Rest Awhile, You Cruel Cares Lyrics

Rets awhile, you cruel caresBe not more severe than love.Beauty kills and beauty spares,And sweet smiles sad sighs remove:Laura, fair queen of my delight,Come grant me love in love's despite,And if I fail ever to honour thee,Let this heavenly light I see,Be as dark as hell to me.If I speak, my words want weight,Am I mute, my heart doth break,If I sigh, she fears deceit,Sorrow then for me must speak:Cruel unkind, with favour viewThe wound that first was made by you:And if my torments feigned be,Let this heavenly light I see,Be as dark as hell to me.Never hour of pleasing restShall revive my dying gost,Till my soul hath repossess'dThe sweet hope which love hath lost:Laura redeem the soul that dies,By fury of thy murdering eyes:And if it prove unkind to thee,Let this heavenly light I see,Be as dark as hell to me.