When Laura Smiles

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T:When Laura Smiles
T:Cantus
C:tune by Philip Rosseter (1568-1626)
C:words by Thomas Campion (1567-1620)
C:from A Book of Ayres, 1601
B:Campion, Thomas. Campion's Works. Percival Vivian
B:CDSS News 164, Jan/Feb 2002
H:Melody by Philip Rosseter in 1601
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w:The earth and hea ~ - ~ ven viewes_ with de-light____ her wan-ton play,
w: 2.~The dain- tie sprites * * * * that * still re- maine * * * * in fleet- ing aire
w: Af- fect for pas- * * * time to * * un- twine * * * * her tress- ed haire,
w: 3.~Di- an- a's eyes * * * * are * not a- dorn'd * * * * with great- er power
w: Than Laur- a's when * * * * she * lists a- while * * * * for sport to loure,
w: 4.~Love hath no fire * * * * but * what he steales * * * * from her bright eyes,
w: Time hath no power, * * * * but * that which in * * * * her plea- sure lyes,
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w:And her speech with ev-er flow-ing mu-sicke doth re-paire 
w: And the birds thinke sweete Au- ro- ra morn- ings Queene doth shine
w: But when she her eyes en- clos- eth, blind- nes doth ap- peare
w: For she with her de- vine beau- ties all the world sub- dues,
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w: The cru-ell wounds of sor-row and un-*tam'd des-paire.
w: From her bright sphere when Lau- ra shewes her * lookes de- vine.
w: The chief- est grace of beau- tie sweete- ly * seat- ed there.
w: And fils with heav'n- ly spi- rits my hum- * * ble muse.

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