John Dowland Can she excuse my wrongs (score video)

John Dowland (15631626) From The First Book of Songs or Ayres (1597) Marina Drobyshevskaya soprano Pavel Bortnik guitar If you enjoy my work you can by me a coffee All donations are used for musical purposes. Can she excuse my wrongs with Virtue s cloak Shall I call her good when she proves unkind Are those clear fires which vanish into smoke Must I praise the leaves where no fruit I find No, no; where shadows do for bodies stand, That may st be abus d if thy sight be dim. Cold love is like to words written on sand, Or to bubbles which on the water swim. Wilt thou be thus abused still, Seeing that she will right thee never If thou canst not o ercome her will, Thy love will be thus fruitless ever. Was I so base, that I might not aspire Unto those high joys which she holds from me As they are high, so high is my desire, If she this deny, what can gran