My

dearest, my fairest Henry Purcell

Pausanias the Betrayer
         
                               

  
      
My dear est, My dear est, I lan guish, I lan guish, I lan guish, I

                       
 

   

My fair est, My fair est, I lan guish, I lan guish, I

                        
                
            

  
   
               
      
   
     
         
              
       
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
  
       
lan guish, I lan guish for you; Thy sweet ness has won me,

                

 
lan guish, I lan guish for you; Thy charms have un

                                    
                     
       
   
  
 
   


    
 

              
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 
I ne'er, no ne'er shall be free;

                     
    

 
     
done me, I ne'er, I ne'er, no ne'er shall be free; And if from thee part ed, I burn till we

                 

                 
               
 
      

           
         
  
                           

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
         
   
Ah, why are love's hours so short and so sweet! Thus lov ing, thus lov ingand

    

 
     
meet And kiss ing, thus lov ingand

                     

           
   
   


           
                
 
         
     
                               
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  
      
kiss ing, fresh joys we'll pur sue, And e ver be hap py, and e ver be true, and e ver be hap py, and

                     
   

         
kiss ing, fresh joys we'll pur sue, And ever be hap py, and e ver be true, and e ver be hap py, and

      
  

 


 
            
       

          
 
                    
        
      
      
  
         
    
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  
            
e ver be true, But a las! should you change No, ne ver,my dear est,

    

     
     
e ver be true. Ah, tell me not so! No,

                           

        
     
       
      
       
 

                       
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    
Ah no, ahno, no, an no, no, my dear est, ah no! ah no,

                      

      

     
ne ver, my fairest, Ah no, no, ah no, no, ah no, no, my dear est, ah no! ah no,

  
        
                     
         
            
            
  
               
 
                            
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
ah no, no, ah no, no, my dear est, ah no! ah no, no, my dear est, ah no!

                        
   

        
no, ah no, no, ah no, no, my dear est, ah no! ah no, no, my dear est, ah no!

                            
                        
  
   
                 
               
 