Dido and Aeneas, Z.626 / Act 3: "Thy hand, Belinda...When I am laid in earth"

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Thy hand, Belinda; darkness shades me:
 On thy bosom let me rest:
 More I would, but Death invades me:
 Death is now a welcome guest.
 When I am laid, am laid in earth,
 May my wrongs create no trouble, no trouble in thy breast;
 Remember me! Remember me! but ah! forget my fate.

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7
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131 BPM

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