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The Poems of Charles Sackville

Sixth Earl of Dorset: Edited by Brice Harris

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VII. Translation and Paraphrase


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Madam Maintenon's Advice to the French King. Paraphrase on the French


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In gray-hair'd Celia's wither'd arms
As mighty Lewis lay,
She cry'd, “If I have any charms,
My dearest, let's away.
“For you, my love, is all my fear;
Hark! how the drums do rattle!

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Alas, Sir, what shou'd you do here
In dreadful day of battle?
“Let little Orange stay and fight,
For danger's his diversion;
The wise will think you in the right,
Not to expose your person.
“Nor vex your thoughts how to repair
The ruins of your glory:
You ought to leave so mean a care
To those who pen your story.
“Are not Boileau and Corneille paid
For panegyric writing?
They know how heroes may be made
Without the help of fighting.
“When foes too saucily approach,
'Tis best to leave them fairly:
Put six good horses to your coach
And carry me to Marly.
“Let Boufflers, to secure your fame,
Go take some town, or buy it,
Whilst you, great Sir, at Notre Dame
Te Deum sing in quiet.”

176

The Innocent Conjugates or The Maiden Bridegroom and Virgin Bride

Inflam'd by love and led by blind desires,
The man pursues, the bashful maid retires.
He hopes for pleasure, but she fears the pain;
His love but ignorance is, her fears more vain:
Whene'er he tastes those joys so priz'd before,
He'll love no longer, and she'll fear no more.

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A Rodomontade on his Cruel Mistress


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Seek not to know a woman, for she's worse
Than all ingredients cramm'd into a curse;
Were she but ugly, peevish, proud, a whore,
Perjur'd or painted, so she where no more,
I could forgive her and connive at this,
Adjudging still she but a woman is.
But she is worse and may in time forestall
The devil and be the damning of us all.