Robert Wever. c. 1550
45. In Youth is Pleasure
1 min to read
92 words

IN a harbour grene aslepe whereas I lay, The byrdes sang swete in the middes of the day, I dreamed fast of mirth and play:         In youth is pleasure, in youth is pleasure.

Methought I walked still to and fro, And from her company I could not go— But when I waked it was not so:         In youth is pleasure, in youth is pleasure.

Therefore my hart is surely pyght Of her alone to have a sight Which is my joy and hartes delight:         In youth is pleasure, in youth is pleasure.

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Richard Edwardes. 1523-66
46. Amantium Irae
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460 words
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