Cheerfull Ayres or Ballads, First composed for one single Voice and since set for three Voices by John Wilson | ||
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[Since Love hath in thine and mine]
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Since Love hath in thine and mineEye Kindled a holy flame,
What Pitty 'twere to let it dye,
What sinne to quench the same.
2
The starres that seeme extinct by day,Disclose their flames at night,
And in a Subtile sence convey
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So when the Jealous Eye and Eare,Are shut or turn'd a side:
Our tongues, our Eyes may talke nor feare
The being heard or spy'd.
4
What though our bodies cannot meete,Loves fuell's more divine,
The fixt starres by their twinkling greete,
And yet they never joyne.
5
Falle Meteors that doe change their place,Though they seem fair and bright,
Yet when they covet to embrace,
Fall downe and loose their light.
6
If thou perceive thy flame decay,Come light thine Eyes at mine:
And when I feele mine fade away,
I'le take new fire from thine.
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Thus while wee shall preserve from wast,The flame of our desires,
No Vestall shall maintaine more chast,
Or more Immortall fires.
Cheerfull Ayres or Ballads, First composed for one single Voice and since set for three Voices by John Wilson | ||