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SONGS, SET TO MUSIC BY THE MOST EMINENT MASTERS: 17 by MATTHEW PRIOR

First Line: ACCEPT, MY LOVE, AS TRUE A HEART
Last Line: WITH IT BEGIN ANEW.
Subject(s): HEARTS; LOVE;

ACCEPT, my love, as true a heart
As ever lover gave;
'Tis free (it vows) from any art,
And proud to be your slave.

Then take it kindly, as 'twas meant,
And let the giver live;
Who with it would the world have sent,
Had it been his to give.

And, that Dorinda may not fear
I e'er will prove untrue,
My vows shall, ending with the year,
With it begin anew.



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