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 CHARLES SACKVILLE, EARL OF DORSET

And now we've told you all our loves,

And likewise all our fears, In hopes this declaration moves

Some pity for our tean, Let 's hear of no inconstancy We have too much of that at sea With a fa, la, la, la, la.

��420 Dorinda

^ORINDA's sparkling wit, and eyes,

Uniting cast too fierce a light, Which blazes high, but quickly dicb, Pains not the heart, but hurts the sight.

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��Love is a calmer, gentler py,

Smooth are his looks and soft his pace, Her Cupid is a black-guard boy

That runs his link full in your face.

��SIR CHARLES SEDLEY 421 To Chloris

i, Chloris 1 that I now could sit As unconcern'd as when Your infant beauty could beget When I the dawn used to admire,

And praised the coming day, I little thought the growing fire

Must take my rest away.

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