There Is a Lady Sweet and Kind

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There is a lady sweet and kind,
 Was never face so pleas'd my mind;
 I did but see her passing by,
 And yet I love her till I die.

  Her gesture, motion, and her smiles,
 Her wit, her voice, my heart beguiles,
 Beguiles my heart, I know not why,
 And yet I love her till I die.

 Her free behaviour, winning looks,
  Will make a lawyer burn his books;
  I touch'd her not, alas! not I,
  And yet I love her till I die.

 Had I her fast betwixt mine arms,
  Judge you that think such sports were harms,
  Were't any harm? no, no, fie, fie,
  For I will love her till I die.

 Should I remain confined there
  So long as Ph{oe}bus in his sphere,
  I to request, she to deny,
  Yet would I love her till I die.

 Cupid is winged and doth range,
  Her country so my love doth change:
  But change she earth, or change she sky,
  Yet will I love her till I die.

© Thomas Ford