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351.
Thus they on flattery build foundations bad
First Line:
Thus they on flattery build foundations bad
Last Line:
And tickle cullies in their follies rise
DMI number:
24752
352.
Thus tyranny their brood whose courage fails
First Line:
Thus tyranny their brood whose courage fails
Last Line:
For every shadow frights a guilty mind
DMI number:
41391
353.
Thy father Genoese thy mother Greek
First Line:
Thy father Genoese thy mother Greek
Last Line:
False all and all their falsehoods are in thee
Author:
John Glanvill (Absolute)
DMI number:
13752
354.
Tis not advancement that I love alone
First Line:
Tis not advancement that I love alone
Last Line:
Tis love of shelter to keep shame unknown
Author:
Thomas Middleton (Absolute)
DMI number:
17307
355.
Tis gold must such an instrument procure
First Line:
Tis gold must such an instrument procure
Last Line:
With empty fist no man does falcons lure
Author:
John Webster (Absolute)
DMI number:
13816
356.
Thy very looks are lies eternal falsehood
First Line:
Thy very looks are lies eternal falsehood
Last Line:
Smiles in thy lips and flatters in thy eyes
Author:
Edmund Smith (Absolute)
DMI number:
18686
357.
Time ruinates proud buildings with her hours
First Line:
Time ruinates proud buildings with her hours
Last Line:
Stones to drop down and speak their raisers' praise
DMI number:
41914
358.
To what a height is impious murder grown
First Line:
To what a height is impious murder grown
Last Line:
If with fellonious hands we stop our breath
DMI number:
6420
359.
To that prodigious height of vice we're grown
First Line:
To that prodigious height of vice we're grown
Last Line:
And lash the knaves and fools that I despise
Author:
Robert Gould (Absolute)
DMI number:
3936
360.
To the knights burgesses and cits
First Line:
To the knights burgesses and cits
Last Line:
And your petitioners shall never pray &c
DMI number:
7678
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