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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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VOL. I
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VOL. II
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POEMS AND TRANSLATIONS ASCRIBED TO SEDLEY ON DOUBTFUL AUTHORITY
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XCIV DISTICH
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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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CII THE ROYAL KNOTTER
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CIII ADVICE TO LOVERS
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CIV AGAINST HIS MISTRESS'S CRUELTY
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CV THE PETITION
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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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THE PASTORALS OF VIRGIL

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CV
THE PETITION

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The attribution of this poem is questionable.

Oh Lycidas, why thus alone
With Arms a cross, dost sigh and moan?
Can thy Cosmelia prove unkind,
Or ought prevail to change her Mind?
She was, she is great Nature's Pride;
In Goodness, to the best ally'd
In her bright Eyes such Beauties Shine,
Mercy would make her all divine;
O ye propitious Powers above,
That gently do incline to love,
Convey into her Breast soft Fire,
Amorous Thoughts, and kind Desire.
But if it be decreed by Fate,
That I must love, and she must hate;
Ah! let her not Disdain to give
A Tear, when I no longer live.
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