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An Epigram to Flavia
By Sir Charles Sedley (16391701)(Works, 1722) WHEN to thy husband thou didst first refuse | |
The lawful pleasures of thy charming bed: | |
Men did his pipe and pot, and whores accuse; | |
On his mere lewdness the whole fault we laid: | |
Into thy house thou tookest a deep Divine, | 5 |
And all thy neighbours flocked to hear him preach: | |
The cheated world did in thy praises join, | |
The wise sort yet knew thy wanton reach, | |
From Sunday’s crowds thou didst thy gallants choose, | |
And when they failed thee, good Doctors use. | 10 |