 | Cheerfull Ayres or Ballads, First composed for one single Voice and since set for three Voices by John Wilson |  |
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[Greedy Lover pause a while]
Greedy Lover pause a while,
And remember that a Smile heretofore
Would have made thy hopes a feast, which is more
Since thy dyet was increast,
Then both Looks and Language too,
Or the face it selfe can doe
And remember that a Smile heretofore
Would have made thy hopes a feast, which is more
Since thy dyet was increast,
Then both Looks and Language too,
Or the face it selfe can doe
Such a province Is my Hand
As if it thou couldst command heretofore
There thy lipps would Seem to dwell which is more
Ever since they sped so well,
Then they can be brought to Doe,
By my neck and bosome too.
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There thy lipps would Seem to dwell which is more
Ever since they sped so well,
Then they can be brought to Doe,
By my neck and bosome too.
If the center of my breast,
A dominion unpossest heretofore
May thy wandring thought suffice seeke no more,
And my heart shall Be thy prize,
So thou Keep above the Line,
All the Hemispheare is thine.
A dominion unpossest heretofore
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And my heart shall Be thy prize,
So thou Keep above the Line,
All the Hemispheare is thine.
If the flames of love were pure,
Which by Oath thou didst assure
Here-to-fore,
Gold that goes into the cleere
shines the more.
When it leaves agen the fire,
Let not then those looks of thine
Blemish what they should refine.
Which by Oath thou didst assure
Here-to-fore,
Gold that goes into the cleere
shines the more.
When it leaves agen the fire,
Let not then those looks of thine
Blemish what they should refine.
I have cast into the fire
Almost all thou could'st desire
Here-to-fore,
But I see thou art to crave
More and more;
Should I cast in all I have,
So that were I ne're so free,
Thou would'st burn, though not for mee.
Almost all thou could'st desire
Here-to-fore,
But I see thou art to crave
More and more;
Should I cast in all I have,
So that were I ne're so free,
Thou would'st burn, though not for mee.
| Cheerfull Ayres or Ballads, First composed for one single Voice and since set for three Voices by John Wilson | |