XX. What poore Astronomers are they,

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T:XX. What poore Astronomers are they,
C: John Dowland
O: From The Third and Last Booke of Songs or Aires.
O: Newly composed to sing to the Lute, Orpharion, or viols, 
O: and a dialogue for a base and meane Lute with five voices to sing thereto.
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w: 1.~What poore A- stro- no- mers are they,
w: 2.~And love it selfe is but a jeast.
w: 3.~But yet it is a sport to see
w: 4.~But such as will run mad with will,
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w: Take wo- mens eies for stars
w: De- visde by i- dle heads,
w: How wit will run on wheeles,
w: I can- not cleare their sight:
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w: And set their thoughts in bat- tel ray
w: To catch yong fan- cies in hte neast,
w: While wit can- not per- swa- ded be
w: But leave them to their stu- die still,
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w: To fight such id- le warres,
w: And lay it in fooles beds.
w: With that which rea- son feeles:
w: To looke where is no light.
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w: When in the end they shal ap- prove,
w: That be- ing hatcht in beaut- ies eyes,
w: That wo- mens eyes and starres are odde,
w: Till time too late we make them crie,
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w: Tis but a jest drawne out of love.
w: They may be flidge ere they be wise.
w: And love is but a fain- ed god.
w: They stu- dy false A- stro- no- mie.

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