Sweet love, O cease thy flying (George Kirbye)
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- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2012-02-03). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 39 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Based on the 1891 edition by G. E. P. Arkwright, with minor corrections, and transposed up a tone. Revised files uploaded 18/12/17.
General Information
Title: Sweet love, O cease thy flying
Composer: George Kirbye
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SSATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1597 in The first set of English madrigalls to 4-6 voyces, no. 15
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Original text and translations
English text
Sweet love, O cease thy flying
And pity me now dying.
With haste make thy returning
And quench my restless burning,
That I by you redressed
May be reviv’d, and honour you as blessed.