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A Mvsicall Dreame

Or The Fovrth Booke Of Ayres, The First part is for the Lute, two Voyces, and the Viole de Gambo; The Second part is for the Lute, the Viole and foure Voices to Sing: The Third part is for one Voyce alone, or to the Lute, the Basse Viole, or to both if you please, VVhereof, two are Italian Ayres

Jones, Robert (fl. 1597-1615)

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III.

[III. Once did I serue a cruell hart]

IIII.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

XI.

XII.

XIII.

XIIII.

XV.

XVI.

XVII.

XVIII.

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XVII. [When I sit reading all alone that secret booke]

1

When I sit reading all alone that secret booke
Where-in I sigh, to looke
How many spots there bee,
I wish I could not see,
Or from my selfe might flee.

2

Mine eyes for refuge then with zeale befixe the skies,
My teares doe cloude those eyes,
My sighes doe blow them drie,
And yet I liue to die,
My selfe I cannot flie,

3

Heauens I implore, that knowes my fault, what shall I doe,
To hell I dare not goe,
The world first made me rue,
My selfe my griefes renew,
To whome then shall I sue.

4

Alasse; my soule doth faint to draw this doubtfull breath,
Is there no hope in death,
O yes, death ends my woes:
Death me from me will lose,
My selfe am all my foes.