Weep, o mine eyes and cease not,
[alas, these your spring tides methinks]1 increase not. 
O when begin you to swell so high
that I may drown me in you?

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¹ Wilbye: "Your spring-tides, out alas, methinks"

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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 Bennet (1570 - 1610), "Weep, o mine eyes" [
   text verified 1 time
  ]
• by Thomas Weelkes (1576 - 1623), "Weep, o mine eyes" [
   text verified 1 time
  ]
• by John Wilbye (1574 - 1638), "Weep, O mine eyes", published 1598 [ vocal trio], madrigal [
   text verified 1 time
  ]

Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

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

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