%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> The Power and Pleasure of Love: / Is here describ'd an Antidote of joy, / Against all grief, which doth the heart annoy; / For the greatest Monarch, Clown, and Fool, / Loves power doth conquer, and keeps all in rule: / And those who Love, and kind and constant be, / Live in a continued Extasie; / But those who do in sorrows constant dwell, / Were ne'r in Love, and can't it's pleasure tell. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1674-1674 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 04/19/2011 31383

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R229088 2 a new Play-House Tune UNKNOWN A New Play-House Tune All joy to fair Psyche UNKNOWN All Joy to Fair Psyche ALL joy to fair Psyche in this happy place, / And to her great Master, who her shall embrace; No Mortals on earth ever wretched cou'd prove, / If still while they liv'd they'd be always in love. Roxburghe Ballads Editor None None None None Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 4: 68 The Power and Pleasure of Love: / Is here describ'd an Antidote of joy, / Against all grief, which doth the heart annoy; / For the greatest Monarch, Clown, and Fool, / Loves power doth conquer, and keeps all in rule: / And those who Love, and kind and constant be, / Live in a continued Extasie; / But those who do in sorrows constant dwell, / Were ne'r in Love, and can't it's pleasure tell. The Power and Pleasure of Love: Is here describ'd an Antidote of joy, Against all grief, which doth the heart annoy; For the greatest Monarch, Clown, and Fool, Loves power doth conquer, and keeps all in rule: And those who Love, and kind and constant be, Live in a continued Extasie; But those who do in sorrows constant dwell, Were ne'r in Love, and can't it's pleasure tell. The Power and Pleasure of Love: Is here described an Antidote of joy, Against all grief, which doth the heart annoy; For the greatest Monarch, Clown, and Fool, Love's power does conquer, and keeps all in rule: And those who Love, and kind and constant be, Live in a continued Ecstasy; But those who do in sorrows constant dwell, Were never in Love, and can't it's pleasure tell. 1674-1674 F. Coles, T. Vere, I. Wright, I. Clarke

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ALL joy to fair Psyche in this happy place, And to her great Master, who her shall embrace; May never his Love nor her Beauty decay, But be warm as the spring, and still fresh as the day: No Mortals on earth ever wretched coud prove, If still while they livd theyd be always in love. Theres none without Love, ever happy can be, Without it each Brute were as happy as we; The knowledge men boast of, do nothing but vex, And their wandring thoughts their minds do perplex: No Mortals on earth, etc. Loves sighs and his tears are mixt with delights, But were he still pesterd with cares & with frights;
Shoud a thousand more torments a Lover invade, In one happy moment theyd fully be paid: No Mortals on earth, etc. Then lose not a moment, but in pleasure imploy it, Your youth requires Love, let it fully enjoy it; For a moment once lost will always be so, Then make no delay, but to plundering go: No Mortals on earth, etc. No pleasure like that when true hearts do unite, Tis sweet all the day, and more pleasant at night; Nay one of her smiles, and her balmy white hand, Would conquering Mars in a moment command: No Mortals on earth, etc.
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The Merchant that Roves with labour and pain, Through tempests and storms much treasure to gain, His sorrow forgets, when his Love he doth meet, And prostrates himself and his wealth at her feet: No Mortals on earth, etc. To think of the torments a Lover goes through, And how every hour his sorrows renew; But though he each minnute a Martyr must be, Yet a smile from his Love will set him quite free: No Mortals on earth, etc. Nay though a bright virgin most scornful will prove, And seems to disdain all the powers of Love; Yet when all alone with her Lover she be, She thinks that no Empress so happy as she: No Mortals on earth, etc. The Grave and the Sage who blames a young heir, Much wondring how he for a Nymph can despair; When he sees a brisk Girl, though one foot in the Grave, He no greater pleasure desires to have: No Mortals on earth, etc. All the great Heros that mighty did prove, First took their brave Courage from powerful Love; Though daily in sorrow, and ever in pain, The thoughts of his dearest revives him again: No Mortals on earth, etc. The rustical Clown that lives constant in care, A smile from his Betty will make him to swear; No Monarch on earth so happy can be, Though Mountains of treasure he daily do see: No Mortals on earth, etc. Then let every Monarch and rustical Clown, Disband all false joys, and in Love now lye down; For there are no joys that we Mortals can shew, But conquering Love that all Monarchs subdue: No Mortal on earth ever wretched coud prove, If still while they livd theyd be always in Love.
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