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[If wearie sleepelesse rest]
If wearie sleepelesse rest
In nightes doe argue care,
And dayes with dole opprest
To them that louers are:
Then watchfull cares that with my colour grew,
To heate extreme shall prooue me louer true.
In nightes doe argue care,
And dayes with dole opprest
To them that louers are:
Then watchfull cares that with my colour grew,
To heate extreme shall prooue me louer true.
Mee louer true, then trueth
Deserueth trust I trow,
Which motiue is too ruthe
In such as grace doeth grow.
No pittie then without desert I craue:
For what I bought I merited to haue.
Deserueth trust I trow,
Which motiue is too ruthe
In such as grace doeth grow.
No pittie then without desert I craue:
For what I bought I merited to haue.
To haue what faith may reape,
And loyall loue obtaine,
I ought to haue like cheape,
As I doe sell againe.
With loyaltie I purchase all my loue,
God graunt againe that others faithfull prooue.
And loyall loue obtaine,
I ought to haue like cheape,
As I doe sell againe.
With loyaltie I purchase all my loue,
God graunt againe that others faithfull prooue.
If faithfull others prooue,
I prize my paine for nought,
If tryed trueth may mooue,
I haue the thing I sought.
If neither may take place, I pine with woe,
Dye had I leuer, then liue and liuing so.
I prize my paine for nought,
If tryed trueth may mooue,
I haue the thing I sought.
Dye had I leuer, then liue and liuing so.
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