Ayres and dialogues For One, Two, and Three Voyces; To be Sung either to the theorbo-lute or basse-viol |
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The contented Batchelor.
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The contented Batchelor.
Rose-buds that's gather'd in the Spring,
Can't be preserv'd from dying,
And though you'enjoy the wisht for thing,
The pleasure will be flying;
The glorious Lamp that mounteth high,
And to his Noon arriving,
Must not stay there continually,
But downwards must be driving.
Can't be preserv'd from dying,
And though you'enjoy the wisht for thing,
The pleasure will be flying;
The glorious Lamp that mounteth high,
And to his Noon arriving,
Must not stay there continually,
But downwards must be driving.
The last is best, for though that time
With Age and Sickness seise us;
Yet on our Crutches do we climbe
Untill a light shall ease us:
Then though I may, yet will I not
Possess me of't, but tarry;
He lives the best that hath forgot,
What means the word Go Marry.
With Age and Sickness seise us;
Yet on our Crutches do we climbe
Untill a light shall ease us:
Then though I may, yet will I not
Possess me of't, but tarry;
He lives the best that hath forgot,
What means the word Go Marry.
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