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The Poems of Charles Sackville

Sixth Earl of Dorset: Edited by Brice Harris
Dorset, Charles Sackville (1638?-1706)

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I. Literary Matters
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II. Old Affected Court Ladies
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III. State Affairs
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IV. Advice to Lovers
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V. Friends and Acquaintances
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VI. Court and Town
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VII. Translation and Paraphrase
  
Madam Maintenon's Advice to the French King. Paraphrase on the French
  
The Innocent Conjugates or The Maiden Bridegroom and Virgin Bride
  
A Rodomontade on his Cruel Mistress

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The Innocent Conjugates or The Maiden Bridegroom and Virgin Bride

Inflam'd by love and led by blind desires,
The man pursues, the bashful maid retires.
He hopes for pleasure, but she fears the pain;
His love but ignorance is, her fears more vain:
Whene'er he tastes those joys so priz'd before,
He'll love no longer, and she'll fear no more.
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