Charles Sackville (Чарльз Сэквилл)

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Sylvia, methinks you are unfit
For your great Lord's embrace;
For tho' we all allow you wit,
We can't a handsome face.

Then where's the pleasure, where's the good
Of spending time and cost?
For if your wit ben't understood,
Your keeper's bliss is lost.

1. Tell Me, Dorinda, Why So Gay
2. A True Account Of The Birth And Conception Of A Late Famous Poem Call'D The Female Nine
3. On the Countess Dowager of Manchester
4. On King William's Happy Deliverance from the Intended Assassination
5. To Mr. Edward Howard on His New

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