Speculum Amantis: Love-Poems From Rare Song-Books And Miscellanies of the ...
Speculum Amantis: Love-Poems From Rare Song-Books And Miscellanies of the ...
Bullen Arthur Henry
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I see thy brow. And well I know What colour is below : Then do not jest. But smile the rest : I'faith I know what I know. 1 Qy, " in " ? * ** For why " = because. • An old form of "then." I restore it (old ed. reads •* then ") for the sake of the rhyme. SPECULUM A MANTIS. 49 From Sportive Wit; the Muses* Merriment t 1656. A Maiden's Denial/ NAY pish ! nay phew ! nay, faith and will you ? fie! A gentleman and use me thus ! FU cry. Nay, God's body, what means this ? Nay, fie for shame. Nay faith,... away ! Nay, fie, you are to blame. Hark ! somebody comes ! haxnis off, I pray ! I'll pinch, I'll scratch, I'll spurn, I'll run away. Nay, faith, you strive in vain, you shall not speed You mar my ruff, you hurt my back, I bleed, Look how the door stands ope, somebody sees ! Your buttons scratch, in faith you hurt my knees. What will men say ? Lord, what a coil is here ! You make me sweat ; i' faith, here's goodly gear. * This song was printed from a MS. in the Sloane Collec- tion, by Ritson, in Antient Songs, 1790.
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