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O Sweet Woods Lyrics

O Sweet Woods, the delight of solitariness;
how much do I love your solitariness.
From fame's desire, from love's delight retired;
in these sad groves a hermit's life I led.
And those false pleasures which I once admired,
with sad remembrance of my fall I dread.
To birds, to trees, to earth impart I this,
for she less secret and as senseless is.
You men that give false worship unto love,
and seek that which you never shall obtain,
the endless work of Sisyphus you prove,
whose end is this: to know you strive in vain.
Hope and desire, which now your idols be,
you needs must lose and feel despair with me.
You woods, in you the fairest nymphs have walked,
and seek that which you never shall obtain.
You woods in whom dear lovers oft have talked,
how do you now a place of mourning prove?
Wanstead, my mistress said this in the doom,
thou art love's childbed, nursery, and tomb.
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The Collected Works (1997)
Unquiet thoughts Who ever thinks or hopes of love My thoughts are wing'd with hopes If my complaints could passions move Can she excuse my wrongs Now, O now, I needs must part Dear, if you change Burst forth my tears Go crystal tears Think'st thou then by thy feigning Come away, come sweet love Rest awhile, you cruel cares Sleep, wayward thoughts All ye, whom Love or Fortune hat betray'd Wilt thou unkind thus reave me Would my conceit Come again: sweet love doth now invite His golden locks Awake, sweet love Come, heavy Sleep Away with these self-loving lads I saw my Lady weep Flow my tears Sorrow, stay Die not before thy day Mourn, mourn, Day is with darkness fled Time's eldest son Then sit thee down When others sing Venite Praise blindness eyes O sweet woods If floods of tears Fine knacks for ladies Now cease my wand'ring eyes Come ye heavy states of night White as lilies was her face Woeful heart A shepherd in a shade Faction that ever dwells Shall I sue Toss not my soul Clear or cloudy Humour say what mak'st thou here Farewell, too fair Time stands still Behold a wonder here Daphne was not so chaste Me, me, and none but me When Phoebus first did Daphne love Say, Love, if ever thou didst find Flow not so fast, ye fountains What if I never speed? Love stood amazed Lend your ears to my sorrow By a fountain where I lay O what hath overwrought Farewell, unkind Weep you no more, sad fountains Fie on this feigning! I must complain It was a Time when silly bees The lowest trees have tops What poor astronomers are they Come when I call Disdain me still Sweet stay awhile To ask for all thy love Love, those beams that breed Shall I strive with words to move? Were every thought an eye Stay, Time, awhile thy flying Tell me, true Love Go nightly cares From silent night Lasso vita mia In this trembling shadow cast If that a sinner's sighs Thou mighty God When David's life When the poor cripple Where sin sore wounding My heart and tongue were twins Up merry mates Welcome black Night Cease, cease these false sports Lachrimae Pavan (Gile Farnaby) Can Shee [Can she excuse] (Anon.; Fitzwilliam Virginal Book) Paduana [la mia Barbara] (Paul Siefert) The Frogge (John Wilbye) Frog's Galliard (Anon.; Cromwell Virginal Book) Pavana and Galiarda (Thomas Morley) Paduana lachrymae (Melchior Schildt) Can She Excuse (Anon.; Tisdale Virginal Book) Pavion Solus cum sola (Anon.; Drexel MS) Dowland's Almayne (Anon.; Bodleian MS) Piper's Pavan and Galliard (Martin Peerson and John Bull) Pavana Lachrymae (William Byrd) The lamentation of a sinner Domine ne in furore Misrere mei Deus The humble suit of a sinner The humble complaint of a sinner De profundis Domine exaudi Lachrimae Antiquae Lachrimae Antiquae Novae Lachrimae Gementes Lachrimae Tristes Lachrimae Coactae Lachrimae Amantis Lachrimae Verae Mr. John Langton's Pavan Mr. Nicholas Gryffith his Galiard Sir John Souch his Galiard Semper Dowland Semper Dolens Mr. Giles Hobies Galiard The King of Denmark's Galiard Sir Henry Umpton's Funerall Mr. Henry Noell