Earth with her flowers shall sooner heaven adorn;
Heaven her bright stars through earth's dim globe shall move;
Fire heat shall lose, and frosts of flames be born;
Air, made to shine, as black as hell shall prove:
Earth, heaven, fire, air, the world transformed shall view,
Ere I prove false to faith, or strange to you.
John Dowland.
FAREWELL, MY JOY.
Farewell! my joy!
Adieu! my love and pleasure!
To sport and toy
We have no longer leisure.
Fa la la!
Farewell! adieu!
Until our next consorting!
Sweet love, be true!
And thus we end our sporting.
Fa la la!
Thomas Weelkes.