Sir Charles Sedley

Who is Sir Charles Sedley

Love Still Has Something Of The Sea
Love still has something of the sea,
From whence his Mother rose;
No time his slaves from doubt can free,
Nor give their thoughts repose. ...
The Knotting Song
"Hears not my Phyllis how the birds
Their feathered mates salute?
They tell their passion in their words:
Must I alone be mute?" ...
Phyllis Is My Only Joy
Phyllis is my only joy,
Faithless as the winds or seas;
Sometimes coming, sometimes coy,
Yet she never fails to please;...
To Cloris
Cloris, I cannot say your eyes
Did my unwary heart surprise;
Nor will I swear it was your face,
Your shape, or any nameless grace: ...
Child And Maiden
Ah, Chloris! could I now but sit
As unconcern'd as when
Your infant beauty could beget
No happiness or pain!...

Mulberrycoates: they were part of a gang that called itself the ballers, a name which gave rise to this marvellous aside in a 1979 academic paper entitled sir charles sedley and the ballers’ oath (in a periodical called the scriblerian and the kit-cats. no, really):
Jarrydbartle: the bill abolishes the common law offence of "outraging public decency " - the first documented prosecution of which was sedley's case (1675) following english noble sir charles sedley pissing on a crowd of hecklers.
Edithmayhall: hive mind! i'm desperate to find a way to view a tv comedy of 1974 called bellamira which is actually a restoration version by sir charles sedley of terence's eunuchus. starred helen mirren. does anyone have access to a recording?
Capellofft: a tory mp in the late 17th century, sir charles sedley, was rebuked for his absence from a debate. he replied, 'i know how the matter will go, & an honest man signifies no more in that house to rectify it, than a drop of essence to perfume a pail full of stale piss'
Phoenix_intj: "no drowning man can know which drop of water his last breath did stop" sir charles sedley, to cloris