Remedium melancholiae, or, The remedy of melancholy. the first book being a choice collection of new songs : with a thorow-bass for the harpsichord, theorbo, or bass-viol.
Franck, Johann Wolfgang, ca. 1644-ca. 1710.
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〈♫〉 MUsing on cares of Hu╌mane Fate
〈♫〉 in a sad Cy╌press — Grove,
〈♫〉 — a strange — di╌spute I heard — of — late —
〈♫〉 'twixt Ver╌tue — Fame and Love,
〈♫〉 a pen╌sive shepherd ask'd — ad╌vice,
〈♫〉 and their — o╌pi╌niors crav'd,
〈♫〉 how he might hope to be so wise,
〈♫〉 to get — a — place be╌yond the Page 21 Skies,
〈♫〉 and how — he — might — be sav'd,
〈♫〉 and how — he might be sav'd.
〈♫〉 Musing on cares of Hu╌mane Fate —
〈♫〉 in — a — sad Cypress Grove, —
〈♫〉 a strange — di╌spute I — heard — of — late —
〈♫〉 'twixt Vertue, Fame and Love, —
〈♫〉 a pen╌sive shepherd ask'd advice,
〈♫〉 and their opi╌nions crav'd, —
〈♫〉 how he might hope to be so Wise,
〈♫〉 to get a — place be — Page 21 yond the Skies,
〈♫〉 and how — he might be╌sav'd,
〈♫〉 and how he might be sav'd.
II.
Nice Vertue preach'd Religions Laws,
Paths to eternal Rest,
To fight his King, and Countries cause,
Fame counsel'd him, was best:
But Love oppos'd their noisy Tongues,
And thus their Votes outbrav'd,
Get, get a Mistress fair and young,
Love fiercely, constantly and long,
And then thou shalt be Sav'd.
III.
Swift as a thought the am'rous Swain,
To Sylvia's Cottage flies,
In soft expressions told her plain,
The way to Heavenly joys:
She who with piety was stor'd,
Delays no longer crav'd,
Charm'd by the God, whom they ador'd,
She smil'd and took him at his word,
And thus they both were sav'd.
