The Works of Thomas Campion Complete Songs, Masques, and Treatises with a Selection of the Latin Verse: Edited with an introduction and notes by Walter R. Davis |
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The fourth Song,
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The fourth Song,
a Dialogue of three, with a Chorus after the second Daunce.
1Let us now sing of Loves delight,
For he alone is Lord to night.
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Some friendship betweene man and man prefer,
But I th'affection betweene man and wife.
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What good can be in life,
Whereof no fruites appeare?
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Set is that Tree in ill houre,
That yeilds neither fruite nor flowre.
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How can man Perpetuall be,
But in his owne Posteritie?
CHORUS.
That pleasure is of all most bountifull and kinde,
That fades not straight, but leaves a living Joy behinde.
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