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The Silver Swan

Orlando Gibbons

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The sil ver swan, who liv ing had no note, When

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The sil ver swan, who liv ing had no note, When death ap proached un

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The sil ver swan, who liv ing had no note, When

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The sil ver swan, who liv ing had no note, When death ap proached

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death ap proached un locked her si lent throat. Lean ing her

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locked her si lent throat. Lean ing her breast a

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death ap proached un locked her si lent throat; Lean ing her breast a

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un locked her si lent, si lent throat; Lean ing her breast a

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breast a gainst the reed y shore Thus sung her first and

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gainst the reed y shore, Thus sung her first and last, and sung no

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gainst the reed y shore, Thus sung her first and last and

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gainst the reed y shore, Thus sung her first and last and

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last, and sung no more: Fare well all joys; O

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more, no more: Fare well, all joys, O death, come close mine

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sung no more. Fare well, all joys; O death, come

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sung no more. Fare well, all joys; O death, come close mine

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Death come close mine eyes. More geese than swans now live, more fools than wise.

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eyes, More geese than swans now live, more fools than wise, than wise

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close mine eyes; More geese than swans now live more fools than wise.

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eyes; More geese than swans now live, more fools than wise.

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