The Treasury of Musick Containing ayres and dialogues To Sing to the theorbo-lute or basse-viol. Composed |
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Loves Parting.
But that I knew before we met,
The hour would come that we must part,
And so had fortifi'd my heart,
I hardly could escape the net,
My Passions for my Reason set.
The hour would come that we must part,
And so had fortifi'd my heart,
I hardly could escape the net,
My Passions for my Reason set.
But why should Reason hope to win
A Victory that's so unkind,
And so unwelcom to my mind;
To yield is neither shame nor sin,
Besieg'd without, betray'd-within.
A Victory that's so unkind,
And so unwelcom to my mind;
To yield is neither shame nor sin,
Besieg'd without, betray'd-within.
But Friends ne're part (to speak aright)
For who's but going is not gone;
Friends like the Sun must still move on,
And when they seem most out of sight,
There absence makes at most but night.
For who's but going is not gone;
Friends like the Sun must still move on,
And when they seem most out of sight,
There absence makes at most but night.
And though that night be ne're so long,
In it they either sleep or wake:
And either way enjoyments take,
In Dreams or Visions which belong
Those to the old: these to the young.
In it they either sleep or wake:
And either way enjoyments take,
In Dreams or Visions which belong
Those to the old: these to the young.
I'm old when going, gone 'tis night,
My Parting then shall be a Dream,
And last till the auspicious Beam
Of our next meeting gives new light,
And the best Vision that's your sight.
My Parting then shall be a Dream,
And last till the auspicious Beam
Of our next meeting gives new light,
And the best Vision that's your sight.
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