XI. Lend your eares to my sorrow

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T:XI. Lend your eares to my sorrow
T:ALTUS.
C:John Dowland
H: From The Third and Last Booke of Songs or Aires.
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w: 1.~Lend your eares to my sor- row 
w: For no eyes wil I bor- ow 
w: 2.~Once I liv'd, once I knew de- light, 
w: Grac'd with love, cheer'd with beau- ties sight,
w: 3.~Cold as Ice fro- zen is that hart,
w: Such of life reape the poor- est part
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w: Good peo- ple, good * peo- ple that have a- ny pi- * tie:
w: Mine own, mine * own, shal grace, my dole- ful * dit- * ty:
w: No griefe, no * griefe did sha- dowe then my plea- * sure
w: I joyed, I * joyed a- lone true heav'n- ly trea- * sure,
w: Where thought, where * thought of love could no time en- * ter:
w: Whose weight, whose * weight cleaves to this earth- ly cen- * ter,
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w: Chant then my voice though rude like to my ri- * ming, 
w: O what a Heav'n is love firme- ly em- brac- * ed,
w: Mu- tu- all joies in hearts tru- ly u- ni- * ted
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w: And tell foorth my griefe which here in sad des- paire
w: Such power a- * lone can fixe de- light
w: Doe earth to heav- en- ly state con- vert
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w:  Can find no ease of tor- men- * ting.
w: In For- tunes bo- some e- ver * plac- * ed.
w: Like heav'n still in it- selfe de- * light- * ed.

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