Alas what hope of speeding

John Wilbye 1574 (Diss) – 1638 (Colchester)



Alas what hope of speeding
Where hope beguiled lies bleeding?
She bade come when she spied me,
And when I came she flied me.
Thus when I was beguiled,
She at my sighing smiled.
But if you take such pleasure
Of hope and joy, my treasure,
By deceit to bereave me,
Love me, and so deceive me.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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Scheme AABBCCDDBB
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 288
Words 59
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10

John Wilbye

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

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