V. Shall I strive with wordes to move,

X:3
T:V. Shall I strive with wordes to move,
T:TENOR.
C: John Dowland
B: db: -c 4 -b 13
H: From A Pilgrimes Solace.
H: Wherein is contained Musicall 
H: Harmonie of 3. 4. and 5. parts,
H: To be sung and plaid with the Lute and Viols.
H: First published in 1612
L:1/4
M:3/2
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|:B > A G A B G F4
w: Shall I strive with wordes to move, 
w: Griefe a- las though all in vaine,
z F F > G A B B G F6
w: when deedes re- ceive not due re- gard?
w: her rest- lesse an- guish must re- veale:
d > c B G d3 d D2
w: Shall I speake, and ney- ther please, 
w: Shee a- lone my wound shall know,
z E2 A2 G F B ^G6 :|
w: nor be free- * ly heard?
w: Though she will * not heale.
|:B2 ^d2 B4 A2 
w: All woes have end, 
w: Stormes calme at last, 
E E F > G A B A2 A6
w: though a while, a while de- * laid, 
w: and why may, why may not * shee  leave
B c2 B A G G4 F2 G8 - G4
w: our pa- tience, pa- tience pro- * ving. *
w:  off, leave off  her frow- * ning? *
D2 G A B3 G A2 F2 B4 z e2 B2 c d2 
w: O, O that times, that times strange, strange times, strange ef- fects 
w: O, O sweet Love, sweet Love help, help Love, help her hands
F B2 G E A "(2)"D2 E4 F8 - F4 :|
w: could make her, could make her lo- ving. *
w: my, my af- fe- cti- on crown- ing. *
N:(2) Original is a quarter note.
|:d2 B d2 A2
w: I, I woo'd her, 
z A c2 G
w: I lov'd her,
 B  d c B A > G G6
w: and none but her ad- * mire.
d2 d2 B3 F 
w: O come deare joy, 
G2 F E z E B G A F H^G6 :|
w: and an- swere, and an- swere my de- sire.

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