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11. Lovers like misers cannot bear the stealth

First Line:
Lovers like misers cannot bear the stealth
Last Line:
Of the least trifle from their endless wealth
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
20661

12. O sacred hunger of pernicious gold

First Line:
O sacred hunger of pernicious gold
Last Line:
What bands of faith can impious lucre hold
DMI number:
39642

13. Of all the vows the first and chief request

First Line:
Of all the vows the first and chief request
Last Line:
Beset with thieves and never mends his pace
DMI number:
40092

14. Since first by heaven's decree the world began

First Line:
Since first by heaven's decree the world began
Last Line:
Of mounted fops that are - the devil's jest
Author:
Richard Flecknoe (Speculation) & Thomas D'Urfey (Speculation) & Thomas Brown (Speculation) & John Dryden (Absolute) & Robert Gould (Speculation)
DMI number:
6935

15. Want is a bitter but a wholesome good

First Line:
Want is a bitter but a wholesome good
Last Line:
And wit in rags is turned to ridicule
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
24654

16. Want whets the wit tis true but wit not blest

First Line:
Want whets the wit tis true but wit not blest
Last Line:
For wealth is solid food but wit is hungry sauce
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20385

17. When I made | This gold I made a greater god than Jove

First Line:
When I made | This gold I made a greater god than Jove
Last Line:
And gave my own omnipotence away
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
18986

18. Whether alone or in the harlot's lap

First Line:
Whether alone or in the harlot's lap
Last Line:
To be thy lord take one and one refuse
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
25263

19. Whether alone or in thy harlot's lap

First Line:
Whether alone or in thy harlot's lap
Last Line:
To be the lord take one and one refuse
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
25229

20. Whether alone or in thy harlot's lap

First Line:
Whether alone or in thy harlot's lap
Last Line:
To be thy lord take one and one refuse
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
25245