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Say, shall she go?

O, no, no, no, no, no!

Fixed in the heart, how can the heart forget her?

But if I weep and sigh and often wail

me

Till tears, sighs, prayers fail me,

Shall yet my love persèver?

Heart, let her go, if she will right thee

never.

Say, shall she go?

O, no, no, no, no, no!

Tears, sighs, prayers fail, but true love lasteth ever.

See, see,
Mine own
Sweet Jewel

See, see, mine own sweet jewel,
What I have for my darling:
A robin red-breast and a starling.
These I give both in hope to move thee;
Yet thou say'st I do not love thee.

Owl, so trimly dight

Sweet Suffolk owl, so trimly dight
With feathers like a lady bright,
Thou sing'st alone, sitting by night,
Te whit, te whoo!

Thy note, that forth so freely rolls,
With shrill command the mouse controls,
And sings a dirge for dying souls,
Te whit, te whoo!

While that the
Sun with his
Beams hot

While that the sun with his beams hot Scorched the fruits in vale and moun

tain,

Philon, the shepherd, late forgot,
Sitting beside a crystal fountain
In shadow of a green oak-tree,

Upon his pipe this song played he: Adieu, Love! adieu, Love! untrue Love! Untrue Love, untrue Love! adieu, Love! Your mind is light, soon lost for new love.

So long as I was in your sight,

I was your heart, your soul, your trea

sure;

And evermore you sobbed and sighed, Burning in flames beyond all measure. Three days endured your love for me, And it was lost in other three.

Adieu, Love! adieu, Love! untrue Love! Untrue Love, untrue Love! adieu, Love! Your mind is light, soon lost for new love.

Another shepherd you did see,

To whom your heart was soon

chained;

en

Full soon your love was leapt from me, Full soon my place he had obtained:

Soon came a third your love to win; And we were out, and he was in. Adieu, Love! adieu, Love! untrue Love! Untrue Love, untrue Love! adieu, Love! Your mind is light, soon lost for new love.

Sure, you have made me passing glad That you your mind so soon removed, Before that I the leisure had

To choose you for my best beloved:

For all my love was passed and done Two days, before it was begun. Adieu, Love! adieu, Love! untrue Love! Untrue Love, untrue Love! adieu, Love! Your mind is light, soon lost for new love.

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