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 17, 2024.
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To his Mistress objecting his Age.
〈♫〉〈♫〉 AM I dispis'd because you say, and I believe, that I am gray? know, Lady, you have but your day, and night will come, when men will swear Time has spilt snow upon your hair: Then when in your glass you seek, bu•• fi••d no Rose╌bud in your cheek, no, nor the bed to give the shew, where such a rare Carnation grew; and such a smiling Tulip too. Ah, then, too late, close in your chamber keeping, it will be told, that you are old, by those true tears y'are weep ing.
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