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Unchangable Lovers,
No stormy winds can fright the seaman bold
Nor can his mind be easily contrould,
His love is setled, ne'r to change his mind
Whilst Amarillis voweth to be kind.
Tune, Cloris awake.
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DEar Comfort I must,
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though it grieves me to go,
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To leave thee behind me
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breeds sorrow and woe,
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But the greatest of Storms
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shall ne'r cause me to fear,
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For ile cheer up my heart
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with the thoughts of my dear.
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When the winds they do blow
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and the Billows do roar,
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If I call but to mind
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My dear Love on the Shore
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My heart will rejoyce,
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and ile banish all fear,
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In hopes to return
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to my love and my dear.
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Then be but as Loyal
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as ile be to thee,
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And nothing but death
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shall e're part thee and me,
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If women like Angels
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to me should appear,
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Yet still ile be true
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to my Love and my Dear.
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Tis true that we Sailers
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strange wonders do see,
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And strangers oft kind
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to the English will be,
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But the beauties of Venice
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can never come near
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Thy feature, my Darling
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my Love and my dear.
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Believe what I say
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my hearts chiefest delight
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That think on thee still
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both by day and by night.
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For at home and abroad
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it shall alwaies appear,
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That I will be true
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to my love and my dear.
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I hear my true love
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this most sorrowful news,
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Which makes me lament,
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alas, how can I choose.
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The Seas I do fear
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will my comforts destroy,
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And rob me at last
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of my comfort and joy.
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Oh! when thou art absent
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what joy can I find,
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Or what can give ease
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to my troubled mind,
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E'ry wind that doth blow
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will my pleasures destroy,
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For fear I should lose
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my delight and my joy.
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Go thou but to Venice
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thou never shalt find
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A lover so true, or
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so faithful and kind.
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Though at first I did seem
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to be childish and coy,
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Thou now art my comfort,
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my love and my joy.
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Then never forsake me
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for profit or gain,
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Nor leave thy true love
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for the wealth of the main.
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A jewel to love
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is an absolute Toy,
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Then never forsake me
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my love and my joy.
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But if thou wilt go
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to the Seas that do rage,
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Give me but thy promise,
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and firmly ingage,
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Then ile wait thy return,
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nothing shall me annoy,
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But I constant will prove
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to my comfort and joy,
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Such Loyalty never
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by any was shown
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As ile show to thee,
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for I love thee alone,
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When we once are fastty'd
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ile applaud the blind Boy,
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That taught me to love
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thee my comfort and joy.
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