Seeing Thou Art Fair
NG thou art fair,
I bar not thy false playing,
But let not me poor soul know of thy straying
Nor do I give thee counsel to live chaste,
NG thou art fair,
I bar not thy false playing,
But let not me poor soul know of thy straying
Nor do I give thee counsel to live chaste,
Thou canst not die whilst any zeal abound In feeling hearts that can conceive these lines;
Though thou a Laura hast no Petrarch found,
In base attire, yet clearly Beauty shines
And I, though born in a colder clime,
Justus quidem tu es,
Domine, si disputem tecum; verumtamen justa loquar ad te: quare via impiorum prosperatur
Thou art indeed just,
Lord, if I contend With thee; but, sir, so what I plead is just
Extinguish Thou my eyes:
I still can see Thee,deprive my ears of sound:
I still can hear Thee,and without feet I still can come to Thee,and without voice I still can call to Thee
Sever my arms from me,
Why art thou chang'd
O Phaon
tell me why
Love flies reproach, when passion feels decay;
Justus quidem tu es,
Domine, si disputem tecum; verumtamen justa loquar adte: quare via impiorum prosperatur
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Thou two-faced year,
Mother of Change and Fate,
Didst weep when Spain cast forth with flaming sword,
The children of the prophets of the Lord,
O thou
meek Orb
that stealing o'er the
Cheer'st with thy modest beams the noon of night
Cupid, because thou shin'st in Stella's eyes,
That from her locks, thy day-nets, noe scapes free,
That those lips swell, so full of thee they be,
That her sweet breath makes oft thy flames to rise,
Western wind, when will thou blow
The small rain down can rain
Christ, if my love were in my arms, And I in my bed again
Thou, who dost dwell alone; Thou, who dost know thine own; Thou, to whom all are known, From the cradle to the grave,-- Save,
O, save
From the world's temptations; From tribulations; From that fierce anguish Wherein we languish; From tha...
Thou poor heart sacrific'd unto the fairest,
Hast sent the incense of thy sighs to heav'n;
And still against her frowns fresh vows repairest,
And made thy passions with her beauty ev'n