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5 Shakespearian Songs by Gerald Finzi
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Come Away, Come Away, Death.
Come aveay, come away, death,
And in sad cypress let me be laid’;
Fly away, By away, Breath ;
Lam slain by a faie cruel maid
My shroud of white, stuck all with yew,
10, prepace it!
My part of death, 20 one so true
Did share it
Not a fiower, not a flower sweet,
(On my black coffin lee there be strown ;
Not a friend, aot # friend greet
[My poor compse, where my bones shall be thrown =
‘A chousand thousand sighs to save,
Lay me, O, where
Sad tre lover never find my grave,
To weep there!
Who Is Silvia?
Who is Silvia? what is she,
‘That all our swains commend her?
Holy, fair, and wise is she 5
"The heaven such grace did lend her,
‘That she might admiréd be.
Is she kind as she is faie?
For beauty lives with kindness,
Love doth co her eves repair,
To help hism of his blindness ;
And, being helped, inhabits there
‘Then to Silvia let us sing,
"That Silvia is excelling
She excels cach mortal thing
pon the dull earth dwelling
“To fer let ws gasands bring
O Mistress. Mine.
(© Mistress mine, where are you roaming ?
(0, stay and hear; your tue love's coming,
‘Thar can sing both high and low
‘Trip no Further pretty sweeting |
Journeys end in lovers’ meeting,
Every wise man’s son doth know.
What is love? "tis mot hereafter;
Present mirth hath present laughter ;
What's to. come #s still unsure =
In delay there lies no plenty,
Then come kiss me, sweet and cwenty,
Youth's 4 stuff will not endure
Fear No More the Heat 0’ the Sun.
Fear no moe the heat” the sun,
Nor the Furious winter's rages;
‘Thou thy worldly task hast done,
Home art gone, and ten thy wages
Golden lads tod girls ll must,
‘As chimney sweepers, come to dust.
FFear no more the frown 0! the great
‘Thow att past the tyrants steoke
Care no more to clothe and eat ;
To thee the reed is a5 the oak
“The seeptre, learning, physic, must
All follow this, and come to" dust
Fear no more the lightnimge-fash,
‘Not the all-dreaded thunder-stone ;
Peat not slander, censure #ash ;
‘Thou hast finished joy and moan
All lovers young, all lovers must
Consiga to thee, and come to dust
No exorciser has thee |
Nor no witcheraft charm thee!
Ghost ualaid forbear thee !
Nothing ill come near the
Quiet consummation have ;
‘And renowned be thy grave!
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Tt Was a Lover and His Lass.
It was a lover and his lass,
With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino
‘That o'er the green coznfild did pass
Tn spring time, the only pretty ting time,
When birds do sing, hey ding ding a di
Sweet lovers love the spring.
Between the acres of the rye,
‘With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino,
‘These pretty country folks would lie,
Tn spring time, the only pretty ring time,
When birds do sing, hey ding a ding’ ding
Sweet lovers love the spring.
‘This carol they began that hour,
‘With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino,
How that life was but a fower
Tn spring time, the only pretty ring time,
When birds do sing, hey ding 4 ding 4 ding
Sweet lovers love the spring
‘And therefore take the present time,
‘With a hey, and a ho, and a hey sonino,
For lave is erownéd with the prime
In spring time, the only pretty ring time,
When birds do sing, hey ding a ding a ding
Sweet lovers love the spring.
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