2. What then is love?

Thomas Ford

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"What then is love," sings Co- ri- don, "since Phil- li- da is grown so
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"Tis like a lamp shin- ing to all, whilst in it- self it doth de-

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"What then is love," sings Co- ri- don, "since Phil- li- da is grown so
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"Tis like a lamp shin- ing to all, whilst in it- self it doth de-

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coy? A flat t'ring glass to gaze up- on. A bu- sy jest.
rise, but when his beams he doth dis- close, that which then flour-

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cay. It seems to free, whom it doth thrall, and leads our path-

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coy? A flat t'ring glass to gaze up- on. A bu- sy jest.

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coy? A flat t'ring glass to gaze up- on. A bu- sy jest.

rise, but when his beams he doth dis- close, that which then flour-
cay. It seems to free, whom it doth thrall, and leads our path-

Musicke of sundrie kindes (1607), #2. Encoded and edited by Sarge Gerbode.
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A ser- ious toy. A flow'r still bud- ding, ne- ver blown. A scan- ty
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dearth in full- est store, yield- ing least fruit, where most is sown.
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sum- mer's heat be- fore, faint hope to kind- ly warmth con- verts.

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dearth in full- est store, yield- ing least fruit, where most is sown.
bliss, a salve- less sore, an aim- less mark, an err- ing scope.

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dearth in full- est store, yield- ing least fruit, where most is sown.
bliss, a salve- less sore, an aim- less mark, an err- ing scope.

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sum- mer's heat be- fore, faint hope to kind- ly warmth con- verts.
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dearth in full- est store, yield- ing least fruit, where most is sown.
bliss, a salve- less sore, an aim- less mark, an err- ing scope.
sum- mer's heat be- fore, faint hope to kind- ly warmth con- verts.

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My dai- ly note shall be there- fore: Heigh ho, heigh ho, chill love no

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heigh ho
more, heigh ho chill love no more.

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more, heigh ho, chill love no more.

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more, heigh ho, chill love no more, no more.

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more, heigh ho, heigh ho, chill love no more.

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