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Audio and Video Music:
Lacrima D'esperide.
By Damiano Baldoni.
Performed by
Damiano Baldoni
at the
Free Music Archive
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Copyright by
Nicholas Gordon
Could I but give you comfort in my
death,
How might I tell you what you meant to me?
All I did, both night and day, was love you,
Rulers of my kingdom and my heart.
Like gods, at last you claimed my painful breath,
Opening the door to mystery,
The final gift of all the gifts you gave me,
Taking what I could no longer give you,
Even at the end, with all my art.
Copyright by Nicholas Gordon. Free for personal or non-commercial use.
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