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William Browne

Song

FOR her gait, if she be walking;
Be she sitting, I desire her
For her state's sake; and admire her
For her wit if she be talking;
        Gait and state and wit approve her;
        For which all and each I love her.

Be she sullen, I commend her
For a modest. Be she merry,
For a kind one her prefer I.
Briefly, everything doth lend her
        So much grace, and so approve her,
        That for everything I love her.

About the poet

William Browne
1588-1643

 
By the same poet
The Rose
A Welcome
The Sirens' Song
Memory
Epitaph: In Obitum M.S. Xº Maij, 1614
Epitaph: On the Countess Dowager of Pembroke
 
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