Come again sweet love doth now invite (John Dowland)

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Editor: David Newman (submitted 2008-08-21).   Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 125 kbytes   Copyright: Public Domain

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• CPDL #10735: Sibelius 3

Editor: Philip Legge (submitted 2006-01-15).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 116 kbytes   Copyright: 2006 Philip Legge

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• CPDL #9206: MIDI and NoteWorthy Composer files available.

Editor: Brian Russell (submitted 2005-08-30).   Score information: Letter   Copyright: Personal

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• CPDL #7787: Finale 2001

Editor: Suzi Nassen Stefl (submitted 2004-08-20).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 96 kbytes   Copyright: CPDL

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Editor: Fernando Gómez Jácome (submitted 2004-07-03).   Score information: A4, 2 pages   Copyright: Personal

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Editor: Bettina Blokland (submitted 2003-11-06).   Score information: A4, 2 pages   Copyright: Personal

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• CPDL #5484: PDF, MIDI and Capella 4 files available.

Editor: Ulrich Alpers (submitted 2003-08-18).   Score information: A4   Copyright: Personal

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• CPDL #3953: PDF and MIDI files available.

Editor: Eva Toller (submitted 2002-08-28).   Score information: A4, 2 pages   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: TTB version, 3vv, split choir version arranged by Eva Toller, midi files available for each part

• CPDL #3952: PDF and MIDI files available.

Editor: Eva Toller (submitted 2002-08-28).   Score information: A4, 2 pages   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: TTB–TTB, 6vv, split choir version arranged by Eva Toller, midi files available for each part

• CPDL #3869: PDF, MIDI and NoteWorthy Composer files available

Editor: Marco-cipoo.net (submitted 2002-07-23).   Score information: A4, 2 pages   Copyright: Personal

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• CPDL #2552: PDF, MIDI and ABC files available

Editor: Laura Conrad (submitted 2001-05-04).   Score information:    Copyright: GnuGPL

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• CPDL #110: Finale 1998

Editor: Rafael Ornes (submitted 1999-03-25).   Score information: 44 kbytes   Copyright: CPDL

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Title: Come again! Sweet love doth now invite
Composer: John Dowland

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Secular, Lute song

Language: English
Instruments: Lute
Published: The First Booke of Songs or Ayres (1597), No. 17

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Original text and translations

English text 1. Come again! sweet love doth now invite Thy graces that refrain To do me due delight, To see, to hear, to touch, to kiss, to die, With thee again in sweetest sympathy. 2. Come again! that I may cease to mourn Through thy unkind disdain; For now left and forlorn I sit, I sigh, I weep, I faint, I die In deadly pain and endless misery. 3. All the day the sun that lends me shine By frowns doth cause me pine And feeds me with delay; Her smiles, my springs that makes my joy to grow, Her frowns the winter of my woe. 4. All the night my sleeps are full of dreams, My eyes are full of streams. My heart takes no delight To see the fruits and joys that some do find And mark the stormes are me assign'd. 5. But alas, my faith is ever true, Yet will she never rue Nor yield me any grace; Her Eyes of fire, her heart of flint is made, Whom tears nor truth may once invade. 6. Gentle Love, draw forth thy wounding dart, Thou canst not pierce her heart; For I, that do approve By sighs and tears more hot than are thy shafts Do tempt while she for triumphs laughs.

Italian translation 1. Ritorna! il dolce amore adesso invita Le tue grazie, riluttanti, A darmi il dovuto piacere, A vedere, ad ascoltare, a toccare, a baciare, a morire, Con te ancora nel più dolce cordoglio. 2. Ritorna! ch'io possa fermare i miei lamenti Per il tuo brusco rifiuto; Poiché adesso, perduto e disperso Io siedo, sospiro, piango, svengo, muoio In mortale dolore e infinita miseria. 3. Tutto il giorno il sole che mi porge splendore Con smorfie mi causa dolore E mi ritarda il cuore; I suoi sorrisi, le fonti che accrescono la mia gioia, Il suo cipiglio, l'inverno del mio dolore. 4. Tutta la notte i miei sogni sono pieni di sogni, I miei occhi di lacrime. Il mio cuore non trova gioia Nel vedere i frutti e le gioie che alcuni trovano E ricorda le tempeste a me destinate. 5. Ma ahimé, la mia fede è sempre vera, Eppure lei non si pentirà Né mi concederà grazia; I suoi occhi son di fuoco, il suo cuore di pietra, Né lacrime né fedeltà li possono invadere. 6. Gentile Amore, estrai il tuo dardo che ferisce, Ma non puoi trapassare il suo cuore; Poiché io posso provarti, Che con sospiri e lacrime più caldi delle tue frecce Lo tento, mentre lei ride di trionfo.