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1. But power it seems can change the names of things

First Line:: But power it seems can change the names of things
Last Line:: Call treason virtue and make rebels kings
Author:: John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:: 17256

2. Hark how they bandy praise and flattery round

First Line:: Hark how they bandy praise and flattery round
Last Line:: And praise ourselves if any praise we'll gain
Author:: John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:: 17274

3. In my delights I can no limits bear

First Line:: In my delights I can no limits bear
Last Line:: Our joys have bounds and our desires have none
Author:: John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:: 17199

4. I'll offer and I'll suffer no abuse

First Line:: I'll offer and I'll suffer no abuse
Last Line:: Are oft the noble monuments of pride
Author:: John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:: 17321

5. Oh wretched he who called abroad by power

First Line:: Oh wretched he who called abroad by power
Last Line:: And himself loses ere himself he knows
Author:: John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:: 17255

6. Oh sir your passion's dead and you are weaving

First Line:: Oh sir your passion's dead and you are weaving
Last Line:: Garlands of fine expressions for its funeral
Author:: John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:: 17081

7. Pimps manage the great business of the nation

First Line:: Pimps manage the great business of the nation
Last Line:: That is the heavenly work of propagation
Author:: John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:: 16998

8. Surfeited with fulsome ease and wealth

First Line:: Surfeited with fulsome ease and wealth
Last Line:: Our pilots all their skill for want of storms
Author:: John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:: 17147

9. We oft by lightning read in darkest nights

First Line:: We oft by lightning read in darkest nights
Last Line:: Though you at other times can keep them dark
Author:: John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:: 17078