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Three Songs , opus 71

by Amy Marcy Cheney Beach (1867 - 1944)

1. A prelude

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2. O sweet content  [sung text checked 1 time]

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Art thou poor, yet hast thou golden slumbers:
  O sweet content!
Art thou rich yet is thy mind perplexed,
  O punishment.
Dost thou laugh to see how fools are vexed,
To add to golden numbers, golden numbers.
  O sweet content, etc.

[Work]1 work apace, apace, apace;
Honest labor bears a lovely face;
Then hey nonny, hey nonny: hey nonny, nonny.

Canst drink the waters of the crisped spring,
  O sweet content!
Swim'st thou in wealth, yet sink'st in thine own tears,
  O punishment.
Then he [that]2 patiently wants, burden bears,
No burden bears, but is a King, a King.
  O sweet content, etc.

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Confirmed with Henry Chettle and Thomas Dekker, Patient Grissil, London, 1632. Modernized spelling.

1 Beach: "Then work"
2 Beach: "who"

3. An Old Love‑Story

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