To Lucasta

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  I.
  I laugh and sing, but cannot tell
  Whether the folly on't sounds well;
  But then I groan,
  Methinks, in tune;
Whilst grief, despair and fear dance to the air
  Of my despised prayer.

  II.
  A pretty antick love does this,
  Then strikes a galliard with a kiss;
  As in the end
  The chords they rend;
So you but with a touch from your fair hand
  Turn all to saraband.

© Richard Lovelace