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by Charles Lucas

Love and loyalty
Language: English 
Come my Lucastæ heer's the Grove,
where Nightingales perfume the Ayre;
why dost thou start?
O 'tis not Love, for perfect Lovers dare not fear.

No dangers in this Arbour ly,
our courage keeps all others hence,
ther's none shal dare approach but I;
the strongest Love is best defence.

Here we'l discourse, and think, and smile,
Let guilty men seek how to scape;
He cannot love that can beguile,
And none but Foes commit a Rape.

This Evening's worth Ten Thousand yeere,
Then let's resolve since thou must go,
We'l meet again to morrow here,
Would Kings and Queens might do so too.

Text Authorship:

  • by Charles Lucas  [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Henry Lawes (c1595 - 1662), "Love and loyalty", from the collection Ayres and Dialogues, Book 1 [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2014-04-15
Line count: 16
Word count: 104

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