The Treasury of Musick Containing ayres and dialogues To Sing to the theorbo-lute or basse-viol. Composed |
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Reciprocal Love.
[I]
I love a Lasse, but cannot show it,I keep a fire that burns within,
Rak'd up in embers: Ah could she know it,
I might perhaps be lov'd again:
For a true love may justly call
For friendship love reciprocall.
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Some gentle courteous winde betray me,A sigh by wispering in her ear,
Or let some pitious shower convey me,
By dropping on her breast a tear,
Or two, or more; the hardest flint,
By often drops receives a dint.
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Shall I then vex my heart and rend it,That is already too too weak;
No, no, they say, Lovers may send it,
By writing what they cannot speak:
Go then my Muse, and let this verse
Bring back my Life, or else my Hearse.
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