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SGo ["Goe and catch a falling starre,"]


Yesternight the Sun went hence; and yett is here to daie
Hee hath no desire nor sence, nor halfe soe short a waie:
Then feare nott mee
But beliue that I shall make speedier iournies, since I take
More wings and spurrs then hee.

O how feeble is mans power, that if good fortune fall,
Cannot add one howre, nor a lost howre recall:
But come badd chance,
And wee ioyne to itt our strength, and wee teach it art and length
It selfe ore vs to advance

When thou sighst, thou sighst not winde. but sighst my Soule away
When thou weepst vnkyndlie kinde, My lifes blood doth decay
Itt cannott bee
That thou loust mee, as thou saist, If in thine my life doth waste
Thou art the best of mee.

Lett not thy deuininge hart fore thinke mee any ill:
Destinye may take thy part, And may thy feares fullfill.
But think that wee
Are but tvrnd aside to sleepe: They who one another keepe
Aliue, nere parted bee.|
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Goe and catch a falling starre,
Gett with childe a Mandrake roote
Tell mee where all past yeares are,
Or who cleft the Diuells foote:
Teach mee to heare Mermaydes singinge
Or too keepe of Envies stinging,
And finde
Whatt wynde
Serues to aduance an honest minde.
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