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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LXXI
TO CANDIDUS
[From Martial,] Lib. 2. Ep. 43.
All Things are common amongst Friends, thou say'st;This is thy Morning and thy Ev'ning-song,
Thou in rich Point, and Indian-Silk art dress'd
Six foreign Steeds to thy Calash belong,
Whil'st by my Cloaths the Ragman scarce wou'd gain;
And an uneasie Hackny jolts my Sides;
A Cloak embroider'd intercepts thy Rain,
A worsted Camblet my torn Breeches hides;
Turbots and Mullets thy large Dishes hold,
In mine a solitary Whiting lies;
Thy Train might Fire the impotent and old,
Whil'st my poor Hand a Ganimede supplies:
For an old wanting Friend thou'lt nothing do,
Ye[t] all is common among Friends we know;
Nothing so common, as to use 'em so.
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