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[XI. Change me O heauens]

Change me O heauens, into the Ruby stone

Change me O heauens, into the Ruby stone, That on my Loues faire locks doth hang in gold, that on my Loues faire locks, that on my Loues faire locks doth hang in gold, Yet leaue me speech to her to make my moane, yet leaue me speech to her to make my moane, to make my moan, to her to make my moane, And giue me eies her beauties to behold, and giue me eyes, and give me eyes her beauties to behold, or if you will not make, my flesh a stone, make her hard heart seeme flesh, that now seems none. make her hard heart seem flesh, that now seems none. make her, make her hard hart seem flesh that now seemes none.