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{{Genre|Secular|Arias}}
{{Genre|Secular|Arias}}
{{Language|English}}
{{Language|English}}
{{Instruments|Alto recorder (or violin) and basso continuo}}
{{Instruments|Alto recorder (or violin) and basso continuo realized for keyboard, guitar, or baroque guitar}}
'''Published:''' 1689
'''Published:''' 1689


'''Description:''' From ''The Faerie Queen, Act V''.
'''Description:''' From ''The Faerie Queen, Act V''.


'''External websites:'''  
'''External websites:'''


==Original text==
==Original text==

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Editor: William Long (submitted 2006-07-17).   Score information: Letter, 14 pages, 184 kB   Copyright: CPDL
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General Information

Title: O let me weep
Composer: Henry Purcell
Larger work: The Fairy-Queen

Number of voices: 1v   Voicing: Soprano solo

Genre: SecularAria

Language: English
Instruments: Alto recorder (or violin) and basso continuo realized for keyboard, guitar, or baroque guitar

Published: 1689

Description: From The Faerie Queen, Act V.

External websites:

Original text

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O let me forever weep!
My Eyes no more shall welcome sleep:

I'll hide me from the sight of Day,
and sigh my Soul away.

He's gone, his loss deplore;
and I shall never see him more.

O let me weep! forever weep!