Richard Lovelace.


 
SONG.
Set by Mr. Henry Lawes.
TO LUCASTA, Going beyond the Seas.

I.

IF to be absent were to be
        Away from thee ;
    Or that when I am gone,
    You or I were alone ;
Then my Lucasta might I crave
Pity from blustring winde, or swallowing wave.

II.

But I'le not sigh one blast or gale
        To swell my saile,
    Or pay a teare to swage
    The foaming blew-Gods rage ;
For whether he will let me passe
Or no, I'm still as happy as I was.

III.

Though Seas and Land betwixt us both,
        Our Faith and Troth,
    Like separated soules,
    All time and space controules :
Above the highest sphere wee meet
Unseene, unknowne, and greet as Angels greet.

IV.

So then we doe anticipate
        Our after-fate,
    And are alive i' th' skies,
    If thus our lips and eyes
Can speake like spirits unconfin'd
In Heav'n, their earthy bodies left behind.




Source:
Lovelace, Richard.  The Poems of Richard Lovelace.
London: Unit Library, Ltd., 1904.  17-18.




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