New love (a Roundelay)

Now's the time for pleasure,

Lads and lasses,

Take your joy together

Ere it passes.

With the love of a maid

Aflower,

With the love of a maid

Afire,

New love, new love,

Dying of desire.

Philomel singing

So sweet,

My heart burns to hear her

Repeat,

With the love of a maid

Aflower,

With the love of a maid

Afire,

New love, new love,

Dying of desire.

Flower of all maidens,

My Love,

Rose o'er all roses

Above.

With the love of a maid

Aflower,

With the love of a maid

Afire,

New love, new low,

Dying of desire.

Thy virginity

Mocks my wooing,

Thy simplicity

Is my undoing.

With the love of a maid

Aflower,

With the love of a maid

Afire,

New love, new love,

Dying of desire.

O nightingale,

Be still

For an hour,

Till the heart sings,

With the love of a maid

Aflower,

With the love of a maid

Afire,

New love, new love,

Dying of desire.

Come, mistress mine,

Joy with thee,

Come, fairest, come,

Love, to me.

With the love of a maid

Aflower,

With the love of a maid

Afire,

New love, new love,

Dying of desire.