Dear, if you wish (Thomas Bateson)

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• CPDL #25739:      Dear,_if_you_wish.cap 

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2012-03-12).   Score information: A4, 8 pages, 65 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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Title: Dear, if you wish
Composer: Thomas Bateson

Number of voices: 6vv   Voicing: SSAATB

Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

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Description: No. 23 from The First Set of English Madrigals to 3, 4, 5, and 6 voices (Thomas Bateson).

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English text

Dear, if you wish my dying,
In vain your wish redounds, in vain your prayer.
For can he die that breathes not vital air?
Then with those eyes that slew me,
New life infusing, renew me;
So shall we both obtain our wishèd pleasure,
You my death joying, and I my life’s sweet treasure.