XIX. Awake, sweet love, thou art returnd:

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T:XIX. Awake, sweet love, thou art returnd:
T:Altus.
C: John Dowland
O: From The First Booke of songs or Ayres of foure parts, with Tableture for the Lute
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w: 1.~A- wake sweet love, thou art re- turnd: 
w: Let love, whihc ne- ver ab- sent dies,
w: 2.~If she es- teeme thee now aught worth,
w: De- spaire hath prov- ed now in mee,
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w: My hart, which long in ab- sence mournd,
w: Now live fo e- ver in her eyes,
w: She will not grieve thy love hence- forth,
w: That love will not un- con- stant be,
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w: Lives now, lives now, _ in per- fect joy.
w: Whence came, whence came, _ my first an- noy.
w: Which so, which so, _ des- paire hath proved.
w: Though long, though long, _ in vaine I loved.
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w: On- ly her- selfe, her- selfe, hath see- med faire:
w: De- spaire did make, did make, me wish to die;
w: If shee at last, at last, re- ward thy love,
w: And if that now, that now, thou wel- com be,
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w: She on- ly I could love, _ I could love,
w: That I my joyes might end: _ joyes might end:
w: And all thy harmes re- paire, _ harmes re- paire,
w: When thou with her doest meet, _ her doest meet,
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w: She on- ly drave me to  de- spaire, 
w: She on- ly, which did make me flie,
w: Thy hap- pi- ness will sweet- er prove,
w: She all this while but playde with thee,
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w: When she un- kind did prove.
w: My state may now a- mend.
w: Raisd up from deep de- spaire.
w: To make thy joyes more sweete.

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