A Book of old English love songs . EAUTY clear and fair,Where the airRather like a perfume dwells;Where the violet and the roseTheir blue veins in blush disclose,And come to honour nothing else ; Where to live near, And planted there, Is to live, and still live new;Where to gain a favour isMore than light, perpetual bliss, — Make me live by serving you. Dear, again back recall To this light,A stranger to himself and the wonder and the storyShall be yours, and eke the glory;I am your servant, and your thrall. — Beaumont and Fletcher. [7»3 3|nfcocatfon to £>leep. ARE-CHARMING Sleep,
A Book of old English love songs . EAUTY clear and fair,Where the airRather like a perfume dwells;Where the violet and the roseTheir blue veins in blush disclose,And come to honour nothing else ; Where to live near, And planted there, Is to live, and still live new;Where to gain a favour isMore than light, perpetual bliss, — Make me live by serving you. Dear, again back recall To this light,A stranger to himself and the wonder and the storyShall be yours, and eke the glory;I am your servant, and your thrall. — Beaumont and Fletcher. [7»3 3|nfcocatfon to £>leep. ARE-CHARMING Sleep, thou easer of all woes, Brother to Death, sweetly thyself dispose On this afflicted prince; fall like a cloud In gentle showers; give nothing that is loudOr painful to his slumbers ; — easy, sweet,And as a purling stream, thou son of night,Pass by his troubled senses; sing hispainLike hollow murmuring wind or silver rain;Into this prince gently, oh, gently slide,And kiss him into slumber like a bride! — Beaumont and Fletcher. [73]
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