by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

In darkness let me dwell
 (Sung text for setting by J. Dowland)
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Language: English 
Our translations:  FRE
In darkness let me dwell, the ground shall sorrow be,
The roof despair to bar all cheerful light from me,
The walls of marble black that moistened still shall weep,
My music hellish jarring sounds to banish friendly sleep:
Thus wedded to my woes, and bedded to my tomb
O, let me living die, till death do come.

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Lyrics from the Song-Books of the Elizabethan Age, ed. by A. H. Bullen, London, John C. Nimmo, 1887, pages 53-54.

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  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

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  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 116