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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<HEAD>Loves Paradice.</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">Shewing the admirable felicity that true-Lovers enjoy in the cha&s;te imbra|ces of their deare&s;t Loves, as this following example doth declare.</HEAD>
<OPENER>To the tune of Fancies Phoenix</OPENER>
<BYLINE>by J. P.</BYLINE>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<P><FIGURE>
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<LG>
<L>ALL in a plea&s;ant &s;hady grove</L>
<L>as I was pa&s;&s;ing time away,</L>
<L>I chanc'd to &s;ee the God of Love</L>
<L>with Bow and Quiver, &s;port and play;</L>
<L>At randome he did &s;hoot his darts</L>
<L>to wound poor lovers tender hearts.</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>But pa&s;&s;ing forward in a trice,</HI></L>
<L><HI>I came to True-Loves Paradice.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>With admiration I beheld</L>
<L>the beauty of &s;o &s;w&eacute;et a place,</L>
<L>All earthly plea&s;ures it doth yeild</L>
<L>to them which do true love embrace,</L>
<L>For all delights no place &s;o rare</L>
<L>with this <HI>Ely&s;ium</HI> may compare.</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Then Lovers all take my advice,</HI></L>
<L><HI>and ha&s;ten to Loves Paradice.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The Arbours &s;tand in rich array,</L>
<L>and gloriou&s;ly appear in &s;ight.</L>
<L>Bedeck'd with Flowers and Garlands gay,</L>
<L>with Ro&s;es, Damask, Red and White,</L>
<L>The murmuring &s;prings do make a noy&s;e</L>
<L>for to compleat true Lovers joyes;</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Then Lovers all take my advice,</HI></L>
<L><HI>and ha&s;ten to Loves Paradice.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>To &s;&eacute;e the Lovers arme in arme,</L>
<L>how they together walke and prate,</L>
<L>Fr&eacute;e from all danger, dread and harme,</L>
<L>each one enjoyes his loving Mate,</L>
<L>O happy thrice, dear &s;ouls they be</L>
<L>alwaies in &s;uch &s;w&eacute;et company;</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Then Lovers all take my advice,</HI></L>
<L><HI>and ha&s;ten to Loves Paradice.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Their cha&s;te embraces are &s;o &s;w&eacute;et,</L>
<L>and all their actions innocent</L>
<L>When ever their &s;w&eacute;et lips do meet</L>
<L>a Me&s;&s;age to the heart is &s;ent,</L>
<L>To &s;tir affection cha&s;te and pure,</L>
<L>which &s;hall perpetually endure,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Then Lovers all take my advice,</HI></L>
<L><HI>and ha&s;ten to Loves Paradice.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Their joyes abounded more and more</L>
<L>to hear the birds &s;o &s;w&eacute;etly &s;ing,</L>
<L>I never heard the like before,</L>
<L>they made the Grove with Ecchoes ring,</L>
<L>Thrice happy they, that have their choice</L>
<L>of this, or that mellodious voyce;</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Then Lovers all take my advice,</HI></L>
<L><HI>and ha&s;ten to Loves Paradice.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>The &s;econd part,</HEAD>
<OPENER>to the &s;ame Tune,</OPENER>
<P><FIGURE>
</FIGURE></P>
<P><FIGURE>
</FIGURE></P>
<LG>
<L>I Sate m&eacute;e on a flowry hill,</L>
<L>near to an Arbour fre&s;h and green,</L>
<L>Where fair <HI>Lucina</HI> mourn'd her fill,</L>
<L>thinking &s;he was not heard, nor &s;een,</L>
<L>'Twas for the ab&s;ence of her dear</L>
<L>that &s;he did thus lament and fear.</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Then lovers all take my advice,</HI></L>
<L><HI>and ha&s;ten to Loves Paradice.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Shall I lament and mourn alone,</L>
<L>whil&s;t other Lovers do rejoyce,</L>
<L>O whither is my True-Love gone</L>
<L>that I cannot hear his &s;weet voyce,</L>
<L>It would revive my Love-&s;ick-heart,</L>
<L>and force all &s;orrows to depart;</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Then Lovers all take my advice,</HI></L>
<L><HI>and ha&s;ten to Loves Paradice.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Some &s;trange di&s;a&s;ter doth detain,</L>
<L>my deare&s;t love from mee this time,</L>
<L>I'm &s;ure he con&s;tant will remain,</L>
<L>his love is fix'd and &s;o is mine,</L>
<L>O why do I thus pine away</L>
<L>&s;ince long from mee he cannot &s;tay?</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Then Lovers all take my advice,</HI></L>
<L><HI>and ha&s;ten to Loves Paradice.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>It griev'd my heart, her plaint to hear</L>
<L>how &s;he did &s;igh and make her moan,</L>
<L>At length her Lover did appear,</L>
<L>then all her grief was fled and gone,</L>
<L>With great delight they did embrace</L>
<L>when they beheld each others face;</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Then Lovers all take my advice,</HI></L>
<L><HI>and ha&s;ten to Loves Paradice.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Dear heart quoth he, I have conceal'd</L>
<L>my &s;elf a while to hear thy plaint,</L>
<L>But &s;ince thy love thou ha&s;t reveal'd</L>
<L>I'le n'ere adore another Saint,</L>
<L>Take hand and heart, and all that's mine,</L>
<L>for thou maye&s;t freely call mee thine;</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Then Lovers all take my advice,</HI></L>
<L><HI>and ha&s;ten to Loves Paradice.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>When they had joyn'd two hearts in one,</L>
<L>with true affection in each brea&s;t,</L>
<L>They could no longer &s;tay alone,</L>
<L>but walked out among&s;t the re&s;t</L>
<L>With hand in hand 'twas rare to &s;ee,</L>
<L>how mutually they all agree;</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Then Lovers all take my advice,</HI></L>
<L><HI>and ha&s;ten to Loves Paradice.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>In plea&s;ures rare they pa&s;&s;e the time,</L>
<L>in choice delights and harmele&s;&s;e &s;port,</L>
<L>The Summer it was in the prime,</L>
<L>when as the&s;e Lovers did re&s;ort,</L>
<L>The warbling quire their &s;ences chear'd</L>
<L>enough to ravi&s;h all that heard;</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Then Lovers all take my advice,</HI></L>
<L><HI>and ha&s;ten to Loves Paradice.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>How happy are tho&s;e Lovers true,</L>
<L>that do enjoy &s;uch perfect bli&s;&s;e,</L>
<L>He that Loves Paradice will view,</L>
<L>may ta&s;te of &s;uch delight as this,</L>
<L>But he that doth uncon&s;tant prove.</L>
<L>&s;hall never know the &s;weets of Love;</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Then Lovers all take my advice,</HI></L>
<L><HI>and ha&s;ten to Loves Paradice.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
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<TRAILER>Finis.</TRAILER>
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<P><HI>London, Printed for W. Kendrick at the Black-&s;pread Eagle and Sun in the Old-Bayly.</HI></P>
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