Welcome black night - Dowland, John

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⌛ Period → Renaissance ◈ Genre / Form → Lute songs ♬ Voicing → SATTB ¶ Language → English

Parts 5

Instruments Lute

Pages 3

CPDL # 17469

Editor David Fraser

Posted 2008-07-07

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¶Lyrics / Text

Welcome black night, ''Hymens'' faire day, help ''Hymen'' Loves due debt to pay, Loves due debt is chaste delight, which if the turtles want to night, ''Hymen'' forfets his Dietie, and night in love her dignitie. Help, help blacke night ''Hymens'' faire day, Help ''Hymen'' Loves due debt to pay. Chorus ''Hymen'', O ''Hymen'', myne of treasures more divine, what dietie is like to thee that freest from mortalitie? Stay (happy paire) stay but a while, ''Hymen'' comes not, love to beguile, These sports are alluring baites, And sawce are to Loves sweetest Cates: Longing hope doth no hurt but this, It heightens Loves attained blisse. Then stay (most happie) stay a while, ''Hymen'' comes not, Love to beguile.

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