VII. Say love if ever thou didst find,

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T:VII. Say love if ever thou didst find,
T:Tenor.
C:John Dowland
H: From The Third and Last Booke of Songs or Aires.
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L:1/4
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w: 1.~Say love if e- ver thou didst _ _ find,
w: 2.~But could thy fi- ry poy- sned _ _ dart
w: 3.~How might I that faire won- der _ _ know,
w: 4.~To her then yeeld thy shafts and _ _ bowe,
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w: A wo- man with a con- stant mind,
w: At no time touch her spot- lesse hart,
w: That mockes de- sire with end- lesse no
w: That can com- mand af- fec- tions so:
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w: None but one, 
w: Nor come neare,
w: See the Moone
w: Love is free,
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w: And what should that rare mir- ror be, 
w: She is not sub- ject to Loves bow,
w: That e- ver in one change doth grow,
w: So are her thoughts that van- quish thee,
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w: Some God- desse or some Queen is shee 
w: Her eye com- maunds, her heart saith no, 
w: Yet still the same, and she is so;
w: There is no queene of love but she,
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w: Shee, shee, shee, shee, shee, shee, and one- lie she,
w: No, no, no, no, no, no, and on- ly no,
w: So, so, so, so, so, so, and one- ly so,
w: Shee, shee, shee, shee, shee, shee, and one- lie she,
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w: She one- ly Queene of love and _ beau- tie.
w: One no a- no- ther still doth _ fol- low.
w: From heaven her ver- tues she  doth _ bor- row.
w: She one- ly Queene of love and _ beau- tie.

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