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THE CAPTIVE LOVER by HENRY LAWES

First Line: IF MY MISTRESS FIX HER EYE
Last Line: BUT WITH ONE GOOD LOOK A DAY.
Subject(s): COURTSHIP; LOVE;
IF my Mistress fix her eye
On these ruder lines of mine,
Let them tell her how I lie
Fettered by her looks divine;
Tell her it is only she
Can release and set me free.

Tell her yet 'tis my desire
To remain her captive still;
Neither can I aim at higher
Hope or fortune than her will;
So she will my thraldom pay
But with one good look a day.



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