The Treasury of Musick Containing ayres and dialogues To Sing to the theorbo-lute or basse-viol. Composed |
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On a Black Ribbon.
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Black as thy lovely Eyes and Hair,This Ribbon for thy sake I wear,
To tye rebellious passions in,
Lest they on other objects sin;
Thus I Love's pris'ner am, and may
Expect my sentence ev'ry day;
My heart foretells me now that
I am doom'd a slave to constancy.
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How easie 'tis for to confineAn am'rous and a willing minde!
Soft Silk from your fair hands I feel
Bindes faster far than chains of Steel:
O let me still thy Bond-man be!
I'le never sue for libertie;
Let others boast that freedome have,
'Tis my content to be thy slave.
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