Faded hope / Flow my tears

So, I'm a huge fan of Renaissance music, and my husband just got me a 12 CD set of the works of John Dowland. One of his most popular songs (and one of my many favorites) is "Flow My Tears" if you want to listen to the song (it's quite beautiful, yet haunting) you can listen here . it will start automatically, and you don't need any media player.

This piece I did was inspired by this song. The piece itself is called "Faded Hope"

CC 3.5-4 please.

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In case you can't read the poem/song in the larger pic, here it is:

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

Down vain lights, shine you no more!
No nights are dark enough for those
That in despair their lost fortunes deplore.
Light doth but shame disclose.

Never may my woes be relieved,
Since pity is fled;
And tears and sighs and groans my weary days
Of all joys have deprived.

From the highest spire of contentment
My fortune is thrown;
And fear and grief and pain for my deserts
Are my hopes, since hope is gone.

Hark! you shadows that in darkness dwell,
Learn to contemn light
Happy, happy they that in hell
Feel not the world's despite.

Credits:

V4

Evey Textures, and morph, altered slightly by me

Lucrezia Hair

PoTS dress, with freebie texture by Chlohole (I think)

Background was purchased at Rendo.