First Set of Madrigals

by Henry Lichfild (d. 1613)

?. I always loved to call my lady Rose
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Language: English

I always loved to call my lady Rose,
For in her cheeks roses do sweetly glose,
And from her lips she such sweet odours threw
As roses do ’gainst Phœbus’ morning-view:
But when I thought to pull’t, hope was bereft me, —
My rose was gone and naught but prickles left me.

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Lyrics from the Song-Books of the Elizabethan Age, ed. by A. H. Bullen, London, John C. Nimmo, 1887, pages 40-41.

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?. Injurious hours, whilst any joy doth bless me
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Language: English

Injurious hours, whilst any joy doth bless me,
With speedy wings you fly and so release me;
But if some sorrow do oppress my heart,
You creep as if you never meant to part.

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Lyrics from the Song-Books of the Elizabethan Age, ed. by A. H. Bullen, London, John C. Nimmo, 1887, page 59.

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Total word count: 86