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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[Madam, for your Commands to stay]
Madam, for your Commands to stay,Is the mean Duty of a Wretch,
Whose Service you with Wages pay;
Lovers should at occasion catch,
Not idly wait till it be brought,
But with the Deed o're take your Thought;
Honour and Love let them give o're,
Who do their Duty, and no more.
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