Come to me grief for ever

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T:Come to me grief for ever
T:Elegy for Sir Philip Sydney, d. 1586
T:Bassus
O: Psalms, Songs and Sonnets. (1611)
C: William Byrd (1543-1623)
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w:         1.~Come to me, grief, for e- ver, for e- ver, Come to me, grief, for e- ver,
w:         2.~Go from me dread to die now, to die now Go from me dread to die now,
w:         3.~He whom the court a- dorn- ed, a- dorn- ed, He whom the court a- dorn- ed, 
w:         4.~Sid- ney, the hope of land strange, of land strange. Sid- ney, the hope of land strange,
w:         5.~Dead? No, no but re- no- med, re- no- med, Dead? No, no but re- no- med
w:         6.~Come to me, grief, for e- ver, for e- ver, Come to me, grief, for e- ver,
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w:         Come to me, tears, day and night,
w:         Go from me care to live more,
w:         He whom the coun- try court- is'd,
w:         Sid- ney, the flower of En- gland,
w:         With the a- noint- ed o- ned:
w:         Come to me, tears, day and night,
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w:         Come to me, plaint, ah help- less, help- less,
w:         Go from me joys all on earth, on earth,
w:         He who made hap- py his friends, his friends,
w:         Sid- ney, the spirit he- ro- ic, ro- ic,
w:         Ho- nour on earth at his feet, his feet,
w:         Come to me, plaint, ah help- less, help- less,
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w:         Just grief, heart's tears, plaint wor- thy, plaint wor- thy. Just grief, heart tears, Just grief, heart tears, plaint _ _ wor- thy. Just grief, heart's tears, plaint wor- thy,
w:         Sid- ney, O Sid- ney is dead. is _ dead. Sid- ney, Sid- ney, Sid- ney, Sid- ney, is _ _ dead. _ Sid- ney, O Sid- ney is dead.
w:         He that did good to all men, to all men. He that did good, He that did good to _ _ all men. He that did good to all men. 
w:         Sid- ney is dead, o dead, dead, o dead, dead. Sid- ney is dead, Sid- ney is dead, O _ _ dead, dead. Sid- ney is dead, o dead, dead.
w:         Bliss e- ver- last- ing his seat, ting his seat. Bliss e- ver- last, Bliss e- ver- last- ing _ _ his seat. Bliss e- ver- last- ing his seat.
w:         Just grief, heart's tears, plaint wor- thy, plaint wor- thy. Just grief, heart tears, Just grief, heart tears, plaint _ _ wor- thy. Just grief, heart's tears, plaint wor- thy,

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