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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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POEMS AND TRANSLATIONS
 I. 
I A PASTORAL DIALOGUE BETWEEN THIRSIS AND STREPHON
 II. 
II SONG
 III. 
III SONG
 IV. 
IV
 V. 
V TO CLORIS
 VI. 
VI INDIFFERENCE EXCUSED
 VII. 
VII ORINDA TO CLORIS
 VIII. 
VIII THE COMPLAINT
 IX. 
IX CONSTANCY
 X. 
X THE PLATONICK
 XI. 
XI TO CELIA
 XII. 
XII HER ANSWER
 XIII. 
XIII TO AMARANTA
 XIV. 
XIV THE SUBMISSION
 XV. 
XV TO A DEVOUT YOUNG GENTLEWOMAN
 XVI. 
XVI TO CELIA
 XVII. 
XVII SONG
 XVIII. 
XVIII A DIALOGUE BETWEEN AMINTAS AND CELIA
 XIX. 
XIX SONG
 XX. 
XX SONG
 XXI. 
XXI SONG
 XXII. 
XXII
 XXIII. 
XXIII
 XXIV. 
XXIV TO CELIA
 XXV. 
XXV SONG
 XXVI. 
XXVI SONG
 XXVII. 
XXVII SONG
 XXVIII. 
XXVIII THE FEIGNED LOVE
 XXIX. 
XXIX ON THE BIRTH-DAY OF THE LATE QUEEN
 XXX. 
XXX TO CLORIS
 XXXI. 
XXXI THE SOLDIERS CATCH
 XXXII. 
XXXII THE INDIFFERENCE
 XXXIII. 
XXXIII SONG
 XXXIV. 
XXXIV THE EIGHTH ODE OF THE SECOND BOOK OF HORACE
 XXXV. 
XXXV A BALLAD
 XXXVI. 
XXXVI SONG
 XXXVII. 
XXXVII ADVICE TO THE OLD BEAUX
 XXXVIII. 
XXXVIII SONG
 XXXIX. 
XXXIX SONG
 XL. 
XL SONG
 XLI. 
XLI TO THE KING ON HIS BIRTH-DAY
 XLII. 
XLII A DIALOGUE
 XLIII. 
XLIII OUT OF LYCOPHRON
 XLIV. 
XLIV TO LIBER
 XLV. 
XLV SONG
 XLVI. 
XLVI TO COSCUS
 XLVII. 
XLVII SONG
 XLVIII. 
XLVIII ON DON ALONZO
 XLIX. 
XLIX SONG
 L. 
L ON A COCK AT ROCHESTER
 LI. 
LI SONG A-LA-MODE
 LII. 
LII OUT OF FRENCH
 LIII. 
LIII THE DOCTOR AND HIS PATIENTS
 LIV. 
LIV UPON THE AUTHOR OF THE SATYR AGAINST WIT
 LV. 
LV PROLOGUE
 LVI. 
LVI PROLOGUE [TO EPSOM WELLS]
 LVII. 
LVII PROLOGUE [TO THE STROULERS]
 LVIII. 
LVIII PROLOGUE TO THE WARY WIDDOW OR SIR NOISY PARRAT
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EPIGRAMS: OR, COURT CHARACTERS
 LIX. 
LIX TO MAXIMINA
 LX. 
LX TO SEXTUS
 LXI. 
LXI TO NYSUS
 LXII. 
LXII TO CLASSICUS
 LXIII. 
LXIII TO SEXTUS
 LXIV. 
LXIV TO POSTHUMUS
 LXV. 
LXV TO SCÆVA
 LXVI. 
LXVI TO SERTORIUS
 LXVII. 
LXVII TO CLOE
 LXVIII. 
LXVIII TO CANIDIUS
 LXIX. 
LXIX TO SEPTIMUS
 LXX. 
LXX TO FLAVIUS
 LXXI. 
LXXI TO CANDIDUS
 LXXII. 
LXXII TO GAURUS
 LXXIII. 
LXXIII TO THRASO
 LXXIV. 
LXXIV ON COSCUS
 LXXV. 
LXXV TO BITHINICUS
 LXXVI. 
LXXVI TO MAXIMUS
 LXXVII. 
LXXVII TO JULIUS
 LXXVIII. 
LXXVIII TO FLAVIA
 LXXIX. 
