The poetical works of William Strode ... Now first collected from manuscript and printed sources: to which is added: The floating island a tragi-comedy: Now first reprinted from the original edition of 1655: Edited by Bertram Dobell with a memoir of the author |
A SONG
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A SONG
[As I my flocks lay keeping]
As I my flocks lay keepingMine eyes they fell a-sleeping;
I wott I have neere wakte againe,
For when my head I raysde
I round about gazde
To seeke my love, but sought in vayne.
Let foulnesse now be saynted,
All beauty's tainted;
Since fayth she has none.
I wayle, I weepe,
I dye, I sleepe,
In sorrowes all alone.
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