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First Line: Adieu thys is no cheape ayre
Last Line: The house to give that soule more roome in itt
Subject(s): Farewell; Parting


ADIEU thys is no cheape ayre
Tis my soules selfe I thus breathe awaye
Sorrow doth its place supply
It kils but gives no leave to dy.
Greife wh. from hence did my life fyrst expell
Hear an usurping soule doth dwell
And I am long lived now how free from fate
Alas is hee whom woe doth animate
Disraye is of hys syde, ruinn doth fitt
The house to give that soule more roome in itt





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