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==Original text and translations==
==Original text and translations==


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Were every thought an eye,
and all those eyes could see,
Her subtill wiles their sights would beguile,
and mocke their jelousie.


Were every thought an eye,<br>
Her fires doe inward burne,
and all those eyes could see,<br>
they make no outward show.
Her subtill wiles their sights would beguile,<br>
And her delights amid the dark shades,
and mocke their jelousie.<br>
which none discover, grow.


Her fires doe inward burne,<br>
Desire lives in her heart,
they make no outward show.<br>
''Diana'' in her eyes.
And her delights amid the dark shades,<br>
T’were vaine to wish women true, t’is well,
which none discover, grow.<br>
if they prove wise.


Desire lives in her heart,<br>
The flowers growth is unseene,
''Diana'' in her eyes.<br>
yet every day it growes.
T’were vaine to wish women true, t’is well,<br>
So where her fancy is set it thrives,
if they prove wise.<br>
but how none knowes.


The flowers growth is unseene,<br>
Such a Love deserves more grace,
yet every day it growes.<br>
Then a truer heart that hath no conceit,
So where her fancy is set it thrives,<br>
To make use both of time and place,
but how none knowes.<br>
When a wit hath need of all his sleight.
 
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Such a Love deserves more grace,<br>
Then a truer heart that hath no conceit,<br>
To make use both of time and place,<br>
When a wit hath need of all his sleight.<br>


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Editor: David Fraser (submitted 2008-06-09).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 120 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: SATB plus lute tablature (tenor G tuning)

General Information

Title: Were every thought an eye
Composer: John Dowland

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Secular, Lute song

Language: English
Instruments: Lute

Published: A Pilgrimes Solace (1612), no. 6.

Description: May be performed by: solo voice (S/T) plus lute and (preferably) bass viol; SATB plus lute; S, 3 viols plus lute.

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Original text and translations

English.png English text

Were every thought an eye,
and all those eyes could see,
Her subtill wiles their sights would beguile,
and mocke their jelousie.

Her fires doe inward burne,
they make no outward show.
And her delights amid the dark shades,
which none discover, grow.

Desire lives in her heart,
Diana in her eyes.
T’were vaine to wish women true, t’is well,
if they prove wise.

The flowers growth is unseene,
yet every day it growes.
So where her fancy is set it thrives,
but how none knowes.

Such a Love deserves more grace,
Then a truer heart that hath no conceit,
To make use both of time and place,
When a wit hath need of all his sleight.
 

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