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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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LXXXIII
TO MILO

[From Martial, Lib. 2. Ep. 64.]

One Month a Lawyer, thou the next wilt be
A grave Physician, and the third a Priest;
Chuse quickly one Profession of the three;
Marry'd to her, thou yet may'st court the rest.
Whil'st thou stand'st doubting, Bradbury has got
Five Thousand Pound, and Conquest as much more;
W--- is made B---, from a drunken Sot:
Leap in, and stand not shiv'ring on the Shore;
On any one amiss thou can'st not fall,
Thou'lt end in nothing, if thou grasp'st at all.