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1.
Good works abound in Rome tis well they do
First Line:
Good works abound in Rome tis well they do
Last Line:
No sort of men that ride so fast as they
Author:
Francis Quarles (Absolute)
DMI number:
13876
2.
If Rome could pardon sins as Romans hold
First Line:
If Rome could pardon sins as Romans hold
Last Line:
We'll search no scriptures but the mines for gold
Author:
Francis Quarles (Absolute)
DMI number:
17009
3.
Our god and soldier we alike adore
First Line:
Our god and soldier we alike adore
Last Line:
God is forgotten and the soldier slighted
Author:
Francis Quarles (Absolute)
DMI number:
36598
4.
Plausus would thrive and therefore does obey
First Line:
Plausus would thrive and therefore does obey
Last Line:
Plausus will never pray without a cause
Author:
Francis Quarles (Absolute)
DMI number:
17065
5.
Some faiths are like those mills that cannot grind
First Line:
Some faiths are like those mills that cannot grind
Last Line:
Their corn unless they work against the wind
Author:
Francis Quarles (Absolute)
DMI number:
14681
6.
Some raw divines no sooner are espoused
First Line:
Some raw divines no sooner are espoused
Last Line:
They Pharoah like are drowned both horse and foot
Author:
Francis Quarles (Absolute)
DMI number:
13920
7.
Th' oft shaken tree grows faster at the root
First Line:
Th' oft shaken tree grows faster at the root
Last Line:
And faith's most firm that's sometimes urged with doubt
Author:
Francis Quarles (Absolute)
DMI number:
14682
8.
The chaste Sempronia knows not how to escape
First Line:
The chaste Sempronia knows not how to escape
Last Line:
Is not Sempronia left at sex and seven
Author:
Francis Quarles (Absolute)
DMI number:
17067
9.
Tis not to cry God mercy or to sit
First Line:
Tis not to cry God mercy or to sit
Last Line:
Confesses rather what he means to do
DMI number:
40796
10.
True faith and reason are the soul's two eyes
First Line:
True faith and reason are the soul's two eyes
Last Line:
The true bred christian always looks asquint
Author:
Francis Quarles (Absolute)
DMI number:
14683