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Change me, O heav'ns

John Wilbye 1574 (Diss) – 1638 (Colchester)

Change me, O heav'ns, into the ruby stone,
That on my love's fair locks doth hang in gold:
Yet leave me speech, to her to make my moan;
And give me eyes, her beauties to behold.
Or, if you will not make my flesh a stone,
Make her hard heart seem flesh, that now seems none.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABABAC
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 276
Words 58
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 6
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John Wilbye

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

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