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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]

Dowland, John (1563?-1626)

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To the right Noble and Vertuous Ladie, Lucie Comptesse of BEDFORD.

II.

II. Flow my teares fall from your springs

III.

III. Sorrow sorrow stay, lend true repentant teares

IIII.

IIII. Dye not beefore thy day

V Mourne, mourne, day is with darknesse fled

VI.

VI. Times eldest sonne, olde age the heyre of ease

VII.

VII. Second part. Then sit thee downe, and say thy Nunc Demittis

VIII.

VIII. Third part. When others sings Venite exultemus

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XII.

XIII.

XIIII.

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XIX.

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XXII.

XXII. [Humor say what mak'st thou heere]

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V Mourne, mourne, day is with darknesse fled

Mourne, mourne, day is with darknesse fled

Mourne, mourne, day is with darknesse fled, what heauen then gouernes earth, ô none, but hell in heauens stead, choaks with his mistes our mirth. Mourne mourne, looke now for no more day nor night, but that from hell, Then all must as they may in darkenesse learne to dwell. But yet this change, must needes change our delight, that thus the Sunne, the Sun should harbour with the night.