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thou joy'st, fond boy, to be by many loved - thomas campion lyrics

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thou ioy’st, fond boy, to be by many loved:
to have thy beauty of most dames approved;
for this dost thou thy native worth disguise
and play’st the sycophant t’ observe their eyes;
thy glass thou councel’st more t’adorn thy skin
that first should school thee to be fair within

’tis childish to be caught with pearle, or amber
and woman*like too much to cloy the chamber;
youths should the field affect, heate their rough steeds
their hardned nerues to fit for better deeds
is ‘t not more ioy strong holds to force with swords
than womens weaknesse take with lookes or words?

men that doe n0ble things all purchase glory :
one man for one braue act haue prou’d a story :
but if that one tenne thousand dames o’ercame
who would record it, if not to his shame?
’tis farre more conquest with one to liue true
then euery houre to triumph lord of new

- thomas campion lyrics

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