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THE LORDS' MASQUE: THE SONG by THOMAS CAMPION

Poet Analysis

First Line: WOO HER, AND WIN HER, HE THAT CAN!
Last Line: THAT ON STRANGE BEAUTIES VENTER.
Subject(s): COURTSHIP;

1.

Woo her, and win her, he that can!
Each woman hath two lovers,
So she must take and leave a man,
Till time more grace discovers.
This doth Jove to shew that want
Makes beauty most respected;
If fair women were more scant,
They would be more affected.

2.

Courtship and music suit with love,
They both are works of passion;
Happy is he whose words can move,
Yet sweet notes help persuasion.
Mix your words with music then,
That they the more may enter;
Bold assaults are fit for men,
That on strange beauties venter.



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