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1. And few usurpers to the shades descend

First Line:: And few usurpers to the shades descend
Last Line:: By a dry death or with a quiet end
DMI number:: 40300

2. And now 'tis time for their officious haste

First Line:: And now 'tis time for their officious haste
Last Line:: Where piety and valour jointly go
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 3513

3. Ambition is the dropsy of the soul

First Line:: Ambition is the dropsy of the soul
Last Line:: How then should souls allied to sense resist it
DMI number:: 14183

4. Ambition's never safe till power be past

First Line:: Ambition's never safe till power be past
Last Line:: Whose thirst we must not yield to but control
DMI number:: 39175

5. But wild ambition loves to slide not stand

First Line:: But wild ambition loves to slide not stand
Last Line:: And fortunes ice prefers to virtues land
DMI number:: 39172

6. Great sols discern not when the leap's too wide

First Line:: Great sols discern not when the leap's too wide
Last Line:: Because they only view the farther side &c
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 6946

7. Great souls discern not when the leap's too wide

First Line:: Great souls discern not when the leap's too wide
Last Line:: They jump and only view the farther side
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 5543

8. Greatness most envied when least understood

First Line:: Greatness most envied when least understood
Last Line:: To be more wretched than the vulgar can
Author:: Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:: 18992

9. One world sufficed not Alexander's mind

First Line:: One world sufficed not Alexander's mind
Last Line:: The mighty soul how small a body holds
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 5955

10. So may the auspicious queen of love

First Line:: So may the auspicious queen of love
Last Line:: And pull the unwilling thunder down
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 883