WEEP YOU NO MORE, SAD FOUNTAINS - John Dowland Poems

 
 

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WEEP YOU NO MORE, SAD FOUNTAINS

Weep you no more, sad fountains;
    What need you flow so fast?
Look how the snowy mountains
    Heaven's sun doth gently waste.
      But my sun's heavenly eyes
      View not your weeping,
      That now lies sleeping
      Softly, now softly lies
      Sleeping.

Sleep is a reconciling,
    A rest that peace begets:
Doth not the sun rise smiling
    When fair at even he sets?
      Rest you then, rest, sad eyes,
      Melt not in weeping,
      While she lies sleeping
      Softly, now softly lies
      Sleeping.


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