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(Posted 2008-05-30) CPDL #17035:

Editor: David Fraser (submitted 2008-05-30). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 108 kB Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: SATB plus lute (tenor G tuning)

General Information

Title: Sweet stay a while
Composer: John Dowland
Lyricist: John Donne (attr.)

Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Lute song

Language: English
Instruments: Lute, optional viols

First published: 1612 in A Pilgrimes Solace, no. 2
Description: Various performance options exist: solo voice (soprano or tenor) plus lute and (preferably) bass viol; SATB plus lute; S, 3 viols plus lute.

External websites:

Original text and translations

English text

Sweet stay a while, why will you rise?
The light you see comes from your eyes:
The day breakes not, it is my heart,
To thinke that you and I must part.
O stay, or else my joyes must dye,
And perish in their infancie.

Deare let me dye in this faire breast,
Farre sweeter then the Phoenix next.
Love raise desire by his sweete charmes
Within this circle of thine armes:
And let thy blissefull kisses cherish
Mine infant joyes, that else must perish.

attrib. John Donne (1572-1631)

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 ==General Information==
-'''Title:''' ''Sweet stay a while''<br>
+{{Title|''Sweet stay a while''}}
 {{Composer|John Dowland}}
+{{Lyricist|John Donne}} (attr.)
-{{Voicing|4|SATB}}<br>
+{{Voicing|4|SATB}}
-'''Genre:''' {{pcat|Secular| music}}, {{pcat|Lute song|s}}<br>
+{{Genre|Secular|Lute songs}}
 {{Language|English}}
-'''Instruments:''' {{LuteAcc}}, optional viols<br>
+{{Instruments|Lute, optional viols}}
-'''Published:''' ''A Pilgrimes Solace'' (1612), no.2
+{{Pub|1|1612|in ''{{NoCo|A Pilgrimes Solace}}''|no=2}}
+{{Descr|Various performance options exist: solo voice (soprano or tenor) plus lute and (preferably) bass viol; SATB plus lute; S, 3 viols plus lute.}}
-'''Description:''' Various performance options exist: solo voice (soprano or tenor) plus lute and (preferably) bass viol; SATB plus lute; S, 3 viols plus lute.
+{{#ExtWeb:}}
-'''External websites:'''
 ==Original text and translations==
+{{Text|English|
+Sweet stay a while, why will you rise?
+The light you see comes from your eyes:
+The day breakes not, it is my heart,
+To thinke that you and I must part.
+O stay, or else my joyes must dye,
+And perish in their infancie.
-{{Text|English}}
+Deare let me dye in this faire breast,
+Farre sweeter then the Phoenix next.
-Sweet stay a while, why will you rise?<br>
+Love raise desire by his sweete charmes
-The light you see comes from your eyes:<br>
+Within this circle of thine armes:
-The day breakes not, it is my heart,<br>
+And let thy blissefull kisses cherish
-To thinke that you and I must part.<br>
+Mine infant joyes, that else must perish.
-O stay, or else my joyes must dye,<br>
-And perish in their infancie.<br>
-Deare let me dye in this faire breast,<br>
-Farre sweeter then the Phoenix next.<br>
-Love raise desire by his sweete charmes<br>
-Within this circle of thine armes:<br>
-And let thy blissefull kisses cherish<br>
-Mine infant joyes, that else must perish.<br>
-:attrib. John Donne (1572-1631)
+:attrib. John Donne (1572-1631)}}
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