...clearly metrical) than the majorit those which have been long recognized as Sir T. Wy productions. ' The Lover's Lute cannot be blamed though it sing of...bound To give such tunes as pleaseth me ; < Though my songs be somewhat strange And speak such words as touch thy change, Blame not my lute ! ' My lute !...

...knit again the knot that should not slide. The Lover's Lute cannot be blamed though it sing of hii Lady's unkindness. Blame not my Lute ! for he must...lack of wit the Lute is bound To give such tunes as p lease th me ; And though my songs be somewhat strange, And speak such words as touch thy change,...

...sometime did dread ? They find comfort, for thy mischief, Most wretched heart ! why art thou not dead ? ' What though that curs do fall by kind On him that...strange, And speak such words as touch thy change, And toucheth some that use to feign, Blame not my Lute ! My Lute and strings may not deny, But as I...

...unhap cannot kill me so.' THE LOVER'S LUTE CANNOT BE BLAMED THOUGH IT SING OF HIS LADY'S UNKINDSESS. BLAME not my Lute! for he must sound Of this or that...bound To give such tunes as pleaseth me ; Though my songs be somewhat strange, And speak such words as touch thy change, Blame not my Lute ! My Lute !...

...of poetical feeling. The lover'i lute cannot be blâmer!, though it sing of hit lady's mdcindntia. ng'd and fiery arras : Some natural tears they dropt, bu likcth me ; For lack of wit the Lute is bound To give such tunes as pleaseth me ; Though my songs be...

...refinement, and some share of poetical feeling. The ioter1! lute cannot be blamed, tltovgk it ting oung j So many weeks ere the poor fools will yean...the fleece : So minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, Huch tunes as pleaseth me ; Though my songs be somewhat strange, And speak such words as touch my change,...

...of poetical feeling. T!ie lom-'г lute cannot le ílame<l, tlowjh it sing of his lady's nnkindiiess. n now is, what wisdom can there be to choose, pleascth me ; Though my songs be somewhat strange, And speak such words as touch my change, Blame not...

...of poetical feeling. The lover's lute cannot lie lilnmcrl, though it sing of his lady's vnkindness. or he was of that stubborn crew Of errant saints, whom all men grant To lock of wit the Lute is bound To give Much tunes as ploaseth me ; Though my «ongs be somewhat strange,...

...share of poetical feeling. The Imer't lute cannot be llamed, though it ling of hit lady's tmkindnest. into them their dunghill soul. How did they rivet,...gigantic piles, Thorough the centre their new-catched Kuch tunes as pleaseth me ; Though my songs be somewhat strange, And speak such words as touch my change,...

...copy we select the following songs, and the stanza which follows them : — THE LOVER'S LUTE CAN NOT BE BLAMED, THOUGH IT SING OF HIS LADY'S UNKINDNESS....me ; For lack of wit the Lute is bound To give such times as pleaseth me; Though my songs be somewhat strange, And speak such words as touch my change,...