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21.
A world that's full of fools and madmen
First Line:
A world that's full of fools and madmen
Last Line:
I cry for all their ills and laugh at all their follies
DMI number:
5169
22.
A wretch had committed all manner of evil
First Line:
A wretch had committed all manner of evil
Last Line:
But all yesterday I was drunk with October
DMI number:
7681
23.
All human satisfaction springs
First Line:
All human satisfaction springs
Last Line:
That all is outside all is show
DMI number:
25020
24.
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
25.
All preferment | That springs from sin and lust shoots up quickly
First Line:
All preferment | That springs from sin and lust shoots up quickly
Last Line:
Even like a salad growing upon a dunghill
Author:
Thomas Middleton (Absolute)
DMI number:
17308
26.
And while none dare show kings they go amiss
First Line:
And while none dare show kings they go amiss
Last Line:
Even base obedience their corruption is
Author:
Fulke Greville (Absolute)
DMI number:
16870
27.
All this with indignation have I hurled
First Line:
All this with indignation have I hurled
Last Line:
Man differs more from man then man from beast
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
5409
28.
And could the traitors find no fitter time
First Line:
And could the traitors find no fitter time
Last Line:
Success seems heaven's commission to rebel
DMI number:
41359
29.
All you who leap religion's sacred fence
First Line:
All you who leap religion's sacred fence
Last Line:
That God though injured is not deaf nor blind
DMI number:
36217
30.
All you who leap religion's sacred fence
First Line:
All you who leap religion's sacred fence
Last Line:
That the injured god is neither deaf nor blind
DMI number:
4094
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