Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano) - The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, Op. 35 - Oh might those sighes and teares | Текст песни

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• Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
• The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, Op. 35 - Oh might those sighes and teares

O! MIGHT those sighs and tears return again
Into my breast and eyes, which I have spent,
That I might in this holy discontent
Mourn with some fruit, as I have mourn’d in vain.
In mine idolatry what showers of rain 5
Mine eyes did waste? what griefs my heart did rent?
That sufferance was my sin, I now repent;
’Cause I did suffer, I must suffer pain.
Th’ hydroptic drunkard, and night-scouting thief,
The itchy lecher, and self-tickling proud 10
Have the remembrance of past joys, for relief
Of coming ills. To poor me is allow’d
No ease; for long, yet vehement grief hath been
Th’ effect and cause, the punishment and sin.