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Unquiet thoughts your civil slaughter stint, | Unquiet thoughts your civil slaughter stint, | ||
and wrap your wrongs within a pensive heart: | and wrap your wrongs within a pensive heart: | ||
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and stamps my thoughts to coin them words by art, | and stamps my thoughts to coin them words by art, | ||
Be still: for if you ever do the like, | Be still: for if you ever do the like, | ||
I'll cut the string | I'll cut the string that makes the hammer strike. | ||
that makes the hammer strike. | |||
But what can slay my thoughts they may not start, | But what can slay my thoughts they may not start, | ||
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Open the lock where all my love doth lie; | Open the lock where all my love doth lie; | ||
I'll seal them up within their lids for ever: | I'll seal them up within their lids for ever: | ||
So thoughts and words | So thoughts and words and looks shall die together | ||
and looks shall die together | |||
How shall I then gaze on my mistress' eyes? | How shall I then gaze on my mistress' eyes? | ||
My thoughts must have some vent: | My thoughts must have some vent: else heart will break. | ||
else heart will break. | |||
My tongue would rust as in my mouth it lies, | My tongue would rust as in my mouth it lies, | ||
If eyes and thoughts were free, and that not speak. | If eyes and thoughts were free, and that not speak. | ||
Speak then, and tell the passions of desire; | Speak then, and tell the passions of desire; | ||
Which turns mine eyes to floods, | Which turns mine eyes to floods, my thoughts to fire. | ||
my thoughts to fire. | </poem> | ||
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{{Translation|Polish}} | {{Translation|Polish}} | ||
''by Stanisław Jonczyk | ''by Stanisław Jonczyk | ||
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Niespokojne myśli, dość już tej jatki! | Niespokojne myśli, dość już tej jatki! | ||
Schowajcie swą grzeszność we wrażliwe serce. | Schowajcie swą grzeszność we wrażliwe serce. | ||
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Co w źródła rzek zmienia oczy, a myśli w płomienie. | Co w źródła rzek zmienia oczy, a myśli w płomienie. | ||
</poem> | </poem> | ||
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[[Category:Sheet music]] | [[Category:Sheet music]] | ||
[[Category:Renaissance music]] | [[Category:Renaissance music]] |
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- Editor: David Fraser (submitted 2012-05-02). Score information: A4, 3 pages, 108 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: SATB plus lute tablature. Based on 1613 edition, incorporating substantial revisions from earlier editions.
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- Editor: Brian Russell (submitted 2005-08-30). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 30 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes:
- Possible error(s) identified. Error summary: Some note and underlay errors See the discussion page for full description.
- Editor: Ulrich Alpers (submitted 2003-08-18). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 22 kB Copyright: Personal
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- Editor: Peter Chubb (submitted 2002-12-07). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 57 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Source: The First book of Songes or Ayres
- Editor: Laura Conrad (submitted 2000-06-21). Score information: A4, 6 pages, 91 kB Copyright: GnuGPL
- Edition notes: in partbook format.
General Information
Title: Unquiet thoughts
Composer: John Dowland
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: Lute
Published: 1597
Description: No I from First Booke of Songs or Ayres (1597)
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