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IMPROMPTU by JOHN WILMOT

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First Line: BY HEAVENS! 'TWAS BRAVELY DONE
Last Line: AND THEN TO FALL LIKE PHAETON.

My Lord Rochester @3attempting to Kiss the Duchess of@1 Cleveland, @3as she was stepping out of her
Chariot@1 at White-Hall-Gate, @3she threw him on his Back, and before he Rose, he spoke the
following Lines.@1

BY Heavens! 'twas bravely done,
First to Attempt the Chariot of the Sun,
And then to fall like @3Phaeton@1.



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