A Mvsicall Dreame Or The Fovrth Booke Of Ayres, The First part is for the Lute, two Voyces, and the Viole de Gambo; The Second part is for the Lute, the Viole and foure Voices to Sing: The Third part is for one Voyce alone, or to the Lute, the Basse Viole, or to both if you please, VVhereof, two are Italian Ayres |
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XIIII.
[Griefe, griefe of my best loues absenting]
1
Griefe, griefe of my best loues absenting:Now O now wilt thou assayle mee
I had rather life should fayle mee
Then endure thy slow tormenting,
Life our griefes and vs doe seuer
Once for euer
Absence griefe haue no relenting.
2
Well, be it foule absence spights me,So fit of it cannot send her,
As my heart should not attend her.
O how this thoughts thought delights me
Absence doe thy worst and spare not,
Know I care not
When thou wrongst me, my thoughts right me.
3
O but such thoughts proue illusions,Shadowes of a substance banisht,
Dreames of pleasure too soone vanisht,
Reasons maimde of their conclusions,
Then since thoughts and all deceiue me,
O life leaue me,
End of life ends loues confusions.
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