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'''Published:''' No VII from ''The Third and Last Booke of Songs or Aires'' (1603)<br> | '''Published:''' No VII from ''The Third and Last Booke of Songs or Aires'' (1603)<br> | ||
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- Editor: David Fraser (submitted 2012-04-27). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 93 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: SATB plus lute (7-course). All 4 stanzas underlaid.
- CPDL #17380: Finale 2006
- Editor: Sabine Cassola (submitted 2008-06-28). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 37 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes:
- CPDL #10893: NoteWorthy Composer
- Editor: Brian Russell (submitted 2006-01-31). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 18 kB Copyright: Personal
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- CPDL #01318: Finale 2000
- Editor: Suzi Nassen Stefl (submitted 2000-08-31). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 44 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Finale file is zipped.
General Information
Title: Say love if ever thou didst finde
Composer: John Dowland
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: Lute
Published: No VII from The Third and Last Booke of Songs or Aires (1603)
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Original text and translations
English text
- Say, Love if ever thou didst find,
- A woman with a constant mind,
- None but one,
- And what should that rare mirror be,
- Some goddess or some queen is she,
- She and only she,
- She only queen of love and beauty.
- But could thy fiery poison'd dart
- At no time touch her spotless heart
- Nor come near?
- She is not subject to Love's bow,
- Her eye commands, her heart saith 'No',
- No and only no
- One no another still doth follow.
- How might I that fair wonder know
- That mocks desire with endless no
- See the moon
- That ever in one change doth grow
- Yet still the same and she is so
- So and only so
- From Heav'n her virtues she doth borrow
- To her then yield thy shafts and bow,
- That can command affections so:
- Love is free,
- So are her thoughts that vanquish thee,
- There is no queen of love but she,
- She and only she,
- She only queen of love and beauty.