The Works of Thomas Campion Complete Songs, Masques, and Treatises with a Selection of the Latin Verse: Edited with an introduction and notes by Walter R. Davis |
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XIV.
[Pin'd I am, and like to die]
Pin'd I am, and like to die,
And all for lacke of that which I
Doe ev'ry day refuse.
If I musing sit, or stand,
Some puts it daily in my hand,
To interrupt my muse.
The same thing I seeke, and flie,
And want that which none would denie.
And all for lacke of that which I
Doe ev'ry day refuse.
If I musing sit, or stand,
Some puts it daily in my hand,
To interrupt my muse.
The same thing I seeke, and flie,
And want that which none would denie.
In my bed, when I should rest,
It breeds such trouble in my brest
That scarce mine eyes will close:
If I sleepe, it seemes to be
Oft playing in the bed with me,
But, wak't, away it goes.
Tis some spirit, sure, I weene,
And yet it may be felt, and seene.
It breeds such trouble in my brest
That scarce mine eyes will close:
If I sleepe, it seemes to be
Oft playing in the bed with me,
But, wak't, away it goes.
Tis some spirit, sure, I weene,
And yet it may be felt, and seene.
Would I had the heart and wit
To make it stand, and conjure it,
That haunts me thus with feare.
Doubtlesse tis some harmlesse spright,
For it by day, as well as night,
Is ready to appeare.
Be it friend, or be it foe,
Ere long Ile trie what it will doe.
To make it stand, and conjure it,
That haunts me thus with feare.
Doubtlesse tis some harmlesse spright,
For it by day, as well as night,
Is ready to appeare.
Be it friend, or be it foe,
Ere long Ile trie what it will doe.
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