And when thou answerest, if it be Thou lovest amiss And, to love true, Thou must begin again and love anew. If when thy stomach calls to eat Thou lovest amiss And, to love true, Thou must begin again and love anew. If by this thou dost discover That thou art no perfect lover Thou dost begin to love anew, Thou lovest amiss And, to love true, Thou must begin again and love anew. A A HEALTH HEALTH to the nut-brown Lass She that hath good eyes Let it pass! let it pass ! As much to the lively grey : Drink away! drink away! I pledge, I pledge: what, ho! some wine! and to thine Here's to thine The colours are divine: But O, to the black! the black ! Give me as much again, and let it be sack! Hath Love's guise And, it may be, a better knack. BARLEY-BREAK LOVE, Reason, Hate, did once bespeak Three mates to play at barley-break. Love Folly took, and Reason Fancy, And Hate consorts with Pride: so dance they. Love coupled last and so it fell That Love and Folly were in Hell. They break, and Love would Reason meet, But Hate was nimble on her feet; The rest do break again, and Pride Hate and Fancy meet, and stand THOMAS NABBES HER REAL WORTH WHAT though with figures I should raise WHA Above all height my Mistress' praise, Calling her cheek a blushing rose, JOSEPH RUTTER SONG OF VENUS OME, Lovely Boy! unto my court, COME, And leave these uncouth woods and all But keep away the honey and the sport ! CHORUS OF GRACES Come unto me! And with variety Thou shalt be fed: which Nature loves, and I. There is no music in a voice That is but one, and still the same : To fright poor lovers from a better choice. CHORUS - Come then to me! Orpheus that on Eurydicè Spent all his love, on others scorn, Now on the banks of Hebrus torn Finds the reward of foolish constancy. CHORUS Come then to me! And sigh no more for one love lost! MARRIAGE HYMN HYMEN! God of marriage bed! Be thou ever honoured: Ever prove True and constant ; let not age Know their youthful heat to assuage! Maids! prepare the genial bed: Then come, Night! and hide that red I have chased her fears away. Of virginhed Given her a greater good, Perfection and womanhood. |