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MADRIGAL by CLINTON SCOLLARD

First Line: BE YE IN LOVE WITH APRIL-TIDE?
Last Line: I' FAITH, IN LOVE AM I!
Subject(s): APRIL; LOVE;

BE ye in love with April-tide?
I' faith, in love am I!
For now 't is sun, and now 't is shower,
And now 't is frost, and now 't is flower,
And now 't is Laura laughing-eyed,
And now 't is Laura shy.

Ye doubtful days, O slower glide!
Still smile and frown, O sky!
Some beauty unforeseen I trace
In every change of Laura's face:
Be ye in love with April-tide?
I' faith, in love am I!



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