Flow not so fast ye fountains (John Dowland)
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- CPDL #25924: Flow_not_so_fast,_ye_fountains.pdf Flow_not_so_fast,_ye_fountains.mid Flow_not_so_fast,_ye_fountains.cap
- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2012-04-11). Score information: A4, 3 pages, 25 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Reformatting of #16837, with minor corrections.
- CPDL #16837:
(NoteWorthy Composer)
- Editor: Brian Russell (submitted 2008-05-07). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 26 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Original SATB version. NoteWorthy Composer file may be viewed and printed with NoteWorthy Composer Viewer.
Possible error(s) identified. See the discussion page for full description.
- CPDL #04685:
PDF, MIDI and LilyPond files available.
- Editor: Eva Toller (submitted 2003-03-25). Score information: A4, 11 pages, 120 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: see under "Women's Choir" on the main page, arranged by for women's voices by Eva Toller; MIDI files available for each part.
General Information
Title: Flow not so fast ye fountains
Composer: John Dowland
Number of voices: 4 or 5vv Voicings: SATB or SSAAA
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
Published: No. VIII from The Third and Last Booke of Songs or Aires (1603)
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Original text and translations
English text
Flow not so fast, ye fountains;
What needeth all this haste?
Swell not above your mountains,
Nor spend your time in waste.
Gentle springs, freshly your salt tears
Must still fall dropping from their spheres.
Weep they apace whom Reason
Or ling'ring Time can ease.
My sorrow can no Season,
Nor aught besides, appease.
Gentle springs, freshly your salt tears
Must still fall dropping from their spheres.
Time can abate the terror
Of every common pain;
But common grief is error,
True grief will still remain.
Gentle springs, freshly your salt tears
Must still fall dropping from their spheres.