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Songs of 6. Parts.

[XXIII. When I obserue.]

To Mr. Thomas Warwicke.
When I obserue those beauties wonderments

When I obserue those beauties wonderments, mine eyes how doe you burne? But when those eares so deafe, at my laments, mine eyes, how doe you mourne? Loue this helpe deuise, or open her deafe eares, or close mine eyes



[XXIIII. Musicke deuine.]

To Mr. Doctor Heather.
Mvsicke deuine, proceeding from aboue

Mvsicke deuine, proceeding from aboue, Whose sacred subiect often times is loue, In this appeares her heauenly Harmony, Where tunefull concords, sweetly doe agree, And yet in this her slander is vniust, To call that loue, which is indeed but lust,



[XXV. Oft did I marle.]

To Mr. Iohn Ward.
Oft did I marle, how in thine eyes

Oft did I marle, how in thine eyes, Water and fire, did dwell together, Seeing tis knowne, in contraries, Each seekes the hurt & spoile of either, But fire and water there may dwell, where loue & hate together dwell,



[XXVI. Woe is me that I am constrayned.]

To my Brother Mr. Iohn Tomkins.
Woe is me, That I am constrayned

Woe is me, That I am constrayned, to dwell with Mesech, And to haue my habitation, among the Tents of Kedar.



[XXVII. It is my Well-beloueds voice.]

To Mr. Doctor Ailmer.
It is my Well-beloueds voice

It is my Well-beloueds voice, That soundeth in my eare, My heart here-at doth much reioyce, to see him draw so neare, on yonder mountaine top, On yon same hill so tall, How hitherward my loue doth hop, My heart doth skip withall.



[XXVIII. Turne vnto the Lord.]

To my Sonne Nathanael Tomkins.
Tvrne vnto the Lord our God

Tvrne vnto the Lord our God, For the Lord is gracious, His mercy is euerlasting, And his truth endureth from from generation, to generation

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