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Down in a valley as Alexis trips

John Wilbye 1574 (Diss) – 1638 (Colchester)



Down in a valley as Alexis trips,
Daphne sat sweetly sleeping.
Soon as the wanton touch’d her ruddy lips,
She nicely falls aweeping.
The wag full softly lifts her,
And to and fro he sifts her:
But when nor sighs, Ah! nor kisses mov’d her pity,
Nor sighs could move her pity,
Nor tears could move her pity,
With plaints he warbles forth this mournful ditty.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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Scheme ABABCCDDDD
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 359
Words 68
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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