LXXIX TO SERGIUS
 LXXX. 
LXXX THE MAIDENHEAD
 LXXXI. 
LXXXI TO QUINTUS
 LXXXII. 
LXXXII ON ARRIA AND PŒTUS
 LXXXIII. 
LXXXIII TO MILO
 LXXXIV. 
LXXXIV TO SABINUS
 LXXXV. 
LXXXV ON PHRINE
 LXXXVI. 
LXXXVI TO BASSA
 LXXXVII. 
LXXXVII TO SCILLA
 LXXXVIII. 
LXXXVIII ON SEXTUS
 LXXXIX. 
LXXXIX THE HAPPY PAIR: OR, A POEM ON MATRIMONY.
 XC. 
XC THE FOURTH BOOK OF VIRGIL
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TRANSLATIONS FROM OVID'S AMORES PRINTED IN “DRYDEN'S MISCELLANY,” 1684
 XCI. 
XCI BOOK I
 XCII. 
XCII BOOK II
 XCIII. 
XCIII BOOK III
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VOL. II
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POEMS AND TRANSLATIONS ASCRIBED TO SEDLEY ON DOUBTFUL AUTHORITY
 XCIV. 
XCIV DISTICH
 XCV. 
XCV
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From Stephens's Miscellany Poems, 1685
 XCVI. 
XCVI UPON THE SLIGHTING OF HIS FRIENDS LOVE
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From Poetical Recreations, 1688
 XCVII. 
XCVII UPON A GENTLEWOMANS REFUSAL OF A LETTER FROM ONE SHE WAS INGAGED TO
 XCVIII. 
XCVIII SONG
 XCIX. 
XCIX SONG
 C. 
C SONG
 CI. 
CI SONG
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From Buckingham's Miscellaneous Works, 1704
 CII. 
CII THE ROYAL KNOTTER
 CIII. 
CIII ADVICE TO LOVERS
 CIV. 
CIV AGAINST HIS MISTRESS'S CRUELTY
 CV. 
CV THE PETITION
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From the Diverting Post, 1704
 CVI. 
CVI By Sir Charles Sidley. Written Extempore
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From Poems on State Affairs, 1705
 CVII. 
CVII A FABLE
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From Briscoe's Edition of 1707
 CVIII. 
CVIII ON THE HAPPY CORYDON AND PHILLIS
 CIX. 
CIX ON A LADY THAT DID NOT LOVE APPLES
 CX. 
CX ON FRUITION
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From Briscoe's Edition of 1722
 CXI. 
CXI TO CELINDA
 CXII. 
CXII A SONG
 CXIII. 
CXIII CUPID'S RETURN
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THE PASTORALS OF VIRGIL
 CXIV. 
CXIV THE FIRST PASTORAL [OF VIRGIL]
 CXV. 
CXV THE SECOND PASTORAL [OF VIRGIL]
 CXVI. 
CXVI THE THIRD PASTORAL
 CXVII. 
CXVII THE FOURTH PASTORAL
 CXVIII. 
CXVIII THE FIFTH PASTORAL
 CXIX. 
CXIX THE SIXTH PASTORAL
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CXX THE SEVENTH PASTORAL
  
