Thomas Weelkes Poems

The ape, the monkey and baboon did meet,
And breaking of their fast in Friday street,
Two of them swore together solemnly
In their three natures was a sympathy.
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Tomorrow is the marriage day
Of Mopsus and fair Philida.
Come shepherds, bring your garlands gay.
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Thule, the period of cosmography,
Doth vaunt of Hecla, whose sulphureous fire
Doth melt the frozen clime and thaw the sky;
Trinacrian Etna's flames ascend not higher:
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Hark, all ye lovely saints above,
Diana hath agreed with Love,
His fiery weapon to remove. Fa la.
Do you not see
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Cease sorrows now,
for you have done the deed,
lo care hath now consum'd
my carcase quite,
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Come sirrah Jack ho,
Fill some tobacco,
Bring a wire and some fire,
Haste haste away,
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