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The following poems are scored for music in the source text.
Where poems are stanzaic, no attempt has been made to reconstruct the metrical lines. Variations
for different voices have been ignored. Repetition marks have been ignored.
Of 4. voyces.
[I. You prety flowers that smile for sōmers sake]
You prety flowers that smile for sōmers sake
You prety flowers that smile for sōmers sake, pul in your
heads before my watry eies doe turne the medowes to a standing
lake, by whose vntimely floods your glory dies, for loe my heart resolude
to moistning aire feeding mine eies which doubles teare for teare.
[II. Now each creature ioyes the other]
Now each creature ioyes the other
Now each creature ioyes the other: passing happy daies and howers: one bird reports vnto another
reports vnto another,by the fall of siluer showers, whilst the earth our common mother, hath her bosome deckt with
flowers.
[III. You'le neuer leaue still tossing to and fro]
You'le neuer leaue still tossing to and fro
You'le neuer leaue still tossing to and fro, til at the last you catch a
fal: for wauering minds doth alwaies harbor woe, loosing
true friēdship, loue & all: be constant then and thou shalt find it best, to
scorne the world, in hope to liue at rest.
[III. The first part. Lady my flame still burning]
Lady my flame still burning
Lady my flame still burning, Lady and my consuming
anguish doth grow so great, that life I feele to languish, oh
let your hart be moued, to end your grief & mine so long time proued, and quencht the heate that my chiefe part so fireth
yeelding the fruite that faithfull loue requireth.
[V. The second part. Swete Lord your flame]
Swete Lord your flame, your flame stil burning
Swete Lord your flame, your flame stil burning,
& your cōtinuall anguish, cā not be more thē mine in wh I languish, nor more your hart is moued,
to end my griefe and yours so long time proued: but if I
yeeld, & so your flame decreaseth, but I thē
lose my life, & so our loue ceaseth.
[VI. Soone as the hungry Lion seekes his pray]
Soone as the hungry Lion seekes his pray
Soone as the hungry Lion seekes his pray,
in solitary rāg, of pathles moūtains
soon as the passinger sets on his way,
soon as beasts resort vnto the fountaines, so soone mine eies their office are discharging,
& I my griefs with greater griefs inlarging.
[VII. The first part. O Stay swete loue]
O stay swete loue, see
here the place of sporting
O stay swete loue, see
here the place of sporting, these gentle flowers smiles swetely to inuite vs, and
chirping birds are hitherwards resorting, warbling swete
notes only to delight vs, then stay deare loue, for though thou run from me, from me, for
run neere so fast, yet I will follow thee.
[VIII. The second part. I Thought my loue that I should ouertake you]
I thought my loue that I should ouertake you
I thought my loue that I should ouertake you, sweete hart sit downe vnder this shadowed tree, and I will promise neuer to forsake you,
so you will graunt to me a louers fee, whereat shee smild and kindly to me saied, I neuer meant to liue and dye a maide.
[IX. Compaire me to the child that playes with fire.]
Compaire me to the child that playes with fire
Compaire me to the child that playes with fire,
with fire, or to the flye that dieth in the flame, or to the foolish boy that did aspire to touch the glorie of high heauens frame, no man to these me
fitly can compare, these liue to dye I dye to liue in care.
[X. Who would haue thought that face of thine had beene so full of doublenes]
Who would haue thought that face of thine had beene so full of doublenes
Who would haue thought that face of thine had beene so full of doublenes, or that within those christall
eyne had been so much vnstablenes:
thy face so faire thy looke so strāg, who would haue thought of such a change?
[XI. Sweete friend thy absence greeues my bleeding hart]
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For the loue of his most deare friend EDMVND KEATE.
Sweete friend thy absence greeues my bleeding hart,
yet doe I ioye to heare of thy good health: ah Woe is me that
now I shall depart from thee, more deere to me then Cressus wealth, but if on
earth I may not see thy face, Ile fly to heauen, to seeke thee in that place, to seeke thee in that place.
[XII. The flattring words, sharpe glosses that men vse]
The flattring words, sharpe glosses that men vse
The flattring words, sharpe glosses that men vse,
to trap poor silly womē in their snares, to trap poore silly womē in their
snares: with fained lookes their gentle sex abuse,
which yeelds nought else but griefe and endlesse cares: sometimes they smile and sometimes frowne, but neuer pleasde in
deede, till time and place where they may watch
their sorrowes for to breed.
[XIII. Cease now thy mourning & thy sad lamēting]
Cease now thy mourning & thy sad lamēting
Cease now thy mourning & thy sad lamēting, for
faire Auroraes louely face doth light thee: thy mistresse heart is now vppon
relenting: vowing henceforth neuer more to spight thee: then
harbour not those thoughts that stil may grieue thee,
since that thy mistresse sweares she wil releeue thee.
[XIIII. A Little prety bony lasse was walking in midst of May]
A little prety bony lasse was walking in midst of May
A little prety bony lasse was walking in midst of May, before
the Sū gā rise: I tooke her by the hand, I and fell to talking
of this and that as best I could deuise,
I swore I would, yet still shee saide I should not, yet doe what I
would & for all I could not.
[XV. Faire Phyllis I saw sitting all alone feeding her flocke]
Faire Phyllis I saw sitting all alone feeding her flocke neere to the
mountaine side
Faire Phyllis I saw sitting all alone feeding her flocke neere to the
mountaine side, the shepheards knewe not whither shee was gone, but after her louer Amyntas hied vp and down hee wandred, whilst
shee was missing, whē he found her, oh then thē fell a kissing.
[XVI. Take time while time doth last]
Take time while time doth last
Take time while time doth last, marke
how faire fadeth fast, beware if enuy raigne, take heede of proude disdaine hold fast now
in thy youth now regard thy vowed truth, least when thou waxeth old, old friends faile and loue growe cold.
Of 8. voyces.
[XVII. Yow blessed shaddow the sunneshine from my mistresse]
Yow blessed shaddow the sunneshine from my mistresse
face
Yow blessed shaddow the sunneshine from my mistresse
face, and you sweete roses only for her bedding, when weary shee doth
take her resting place, you faire white lillies, and pretty pretty flowers all, giue your attendaunce at
my mistresse call.
[XVII. You blessed bowers whose greene leaues now are spreading]
You blessed bowers whose greene leaues now are spreading
shadow the sunneshine from my mistresse face
You blessed bowers whose greene leaues now are spreading
shadow the sunneshine from my mistresse face, and you sweete roses only
for her bedding when weary shee doth take her resting
place, giue your attendance at my mistris call.
FINIS.
