John Dowland quotes

John Dowland was an English Renaissance composer, lutenist, and singer, renowned for his melancholic music. His works, especially his lute songs and instrumental pieces, are celebrated for their emotional depth and intricate melodies. He remains a pivotal figure in the development of English music and the lute repertoire. Here are 7 of his quotes:

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

Come again: sweet love doth now invite, Thy graces that refrain, To do me due delight, To see, to hear, to touch, to kiss, to die, With thee again in sweetest sympathy.

John Dowland

He was the rarest musician that his age did behold; having travelled beyond the seas, and compounded English with foreign skill in that faculty.

John Dowland

True love cannot be changed, Though delight from desert Be estranged. Farewell, farewell But yet or ere I part (O cruel), Kiss me sweet, kiss me sweet my jewel.

John Dowland

Flow my tears, fall from your springs, Exil'd for ever: let me mourn Where night's black bird her sad infamy sings, There let me live forlorn.

John Dowland

My favourite musician happens to be the same as Shakespeare's: John Dowland. His songs are sorrowful but heal the soul by their sweetness and courage.

John Dowland