V. Shall I strive with wordes to move,

X:4
T:V. Shall I strive with wordes to move,
T:BASSUS.
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
%%MIDI nobarlines
%%MIDI ratio 3 1
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%%MIDI transpose -24
K:E min bass
|: e > e e e e e B4
w: Shall I strive with wordes to move, 
w: Griefe a- las though all in vaine,
z B B >B B B B B B6
w: when deedes re- ceive not due re- gard?
w: her rest- lesse an- guish must re- veale:
B B B > c d2 G3 G c3/2
w: Shall I speake, and * ney- ther please, 
w: Shee a- lone my * wound shall know,
B/ A A B3 B E6 :|
w: nor * be free- ly heard?
w: Though * she will not heale.
|:B4 G2 G2 A2 
w: All woes have end, 
w: Stormes calme at last, 
A A D4 D2 D6
w: though a while de- laid,
w: and why may not shee 
e3 d c2 B2 A4 G8 - G4
w: our pa- ti- ence pro- ving. *
w: leave  off * her frow- ning? *
G6 g2 f4 e4 e2 e3
w: O that times strange ef- fects 
w: O sweet Love, help her hands
e d c B2 G2 A2 "(2)"B2 c4 B8 - B4 :|
w: could * but make her,  make her lo- ving. *
w: my * af- fe- ction crown- ing, crown- ing. *
N:(2) Original is a quarter note.
|: B2 z B d2 A2
w: I, I woo'd her, 
z A c2 G3/2 
w: I lov'd her,
G/ A B c d G6
w: and none but her ad- mire.
G2 d2 e2 B2
w: O come deare joy, 
G2 A2 A2 B2 B2 E6 :|
w: and an- swere my de- sire.

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