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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LXX
TO FLAVIUS
Thou quiblest well, hast Craft and Industry,
Flatt'rest great Men, laugh'st at their Enemies,
Rally'st the absent, art a pretty Spy,
Yet for all this in Court thou dost not rise;
Thou play'st thy Court-game booty: I'm affraid
Th'ast promis'd Marriage, when thy Fortune's made,
And so thou dar'st not thrive upon thy Trade.
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