by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Mourn, mourn, Day is with darkness fled
Language: English
Mourn, mourn, Day is with darkness fled, What heav'n then governs earth? O none, but hell in heaven's stead, Chokes with his mists our mirth. Mourn, mourn, look now for no more day Nor night, but that from hell. Then all must as they may in darkness learn to dwell. But yet this change, must needs change our delight, That thus the sun should harbour with the night.
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- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by John Dowland (1562 - 1626), "Mourn, Day is with darkness fled" [text verified 1 time]
- by Ben Brian Weber (1916 - 1979), "Mourn, Mourn", op. 53. [text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 10
Word count: 68