Inchtabokatables - Confined Love (3:58) lyrics

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(John Donne, 1573-1631)<br />

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Some man unworthy to be possesor<br />

Of old or new love himself being false or weak<br />

Thought his pain and shame would be lesser<br />

From womankind he might his anger wreak<br />

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Hey and thance a low did grow<br />

One should but one man know<br />

But are other creatures so but are other creatures so<br />

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Are some of the stars by law forbidden<br />

To smile with the list or lend away their light<br />

Are birds devorced or are they chidden<br />

If they leave their maid or lie abroad a night.<br />

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Beasts do no jointures loose though they new lovers choose<br />

But we are made worse than those , but we are made worse than those.<br />

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Who e`er rigged fair ship to lie in harbours<br />

And not to seek new lands, or not to deal withal<br />

Or built fair houses, set trees, and arbours,<br />

Only to lock up, or else to let them fall ?<br />

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Good is not good, unless<br />

A thousand it possess,<br />

But doth waste with greediness.<br />

But doth waste with greediness.