John Ward
(1571 - 1638)

Sweet pity, wake
(S.S.T.B.)
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149466 : Ward : Sweet pity, wake : sheet music
Catalogued as Choral - Secular

Publ. London, 1613.
Lyrics: Francis Davison

Sweet pity, wake, and tell my cruel sweet
That if my death her honour might increase,
I would lay down my life at her proud feet,
And willing die, and, dying, hold my peace;
And only live (and, living mercy cry)
Because her glory in my death will die.