Vulgar words in Lyrics from the Song-Books of the Elizabethan Age (Page 1)
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(Weelkes) Fine knacks for ladies, cheap, choice, brave and new (John Dowland) Fire that must flame is with apt fuel fed (Campion) Flora gave me fairest flowers (Wilbye) Follow your saint, follow with accents sweet (Campion and Rosseter) Fond wanton youths make Love a God (Jones) From Citheron the warlike boy is fled (Byrd) From Fame's desire, from Love's delight retired (John Dowland) Give Beauty all her right (Campion) Go, crystal tears!
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Farewell, false Love, the oracle of lies, A mortal foe and enemy to rest, An envious boy from whom all cares arise, A bastard vile, a beast with rage possest; A way of error, a temple full of treason, In all effects contrary unto reason.
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Græc._ Fond wanton youths make love a God Which after proveth Age's rod; Their youth, their time, their wit, their art They spend in seeking of their smart; And, which of follies is the chief, They woo their woe, they wed their grief.
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this world doth pass Most merrily, I'll be sworn; For many an honest Indian ass Goes for an Unicorn.
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If my complaints could passions move, Or make Love see wherein I suffer wrong; My passions were enough to prove That my despairs had governed me too long.