Ayres and dialogues, for one, two, and three voyces by Henry Lawes ... ; the first [-thirde] booke.
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Ayres and dialogues, for one, two, and three voyces by Henry Lawes ... ; the first [-thirde] booke.
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Lawes, Henry, 1596-1662.
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London :: Printed by T. H. for John Playford ...,
1653-1658.
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"Ayres and dialogues, for one, two, and three voyces by Henry Lawes ... ; the first [-thirde] booke." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A70540.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 19, 2024.
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On a Black Ribbon.
〈♫〉〈♫〉 BLack as thy lovely Eyes and Hair, this Ribbon for thy sake I wear, to tye rebellious passions in, lest they on other objects sin; thus I Love's pris'ner am, and may expect my sentence ev'ry day; my heart fore-tells me now that I am doom'd a slave to constancy.
II.
How easie 'tis for to confineAn am'rous and a willing minde!Soft Silk from your fair hands I feelBindes faster far than chains of Steel:O let me still thy Bond-man be!I'le nevet sue for libertie;Let others boast that freedome have,'Tis my content to be thy slave.
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