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Song: Democritus dear droll, revisit Earth, with thy...

by William Hayes . A Catch for Three voices , in B minor
6/8, Allegro Moderato

Text:

Democritus dear droll, revisit Earth,
with thy follies glut thy heightened mirth,
sad Heraclitus, serious wretch, return,
in louder grief, our greater crimes to mourn,
between you both I unconcerned stand by,
hurt, can I laugh, and honest need I cry?

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