DMI number:: 30092

5. Let's take the instant by the forward top

First Line:: Let's take the instant by the forward top
Last Line:: Steals ere we can effect them
Author:: William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:: 37430

6. Now just heaven forbid

First Line:: Now just heaven forbid
Last Line:: And humbly born the true heart makes us noble
Author:: David Mallet (Absolute) & James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:: 30031

7. O that the too censorious world would learn

First Line:: O that the too censorious world would learn
Last Line:: And plead his pardon ere he deigns to ask it
Author:: Eliza Haywood [nee Fowler] (Absolute)
DMI number:: 28950

8. O immortal justice

First Line:: O immortal justice
Last Line:: Shine like thy radiant source and make the world adore
Author:: William Havard [Harvard or Haverd] (Absolute)
DMI number:: 30094

9. Portius draw near my son thou oft has seen

First Line:: Portius draw near my son thou oft has seen
Last Line:: The post of honour is a private station
Author:: Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:: 37439

10. The labouring bee when his sharp sting is gone

First Line:: The labouring bee when his sharp sting is gone
Last Line:: To make fine fools of you and all your parts
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 17534