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Op, rufor Guitar

FABER MUSIC LIMITED:s Russell Square London WCr

G. Schirmu Inc. New York

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And close up th?se m) wearl weeping eyes.Vhose spring of tears doth stop m1 vital breath,

And tears m1 heart with Sorrow' s sigh-swoll' n cries.

Come and possess my thed thought-worn soul,

That li,ing dies, till thou on me be stole.

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Those intimate with rhe technicalities _ and incleed difficul_ties

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