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1. All must be rapine wars and desolation

First Line:: All must be rapine wars and desolation
Last Line:: When trust and gratitude no longer bind
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 9393

2. Birthright's a vulgar road to kingly sway

First Line:: Birthright's a vulgar road to kingly sway
Last Line:: Murder and usurpation are no more
DMI number:: 40298

3. Clarendon had law and sense

First Line:: Clarendon had law and sense
Last Line:: With here and there a pawn
Author:: John Wilmot (Speculation) & Charles Sackville (Speculation) & John Dryden (Speculation)
DMI number:: 2182

4. Grieved though I am an ancient friend to lose

First Line:: Grieved though I am an ancient friend to lose
Last Line:: And add new venom when you write of Rome
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 7237

5. Hard steel succeeded then

First Line:: Hard steel succeeded then
Last Line:: And justice here oppressed to heaven returns
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 9805

6. I can forgive

First Line:: I can forgive
Last Line:: Is stabbed by its own guards
DMI number:: 40278

7. In times overgrown with rust and ignorance

First Line:: In times overgrown with rust and ignorance
Last Line:: And saved himself as cheap as ever he could
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 28237

8. Ingrateful woman | Who followed me but as the swallow summer

First Line:: Ingrateful woman | Who followed me but as the swallow summer
Last Line:: And promises a lie before he speaks
DMI number:: 39552

9. Interest is the most prevailing cheat

First Line:: Interest is the most prevailing cheat
Last Line:: For souls already warped receive an easy bent
DMI number:: 39723

10. Nor were the gods themselves more safe above

First Line:: Nor were the gods themselves more safe above
Last Line:: Did with promiscuous grace his flowing locks adorn
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 11200