Marius Malanetchi Come, heavy sleep (after John Dowland)

Marius Malanetchi Come, heavy sleep (after John Dowland) LUX BRUMALIS ENSEMBLE Voice Nava Hemyari Viola da Gamba Marius Malanetchi live recording on in the church SchönbrunnVorpark, Vienna Text: anonymous (England, 1597) Come, heavy Sleep, the image of true Death, And close up these my weary weeping eyes, Whose spring of tears doth stop my vital breath, And tears my heart with Sorrows sighswolln cries. Come and possess my tired thought, worn soul, That living dies, till thou on me be stole. Come, shadow of my end, and shape of rest, Allied to Death, child to his blackfaced Night; Come thou and charm these rebels in my breast, Whose waking fancies do my mind affright. O come, sweet Sleep, come or I die for ever; Come ere my last sleep comes, or come never.