his Galiard The Earl of Essex Galiard Mr. Bucton his Galiard Mr. George Whitehead his Almand Captaine Digorie Piper his Galiard Mr. Thomas Collier his Galiard Mrs. Nichols Almand Sorrow, come! (arr. William Wigthorp) I shame at mine unworthiness An heart that's broken and contrite Psalm 100: All people that on earth do dwell Psalm 38: Put me not to rebuke O Lord Psalm 130: Lord to thee I make my moan Psalm 104: My soul praise the Lord Psalm 100: All people that on earth do dwell Psalm 134: Behold and have regard A Prayer for the Queen's most excellent Majesty Solus cum sola pavan Lachrimae Galliard Pipers Pavan Lachrimae Lady Rich Galliard Earl of Essex Galliard If my complaints Lachrimae Doolande Lord Willoughbie's Welcome Home My Lord Chamberlaine his Galliard Comagain [Come again sweet love] (arr. J. van Eyck) Pavan Lachrymae (arr. J. van Eyck) Sorrow stay Preludium Lachrimae Can she excuse (Galliard) Dr. Case's Pavan Melancholy Galliard Sir John Smith his Almain Fantasia A Dream (Pavan) Almain The Queen's Galliard Coranto Resolution (Pavan) Mrs. Vaux Galliard Almain Mr. Dowland's Midnight Fantasia Loth to depart (Ballad setting) The Most Sacred Queen Elizabeth, Her Galliard The Earl of Essex, his Galliard Pavan John Dowland's Galliard Aloe (Ballad setting) The Lady Clifton's Spirit What if a day (Ballad setting) Mr. Giles Hobie's Galliard Come away (Song arrangement) Galliard Fancy (Fantasia) Lachrimae (basic version) Galliard to Lachrimae [Jig] Galliard on 'Walsingham' Complaint (Ballad setting) Mignarda (Galliard) Semper Dowland semper Dolens (Pavan) The Frog Galliard A Fancy (Fantasia) Fancy (Fantasia) Piper's Pavan Captain Digorie Piper's Galliard Lady Laiton's Almain Dowland's Galliard Dowland's First Galliard Tarleton's Jig Walsingham (Ballad setting) Lord Willoughbie's Welcome Home (Ballad setting) Sir Henry Guilforde, his Almain Pavan (related to 'Lachrimae') Mr. Langton's Galliard Mrs. Clifton's Almain Galliard Lady Hunsdon's Puffe (Almain) Galliard Go from my Window (Ballad setting) Fancy (Fantasia) Pavana Johan Douland Mrs. Brigide Fleetwood's Pavan (Solus sine sola) La mia Barbara Sir Henry Umpton's Funeral (Pavan) Lachrimae (version by Francis Cozens) Farewell Fancy (Chromatic fantasia) Farewell (on the 'In Nomine' theme) (Fantasia) The King of Denmark's Galliard Mrs. Vaux's Jig Mrs. Nichol's Almain Galliard Lord Strang's March Mrs. Winter's Jump Can she excues (Galliard) (version by Cozens) The Shoemaker's Wife, a Toy (Ballad setting) Mrs. Norrish's Delight Galliard Mrs. White's Thing (Almain) Mrs. White's Nothing The Frog Galliard (Anon. version) Solus cum sola (Pavan) The Lord Viscount Lisle, his Galliard Orlando sleepeth (Ballad setting) Robin (Ballad setting) Galliard (on a Galliard by Daniel Bacheler) Forlorn Hope (Chromatic fantasia) The Lady Russell's Pavan Fancy (Fantasia) Sir John Langton's Pavan Earl of Derby, his Galliard A Coy Toy Fortune my foe (Ballad setting) [Almain] Mr. Knight's Galliard Sir John Souch his Galliard Tarletone's Riserrectione The Lady Rich, her Galliard Lachrimae Pavan Can she excuse Galliard Captain Piper's Pavan and Galliard The Frog Galliard Round Battell Galliard Fortune my foe Dowland's First Galliard Katherine Darcie's Galliard Tarleton's Jigge Almain a 2 Mistress Nichols Almann a 2 Susanna Fair (Galliard) Mistress Nichols Alman a 5 Mr. John Langton Pavan and Galliard La Mia Barbara Pavan and Galliard Lachrimae Antiquae Novae Pavan and Galliard Mistress Nichols Alman Volta a 4 Were every thought an eye Lady if you so spite me Pavan a 4 My heavy sprite Change thy mind since she doth change O eyes, leave off your weeping Go, my flock, go get you hence O dear life, when shall it be? To pleade my faith In a grove most rich of shade Far from triumphing court Lady, if you so spite me In darkness let me dwell Si le parler et le silence Ce penser qui sans fin tirannise ma vie Vous que la Bonheur rappelle Passava Amor su arco desarmado Sta notte mi sognava Vuestros ojos tienen d'Amor Se di farmi morire Dovro dunque morire? Amarilli mi bella O bella piu