The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres of 2. 4. and 5. parts: With Tableture for the Lute or Orpherian, with the Violl de Gamba. Composed by Iohn Dovvland ... Also an excelent lesson for the Lute and Base Viol, called Dowlands adew [by John Dowland] |
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I.
[I Saw my Lady weepe]
To the most famous, Anthony Holborne.
I Saw my Lady weepeI Saw my Lady weepe, And sorrow proud to bee aduanced so: In those faire eies, where all perfections keepe, Hir face was full of woe, full of woe, but such a woe, beleeue me as wins more hearts, Then mirth can doe, with hir, in tysing parts.
Sorow was there made faire, And passion wise, eares a delightfull thing, Silence beyond all speech a wisdome rare, Shee made hir sighes to sing, And all things with so sweet a sadnesse moue, As made my heart at once both grieue and loue.
O fayrer then ought ells, The world can shew, leaue of in time to grieue, Inough, inough, your ioyfull lookes excells, Teares kills the heart belieue, O striue not to bee excellent in woe, Which onely breeds your beauties ouerthrow.
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