Richard Lovelace - In Allusion To The French Song. N'entendez Vous Pas Ce Language

CHORUS. <br /> THEN UNDERSTAND YOU NOT (FAIR CHOICE) <br /> THIS LANGUAGE WITHOUT TONGUE OR VOICE? <br /> <br /> I. <br /> How often have my tears <br /> Invaded your soft ears, <br /> And dropp'd their silent chimes <br /> A thousand thousand times? <br /> Whilst echo did your eyes, <br /> And sweetly sympathize; <br /> But that the wary lid <br /> Their sluces did forbid. <br /> <br />Cho. THEN UNDERSTAND YOU NOT (FAIR CHOICE) <br /> THIS LANGUAGE WITHOUT TONGUE OR VOICE? <br /> <br /> II. <br /> My arms did plead my wound, <br /> Each in the other bound; <br /> Volleys of sighs did crowd, <br /> And ring my griefs alowd; <br /> Grones, like a canon-ball, <br /> Batter'd the marble wall, <br /> That the kind neighb'ring grove <br /> Did mutiny for love. <br /> <br />Cho. THEN UNDERSTAND YOU NOT (FAIR CHOICE) <br /> THIS LANGUAGE WITHOUT TONGUE OR VOICE? <br /> <br /> III. <br /> The rheth'rick of my hand <br /> Woo'd you to understand; <br /> Nay, in our silent walk <br /> My very feet would talk; <br /> My knees were eloquent, <br /> And spake the love I meant; <br /> But deaf unto that ayr, <br /> They, bent, would fall in prayer. <br /> <br />Cho. YET UNDERSTAND YOU NOT (FAIR CHOICE) <br /> THIS LANGUAGE WITHOUT TONGUE OR VOICE? <br /> <br /> IV. <br /> No? Know, then, I would melt <br /> On every limb I felt, <br /> And on each naked part <br /> Spread my expanded heart, <br /> That not a vein of thee <br /> But should be fill'd with mee. <br /> Whilst on thine own down, I <br /> Would tumble, pant, and dye. <br /> <br />Cho. YOU UNDERSTAND NOT THIS (FAIR CHOICE); <br /> THIS LANGUAGE WANTS BOTH TONGUE AND VOICE.<br /><br />Richard Lovelace<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem..../in-allusion-to-the-