by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

There careless thoughts are freed
 (Sung text for setting by W. Byrd)
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Language: English 
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There careless thoughts are freed of that flame
Wherewith her thralls are scorched to the heart:
If Love would so, would God the enchanting dart
Might once return and burn from whence it came!
Not to deface of Beauty's work the frame,
But by rebound
It might be found
What secret smart I suffer by the same.

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This text was added to the website: 2010-08-09
Line count: 24
Word count: 169