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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

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But lordly Rams shall in the flow'ry Mead
In Robes of native Purple proudly tread,
And sweat beneath unborrow'd State, the Lamb
Shall gaily prancing to its bleating Dam,
Repair in Crimson that the lib'ral Field
To grace the Wanton shall unsought for yield.