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1. For valour wins applause

First Line:: For valour wins applause
Last Line:: That dares but to maintain the weaker cause
DMI number:: 41412

2. His name was while he lived above all envy

First Line:: His name was while he lived above all envy
Last Line:: And being dead without it
Author:: Benjamin Jonson (Absolute)
DMI number:: 14611

3. It is a kind of slander to trust rumour

First Line:: It is a kind of slander to trust rumour
Last Line:: Who's angry at a slander makes it true
Author:: Benjamin Jonson (Absolute)
DMI number:: 14498

4. Since men have left to do praiseworthy things

First Line:: Since men have left to do praiseworthy things
Last Line:: As to be raised by her is only fame
Author:: Benjamin Jonson (Absolute)
DMI number:: 14716

5. The life of fame is action understood

First Line:: The life of fame is action understood
Last Line:: And dies despised where the fame's neglected
Author:: Benjamin Jonson (Absolute)
DMI number:: 14717

6. The voice of fame should be as loud as thunder

First Line:: The voice of fame should be as loud as thunder
Last Line:: For who doth fame neglect doth virtue scorn
Author:: Benjamin Jonson (Absolute)
DMI number:: 14715

7. They talk as they are wont not as I merit

First Line:: They talk as they are wont not as I merit
Last Line:: That in the fall endangers their own head
Author:: Benjamin Jonson (Absolute)
DMI number:: 14497

8. Thou were the first mad'st merit know her strength

First Line:: Thou were the first mad'st merit know her strength
Last Line:: A desperate soloecism in truth and wit
DMI number:: 41277

9. Though every fortitude deserves applause

First Line:: Though every fortitude deserves applause
Last Line:: That virtuous is when the reward's away
Author:: Benjamin Jonson (Absolute)
DMI number:: 14773

10. Thus fame ascends by all degrees to heaven

First Line:: Thus fame ascends by all degrees to heaven
Last Line:: And leaves a light her brighter than the seven
Author:: Benjamin Jonson (Absolute)
DMI number:: 14718