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 CXXI. 
CXXI THE EIGHTH PASTORAL
 CXXII. 
CXXII THE NINTH PASTORAL
 CXXIII. 
CXXIII THE TENTH PASTORAL
 CXXIV. 
CXXIV A PINDARIQUE ODE
 CXXV. 
CXXV THE FALL
 CXXVI. 
CXXVI TO PHILLIS: WHO SLIGHTED HIM
 CXXVII. 
CXXVII SOPHRONIA'S ANSWER TO A COXCOMB
 CXXVIII. 
CXXVIII TO CLARISSA
 CXXIX. 
CXXIX A Lady, asking the Author's Opinion of two Gentlemen, her Lovers, occasioned the following Lines
 CXXX. 
CXXX SONG
 CXXXI. 
CXXXI SONG
 CXXXII. 
CXXXII SONG
 CXXXIII. 
CXXXIII SONG
 CXXXIV. 
CXXXIV THE MINOUET
 CXXXV. 
CXXXV THE TOPER
 CXXXVI. 
CXXXVI VENUS AND ADONIS: OR THE AMOUR OF VENUS

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177

CXX THE SEVENTH PASTORAL

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The attribution of this poem is questionable.

Daphnis by Chance his Seat reposing took
Beneath the Covert of a spreading Oak,
And Coridon and Thyrsis thither led
Their Flocks, that joyning now together fed:
She-Goats fair fruitful Coridon did keep,
The Charge of Thyrsis was his bleating Sheep,
Both in their Prime! and both Arcadian Swains!
Both apt and ready at alternate Strains.
Now while I for my tender Myrtles made
A Fence from Cold, unhappily had stray'd
My Goat the Husband of the Flock, and I
Seeking th' unlucky Truant Daphnis spy,
When me again he had rejoycing spy'd,
Hither, oh Melibæus! haste, he cry'd,
Safe be thy Goats! and if Affairs permit,
In this cool Shade a while, I prithee sit,
Hither will come thy Bullocks thro' the Meads
To drink, and here behold, with waving Reeds
The River Mencius ouzy Banks are crown'd,
And from the sacred Oak the murm'ring Bees resound.
What shou'd I do in this Uncertainty?
I had not Phillis, nor Alappe nigh,
Who from the Call of their inviting Damms,
Might now secure at home my weaned Lambs,
And Numbers on the crowded Plain appear,
These youthful Shepherds fam'd Dispute to hear;
I idly too prefer their light Affairs
Before my Bus'ness, and more serious Cares.
The Shepherds then began to try their Skill
In Strains alternate, which the Muses will,
I shou'd remember; thus his Art each shows,
These Coridon recites, and Thyrsis those.
Coridon
Ye lov'ly Muses! my Delight! incline
To grant my Lays a Harmony divine;
Like those of charming Codrus, let them be,
Who is in worth Apollo! next to thee,
Or if my Prayer unkindly is deny'd,
My pipe shall on this sacred Oak abide.

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Thyrsis
Arcadian Swains! around my Temples place
An Ivy Wreath, that Codrus in Disgrace,
May burst with Spight, or if malicious Praise
From his ill Tongue, too high my Value raise:
With Baccar bind my Brows (a sacred Charm)
Your growing Poet to secure from Harm.

Coridon
This rough Boar's Head with Favour Delia! see,
That little Micon now devotes to thee,
Who do's with this submissively impart
The branchy Horns of a long-living Hart,
If this proves well, thou shalt be wholly plac'd
Of smooth Punicean Stone, with Buskins grac'd.

Thyrsis
This Bowl of Milk and Cakes, Priapus! take,
A slender Present, that I yearly make.
Thy Care, my Garden is a little Spot,
A Marble Statue therefore's now thy Lot;
But if thy Blessing shall increase my Told,
Thy Marble Statue shall be chang'd to Gold.

Coridon
Oh Galatea! sweeter far to me,
Than Honey of the choice Hyblæan Bee,
Whiter than Swans that swim the Chrystal Streams,
And fairer than the clasping Ivy seems;
If thou for Coridon hast kind Concern,
Come! come! when ever my fed Bulls return.

Thyrsis
May I to thee more bitter seem than Rue,
More course than Fuz, than Seaweed abject too,
If this one day do's not to me appear,
(To weary me) more tedious than a Year,
Not yet suffic'd, what will ye ever feed?
Hence ye gorg'd Bullocks! home, for shame, with speed.

Coridon
Ye murm'ring Fountains! and thou tender Glade!
More soft than Sleep, thou sweet refreshing Shade!
By you protected, let my Cattle shun
The Summer's Heat that is ev'n now begun:
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Lo! Warmth ev'n now is in th' encreasing Year,
And budding Gems upon the Vines appear.

Thyrsis
Here store of Fuel do's the Flames provoke,
The Posts are blacken'd by continual Smoke;
Here we the Rage of Boreas safely mock,
As Wolves despise the Number of the Flock;
Or, as the rapid Streams impetuous Force,
The useless Bank that wou'd obstruct its Course.

Coridon
Here stands the Juniper! rough Chessnut grows,
And Apples fallen from their loaded Boughs,
Each where appear, the Fields with Joy are crown'd,
And Mirth and Pleasure are dispens'd around;
But from these Mountains shou'd Alexis go,
Even the Rivers wou'd refuse to flow.

Thyrsis
The Sun with scorching Beams the Meadows fires,
Thro' blasting Air the Verdure all expires,
Ev'n Bacchus to his own denys his Aid,
Nor yields the gen'rous Vine a needful Shade:
When Phillis comes, will bloom the Trees and Flow'rs,
And Rain descend in joyful plenteous Show'rs.

Coridon
The Poplar to Alcides grateful proves,
The curling Vine gay youthful Bacchus loves,
The Myrtle pleases well Love's beauteous Queen:
Apollo likes his Laurel ever green;
But while the Hazle, Phillis! is thy Care,
None than the Hazle shall be thought more rare.

Thyrsis
The Ash in Woods do's ever fairest seem,
The Pine in Gardens, Poplars by the Stream;
The Firr of lofty Mountains is the Pride:
But wou'd'st thou charming Lycidas! abide
More often here, thy Grace my Boy! would be
Far more conspicuous than the fairest Tree.
Thus, Thyrsis did contend, but all in vain,
Vanquish'd by Coridon, who on the Plain,
Is since that Time our most applauded Swain.

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