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SONG by JOHN DOWLAND

First Line: THEN SIT THEE DOWN
Last Line: THOU CANST NOT PLEASE HER WITH A BETTER PART.
Subject(s): HAPPINESS; JOY; DELIGHT;
THEN sit thee down,
And say thy @3Nunc Dimittis,@1
With @3De Profundis, Credo,@1 and @3Te Deum,@1
Chant @3Miserere,@1
For what now so fit is,
As that, or this—
@3Paratum est cor meum,@1
O that thy Saint would take in worth thy heart,
Thou canst not please her with a better part.



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