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11. Greatness is but the shadow of the beams

First Line:
Greatness is but the shadow of the beams
Last Line:
Work near enough to set itself on fire
Author:
Sir John Suckling (Absolute)
DMI number:
14979

12. He has inverted all the rule of state

First Line:
He has inverted all the rule of state
Last Line:
The faults of his ministers none none at all
DMI number:
41191

13. He that is content with lasses clothed in plain woollen

First Line:
He that is content with lasses clothed in plain woollen
Last Line:
As good stuff under flannel lies as under silken clothes
Author:
Sir John Suckling (Absolute)
DMI number:
16253

14. His resolution's like

First Line:
His resolution's like
Last Line:
Yet does it meet it handsomely again
DMI number:
40843

15. How weak is lovers laws

First Line:
How weak is lovers laws
Last Line:
Are fast and loose as they that hold them please
Author:
Sir John Suckling (Absolute)
DMI number:
16250

16. I am a rogue if I do not think

First Line:
I am a rogue if I do not think
Last Line:
Would laver against the wind
DMI number:
41192

17. I do here entertain a friendship with thee

First Line:
I do here entertain a friendship with thee
Last Line:
Remain the debtors when we come to die
Author:
Sir John Suckling (Absolute)
DMI number:
14833

18. Is there in martyrdom no juster way

First Line:
Is there in martyrdom no juster way
Last Line:
That have endured the flame with constancy
Author:
Sir John Suckling (Absolute)
DMI number:
14026

19. Joy never feasts so high

First Line:
Joy never feasts so high
Last Line:
As when the first course is of misery
Author:
Sir John Suckling (Absolute)
DMI number:
15791

20. It is ill done Semanthe to plead bankrupt

First Line:
It is ill done Semanthe to plead bankrupt
Last Line:
Tis the least miracle that love can do
Author:
Sir John Suckling (Absolute)
DMI number:
16254