The man whose silent days In harmless joys are spent, Whom … - Thomas Campion

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The man whose silent days
In harmless joys are spent,
Whom hopes cannot delude,
Nor sorrow discontent:<p>That man needs neither towers
Nor armour for defence,
Nor secret vaults to fly
From thunder's violence.

Thomas Campion

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Thomas Campion (sometimes Campian) (February 12, 1567 – March 1, 1620) was an English composer, poet and physician.

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I care not for these ladies,
That must be wooed and prayed;
Give me kind Amaryllis,
The wanton country maid.
Nature art disdaineth;
Her beauty is her own.

There is a garden in her face
Where roses and white lilies blow;
A heavenly paradise is that place,
Wherein all pleasant fruits do grow;
There cherries grow that none may buy,
Till Cherry-Ripe themselves do cry.

Shall I come, sweet Love, to thee,
When the ev'ning beams are set?

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