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The poetical and dramatic works of Sir Charles Sedley

Collected and Edited from the Old Editions: With a preface on the text, explanatory and textual notes, an appendix containing works of doubtful authenticity, and a bibliography: By V. de Sola Pinto
Sedley, Charles (1639?-1701)

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POEMS AND TRANSLATIONS ASCRIBED TO SEDLEY ON DOUBTFUL AUTHORITY
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XCIV DISTICH
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XCV
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From Stephens's Miscellany Poems, 1685
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From Poetical Recreations, 1688
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From Buckingham's Miscellaneous Works, 1704
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From the Diverting Post, 1704
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From Poems on State Affairs, 1705
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From Briscoe's Edition of 1707
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From Briscoe's Edition of 1722
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CXI TO CELINDA
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CXII A SONG
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CXIII CUPID'S RETURN
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THE PASTORALS OF VIRGIL

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CXI
TO CELINDA

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The attribution of this poem is questionable.

Celinda, think not by Disdain,
To vanquish my Desire
By telling me, I sigh in vain
And feed a hopeless Fire.
Despair it self too weak does prove,
Your Beauty to disarm,
By Fate I was ordain'd to Love,
As you were born to Charm.
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