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SONG by JOHN DOWLAND

First Line: WOEFUL HEART WITH GRIEF OPPRESSED
Last Line: BY THY LOSS THAN BY HER PARTING.
Subject(s): HAPPINESS; JOY; DELIGHT;

WOEFUL heart with grief oppressed,
Since my fortunes most distressed,
From my joys hath me removed,
Follow those sweet eyes adored:
Those sweet eyes wherein are stored,
All my pleasures best beloved.

Fly, my breast, leave me foresaken,
Wherein grief his seat hath taken,
All his arrows through me darting,
Thou may'st live by her sun-shining,
I shall suffer no more pining,
By thy loss than by her parting.



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