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THIRD BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 1 by THOMAS CAMPION

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First Line: OFT HAVE I SIGHED FOR HIM THAT HEARS ME NOT
Last Line: FOR HIM THAT CAN BREAK VOWS BUT NOT RETURN.
OFT have I sighed for him that hears me not;
Who absent hath both love and me forgot.
O yet I languish still through his delay:
Days seem as years when wished friends break their day.

Had he but loved as common lovers use,
His faithless stay some kindness would excuse:
O yet I languish still, still constant mourn
For him that can break vows but not return.



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