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<DATE>2008-10-04</DATE>
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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<ITEM>Proofed and reviewed as part of batch B080850.pdcc.</ITEM>
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<DIV1 TYPE="ballad">
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<HEAD>Phillis for&s;aken, In Pur&s;uit of CORIDON.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<L>Behold fair <HI>Phillis</HI> by her Love for&s;aken</L>
<L>In &s;earch of him that will not be o're taken,</L>
<L>Whil&s;t &s;he (poor &s;oul) her cheeks with tears bedewing,</L>
<L>Romes over hills and dales in vain pur&s;uing.</L>
<L>'Twould melt a marb<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">e heart, her &s;ad complaining</L>
<L>Whil&s;t he &s;eems deaf, her Love and &s;he di&s;daining.</L>
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<OPENER>To the Tune of, Daphnaes Complaint, or O my Love, &amp;c.</OPENER>
<P><FIGURE>
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<P><FIGURE>
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<LG>
<L>AS I went abroad to <HI>play</HI></L>
<L>In a morning fre&s;h and gay,</L>
<L>Hearing the &s;w&eacute;et Nightingale</L>
<L>Tell her &s;ad and dolefull tale.</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Strait I heard a voice to cry,</HI></L>
<L><HI>O my Love, O my Love,</HI></L>
<L><HI>O my Love why do&s;t thou fly,</HI></L>
<L><HI>pitty me or el&s;e I dye.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>At the fir&s;t I was amaz'd</L>
<L>And with gr&eacute;edy eyes I gaz'd,</L>
<L>Till at length I &s;aw where &s;tood</L>
<L><HI>Phillis</HI> in a pen&s;ive mood,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Mournfully &s;he thus did cry,</HI></L>
<L><HI>O my Love, O my Love,</HI></L>
<L><HI>O my Love why do&s;t thou fly,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Pitty me or el&s;e I dye,</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Turn O turn &s;w&eacute;et <HI>Coridon</HI></L>
<L>Do not thus <HI>thy Phillis</HI> wrong,</L>
<L>Hearken to my woful <HI>plaint,</HI></L>
<L>Now with &s;orrow I am faint,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Whil&s;t I &s;train my voice to cry.</HI></L>
<L><HI>O my Love, O my Love,</HI></L>
<L><HI>O my Love why do&s;t thou fly,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Pitty me or el&s;e I dye.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Tell me deare&s;t tell me plain</L>
<L>Why thou do&s;t my Love di&s;dain,</L>
<L>Wherein have I done a mi&s;s</L>
<L>That I am debar'd of bli&s;s.</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Li&s;ten to my woful cry,</HI></L>
<L><HI>O my Love, O my Love,</HI></L>
<L><HI>O my Love why do&s;t thou fly</HI></L>
<L><HI>Pitty me or el&s;e I dye,</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<P><FIGURE>
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<LG>
<L>O Hard hearten Shepherd turn</L>
<L>Let not <HI>Phillis</HI> longer mourn,</L>
<L>See her tender body's torn</L>
<L>With the bramble and the thorn,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Hearken to my mournful Song,</HI></L>
<L><HI>O my Love, O my Love.</HI></L>
<L><HI>O my Love why do&s;t thou fly,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Pitty me or el&s;e I dye.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Why art thou more cruel far</L>
<L>Then the <HI>Tyger</HI> and the <HI>Bear,</HI></L>
<L>Do not bear &s;o fierce a mind</L>
<L>As the wild bea&s;ts in their kind,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Hearken to my dolefull cry,</HI></L>
<L><HI>O my Love, O my Love,</HI></L>
<L><HI>O my Love why do&s;t thou fly,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Pitty me or el&s;e I dye.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Each gr&eacute;en fields and &s;hady Grove</L>
<L>Bear you witne&s;s of my love,</L>
<L>And the little Lambs which play</L>
<L>In the flowry field &s;o gay,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Hear me whil&s;t with grief I cry,</HI></L>
<L><HI>O my Love, O my Love,</HI></L>
<L><HI>O my Love why do&s;t thou fly,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Pitty me or el&s;e I dye.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>All you pretty birds that &s;ings</L>
<L>And you Chri&s;tal &s;treaming &s;prings</L>
<L>That do murmu<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">e as you glide</L>
<L>By the plea&s;ant Meadows &s;ide,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Bear a part when I do cry,</HI></L>
<L><HI>O my Love, O my Love,</HI></L>
<L><HI>O my Love why do&s;t thou fly,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Pitty me or el&s;e I dye.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L><HI>Pan</HI> thou god of Shepherd Swains</L>
<L>Viewing the&s;e <HI>Arcadian plains,</HI></L>
<L>Ca&s;t an eye upon my grief</L>
<L><HI>Coridon</HI> hath plaid the thief.</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Pitty me when I do cry</HI></L>
<L><HI>O my Love, O my Love,</HI></L>
<L><HI>O my Love why do&s;t thou fly,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Turn again or el&s;e I dye.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L><HI>Venus</HI> with thy naked boy</L>
<L>After &s;orrow &s;end me joy,</L>
<L>Stop my Lover in his Race</L>
<L>And bring him to me face to face,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>That he once may hear me c<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">y,</HI></L>
<L><HI>O my Love, O my Love,</HI></L>
<L><HI>O my Love why did&s;t thou fly,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Pitty me or el&s;e I dye.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>You fair Nymphs that &s;port and play</L>
<L>And <HI>Diana's</HI> laws obey,</L>
<L>Did you not meet my <HI>Coridon</HI></L>
<L>Tell me which way he is gone,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>That I once may cea&s;e to cry,</HI></L>
<L><HI>O my Love, O my Love,</HI></L>
<L><HI>O my Love why do&s;t thou fly,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Pitty me or el&s;e I dye.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Thus fair <HI>Phillis</HI> did complain</L>
<L>On the plea&s;ant flowry plain,</L>
<L>Till at la&s;t her Lover came</L>
<L>For to ea&s;e her of her pain.</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Then &s;he thus began to cry,</HI></L>
<L><HI>O my Love, O my Love,</HI></L>
<L><HI>O my Love why did&s;t thou flye,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Ea&s;e me of my mi&s;ery.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
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<P>Printed for W. Whitwood at the Golden Lion in Duck Lane.</P>
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