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I also have perfum'd the same,

with cinnamon right sweet,

With myrrh, and aloes of great fame,

our joys more to compleat.

Come rest within my artful grove,

till morning light appear;

Let us solace ourselves with love,

and all our senses cheer

For the goodman (I'm glad to say)

from home does now sojourn;

And far, far distant is the day,

appointed far return

A bag of money he did take,

and he a day did fix;

Until the time of which he spake,

his presence cannot vex

With her fair speech she him beguiles ;

he yielded to her there:

With flatt'ring lips, and harlot smiles

she forc'd him in her snare