{"id":2744,"date":"1971-12-31T11:50:00","date_gmt":"1971-12-31T11:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/?p=2744"},"modified":"2025-04-08T22:01:02","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T22:01:02","slug":"sweetest-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/?p=2744","title":{"rendered":"Sweetest love"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Sweetest love &#8211; John Donne<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sweetest love, I do not go<br>For in weariness of thee<br>Nor in hope the world can show<br>A fitter love for me<br>But since that I<br>Must die at last, &#8217;tis best<br>to use my self in jest<br>thus by feigned death to die.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/purechocolate.org.uk\/music\/sweetestlove2.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><sup><sub>\u00a9 Stuart Moffatt 1971<\/sub><\/sup><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>2 Yesternight the sun went hence,<br>And yet is here today,<br>He hath no desire nor sense,<br>Nor half so short a way:<br>Then fear not me,<br>But believe that I shall make<br>Speedier journeys, since I take<br>More wings and spurs than he.<br><br>3 O how feeble is man&#8217;s power<br>That if good fortune fall,<br>Cannot add another hour,<br>Nor a lost hour recall!<br>But come bad chance,<br>And we join to it our strength,<br>And we teach it art and length,<br>Itself o&#8217;er us to advance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>4 When thou sigh&#8217;st, thou sigh&#8217;st not wind,<br>But sigh&#8217;st my soul away,<br>When thou weep&#8217;st, unkindly kind,<br>My life&#8217;s blood doth decay.<br>It cannot be<br>That thou lov&#8217;st me, as thou say&#8217;st,<br>If in thine my life thou waste,<br>Thou art the best of me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5 Let not thy divining heart<br>Forethink me any ill,<br>Destiny may take thy part,<br>And may thy tears fulfill;<br>But think that we<br>Are but turned aside to sleep;<br>They who one another keep<br>Alive, ne&#8217;er parted be.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cpdl.org\/wiki\/index.php\/Sweetest_love_(Stuart_Moffatt)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ChoralWiki<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/nwc-scriptorium.org\/db\/mofsweet.id\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Noteworthy Scriptorium<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The copyright of the music is held by&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:hymns@purechocolate.org.uk\">Stuart Moffatt (\u00a9 1971)<\/a>.<br>The midi file was produced using&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/noteworthycomposer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Noteworthy Composer<\/a>.<br>The mp3\/ogg were produced using&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.myriad-online.com\/\">Myriad<\/a>&nbsp;software.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sweetest love &#8211; 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