Cheerfull Ayres or Ballads, First composed for one single Voice and since set for three Voices by John Wilson | ||
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[Fondnesse of man to love a shee]
Fondnesse of man to love a shee,
Were beauties Image on her Face
So carv'd by Immortality,
As envious time cannot disgrace.
Were beauties Image on her Face
So carv'd by Immortality,
As envious time cannot disgrace.
Who shall weigh a Lovers paine,
fain'd smiles a while his hopes may steere
but soon reduced by sad disdaine
to the first principles of feare.
fain'd smiles a while his hopes may steere
but soon reduced by sad disdaine
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Then farewell fayrest ne're will I,
Pursue uncertain blisses more:
Who sayles by womans constancy,
Shipwracks his Love on every shore.
Pursue uncertain blisses more:
Who sayles by womans constancy,
Shipwracks his Love on every shore.
Cheerfull Ayres or Ballads, First composed for one single Voice and since set for three Voices by John Wilson | ||