The Treasury of Musick Containing ayres and dialogues To Sing to the theorbo-lute or basse-viol. Composed |
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Inconstancy in Love.
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If thou wilt know the reason whyI hate thee now once held so Deer,
Upon thy Glass but cast thine Eye,
And thou shalt find it written there;
For as in that thou mayst survey
Thy fair, false Eyes, and lovely Face;
So nothing in thy Glass will stay,
When thou art parted from the place.
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So when my Love did first pretend,Me thought I saw my self in thee;
And therefore chose thee for a Friend,
That ought Anothers self to be:
All Vows and Oaths I made to Love
Thou shouldst repeat when I had done,
And by a sweet reflection prove
We were (though seeming Two) but One.
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But when I absent was a while,And others came to look in thee,
As they would laugh, so wouldst thou smile,
And no impression left of mee:
Now, though to have a Friend were best,
That might reflect thoughts as they pass,
My Mind shall rather go ill-drest
Than mind it self by such a Glass.
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