Songs of 6. parts
[XIX. Retire my troubled soule]
Retire my troubled soule
Retire my troubled soule, retire my troubled
soule, Rest, rest, and behold, thy dayes of
dolour, dangers manifold, See, life is but a dreame, whose
best contenting, whose best contenting, Begun with hope,
begun with hope, begun with hope, Pursu'd with doubt, pursu'd with doubt,
Enioy'd with feare, enioy'd with feare, Ends in repenting, ends in repenting, ends in repenting. repenting.
[XX. Oft have I tendred]
Oft haue I tendred, Oft haue I tendred tributary teares
Oft haue I tendred, Oft haue I tendred tributary teares, Mixed with griefe, with griefe, mixed
with griefe, and melancholy feares, and melancholy feares, And
sometime frolicke hope, and sometime frolicke hope,
sad woes beguiling, hath shin'd on my desires, Oh, oh,
oh, oh, but from smiling, of late she chang'd, she chang'd, of late she
chang'd, of late she chang'd, my sorrow not ressenting, ressenting,
Bad me dispaire, dispaire, sigh, grone, and dye lamenting, grone, and dye lamenting.
[XXI. Ovt from the vale of deepe dispayre]
Ovt from the vale of deepe dispayre
Ovt from the vale of deepe dispayre, of deepe dispayre,
With mournefull tunes I fill the ayre, with mournefull tunes I fill the ayre, I
fill the ayre, with mournefull tunes I fill the ayre, To
satisfie my restlesse ghost, my restlesse ghost,
Which Daphnes cruelty, which Daphnes cruelty
hath lost, (her) cruelty hath lost, Ore hils and dales in her dull eares,
Ore hils and dales in her dull eares, in her dull
eares, Ile send my notes, my notes, with bitter teares, with bitter teares, with
bitter teares, bitter teares.
[XXII. O deuine Loue]
O deuine Loue, which so aloft can raise
O deuine Loue, which so aloft can raise, aloft can
raise, And lift the
minde out of this earthly mire, and lift the minde out of this mire, And
doth inspire vs with so glorious praise, As with the heauens,
As with the heauens doth equall mans desire, Who doth not help to
deck thy shrine? With
Uenus mirtle and Apollo's tree, Who will not say
that thou art most deuine, who at least confesse
a Deitye in thee?
[XXIII. If the deepe sighs, of an afflicted brest]
If the deepe sighs, of an afflicted brest
If the deepe sighs, of an afflicted brest, an afflicted brest,
Orewhelm'd with sorrow, Or the'rected eyes
(of a poore wretch, a poore wretch, with miseries opprest) For whose complaints,
teares neuer could suffice, teares neuer could suffice, Haue not the power your Deities to moue,
Who shal ere looke for succor from aboue, from
aboue? From whom too long I taried for reliefe, I taried
for reliefe, Now aske but death, that onely ends my griefe, that onely ends my griefe, my griefe.
[XXIIII. There's not a groue that wonders not my woe]
There's not a groue that wonders not my woe
There's not a groue that wonders not my woe,
Nor not a Rider weepes not at my tale, I heare the Eccho's,
I heare the Eccho's, (wandring too and fro,)
(wandring too and fro,) I heare the Eccho's, I heare
the Eccho's, (wandring too and fro) too and fro, too and fro,
too and fro, Resound my griefe, my griefe through euery
hill and dale, resound my griefe, through euery hill and dale,
through euery hill and dale,
The Birds and beasts yet in their simple kinde, lament for me,
no pitty else, no pitty else, I finde, no pitty else I finde, And teares I finde doe
bring no other good, But as new showers, encrease the rising flood, but
But as new showers, encrease the rising flood.
[XXV. Dye not fond man]
Dye not fond man, before, before thy day
Dye not fond man, before, before thy day,
before thy day, Loues cold December will surrender,
To succeeding iocond May, iocond, iocond May, iocond May, And then, oh then, oh then, O
then, O then, sorrow shall cease, sorrow shall cease, shall
cease, shall cease, comforts abounding, abounding, comforts abounding, cares
confounding, confounding, shall conclude, shall conclude a happy, a happy
peace, shall conclude a happy, happy peace.
[XXVI. I haue intreated and I haue complained]
I haue intreated, and I haue complained
I haue intreated, and I haue complained,
I haue disprais'd, & praise I likewise gaue, All means to
win her grace I tryed haue, And still I loue, and stil I am disdained, & still I am disdained,
disdained, Oh, oh could my sighs, once purchase me reliefe, oh Or
in her hart, my tears imprint my griefe, my teares imprint my griefe, imprint my griefe,
But cease, cease, vaine sighs, cease, cease yee fruitlesse teares, Teares
cannot pierce her hart, not pierce her hart, not nor sighes, nor sighes her eares.
[XXVII. Come sable night]
Come sable night, put on thy mourning stoale
Come sable night, put on thy mourning stoale,
And help Amintas sadly to condole, to condole, sadly to condole, Behold,
the Sunne hath shut his golden eye, The day, the day is spent, And shades, and
shades faire lights supply, All things in sweet repose,
their labours close, Onely Amintas, Amintas,
waft's his houres in wayling, in wayling,
Whilst all his hopes doe faint, and life is fayling, whil'st all
his hopes doe faint and life is fayling. and life is fayling.
[XXVIII. Weepe forth your teares]
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In memory of Prince Henry.
Weepe forth your teares, and doe lament, lament, and doe lament, He's dead, he's dead, who liuing was of all the
world beloued, Let dolorous lamenting still be spread, through all the
earth, that all harts may be moued, To sigh, to sigh
and plaine, since death hath slaine Prince Henery,
Oh, oh had he liu'd, our hopes had still encreased,
our hopes had still encreased, But he is dead,
but he is dead, but he is dead, and all our ioyes, our ioyes deceased.
