Love
Madrigal, upon His Departure
From A Poetical Rhapsody (1602), ed. A. H. Bullen (1890–91)
Love
Sure, dear, I love you not; for he that loveth,
When he from her doth part.
That's mistress of his heart,
A deadly pain, a hellish torment proveth.
But when sad fates did sever
Me far from seeing you, I would see ever;
I felt in my absenting
No pain, nor no tormenting.
For sense of pain how could he find.
That left his heart and soul behind!
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