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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THE SUBMISSION
Ah! Pardon, Madam; if I ever thought
Your smallest Favours could too dear be bought;
And the just Greatness of your Servants Flame,
I did the Poorness of their Spirits name;
Calling their long Attendance Slavery,
Your Power of Life and Death flat Tyranny;
Since now I yield, and do confess there is
No way too hard that leads to such Bliss.
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Where Loss was Death, and Conquest but a Face,
He stood amazed at the fatal Strife,
Wondring that Love shou'd dearer be than Life;
But when he saw the Prize no longer staid,
But through those very Dangers sought the Maid,
And won her too: O may his Conquest prove,
A happy Omen to my purer Love;
Which if the Honour of all Victory,
In the Resistance of the Vanquisht lie,
Though it may be the least regarded Prize,
Is not the smallest Trophy of our Eyes.
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