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Despiteful thus unto myself, I languish

John Wilbye 1574 (Diss) – 1638 (Colchester)

Despiteful thus unto myself, I languish,
And in disdain, myself from joy I banish,
These secret thoughts enwrap me so in anguish,
That life, I hope. will soon from body vanish;
And to some rest will quickly be conveyed,
That on no joy, while so I liv’d, hath stayed.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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Closest metre Iambic pentameter
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Words 51
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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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