ow O now I needs must part,
parting though I absent mourne,
absence can no ioye empart,
ioye once fled cannot returne.

While I liue I needs must loue,
loue liues not when hope is gone,
now at last dispayre doth prooue,
loue devided loueth none:

     ad dispaire doth driue me hence,
     this dispaire vnkindnes sends,
     If that parting be offence,
     it is she which then offendes.

eare when I from thee am gone,
Gone are all my ioyes at once,
I loued thee and thee alone
In whose loue I ioyed once:

And although your sight I leaue,
Sight wherein my ioyes doo lie
Till that death do sence bereaue
Neuer shall affection dye.

eare if I doe not returne,
Loue and I shall die togither.
For my absence neuer mourne
Whom you might haue ioyed euer:

Part we must though now l dye,
Die I doe to part with you,
Him despayre doth cause to lie,
Who both liued and dieth true.

John Dowland, 1597