The Treasury of Musick Containing ayres and dialogues To Sing to the theorbo-lute or basse-viol. Composed |
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Loves Votary.
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Loves Votary.
Bid me but live, and I will live, thy Votary to be;
or bid me love, and I will give a loving heart to thee.
or bid me love, and I will give a loving heart to thee.
A heart as soft, a heart as kind, a heart as soundly free
As in the world thou canst not find, that heart I'le give to thee.
As in the world thou canst not find, that heart I'le give to thee.
Bid me to weep, and I will weep, while I have eyes to see,
Or having none, yet I will keep a heart to weep for thee.
Or having none, yet I will keep a heart to weep for thee.
Bid that heart stay, and it shall stay, and honour thy decree,
Or bid it languish quite away and it shall do't for thee.
Or bid it languish quite away and it shall do't for thee.
Thou art my love, my life my heart, the very eye of mee,
And hast command of every part, to live and dye for thee.
And hast command of every part, to live and dye for thee.
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