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Flora gave me fairest flowers

John Wilbye 1574 (Diss) – 1638 (Colchester)



Flora gave me fairest flowers,
None so fair in Flora's treasure:
These I plac'd on Phillis' bowers,
She was pleas'd, and she my pleasure
Smiling meadows seem to say,
Come ye wantons, here to play.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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Scheme ABABCC
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 200
Words 37
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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