BALLADSweet Lady, fair and gentle without peer,Have mercy on me, who all thy words obeyBody and soul do I abandon hereUnto thy will, and humbly thus I pray:Come quickly nigh,Have pity, and cure my sickness when I cry:Oh, I beseech thee, graciously attendAnd so consent to take me for thy friend.To thee I give myself, O flower most dear.For mercy I beseech, and wilt thou slay?I charge thee by that Lord whom we revereTo lift this wrong that crushes me away.No help have IFrom any other: leave me not to die!See, faithfully I serve thee to the end,And so consent to take me for thy friend.[pg 70]Seest thou not how I shed full many a tear:And if thy help for longer shall delayI am but shent, what need to speak more clear?Ah, love me, Love so holds me in his sway!Then hither hie,Be merciful, for near to death I lie:'Tis truth, thou knowest, I have no hope to mend,And so consent to take me for thy friend.Lady, I thank thee, and all my duty send,And so consent to take me for thy friend.
BALLADSweet Lady, fair and gentle without peer,Have mercy on me, who all thy words obeyBody and soul do I abandon hereUnto thy will, and humbly thus I pray:Come quickly nigh,Have pity, and cure my sickness when I cry:Oh, I beseech thee, graciously attendAnd so consent to take me for thy friend.To thee I give myself, O flower most dear.For mercy I beseech, and wilt thou slay?I charge thee by that Lord whom we revereTo lift this wrong that crushes me away.No help have IFrom any other: leave me not to die!See, faithfully I serve thee to the end,And so consent to take me for thy friend.[pg 70]Seest thou not how I shed full many a tear:And if thy help for longer shall delayI am but shent, what need to speak more clear?Ah, love me, Love so holds me in his sway!Then hither hie,Be merciful, for near to death I lie:'Tis truth, thou knowest, I have no hope to mend,And so consent to take me for thy friend.Lady, I thank thee, and all my duty send,And so consent to take me for thy friend.
BALLADSweet Lady, fair and gentle without peer,Have mercy on me, who all thy words obeyBody and soul do I abandon hereUnto thy will, and humbly thus I pray:Come quickly nigh,Have pity, and cure my sickness when I cry:Oh, I beseech thee, graciously attendAnd so consent to take me for thy friend.To thee I give myself, O flower most dear.For mercy I beseech, and wilt thou slay?I charge thee by that Lord whom we revereTo lift this wrong that crushes me away.No help have IFrom any other: leave me not to die!See, faithfully I serve thee to the end,And so consent to take me for thy friend.[pg 70]Seest thou not how I shed full many a tear:And if thy help for longer shall delayI am but shent, what need to speak more clear?Ah, love me, Love so holds me in his sway!Then hither hie,Be merciful, for near to death I lie:'Tis truth, thou knowest, I have no hope to mend,And so consent to take me for thy friend.Lady, I thank thee, and all my duty send,And so consent to take me for thy friend.
Sweet Lady, fair and gentle without peer,Have mercy on me, who all thy words obeyBody and soul do I abandon hereUnto thy will, and humbly thus I pray:Come quickly nigh,Have pity, and cure my sickness when I cry:Oh, I beseech thee, graciously attendAnd so consent to take me for thy friend.To thee I give myself, O flower most dear.For mercy I beseech, and wilt thou slay?I charge thee by that Lord whom we revereTo lift this wrong that crushes me away.No help have IFrom any other: leave me not to die!See, faithfully I serve thee to the end,And so consent to take me for thy friend.[pg 70]Seest thou not how I shed full many a tear:And if thy help for longer shall delayI am but shent, what need to speak more clear?Ah, love me, Love so holds me in his sway!Then hither hie,Be merciful, for near to death I lie:'Tis truth, thou knowest, I have no hope to mend,And so consent to take me for thy friend.Lady, I thank thee, and all my duty send,And so consent to take me for thy friend.
Sweet Lady, fair and gentle without peer,Have mercy on me, who all thy words obeyBody and soul do I abandon hereUnto thy will, and humbly thus I pray:Come quickly nigh,Have pity, and cure my sickness when I cry:Oh, I beseech thee, graciously attendAnd so consent to take me for thy friend.To thee I give myself, O flower most dear.For mercy I beseech, and wilt thou slay?I charge thee by that Lord whom we revereTo lift this wrong that crushes me away.No help have IFrom any other: leave me not to die!See, faithfully I serve thee to the end,And so consent to take me for thy friend.[pg 70]Seest thou not how I shed full many a tear:And if thy help for longer shall delayI am but shent, what need to speak more clear?Ah, love me, Love so holds me in his sway!Then hither hie,Be merciful, for near to death I lie:'Tis truth, thou knowest, I have no hope to mend,And so consent to take me for thy friend.Lady, I thank thee, and all my duty send,And so consent to take me for thy friend.
Sweet Lady, fair and gentle without peer,
Have mercy on me, who all thy words obey
Body and soul do I abandon here
Unto thy will, and humbly thus I pray:
Come quickly nigh,
Come quickly nigh,
Have pity, and cure my sickness when I cry:
Oh, I beseech thee, graciously attend
And so consent to take me for thy friend.
To thee I give myself, O flower most dear.
For mercy I beseech, and wilt thou slay?
I charge thee by that Lord whom we revere
To lift this wrong that crushes me away.
No help have I
No help have I
From any other: leave me not to die!
See, faithfully I serve thee to the end,
And so consent to take me for thy friend.
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Seest thou not how I shed full many a tear:
And if thy help for longer shall delay
I am but shent, what need to speak more clear?
Ah, love me, Love so holds me in his sway!
Then hither hie,
Then hither hie,
Be merciful, for near to death I lie:
'Tis truth, thou knowest, I have no hope to mend,
And so consent to take me for thy friend.
Lady, I thank thee, and all my duty send,
And so consent to take me for thy friend.