XIII. Sleep, waiward thoughts

X:3
T:XIII. Sleep, waiward thoughts
T:Tenor.
C: John Dowland
O: From The First Booke of songs or Ayres of foure parts, with Tableture for the Lute
L:1/4
M:3/2
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w: 1.~Sleep, wai- ward thoughts, and rest you with my love:
w: Touch not proud hands, lest you her an- ger move:
w: 2.~But, O the fu- ry of my rest- lesse feare
w: The glo- ries and the beau- ties that ap- peare,
w: 3.~My love doth rage, and yet my love doth rest:
w: Peace in my love, and yet my love op- prest:
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w: Let not my love _ bee with _ my love dis- * easd.
w: But pine you with _ my long- *  ings long dis- * pleasd.
w: The hid- den an- * guish of _ my flesh de- * sires
w: Be- tweene her browes, _ neere Cu- * pids clo- sed _ fires,
w: Feare in my love, _ and yet _ my love se- * cure:
w: Im- pa- tient, yet _ of per- * fect tem- pe- ra-  ture.
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w: 1.~Thus, _ while she sleeps, I sor- row for her sake:
w: 2.~Thus _ while she sleeps, moves sigh- ing for her sake:
w: 3.~Sleepe, _ dain- ty love, while I sigh for thy sake:
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w: So sleeps my love, So sleeps my love, and yet and yet my love doth wake.
w: So sleeps my love, So sleeps my love, and yet and yet my love doth wake.
w: So sleeps my love, So sleeps my love, and yet and yet my love doth wake.

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