Two Bookes of Ayres:
The First Booke
XI.
by Thomas Campion.

Neuer weather-beaten Saile more willing bent to shore,
Neuer tyred Pilgrims limbs affected slumber more,
Than my wearied spright now longs to flye out of my troubled
       brest :
    O come quickly, sweetest Lord, and take my soule to rest.

Euer-blooming are the ioys of Heau'ns high paradice,
Cold age deafes not there our eares, nor vapour dims our eyes :   
Glory there the Sun outshines, whose beames the blessed
       onely see ;
    O come quickly, glorious Lord, and raise my spright to thee.



RealAudio sample from the CD
A Quiet Conscience: 17th century Songs.


Text source:
Campion, Thomas. Campion's Works. Percival Vivian, Ed.
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1909. 122.

Music:
"Never Weather-Beaten Saile" by Campion, Thomas.
Sequenced by John Cowles.



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Jan van de Cappelle (ca. 1624-1679). Ships on a Calm Sea near Land. Detail.
Ships on a Calm Sea near Land. Detail.
Jan van de Cappelle (c.1624-1679).
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