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 | Imperiale, a tragedie |  |
Chorus
of two.
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Those
men that mischiefe do devise,
Had need to borrow Argus eyes
To looke about; a poore slave may
By chance lie hid, and then betray.
Had need to borrow Argus eyes
To looke about; a poore slave may
By chance lie hid, and then betray.
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Within the house they may suspect
That walles and bedds may them detect,
And in the feild they must provide,
That not a bush a spie may hide.
That walles and bedds may them detect,
And in the feild they must provide,
That not a bush a spie may hide.
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And albeit they shut the doore,
Having well searcht the house before,
Yet they may be betray'd; for proofe,
Iove in a shower did peirce the roofe.
Having well searcht the house before,
Yet they may be betray'd; for proofe,
Iove in a shower did peirce the roofe.
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Though in the feild no tree, nor bush,
Nor bird be neere, nor winde doth rush,
Yet undiscern'd a fairy drab
Their whole discourse may heare and blab.
Nor bird be neere, nor winde doth rush,
Yet undiscern'd a fairy drab
Their whole discourse may heare and blab.
Then since that neither house, nor field,
To our black crumes can safety yield,
Let us be virtious, and not feare
What all the world can see or heare.
To our black crumes can safety yield,
Let us be virtious, and not feare
What all the world can see or heare.
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Our dreames are often found to bee
Fruits of a wandring phantasie;
Yet many times they likewise are
Sure pledges of Cælestiall care.
Fruits of a wandring phantasie;
Yet many times they likewise are
Sure pledges of Cælestiall care.
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Some men beleeve too much, and some
Conceive no truths by dreames can come;
Jt is a knowledge given to fewe
To finde if they be false or true.
Conceive no truths by dreames can come;
Jt is a knowledge given to fewe
To finde if they be false or true.
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Then as it is a rash misprision
To count each idle dreame a vision;
So ti's an error at the least
To thinke all visions are quite ceast.
To count each idle dreame a vision;
So ti's an error at the least
To thinke all visions are quite ceast.
| Imperiale, a tragedie | |