Love
Thou art but young, thou say'st
From Lyrics from the Song-Books of the Elizabethan Age, ed. A. H. Bullen (London: Nimmo, 1891)
Thou art but young, thou say'st,
And love's delight thou weigh'st not:
O, take time while thou may'st,
Lest when thou would'st thou may'st not.
If love shall then assail thee,
A double anguish will torment thee;
And thou wilt wish (but wishes all will fail thee,)
"O me! that I were young again!" and so repent thee.
Codex Note
From John Wilbye's Madrigals, 1598.
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