The Silver Swan

X:3
T:The Silver Swan
T:Quintus
C: Orlando Gibbons
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M:C
L:1/4
N:Original clef, C on second line
K:F
z C F F E > F G A F > E D C3/2
w:The sil- ver swan, who liv- ing had no _ note,
D/ E/ F/ G G,2 D > E F E F2 E F
w:When death ap- proached un- locked her  _ si- lent _ throat;
A > A G F D/ E/ F/ G/ A D > E F/ G/ A/ F/ G3
w:Lean- ing her breast a- * _ _ _ gainst the reed- * _ y shore,
G E F G > G A F G > F E F2 E F
w:thus sung her first and last, and sung no more,  no _ more:
A > A G F D/ E/ F/ G/ A D > E F/ G/ A/ F/ G3
w:Fare- well, all joys; O _ _ _ _ death, come close mine _ _  eyes;
G E F G > G A F G > F E F2 E HF4 |]
w:More geese than swans now live, more fools than wise, than _ wise.

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