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Fain would I change that note

Language: English

Fain would I change that note
To which fond love hath charmd me,
Long, long to sing by roate,
Fancying that that harmde me,
Yet when this thought doth come
Love is the perfect summe
Of all delight:
I have no other choice
Either for pen or voyse,
To sing or write.

O Love they wrong thee much
That say thy sweete is bitter,
When thy ripe fruit is such,
As nothing can be sweeter,
Faire house of joy and blisse,
Where truest pleasure is,
I do adore thee:
I know thee what thou art,
I serve thee with my hart,
And fall before thee.


Input by Linda Godry

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Date added to the website: 2007-08-14.

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