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1. All human things are subject to decay

First Line:: All human things are subject to decay
Last Line:: With double portion of his father's art
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 3685

2. An honest man may take a knave's advice

First Line:: An honest man may take a knave's advice
Last Line:: But idiots only will be cheated twice
DMI number:: 39355

3. Choose for thy command

First Line:: Choose for thy command
Last Line:: And torture one poor word a thousand ways
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 12895

4. Fortune takes care that fools should still be seen

First Line:: Fortune takes care that fools should still be seen
Last Line:: Twould make ten fools a man's a prodigy
Author:: Nathaniel Lee (Absolute) & John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 18920

5. How wretched is the fate of those that write

First Line:: How wretched is the fate of those that write
Last Line:: One made the doctor and one dubbed the knight
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 3471

6. No poor Dutch peasant winged with all his fear

First Line:: No poor Dutch peasant winged with all his fear
Last Line:: We'll boldly back and say their price is raised
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 4019

7. Old as I am for ladies love unfit

First Line:: Old as I am for ladies love unfit
Last Line:: When beauty fires the blood how love exalts the mind
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 3930

8. The giddy vulgar as their fancies guide

First Line:: The giddy vulgar as their fancies guide
Last Line:: With noise say nothing and in parts divide
DMI number:: 40038

9. Thou common shore of this poetic town

First Line:: Thou common shore of this poetic town
Last Line:: His mistress lost and yet his pen's his sword
Author:: John Dryden (Speculation)
DMI number:: 7066

10. Tis hard my friend to write in such an age

First Line:: Tis hard my friend to write in such an age
Last Line:: So great a poet and so good a friend
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 3184