Ah! cannot sighs not tears

John Wilbye 1574 (Diss) – 1638 (Colchester)



Ah! cannot sighs not tears, nor aught else move thee
To pity me, who more than life do love thee?
O cruel fates! see, now away she’s flying,
And fly, alas! alas! and leave me dying.
Farewell, most fair, farewell, yet more disdainful:
Was never grief like mine, nor death more painful.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme AABBCC
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 289
Words 54
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 6

John Wilbye

John Wilbye (baptized 7 March 1574 – September 1638) was an English madrigal composer. more…

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