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Alfonso Ferrabosco

Ayres

1609


XXI.

      So beautie on the waters stood,
      when Loue had seuer' d earth from floud,
      So when hee parted ayre from fire,
      hee did with concord all inspire,
      And then a motion hee them taught,
      that elder then himselfe was thought,
      which thought was yet the childe of earth,
      for loue is elder then his birth.
      

From:
Ben Jonson
Masque of Beauty

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