James Bland Burges
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Stand aside, Sir, I pray—
Let your wife, Sir, have her way,
What d'you mean by thus interposing?
I hope, Sir, I can tell
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Guzman. Thanks, Master Sancho, I'm your servant.
Our bargain's made, so here's my hand.
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When a man is fatigu'd with the toils of the day,
No med'cine like sherries can drive care away;
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Ah! how, when assur'd of her faith and love,
Could I forfeit the prize, and with happiness part?
How could I inconstant to tenderness prove,
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Alas! could fond woman but know
What anguish love brings in his train,
She would fly from the treacherous foe,
And render his stratagems vain.
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Love like an April day beguiles,
Each moment brings new changes;
From cold to heat, from frowns to smiles,
Capriciously he ranges.
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Oh God of Love! our efforts aid;
Protect a fond believing maid:
The pangs she has endur'd redress,
And crown our efforts with success!
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Oh! had a lover serv'd me so,
In spite of all his merit,
I would be well reveng'd, and shew,
Tho' I lov'd, I still had spirit.
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James Bland Burges Biography
Sir James Bland Burgess (1752-1824) or Burges was an author, barrister and MP. He went to Westminster School and then entered University College, Oxford in 1770 before studying law at Lincoln's Inn in 1773. He first served in Parliament as MP for Helston, Cornwall (1787-90). He then served as Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs before becoming Baronet and Knight Marshal of his majesty's household (1795) where he played an important role in the coronation of George IV. He was well-established; being a friend of William Cumberland and John Graves Simcoe ;and a patron of Thomas Dermody. He was connected by marriage to Lord Byron. He wrote music for Ode to the Passions by William Collins and wrote the prologue to Vortigern and Rowena (1796).)
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Stand Aside, Sir, I Pray—
Stand aside, Sir, I pray—
Let your wife, Sir, have her way,
What d'you mean by thus interposing?
I hope, Sir, I can tell
My own story straight and well,
If his Worship will vouchsafe me a hearing.
I'm his wife—in a word,
I'm his second wife, my Lord,
As you'd guess by my shape and each feature;
If you look, you'll find it clear,
I'm too young, by many a year,
To be mother of that maypole creature.
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