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3.12 R180182 1 The Wandring Spirits in the Air Tell Me, You Wandering Spirits The Wandering Spirits in the Air TEll me ye wandring Spirits in the Air, / When that you saw o Nymph more bright more fair author reference attributed by Simpson and Rollins, although Simpson cites him only as the author from whom this ballad derives. Pepys 3.12 Wing L3272; Rollins (2) 1569 (March 12, 1656, ii, 34, Fran. Grove); Rollins (2) 1570 (March 1, 1675, ii, 499). Pepys Library The Pepys ballads : facsimile volume Editor W.G. Day D.S. Brewer Cambridge [England] 1987 Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 3: 12 Loves Mistresse: Or Natures Rarity. Loves Mistresse: Or Nature's Rarity. Love's Mistress: Or Nature's Rarity. Smithson, Samuel 1/2 sheet oblong folio, 187 x 273 uneven inking vertical rules 1664-1696 Printed for F. Coles T. Vere. J. Wright and J. Clarke. F. Coles, T. Vere, J. Wright, J. Clarke. BBTI

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 Taxonomy used by Pepys to Organize Ballads in Albums A Small Promiscuous Supplement Devotion & Morality Drinking & Good Fellowship History - True & Fabulous Humour, Frollicks &c Love Pleasant Love Pleasant and Unfortunate Love Unfortunate Marriage Sea State & Times Tragedy Various Subjects Early Modern Center Ballad Project Keyword Taxonomy advice affliction/health alcohol animals/nature appearance Bible/biblical figures buildings/architecture catastrophe children class clothing/fashion country/nation crime death economics/trade entertainment family/procreation folklore gender historical figures & events holidays/seasons infidelity law London love maritime marriage military/war monstrosity mythology/Classical world news nobility/court politics/government punishment religious concepts religious figures religious types & sects royalty rural life servitude sex/sexuality supernatural/magic The New World travel trickery/deceit urban life vice violence virtue vulgarities/crass humor Library of Congress Subject Heading Taxonomy 2/20/2009 Santa Barbara, California, United States of America Love Pleasant love 02/19/2009 Checker Kris McAbee Transcription and Metadata Checked and Updated; XML Created 07/26/2006 Transcriber Summer Star Original Transcription 07/2004 Bibliographer Simone Chess Bibliographic SQL Database Record Created
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TEll me ye wandring Spirits in the Air, When that you saw o Nymph more bright more fair Then Beauties Darling (wheresoe're she flie) Or twinck[l]ing Comets in the Starry Skies: If in this world a Phoenix may be found, 'Tis she, whose grace must and shall be Crown'd. O! call her from the fair Elizium Bay And tell her how my senses fade away, For in her being was my fired state, But she's dissolv'd my time is out of date She's flown unto the Azure Skies, Then cry, then cry, Amintas for her absence dyes. Turn sa[c]red Nymph, restore my la'est breath, Th[at] am designed for untimely death, Tis she can cure me with her glorious looks Without the skill of Doctors or their Books, Then let thy beauty with such splender shine, to raise, to raise, this drooping Love-sick heart of mine. Search, search the Vallies, where the Vestal Train, And Shepherdesses in their state remain:
Walk through the Woods, & view the Mirtle Groves Where Lov[e]s Queen rangeth with her Turtle Doves, She's like fair Venus in her glorious Rayes, Then Crown her, Crown her, with a wreath of Royal Bays. Walk through the Ga[r]den, view the D[a]mask Rose, And smell that scent those precious leaves enclose: 'Tis her sweet breath that gives this odorous smell, And Peerless Vertue (richly doth ex[c]e[l]) If there you see one like the Radiant Sun, 'Tis she, 'tis she, whom I adore, Loves Paragon. Oh tast the Fountains silver streaming Springs, And Hellicon where Lady-Muses sings, Distil the Sea, wade through the Ocean deep, She may there be Tombed in eternal sleep: But she's convey'd from every mortal Eye, O Cloris, Cloris, come away, or else I dye. Sea[r]ch, search the Rocks where syrens sing their charme She may be lull'd in their Inchanting arms, Fish, fish, for P[e]arls an[d] you may Corals find, Or else a Jewel to content the mind:
My bliss my joyes are turn'd to destiny, That I, that I, must dye for loving thee. S[c]ale high Olimpus where the gods remain, And goddesses with all their Royal Train, View perfectly the Spangled Orb' and see If Cloris Cloris, be in R[o]yalty: She's gone, she's gone, whil'st I in torments fry, Opprest, opprest with pain, fain would but cannot dye. [S]earch every quarter of the World and see If Natures piece, so excellent there be: Turn round the Globe, and view each Center right, If there you find one like to Phoebus bright With lustrious beauty, shining in extreams, 'Tis she, 'tis she, Eclipsing Luna with her Beams. O stay a while, I may inform you ill, Were she on Earth she had been with me still, Fly, Fly to Heaven examine every Sphere, And see what Stars are lately fixed there. If any brighter then the Sun you see fall down, fall down and honour her, for that is she.
Printed for F. Coles T. Vere. J. Wright and J. Clarke.