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1. Ambition daughter of the skies

First Line:: Ambition daughter of the skies
Last Line:: Tis best to send me with a mitre
DMI number:: 26799

2. Come Ganymede and fill each glass with wine

First Line:: Come Ganymede and fill each glass with wine
Last Line:: But the chief fuel's private interest
DMI number:: 43076

3. Dull awkward mimic of the great

First Line:: Dull awkward mimic of the great
Last Line:: The cloud remains - remains despised
Author:: Matthew Pilkington (Absolute)
DMI number:: 18657

4. For places in the court are but like beds

First Line:: For places in the court are but like beds
Last Line:: At that man's foot and so lower and lower
Author:: John Webster (Absolute)
DMI number:: 17305

5. Geta from wool and weaving first began

First Line:: Geta from wool and weaving first began
Last Line:: He swelled to be a lord and then he burst
DMI number:: 41923

6. How much of paper's spoiled what floods of ink

First Line:: How much of paper's spoiled what floods of ink
Last Line:: An honest heart is worth its weight in gold
Author:: Mary Jones (Absolute)
DMI number:: 23663

7. In each ambitious measure crossed

First Line:: In each ambitious measure crossed
Last Line:: As shamefully as they came in
Author:: Sir Charles Hanbury Williams (Speculation)
DMI number:: 18291

8. Lo when prosperity too much prevails

First Line:: Lo when prosperity too much prevails
Last Line:: They move in state all swollen with fortune's winds
Author:: William Alexander (Absolute)
DMI number:: 17360

9. Nor reigns ambition in bold man alone

First Line:: Nor reigns ambition in bold man alone
Last Line:: Give peace in hand and promise bliss to come
Author:: Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:: 32450

10. On this last labour this me closing strain

First Line:: On this last labour this me closing strain
Last Line:: At will to raise or hush the civil storm
Author:: Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:: 32452