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1.
All actions finely gilded over succeed
First Line:
All actions finely gilded over succeed
Last Line:
Men still the doers mind and not the deed
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
13361
2.
I was your friend when you were honest
First Line:
I was your friend when you were honest
Last Line:
And hate the fogs that haunt the dirty vales
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
13366
3.
Man is a foolish pamphlet full of lies
First Line:
Man is a foolish pamphlet full of lies
Last Line:
Those never come and these fly fast away
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
16376
4.
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
5.
War destroys men but luxury mankind
First Line:
War destroys men but luxury mankind
Last Line:
At once corrupts the body and the mind
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
16367
6.
When once a shaking monarchy declines
First Line:
When once a shaking monarchy declines
Last Line:
Each thing grows bold and to its fall combines
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
14703
7.
Who bravely fall have this one happiness
First Line:
Who bravely fall have this one happiness
Last Line:
And have more love and an unenvied name
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
14702