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When shall my wretched life give place to death? | When shall my wretched life give place to death? | ||
That my sad cares may be enforc’d to leave me. | That my sad cares may be enforc’d to leave me. | ||
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Of thy sad thrall but, with thy fatal dart, | Of thy sad thrall but, with thy fatal dart, | ||
Kill care and me, while care lies at my heart. | Kill care and me, while care lies at my heart. | ||
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- CPDL #24375:
Capella
- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2011-09-06). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 46 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: This version is set as SSATTB, since the original Alto has a lower range than the Tenor.
General Information
Title: When shall my wretched life
Composer: John Wilbye
Number of voices: 6vv Voicing: SSATTB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
Published: 1596
Description: No. 25 from The 1st Set of Madrigals. Original version is SSSATB.
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Original text and translations
English text
When shall my wretched life give place to death?
That my sad cares may be enforc’d to leave me.
Come, saddest shadow, stop my vital breath,
For I am thine, then let not care bereave thee
Of thy sad thrall but, with thy fatal dart,
Kill care and me, while care lies at my heart.