“Hark you shadows that in darkness dwell,
Learn to contemn light,
Happy, happy they that in hell
Feel not the world's despite.”

—  John Dowland

"Flow my tears", line 21, The Second Book of Songs.

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English Renaissance composer, lutenist, and singer 1563–1626

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