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Good Men, Show If You Can Tell Lyrics by Thomas Campion

The Second Booke of Ayres

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Good men, shew, if you can tell
Where doth humane pittie dwell ?
Farre and neere her would I seeke
So vext with sorrow is my brest
She, (they say) to all, is meeke
And onely makes th' vnhappie blest
Oh ! if such a Saint there be
Some hope yet remaines for me :
Prayer or sacrifice may gaine
From her implored grace reliefe ;
To release mee of my paine
Or at the least to ease my griefe
Young am I, and farre from guile
The more is my woe the while :
Falshood with a smooth disguise
My simple meaning hath abus'd :
Casting mists before mine eyes
By which my senses are confus'd
Fair he is, who vow'd to me
That he onely mine would be ;
But, alas, his minde is caught
With eu'ry gaudie bait he sees :
And too late my flame is taught
That too much kindnesse makes men freese
From me all my friends are gone
While I pine for him alone ;
And not one will rue my case
But rather my distresse deride :
That I thinke there is no place
Where pittie euer yet did bide
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Thomas Campion

Thomas Campion

About “Good Men, Show If You Can Tell” by Thomas Campion

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"Good Men, Show If You Can Tell" appears on "The Second Booke of Ayres".

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