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The Poems of Charles Sackville

Sixth Earl of Dorset: Edited by Brice Harris
Dorset, Charles Sackville (1638?-1706)
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I. Literary Matters
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II. Old Affected Court Ladies
  
The Antiquated Coquette
  
On the Countess Dowager of Manchester
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Four Poems on the Countess of Dorchester
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III. State Affairs
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IV. Advice to Lovers
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V. Friends and Acquaintances
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VI. Court and Town
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VII. Translation and Paraphrase

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[Tell me, Dorinda, why so gay]

Tell me, Dorinda, why so gay,
Why such embroid'ry, fringe, and lace?
Can any dresses find a way
To stop th'approaches of decay
And mend thy ruin'd face?
Wilt thou still sparkle in the box,
And ogle in the ring?
Canst thou forget thy age and pox?
Can all that shines on shells and rocks
Make thee a fine young thing?
So have I seen in larder dark
Of veal a lucid loin,
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Replete with many a heatless spark,
As wise philosophers remark,
At once both stink and shine.
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