Ayres and dialogues For One, Two, and Three Voyces; To be Sung either to the theorbo-lute or basse-viol |
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The Vanity of Wealth.
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The Vanity of Wealth.
If wealth could keep a man alive,
I'd onely study how to thrive;
That having got a mighty mass,
I might bribe the Fates to let me pass:
I'd onely study how to thrive;
That having got a mighty mass,
I might bribe the Fates to let me pass:
Chorus.
But since we cann't prolong our years,
Why spend we time in needless griefs and fears?
For since Destinie
Has decree'd, us to die,
And all must pass over the Ferry,
Hang Riches and Cares,
Since we han't many years,
Let's have a short life and a merry.
Why spend we time in needless griefs and fears?
For since Destinie
Has decree'd, us to die,
And all must pass over the Ferry,
Hang Riches and Cares,
Since we han't many years,
Let's have a short life and a merry.
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Times keep their round, and Destinie
Observes not whe'r we laugh or crie;
And Fortune never does bestow
A look on what we do below:
But men with equal labour run,
Either t'enrich themselves or be undon.
Since we can take no course
To be better or worse,
Let none be a melancholly thinker;
Let the times their round go,
So the Cups do so too,
Never blush at the name of a Drinker.
Observes not whe'r we laugh or crie;
And Fortune never does bestow
A look on what we do below:
But men with equal labour run,
Either t'enrich themselves or be undon.
Since we can take no course
To be better or worse,
Let none be a melancholly thinker;
Let the times their round go,
So the Cups do so too,
Never blush at the name of a Drinker.
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