Lyrical Songs

by Joseph Holbrooke (1878 - 1958)

1. Tho' all the stars

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2. A little fairy

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3. Love and I

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4. To Dianeme

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5. They love indeed  [sung text not yet checked]

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Because I breathe not love to everyone,
Nor do not use set colors for to wear,
Nor nourish special locks of vowed hair,
Nor give each speech a full point of a groan,
The courtly nymphs, acquainted with the moan
Of them who in their lips Love’s standard bear,
“What, he!” say they of me; “now I dare swear
He cannot love; no, no, let him alone.”
And think so still, so Stella know my mind!
Profess, indeed, I do not Cupid’s art;
But you, fair maids, at length this true shall find,
That his right badge is worn but in the heart.
Dumb swans, not chattering pies, do lovers prove;
They love indeed, who quake to say they love.

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6. Night and Day

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Total word count: 120