VIII. Burst forth my tears

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T:VIII. Burst forth my tears
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.~Burst, burst, forth my tears, as- sist my _ for- ward griefe,
w:2.~Sad, sad, pin- ing care, that  ne- ver _ may have peace,
w:3.~Like, like to the winds my sighs have _ wing- ed beene;
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w:And _ _ _ shew what pain, and shew what pain, im- per- i- ous love pro- vokes, im- per- i- ous love _ pro- vokes.
w:At _ _ _ beau- ties gate, at beau- ties gate, in hope of pi-  tie *  knocks; in hope of pi- tie _ _ knocks;
w:Yet _ _ _ are my sighes, yet are my sighes, and sutes re- paid _ with mocks: and sutes re- paid _ _ with mocks:
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w:Kinde ten- * der lambes, la- ment, la- ment loves scant re- * _ _ liefe,
w:But mer- * cy sleepes  while deep, while deep dis- daine in- * _ _ crease,
w:I pleade, * yet she, yet she re- pi- neth at my _ _ _ teene,
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w:And pine, since pen- sive care my free- dome yokes. my free- dome _ yokes.
w:And beau- tie hope in her faire bo- some yokes. faire bo- some _ yokes.
w:O ruth- lesse ri- gour har- der then the rocks, har- der then the rocks,
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w:O pine, to see me pine, O pine, to see me pine, to see me pine, my ten- der flockes.
w:O grieve to heare my griefe, O grieve to heare my griefe, to heare my griefe, my ten- der flockes.
w:That both the she- pheard kills, That both the she- pheard kills, the she- pheard kills, and his poore flocks.

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