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POPULAR SONG OF TUSCANY: 1 by ANONYMOUS

First Line: "SLEEPING OR WAKING, THOU SWEET FACE"
Last Line: "I STAND WITHOUT, AND MAKE MY MOAN"

"SLEEPING or waking, thou sweet face,
Lift up thy fair and tender brow:
List to thy love in this still place;
He calls thee to thy window now:
But bids thee not the house to quit,
Since in the night this were not meet.
Come to thy window, stay within;
I stand without, and sing and sing:
Come to thy window, stay at home;
I stand without, and make my moan."



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