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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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Sad Damon's and Alph[e]sibæus Muse,
At which the Herd admiring, did refuse
Their needful Food, amaz'd the Lynxes stood,
And the chang'd River sto[p]p'd its rapid Flood,
The melancholly and the magic Strains
Of these we'll sing, that charm'd the wond'ring Plains.